88mph
88mph.ac Direct investor
88mph is a seed fund and accelerator that invests in early-stage web and mobile companies targeting African markets. It has operated out of hubs in Nairobi, Cape Town and Lagos since 2011.
88mph is an accelerator. It invests directly in companies, at seed, in web, mobile and tech. Its stated cheque size is between $25k and $250k. 36 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“88mph is a seed fund and accelerator. We invest in early stage web/mobile companies with the ability to scale across Sub-Saharan Africa.”
— 88mph, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Stage
- Seed
- Invests in
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria
- Cheque size
- between $25k and $250k
- Portfolio
- 36 companies
Team, as 88mph publishes it
- Kresten Buch Founder 88mph & 440.NG
- Sylvia Brune Heading up DealWeek CPT
- Nikolai Barnwell Runs 88mph Nairobi
- Chris Steyn Board Member
- Barbara Darchinger Head of Design
- Hannah Clifford Compliance & Governance
Names and roles exactly as listed on 88mph.ac. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page 88mph publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.88mph.ac/name, sectors, status
- https://www.88mph.ac/investors/is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, description
- https://www.88mph.ac/1149/88mphs-portfolio-company-goes-public/cheque_size, portfolio_count
- https://www.88mph.ac/team/people
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Record 16790 · added 2026-10-26 · link last verified 2026-10-26 · confidence high
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