Dec 23, 20222022 Year End ReflectionsBy Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director @VestedWorld Well, this year certainly threw us some curveballs. The record level of funding that poured into early-stage companies across Africa in 2021 gave reason for continued optimism heading into 2022. Similarly, positive news of Digital Realty’s purchase of a majority stake in…African Venture Capital8 min readAfrican Venture Capital8 min read
Dec 5, 2022How Will Amazon Win the Hearts and Wallets of African Consumers?By Lavanya Anand, Principal at VestedWorld Note: This article was first published by TechCabal here Packing suitcases full of Amazon products on every trip to the continent. Working with Somali companies in Kenya to import Amazon products on a pay per kg basis. Buying and selling second-hand products on online…10 min read10 min read
Mar 1, 2022Getting to Know VestedWorld’s Newest Team Members — Martin Mbonu and Peter WamburuVestedWorld is excited to welcome the newest members of our investment team, Martin Mbonu and Peter Wamburu. They join us as Investment Associates, in Lagos and Nairobi respectively, to support the investment efforts of the Rising Star Fund. …8 min read8 min read
Dec 31, 20212021 Year End ReflectionsBy Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director @ VestedWorld Charlie Munger once said that “…if [Berkshire Hathaway’s] predictions have been a little better than other people’s, it’s because we’ve tried to make fewer of them.” While we all hope that we can replicate the success that Charlie, Warren, and the…7 min read7 min read
Nov 16, 2021Journey of a Thousand Miles — Why We Invested in ShuttlersBy Lavanya Anand, Principal @ VestedWorld and Nneka Eze, Managing Director @ VestedWorld The Problem Tosin is a customer service representative at an established Nigerian Bank. Every day he wakes up at 4am to get ready for work. He leaves his house in Ikorodu at 5am. He pays 100 NGN…5 min read5 min read
Jun 30, 2021Goodbye Cookie Monsters — Why We Invested in TerragonBy Semir Mela, Vice President @ VestedWorld and Euler Bropleh, Founder and Managing Director @ VestedWorld Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is I don’t know which half. — John Wanamaker (1838–1922) It was more than 100 years ago when John Wanamaker, a marketing pioneer…7 min read7 min read
Apr 30, 2021Getting to Know VestedWorld’s Newest Partner — Nneka EzeVestedWorld couldn’t be more excited to welcome the newest member of our investment team, Nneka Eze. She joins us as Managing Director alongside Euler Bropleh and Jeff Stine to lead VestedWorld’s newest investment vehicle, The Rising Star Fund. She brings over a decade of experience working in Africa with Dalberg…7 min read7 min read
Mar 31, 2021In Africa’s Venture Ecosystem, Leading Rounds MattersBy Jeff Stine, Managing Director at VestedWorld Last Wednesday morning, a morning like most others these days, I settled down with my coffee in front of my COVID-induced “work-from-home” office and dialed into my first virtual meeting of the day — an introductory call with an entrepreneur who was eager…5 min read5 min read
Feb 28, 2021Africa Outlook: Top Trends to Look For in 2021By VestedWorld Investment Team The (Continued) Global Rise of African Creative Content — In 2019, Netflix made two relatively quiet moves: they acquired the rights to the British-Nigerian sitcom, Meet the Adebanjos, and launched their first original film produced in Nigeria, Lionheart. While you may not have seen either, Netflix’s…5 min read5 min read
Jan 30, 2021Where is the SaaS revolution in Africa?By Kwame Osei, Investment Fellow @ VestedWorld and Chicago Booth MBA ‘21 “Software is eating the world.” — Marc Andreesen, Founding Partner, A16z The famous quote above opens Andreesen Horowitz co-founder and general partner Marc Andreesen’s oft-referenced article published in The Wall Street Journal in 2011. …Venture Capital9 min readVenture Capital9 min read
