Investing early, with conviction, in female-led high-growth startups | GPs: @ElohoGM & @OdunEweniyi | Info (pitches, etc): linktr.ee/FirstCheckAfrica
Lagos, Nigeria
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Time for some honest conversation!💥
Join Eloho Omame & @OdunEweniyi as they unpack how to build what truly scales at Moonshot 🚀
Oct 15 at Eko Convention Center
🎟️ moonshot.techcabal.com
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250,000+ lives touched. $1M+ raised.
Dr. Lorraine Muluka built Malaica to transform maternal care in Africa.
Join us for a fireside chat on product-market fit, real pivots & building what women actually need.
Today at 6PM WAT
Sign up → lu.ma/vt1ul4ip
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Raising funding in Africa's early-stage ecosystem?
Join us for a fireside chat with Fanta Traore (Seedstars Africa Ventures) as we unpack what it really means to be investor ready; from traction to data rooms.
📍Wed. May 7 | 6PM WAT
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How do you go from an idea to securing investor backing?
Join us for a fireside chat with Sneha Mehta (Uncover) & Maelis Carraro (Catalyst Fund) as we break down the fundraising journey—securing early capital and more
March 26 | 6 PM WAT
Sign up now!
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🔑 A messy cap table can block future funding.
Our founders Eloho and Odun break down:
How fragmented cap tables happen (hint: early fundraising struggles)
Why fixing them later is tough
Why aligned investors matter
📺 Watch now: piped.video/4z3JL2b46vA
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💡 What kind of funding is right for you?
VC? Incubators?
Next week, we’re sitting down with Aramide Abe to break it all down—what founders need to know about different funding types & how to choose the right path.
📅 Feb 26 | 6PM WAT
Save your spot: lu.ma/mmkhb1y1
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Credibility vs. visibility: where should founders focus?Odun & Eloho share why doing the work is just as important as building your brand-and how strategic visibility can add real value to your startup.
📽️ Watch here: piped.video/Dvb4nru5fa4
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🎉 Fireside Chats Are Back! 🎉
Join us on Jan 29th at 6 PM WAT for Launch to Seed: Fundraising Fundamentals.
Featuring:
✨ Namara (Flat6Labs Africa Seed Fund)
✨ Miranda Perumal (Scale)
💡 Learn VC basics & fundraising strategies for first-time founders
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At FirstCheck Africa, we know that great partnerships are built on shared vision, mutual respect, and the ability to navigate challenges together. It’s all part of building the ecosystem we want to see.
Watch the full episode now! 🎥
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What makes a great founder-investor relationship? It’s a question that goes beyond just funding—because money alone doesn’t build successful startups.
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In the second episode of our conversation series, Eloho and Odun discuss striking a balance between aiming for representation and targeting the same investment returns that the average early-stage fund seeks.
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In this first episode, Eloho and Odun talk about the funny story of how FirstCheck Africa got started and what drives us to build an investment thesis dedicated exclusively to female-led startups.
We’ll always be open, and we’ll always have fun!
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founder-investor relationships, tech in Africa and everything in between.
We launched with a commitment to investing in the most dynamic, audacious and ambitious women who are building tech ventures on the continent.
12 companies in 4 countries later, we continue to invest!
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This Women's Month, we are excited to launch a new series of conversations aimed at audacious women building tech startups.
Featuring our co-founders, @ElohoGM and @OdunEweniyi, we’ll speak about how we invest, think about building startups...
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Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women building everyday and working to bring great products to life. #InternationalWomensDay
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👋🏾 We’ve got 15 free tickets for #OyaMakeWeGroove tonight!
Female founder? DM with a link to your LinkedIn profile by 11am Lagos time.🥂
First come, first served! 😉
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Happening today at 7PM WAT, Launch to Seed with @Carry1st's co-founder and COO, Lucy Hoffman.
She'll chat with @ozzyetomi about her founder journey so far and what she's learnt along the way.
Set a reminder to attend the Space tonight: nitter.siddz.com/i/spaces/1eaJbrMPOjoJX
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Join us for Launch to Seed on 13 October at 7PM WAT, as @ozzyetomi chats with Lucy Hoffman, Co-Founder and COO of @carry1st, a mobile games publisher.
