Cascador
cascador.org Direct investor
Cascador is a program that supports growth-stage founders in Africa through leadership development, strategic guidance, and access to capital. It runs a ScaleUp program and provides catalytic funding to alumni companies.
Cascador is an accelerator headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2019. It invests directly in companies, at growth, in impact, social impact and business. Its stated cheque size is up to $5M annually.
“Our mission is not to fund growth for its own sake. It is to direct catalytic capital toward strong alumni companies that are creating real impact, building resilient businesses, and strengthening Africa’s entrepreneurial future.”
— Cascador, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Stage
- Growth
- Invests in
- Africa, Nigeria
- Sectors
- impact, social impact, business
- Cheque size
- up to $5M annually
- Founded
- 2019
Team, as Cascador publishes it
- Dave DeLucia Founder & Director
- Trish Thomas CEO
- Oyin Solebo COO
- Chidi Okoro Executive Director
- Amanda Etuk Program Director
- Mayowa Olugbile Director of Finance
- Martin Mbonu Portfolio Manager
- Faith Oyovota Director of Events
- Ali Kennedy Director of Marketing
- Wale Adisa Alumni Governance & Scale Advisor
- Sara Keeton Finance & Administration
Names and roles exactly as listed on cascador.org. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Cascador publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://cascador.org/name, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size, description, status, confidence
- https://cascador.org/alumni-fund/is_investor, layer, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://cascador.org/about-cascador/founded, people
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