P1 Ventures

P1 Ventures is a pan-African venture capital firm investing at pre-seed and seed stage in African technology founders. Its stated remit spans the earliest phases of company building, backing founders through product development and toward product-market fit, with support extending beyond capital through the team's operating and investment experience.

The portfolio comprises 29 companies operating across 20 countries. Sector concentration sits in fintech and payments software, digital lending and consumer credit technology, healthcare technology, commerce, and productivity and business software for small and medium-sized enterprises. Aggregate portfolio metrics reported by the firm include $248 million in consumer loans disbursed, 290,000 small and medium-sized businesses equipped with payment and productivity software, 288,000 patients provided with affordable healthcare, 6,000 direct full-time-equivalent jobs supported and 3.7 million lives impacted.

On capital efficiency, P1 Ventures states that portfolio companies have raised 35 times more follow-on capital on average for every dollar the firm invests. The firm also tracks environmental outcomes across its holdings, reporting 8 million kilograms of CO2-equivalent emissions saved. Check size, fund structure and founding date are not disclosed in the materials provided.