Carry1st raised $20M in a round led by
@a16z – this was the fund's first investment in an African-headquartered startup.
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With its quick home health tests, @Healthtracka is democratising access to diagnostic lab testing for Africans.
Join us next week as we chat with co-founder & CEO, Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson @ife_adeyemi, in another edition of Launch to Seed, hosted by @ozzyetomi.
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📢In this month's edition of Launch to Seed, we'll interview @ife_adeyemi, co-founder & CEO of @healthtracka. Healthtracka is democratising access to diagnostic lab testing in Africa.
Save the date: 28 July at 7 PM WAT. Register to attend : lu.ma/t16ce3lj
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📌Launch to Seed is happening today at 7 PM WAT.
Join us for an insightful conversation with @Foondamate's @dacodmagagula and @Tao_Laine, hosted by @ozzyetomi.
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Foondamate is bringing online learning to students in developing markets. They just closed a $2M seed round to drive the uptake of their learning chatbots across the globe.
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🔔🔔 This month's edition of Launch to Seed will take place next Thursday, the 30th of June.
Join us for an insightful conversation with our regular host @ozzyetomi and the co-founders of South African edtech @Foondamate, @dacodmagagula and @Tao_Laine.
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Today at 7 PM WAT, @ozzyetomi will chat with @Foondmate's co-founders, @DacodMagagula & @Tao_Laine. Foondamate just closed a $2M seed round to drive the global uptake of its learning chatbots.
Set a reminder to attend this edition of #LaunchtoSeed: nitter.siddz.com/i/spaces/1OwxWzQkeBNJQ
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⏰ Set a reminder to attend the next edition of Launch to Seed, our monthly fireside chat with trailblazing founders.
This month, we'll hear from Dacod Magagula and Tao Laine-Boyle, co-founders of Foondamate. Foondamate helps students in developing markets study online.
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Last month, South African startup @Foondamate, closed a $2M seed round. This Thursday on Launch to Seed, co-founders, Dacod Magagula and Tao Laine-Boyle, will chat with @ozzyetomi about their experience building Foondamate and the lessons they've learned on the journey so far.
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Answers in the comment section! The correct answer will be pinned.
#FirstCheckAfrica #LaunchToSeed
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📢📢Launch to Seed is today, will you be joining us?
In conversation with @ozzyetomi, Meghan McCormick @muhzle will share key lessons and insights from her journey as co-founder and CEO of @OZE, a startup using data to help SMBs grow and access credit in Africa.
Tomorrow at 7PM WAT, we'll hear directly from Meghan as she shares her founder journey and the lessons she's learned along the way. Don't miss it, set a reminder to attend 👇🏾👇🏾nitter.siddz.com/i/spaces/1MnGnkvWwWyJO
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Many founders “bootstrap” their startups, but what does bootstrapping mean?
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📣📣This May, join in as @ozzyetomi chats with Meghan Mccormick, @muhzle in another edition of Launch to Seed, our monthly fireside chat with trailblazing founders.
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Sorry everyone, tonight’s edition of Launch to Seed has been postponed ⛔️. We will announce a new event date in the coming days.
⏰ Set a reminder to attend Launch to Seed at 7PM WAT tomorrow.
@ozzyetomi will chat with Lucy Hoffman, co-founder and COO of @Carry1st, Africa’s leading mobile games publisher.
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Launch to Seed, our monthly fireside chat with trailblazing African founders, is back with another edition.
Next Thursday at 7 PM WAT, @ozzyetomi will be speaking to Lucy Hoffman, co-founder and COO of @Carry1st. Register to attend here: lu.ma/b7mj19ty
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A new episode of the Launch to Seed podcast is now available.
Featuring key business insights from Yvonne Johnson, co-founder and CEO of @IndicinaCo.
In this clip, Yvonne describes her approach to pitching investors, and how her experience as an angel investor has shaped that.
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Join us at 7 PM WAT today for another edition of Launch to Seed. Our guest today is Yanmo Omorogbe, co-founder & COO of @investbamboo.
Set a reminder to join the Space: nitter.siddz.com/i/spaces/1kvKpAdyyagGE
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We're so proud to have been included in this year's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies 2022 by @FastCompany! #3 in EMEA! 🌍🌍🌍
Congrats to all the amazing companies featured!
