Komzo
RevenueProject controls and delivery tracking for African infrastructure contractors.
Construction techHarare, ZimbabweRaised US$180K
Cohort 03 · Applications openHarare · Dar es Salaam · Nairobi · Kigali · LagosA 7Square venture
Incubation · Capital · The room
Buildithere.Fundithere.
7Square Startup Hub takes African founders from a problem worth solving to a funded company — with twelve-week programmes, cheques from US$15K to US$500K, and the room where the people who write those cheques actually are.
No demo-day theatre. Capital at entry, customers by week twelve.
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01 / Founders
You are building something.
Apply to a programme. Get capital at entry, an operator in the room every week, and a first customer before you ever pitch an investor.
02 / Investors
You are looking for the next one.
Join the network. Get the biweekly deal drop, an open seat at every pitch night, and first look at each cohort before Demo Day.
03 / Partners
You want to be in the room.
Back an event, a cohort, or a whole city chapter. Reach founders at the moment they are choosing the tools and rails they will use for years.
Why this exists
Africa raised US$4.1 billion in 2025. Almost none of it was a first cheque.
Seed was the only stage that shrank last year. Four markets took 72% of the money. Of the companies that did raise a seed round, 3.8% went on to a Series A. That gap is the whole reason this hub exists.
US$4.1B+25% YoY
Raised across Africa in 2025
Equity and debt combined, across 570 deals.
US$2.41B+8% YoY
Of that was equity
Debt grew +63% to US$1.64B. The headline is being carried by debt.
3.8%2024 cohort
Seed to Series A conversion
Of 311 seed-stage companies, a handful reach a Series A.
Source: Partech Africa · 2025 Africa Tech Venture Capital
Four markets. Seventy-two percent of the money.
The Big Four took 72% of the money and 68% of the deals. The remaining 28% was shared across every other market on the continent — 23 of which recorded an equity deal at all.
- The Big Four
- Everywhere else
Share of all African funding, 2025
Big Four · 72%
28%
The grey slice is US$1.17B shared across every other market on the continent.
Inside the Big Four
Kenya+72% YoY
$1.04B
South Africa+21% YoY
$0.71B
Egypt+37% YoY
$0.60B
Nigeria-3% YoY
$0.57B
Partech Africa · 2025 Africa Tech Venture Capital
Programmes
Three ways in, depending on how far you already are.
Every programme comes with capital at entry, an operator alongside you each week, and a Demo Day in front of people who actually deploy.
Pre-seed · Idea stage12 weeks
Incubate
For technical and domain founders with a sharp problem and no company yet. Twelve weeks to a validated wedge, a working product, and a first paying customer — with capital, workspace and an operator alongside you every week.
- Cheque
- US$15,000
- Terms
- 4% on a post-money SAFE
- Cohort
- 10 teams
Seed16 weeks
Accelerate
For companies already shipping and already earning. Sixteen weeks to fix the growth engine, harden the operation, and close a seed round on terms you actually understand.
- Cheque
- US$50,000
- Terms
- 6%, or an uncapped SAFE — founder's choice
- Cohort
- 8 companies
Company formationOngoing
Venture Studio
For problems we already understand and intend to solve. 7Square brings the thesis, the first capital and an embedded build team; you bring the domain authority and take the CEO seat.
- Cheque
- US$100,000 and a build team
- Terms
- 15–25% founding stake
- Cohort
- 2–3 companies a year
Our own numbers · Not market data · Updated September 2026
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Cities
Southern, East & West Africa
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Founders in programme
Cohort 01 and 02 combined
0.0M
Capital deployed
USD, pre-seed and seed to date
0+
Investors in network
Angels, funds and DFIs
Capital
Three vehicles. One decision each.
We do not run a beauty contest. Each vehicle has a stated cheque size, a stated instrument, and a process with a deadline attached to every step.
01
7Square Angel Collective
Pre-seed · Post-money SAFEA syndicate of operators, diaspora professionals and institutional angels who invest together on one set of terms.
Ticket
US$10,000 – US$100,000
02
7Square Seed Fund I
Seed · Priced equity or capped SAFEOur own balance sheet, writing first institutional cheques into companies building sovereign infrastructure, applied AI, health systems and financial rails for African markets.
Ticket
US$150,000 – US$500,000
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Catalytic and Grant Facility
Pre-revenue · Impact · Grant or revenue-share noteNon-dilutive capital for companies whose first customer is a ministry, a hospital network or a farmer cooperative — where the impact is real but the revenue arrives on a public-sector timeline.
Ticket
US$5,000 – US$50,000
The room
The meeting point for founders and the people who fund them.
Pitch nights, mixers, roundtables and Demo Days across twelve African cities. Pitch at one, and you are in the directory the same night.
24SEPTTHU
Pitch NightUS$10
Harare Pitch Night Vol. 07
Impact Hub Harare, Milton Park, Harare17:30
26SEPTSAT
Founder MixerFree12 seats left
Dar Founders and Funders Mixer
Seacliff Hotel, Msasani, Dar es Salaam18:00
02OCTFRI
Investor RoundtableInvite only6 seats left
East Africa Investor Roundtable
Nairobi Garage, Westlands, Nairobi16:00
09OCTFRI
Pitch NightUS$8
Kigali Pitch Night Vol. 03
Norrsken House Kigali, Kigali17:00
HarareDar es SalaamNairobiKigaliLusakaKampalaLagosAccraJohannesburgCape TownMaputoGaborone
Directory
The companies already through.
Every company that pitches at a 7Square night or completes a cohort is listed here — searchable by city, sector and stage, and open to any verified investor in the network.
Relay
Live productA WhatsApp-native operations agent that runs the back office of an SME.
Agentic softwareDar es Salaam, TanzaniaRaised US$120K
Sheria AI
Live productContract review and statutory research trained on East African law.
Legal techNairobi, KenyaRaised US$95K
Mtaa Mobile
ScalingNeighbourhood savings groups digitised, with credit scoring that banks accept.
FintechDar es Salaam, TanzaniaRaised US$400K
Fundi Wangu
RevenueVetted trades and repairs on demand, with escrow and a workmanship guarantee.
MarketplaceNairobi, Kenya
Lab-Track
Live productSpecimen and results tracking across national diagnostic laboratory networks.
Health systemsKigali, Rwanda
Cohort 03 · Closes 30 October 2026
Ten seats. Twelve weeks. One of them is yours.
Applications take about twenty minutes. No deck required — we would rather see the product, or the problem, than the slides.