Prosus Ventures

SILQ is a platform dedicated to bridging economies and empowering businesses to trade, grow, and navigate new frontiers. By enabling seamless commerce, logistics, and finance, SILQ unlocks opportunities in emerging economies, fueling ambitions and redefining global trade. The name SILQ is a modern tribute to the legendary Silk Road—reimagined for the digital age. The distinctive “Q” comes from Souq, the Arabic word for marketplace, symbolizing our commitment to fast, accessible, authentic, and reliable commerce. SILQ aspires to transform local products and manufacturers into global brands by connecting them with entrepreneurs in emerging markets across the Gulf, South Asia, and beyond.

Captain Fresh is a Bengaluru-based seafood supply chain platform founded in 2019, specializing in the freshwater fish and seafood market. It operates as a B2B marketplace that connects small fishermen and farmers along the Indian coast with fragmented retail demand across the country. By leveraging technology, including artificial intelligence for demand-supply matching, Captain Fresh aims to streamline the harvest-to-retail process, ensuring efficiency and quality in seafood distribution. The platform also provides digital traceability systems, which assist farmers in negotiating better deals for feed and seed while helping local fishermen and retailers manage their materials and orders more effectively.

Urban Company is a marketplace that connects consumers with freelance service professionals, offering a wide range of home services. These services include beauty treatments, haircuts, deep cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, and appliance repairs. The platform enables customers to easily book reliable service providers, ensuring access to affordable and quality assistance from the comfort of their homes. Urban Company partners with tens of thousands of skilled professionals, providing them with essential support such as training, technology, product procurement, credit, and insurance. Through this approach, the company aims to empower service professionals globally while enhancing the convenience and quality of home services for consumers.

Vegrow is a tech platform partnering with farmers, aggregating supply, and selling to organized demand through partnership. Vegrow simplifies farming and increases the land utilization for farmers. We are on a mission to build the world's biggest asset-light farmer.

Captain Fresh is a Bengaluru-based seafood supply chain platform founded in 2019, specializing in the freshwater fish and seafood market. It operates as a B2B marketplace that connects small fishermen and farmers along the Indian coast with fragmented retail demand across the country. By leveraging technology, including artificial intelligence for demand-supply matching, Captain Fresh aims to streamline the harvest-to-retail process, ensuring efficiency and quality in seafood distribution. The platform also provides digital traceability systems, which assist farmers in negotiating better deals for feed and seed while helping local fishermen and retailers manage their materials and orders more effectively.

DeHaat is a technology-driven platform that delivers comprehensive agriculture services to Indian farmers, aiming to enhance the agriculture value chain's efficiency. It connects small farmers with essential resources such as seeds, fertilizers, equipment, and crop advisory through a network of trained micro-entrepreneurs. Registered farmers gain access to agricultural inputs from competitive sources and receive personalized crop reminders and monitoring support in their local language. The platform facilitates direct sales of farm produce to institutional buyers, allowing farmers to manage their agricultural needs via a toll-free number or mobile application. Additionally, DeHaat offers customized farm advisory and access to financial services, empowering farmers to increase their revenue while maintaining affordability throughout the year.

Vegrow is a tech platform partnering with farmers, aggregating supply, and selling to organized demand through partnership. Vegrow simplifies farming and increases the land utilization for farmers. We are on a mission to build the world's biggest asset-light farmer.

Fashinza is a B2B marketplace focused on the fashion industry, offering a comprehensive platform that enhances trend forecasting and sourcing for fashion brands and retailers. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Fashinza analyzes data across various layers and platforms to predict emerging trends and designs. The platform integrates a design tool with a network of 200 cloud-connected factories, enabling users to source products efficiently while maintaining a fully online experience. Additionally, Fashinza provides a manufacturing-as-a-service system that grants users visibility into every step of the procurement process, facilitating faster and more reliable production times within the apparel sector.

Captain Fresh is a Bengaluru-based seafood supply chain platform founded in 2019, specializing in the freshwater fish and seafood market. It operates as a B2B marketplace that connects small fishermen and farmers along the Indian coast with fragmented retail demand across the country. By leveraging technology, including artificial intelligence for demand-supply matching, Captain Fresh aims to streamline the harvest-to-retail process, ensuring efficiency and quality in seafood distribution. The platform also provides digital traceability systems, which assist farmers in negotiating better deals for feed and seed while helping local fishermen and retailers manage their materials and orders more effectively.

Aruna is an integrated fishery platform that connects small-scale fishermen with broader markets, facilitating fair trade practices and improving the livelihoods of local fishing communities. By collecting real-time data from local fishermen, Aruna enables them to access business-to-business markets and provides valuable insights into the seafood supply chain and market dynamics. This approach not only enhances trading efficiency for the fishery sector but also ensures that communities receive affordable and high-quality seafood.

