Seedstars

Monet is a digital platform that offers Instant Salary Advances to employees, aiming to enhance their financial well-being. Through its mobile app, Monet allows users with a recurring income and a bank account to access a portion of their earnings before payday, without incurring interest or fees for account activation. This service is available to employees regardless of their employer, providing a convenient financial solution that empowers individuals to manage their cash flow more effectively. By enabling early access to earned income, Monet seeks to alleviate financial stress and support users in achieving greater financial stability.

Petal was born to reshape floriculture trading to create a more sustainable and efficient future for the $120bn floriculture industry The level of fragmentation and the perishable nature of floriculture has created several underlying problems in its supply chain, leading to economic inefficiency, environmental impact - with up to 30% productwaste from farm to retail. The long supply chain also creates subpar customer experience for a product that is meant to shine and mostly be gifted. Petal was born to digitize the floriculture supply chain improving the economical and environmental efficiency of this beautiful industry.

Tu Cambio is a fintech company specializing in international money transfers. It offers a platform that facilitates fast, secure, and compliant cross-border transactions. The service enables individuals to send funds quickly and efficiently to multiple countries, with features including automated transfers, real-time delivery, and cryptocurrency integration.

Págame is a tech solution designed to promote financial inclusion by enabling leaders with entrepreneurial profiles to offer commercial and financial services to their community. Our app offers digital access to services and products that, until now, were only available in urban centres or through physical retail outlets. At Págame we want to revolutionise correspondent banking through technology and the leadership of our Pagamadores. Inclusion leaders like our Pagamadores in the financial sector's value chain is a driver of social mobility, empowerment and quality of life and it is key to generating development and well-being in our country. We want our network partners to become mobilisers of progress and well-being at the national level!

El Dorado develops a mobile payments platform designed to facilitate domestic and cross-border transactions in Latin America. It connects with over 70 local payment channels and leverages a network of currency exchange agents, aiming to address the region's financial ecosystem fragmentation for individuals and small-to-medium businesses.

AAvance is a fintech platform focused on promoting financial inclusion through its innovative digital wallet and Visa debit card. The company develops financial software that enables users to manage their finances conveniently from their mobile devices. AAvance offers a range of services designed to support businesses in accessing funds, including credit, factoring, crowdlending, and crowdfunding. By combining technology with strategic financial support, AAvance aims to empower individuals and businesses to achieve better financial management and access to necessary resources.

Reddo is a finance company that offers short-term loans or credit for priority expenses.

Findo expands access to credit by offering banks its platform designed with the most advanced and secure technology in biometric ID authentication, georeferencing and behavioral data ranking. Moreover, Findo develops inclusive alternative scoring models from algorithm families that are constantly evolving.

Kiri EV is a manufacturer of electric vehicles and charging systems focused on the Kenyan and East African markets. The company offers a range of products, including electric scooters, motorcycles, auto rickshaws, and carriers, featuring advanced technologies such as direct current motors, antilock braking systems, customizable options, removable batteries, and silent operation. Kiri EV aims to challenge the conventional automotive industry in Africa by demonstrating the potential of electric vehicles to transform transportation across the continent. Through their innovative offerings, the company seeks to make electric mobility accessible and affordable for customers, thus playing a significant role in the future of transportation in the region.

Founded in 2020, Zuri Health is a Kenyan telemedicine company offering affordable healthcare solutions via apps, websites, and SMS. It facilitates lab tests, doctor consultations, medication delivery, and home visits.

agriBORA operates a technology-driven platform focused on enhancing smallholder farming in Africa. The company integrates farming inputs, financial services, and output markets to create an end-to-end ecosystem for farmers. By combining data-driven services and digital tools with human touch, agriBORA aims to reduce risks associated with smallholder agriculture systems, improve farm productivity, and facilitate efficient trading within the sector.

Mangwee is a mobile money transfer platform focused on enhancing financial inclusion, particularly in rural areas of Zambia and Africa. The company offers a secure and affordable payment solution that aims to facilitate a cash-light economy. Beyond basic money transfers, Mangwee has developed an ecosystem of applications designed to improve the lives of various demographics, including women, farmers, youths, and the economically disadvantaged. Additionally, the platform features an electronic wallet service tailored for university students, which aims to reduce the cost of mobile money transactions and enables users to transfer funds conveniently via their mobile phones at any time and from any location.

LUMA Law is a technology-driven company that specializes in providing accessible legal information through an artificial intelligence-based chatbot. The platform is designed to assist users in navigating employment and family law by utilizing machine learning and natural language processing. Through its services, LUMA Law delivers practical insights on various legal processes via popular messaging platforms, such as Facebook Messenger. The company focuses on making legal assistance affordable and on-demand, ensuring that users have easy access to essential legal resources whenever needed.

Astech-Congo is an IT solutions provider specializing in various sectors such as IT, FinTech, Health Tech, EduTech, Artificial Intelligence, Crowdfunding, and Agriculture. The company offers expert software integration services, implementation support, and after-sales service to meet clients' unique needs. Their services also include digital marketing agency functions, focusing on web and mobile application development for business growth. Astech-Congo assists clients in strategizing for growth, assessing product scalability, and creating future-proof development roadmaps to maximize technology's benefits for businesses.

UBI is a digital platform that connects you to the city, making your day-to-day simpler and more filled. the easiest way to find the best places in town to eat, drink, shop or visit.

Sumet Technologies is a company that specializes in transforming the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) market entry across Africa. It has developed a tech-enabled supply chain platform that uses data-driven algorithms and predictive analysis to facilitate the distribution of essential goods and the penetration of new brands. The platform is designed to benefit African informal retailers by saving them money, effort, and time through AI-driven product tailoring, local insights, and efficient distribution.

Al Mawan site links contractors, project managers, construction sites, and ready-mix concrete plants. They provide the expected time for the end of each session through a programmed mathematical equation.

Edves is a digital infrastructure provider for K-12 schools in Africa that designs AI-powered school and learning management software to automate processes from enrollment to graduation. Its platform supports enrollment, fees payment, online learning, e-books, video tutorials and virtual classrooms, with analytics on student and school performance. The solution is used by more than 1,700 schools across 11 countries, enabling educators, school owners, and government agencies to track performance, identify fee defaulters, generate annual reports, and streamline administrative and learning operations to improve learning outcomes.