Uma Ventures

Uma Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2014 and headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm focuses on investing in sectors such as financial technology, environmental solutions, logistics, and media, primarily targeting opportunities in Africa. By concentrating on these areas, Uma Ventures aims to support innovative companies and foster growth within the region's emerging markets.

Vinay Vaswani

Founder and Managing Director

Past deals in Senegal

Paps

Seed Round in 2022
Paps is a transport and logistics company based in Dakar, Senegal, founded in 2016. It provides innovative distribution and delivery solutions for businesses and merchants through its e-commerce platform, which allows real-time scheduling and tracking of deliveries. Paps specializes in the transportation of documents and parcels, secure storage, and the insured delivery of packages either to relay points or through last-mile services. The company’s logistics application features live tracking, an intelligent address system, and automatic dispatch, ensuring a fully digitalized postal logistics service that facilitates timely movement of shipments. Additionally, Paps offers professional services, including cash on delivery management, courier provision, return management, collection, and periodic reporting, catering to a wide range of logistical needs.

Paps

Seed Round in 2021
Paps is a transport and logistics company based in Dakar, Senegal, founded in 2016. It provides innovative distribution and delivery solutions for businesses and merchants through its e-commerce platform, which allows real-time scheduling and tracking of deliveries. Paps specializes in the transportation of documents and parcels, secure storage, and the insured delivery of packages either to relay points or through last-mile services. The company’s logistics application features live tracking, an intelligent address system, and automatic dispatch, ensuring a fully digitalized postal logistics service that facilitates timely movement of shipments. Additionally, Paps offers professional services, including cash on delivery management, courier provision, return management, collection, and periodic reporting, catering to a wide range of logistical needs.
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