ShopUp is a full-stack B2B commerce platform based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, designed to support small and medium-sized businesses. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including B2B sourcing, last-mile logistics, digital credit, and business management solutions. By leveraging technology, ShopUp enables small neighborhood shops to access a wide variety of products through an online platform while also offering logistics support and financial credit tailored to their business needs. This holistic approach empowers small businesses to streamline operations and enhance their market reach.

Captain Fresh is a Bengaluru-based seafood supply chain platform founded in 2019, specializing in the freshwater fish and seafood market. It operates as a B2B marketplace that connects small fishermen and farmers along the Indian coast with fragmented retail demand across the country. By leveraging technology, including artificial intelligence for demand-supply matching, Captain Fresh aims to streamline the harvest-to-retail process, ensuring efficiency and quality in seafood distribution. The platform also provides digital traceability systems, which assist farmers in negotiating better deals for feed and seed while helping local fishermen and retailers manage their materials and orders more effectively.

DeHaat is a technology-driven platform that delivers comprehensive agriculture services to Indian farmers, aiming to enhance the agriculture value chain's efficiency. It connects small farmers with essential resources such as seeds, fertilizers, equipment, and crop advisory through a network of trained micro-entrepreneurs. Registered farmers gain access to agricultural inputs from competitive sources and receive personalized crop reminders and monitoring support in their local language. The platform facilitates direct sales of farm produce to institutional buyers, allowing farmers to manage their agricultural needs via a toll-free number or mobile application. Additionally, DeHaat offers customized farm advisory and access to financial services, empowering farmers to increase their revenue while maintaining affordability throughout the year.

Ula is a technology-driven marketplace application based in Jakarta, Indonesia, focused on modernizing distribution and credit for micro, small, and medium enterprises. Founded in 2020, the company offers a B2B platform that allows small retailers to efficiently manage their inventory and supply chain. Ula provides a wide assortment of products at competitive prices, alongside favorable payment terms, enabling store owners to stock only what they need while also accessing essential working capital. By leveraging technology, Ula aims to address significant challenges in the retail sector, enhancing the competitiveness of small retailers and helping them improve their profit margins and overall business growth. In addition to its headquarters in Jakarta, Ula has offices in Bengaluru, India, and Singapore.

ShopUp is a full-stack B2B commerce platform based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, designed to support small and medium-sized businesses. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including B2B sourcing, last-mile logistics, digital credit, and business management solutions. By leveraging technology, ShopUp enables small neighborhood shops to access a wide variety of products through an online platform while also offering logistics support and financial credit tailored to their business needs. This holistic approach empowers small businesses to streamline operations and enhance their market reach.

Movile is a Brazilian mobile commerce platform that operates in Latin America, the USA, and France. The company works with people who are completely passionate to achieve this dream, empowered to build new businesses with global potential, and driven to take risks to learn as fast as it grows. Movile invests in content distribution platforms and Online-To-Offline (O2O) applications in the segments of children's education and other mobile content, food delivery, ticketing, and cloud logistics. Movile is supported by Naspers, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest technology investors in the world and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2008, and by Innova Capital, a global Venture Capital and Private Equity firm focused on long-term value creation and a strategic partner and shareholder of Movile since 2014.

Aruna is an integrated fishery platform that connects small-scale fishermen with broader markets, facilitating fair trade practices and improving the livelihoods of local fishing communities. By collecting real-time data from local fishermen, Aruna enables them to access business-to-business markets and provides valuable insights into the seafood supply chain and market dynamics. This approach not only enhances trading efficiency for the fishery sector but also ensures that communities receive affordable and high-quality seafood.

Urban Company is a marketplace that connects consumers with freelance service professionals, offering a wide range of home services. These services include beauty treatments, haircuts, deep cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, and appliance repairs. The platform enables customers to easily book reliable service providers, ensuring access to affordable and quality assistance from the comfort of their homes. Urban Company partners with tens of thousands of skilled professionals, providing them with essential support such as training, technology, product procurement, credit, and insurance. Through this approach, the company aims to empower service professionals globally while enhancing the convenience and quality of home services for consumers.

DeHaat is a technology-driven platform that delivers comprehensive agriculture services to Indian farmers, aiming to enhance the agriculture value chain's efficiency. It connects small farmers with essential resources such as seeds, fertilizers, equipment, and crop advisory through a network of trained micro-entrepreneurs. Registered farmers gain access to agricultural inputs from competitive sources and receive personalized crop reminders and monitoring support in their local language. The platform facilitates direct sales of farm produce to institutional buyers, allowing farmers to manage their agricultural needs via a toll-free number or mobile application. Additionally, DeHaat offers customized farm advisory and access to financial services, empowering farmers to increase their revenue while maintaining affordability throughout the year.