Read the profile of FirstCheck Africa here: fastcompany.com/90724399/mos…
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On #IWD2022, our co-founders @ElohoGM & @OdunEweniyi have written an open letter to Africa's female founders. In an ecosystem that's in the spotlight and growing fast, they're reminding us what's at stake.
🔗: bit.ly/firstcheckopenletter
Happy Women's Day!
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Meet the investors for our next virtual pitch room!
This quarter, our co-founder @OdunEweniyi will be joined by @euniceajim (Founding Partner, @ajimcapital) and @theafrovc (Managing Partner, @OuiCapital).
Visit lu.ma/viziq3m7 to register.
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@ugwem_e is building @weareshyftpower, which connects and intelligently manages distributed energy resources via IoT and Integrated Software.
Inspired? What would you build?
Follow us @FirstCheckHQ on Instagram for more African female founder profiles.
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Gender bias in entrepreneurship is real.
Have you considered including more female owned businesses in your supply chain?
Source: Report on Venture Capital and the Gender Financing Gap - IFC
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A closer look at the DNA of startup founders. 🕵🏽
✔️Vision, mission, values
✔️Team
✔️Risk-taking
✔️Overachievement
✔️Networking
✔️Resilience
✔️Growth mindset
What else would you add?
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This week's #FirstMovers features Chinyere Eze (@mozschino).
She is a Product Manager at Nestcoin (@Nestcoin).
We profile Chinyere (and a different African woman in tech twice a month) on our Instagram page here: instagram.com/firstcheckhq
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Join us for another edition of FirstCheck Africa's fireside chat series titled “Launch To Seed”.
@ozzyEtomi will be chatting with @YTJohnson, co-founder & CEO of @IndicinaCo on her business journey.
Sign up here: lu.ma/ceqoi51t
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Ada’s passion for helping people succeed is a recurring thread in everything she does.
She also runs the Open Source Community in Africa, an organisation dedicated to providing entries and pathways for more people to participate in tech.
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@IkegahRuth profiles @Kolokodess for. our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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Tosin was instrumental to the success of Kuda’s partnership with Big Brother Nigeria during the pandemic in 2020., taking their customer base from 200K to 500K in 3 months.
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Helya & Hillary met over a year ago when Hillary reached out for advice on how to break into UX research and to learn best practices.
In the past year, Hillary has grown her portfolio and gained significant experience in UXR.
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Helya Zand (UX Researcher, Noom) profiles @Hillary_LO for our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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Adora is a software engineer with a passion for mixed reality.
She’s a community advocate, tech content creator, and published author. She's VP of the Nigerian chapter for the VR/AR Association and runs Adora Hack, a website & YouTube channel about engineering and career.
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@Samson_Goddy profiles @AdoraNwodo for our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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Hannah moved to Lagos with little besides an open mind and eagerness to both learn and teach.
She’s introduced the Stears team to new frameworks, practices and data-driven tools that have shaped its culture. She has a knack for maximising the team's output.
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@TimeyinPI profiles @hbkateshb for our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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Peace co-founded a digital marketing agency. She's led growth & performance marketing for Seedstars, Korapay and Stax.
She's also co-led the Lekki chapter of Women’s Will, a Grow With Google initiative, for two years.
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@mochievous profiles @peaceitimi for our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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Mitchelle is a former make-up artist who pivoted to design.
She started her design career as an intern at Flutterwave and worked there for almost four years. In 2020, she wrote her first book, Clueless to Designer. Last year, she joined Wise as a product designer.
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@Nadayar profiles @MitchelleC_ for our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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Manji is a former management consultant who’s worked as a trusted advisor to business leaders expanding into African markets.
In 2019, she moved to Nigeria to join the founding team of ulesson, where she managed the edtech startup’s expansion and supported two capital raisings.
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@toluowoks profiles @ChetoManji for our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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Wendy is Flutterwave’s first storyteller.
She’s the brains behind Flutterwave Merchant Stories, a monthly video series about how we work with businesses to solve their unique payment needs.
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@damisibusari profiles @WendyA_ for our debut #FirstCheckRisingStars list.
🔗: bit.ly/FirstCheckRisingStars
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