JASIRI
jasiri.org Direct investor
Jasiri is an impact-focused talent enabler and accelerator backed by Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies that supports African founders from before the idea through venture growth. It provides pre-seed equity investment, stipends, infrastructure and guidance through its Talent Investor and Growth Accelerator programmes.
JASIRI is an accelerator headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to growth, in agri, health, fintech and food processing. Its stated cheque size is USD 32,700 per venture for 5% equity. 58 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Jasiri is an impact-focused talent enabler that backs exceptional African talent who want to build — whether they are pre-team, pre-idea, or have a venture ready for growth”
— JASIRI, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Invests in
- Rwanda, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Eswatini, East Africa
- Sectors
- agri, health, fintech, food processing, construction tech, e-commerce, edtech, manufacturing
- Cheque size
- USD 32,700 per venture for 5% equity
- Portfolio
- 58 companies
Team, as JASIRI publishes it
- Anthony Farr CEO
- Aline Kabanda Regional Director
- Yannick Ruti Head of Systems
- Steven Nkubito Finance Manager
- Aneth Batamuliza Ecosystem & Partnerships Manager
- Michal Szymanski Program Portfolio Venture Manager
- Dolapo Oni Venture Builder
- Roselyn Marandu-Kareithi Country Director
- Herbert Thuo Programme Lead: Jasiri Talent Investor
- John Icharia Programme Lead: Jasiri Growth Accelerator
- Biruk Yosef Zenebe Country Director - Ethiopia
- Katharina Scholtz Head of Strategic Projects & Program Design
Names and roles exactly as listed on jasiri.org. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page JASIRI publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://jasiri.org/name, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_max, thesis_quote, description, status, stage_min
- https://jasiri.org/jasiri-talent-investor-sa/is_investor, layer, stage_min, cheque_size
- https://jasiri.org/ventures-portfolio/sectors, portfolio_count
- https://jasiri.org/about-us/people
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