Three vehicles. No beauty contest.
Pre-seed through seed, plus non-dilutive capital for companies whose first customer is a ministry. Every vehicle publishes its cheque size, its instrument and how long each step takes.
7Square Angel Collective
A syndicate of operators, diaspora professionals and institutional angels who invest together on one set of terms. Members see every deal, take the ones they want, and never carry a fund's management fee.
Deal shared
Company memo, metrics and founder video go out to the collective.
Founder call
An open live session with the founders. Members ask whatever they want.
Commitments
Members commit individually. The syndicate closes when the allocation fills.
Wire and close
One SPV, one line on the cap table, one set of documents.
7Square Seed Fund I
Our own balance sheet, writing first institutional cheques into companies building sovereign infrastructure, applied AI, health systems and financial rails for African markets. We lead or co-lead, take a board seat when asked, and reserve for follow-on.
First meeting
Sixty minutes on the problem, the wedge and the numbers. No deck required.
Diligence
Customer references, cohort data, technical review, statutory and cap table check.
Investment committee
Founders present to the IC. A decision either way inside five working days.
Term sheet to close
Terms, confirmatory diligence, signature and wire.
Catalytic and Grant Facility
Non-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. Funded alongside development partners.
Concept note
Three pages: problem, intervention, measurement, budget.
Technical review
Reviewed with the relevant 7Square practice and the co-funding partner.
Award
Grant agreement, indicator framework and first disbursement.
We would rather say no in a week than yes in a quarter.
Most African founders lose more to a slow maybe than to a fast no. A four-month diligence process against a nine-month runway is not caution — it is a cost transferred from the investor to the founder.
So every vehicle here publishes a clock. The Angel Collective closes a syndicate in four weeks. The Seed Fund gives an investment committee answer inside five working days of the presentation. If the answer is no, you get the reason in writing, and it is usually something you can go and fix.
We invest where 7Square already has scar tissue — sovereign infrastructure, applied AI, health systems, financial rails and the unglamorous operational software that African institutions actually buy. Outside that, we are a worse investor than someone else, and we will say so.
Nothing on this page is an offer of securities. Terms are indicative and every investment is subject to documentation and diligence.
Raising, or deploying?
Founders: apply to a programme and the capital comes with it. Investors: join the network and see every deal we see. Either way — capital@7squareinc.com.