Ghana · Investor

MEST AFRICA

Last cheque observed Jan 2012. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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AcceleratorQuiet

Pre-seedSeedSeries ATechnologySoftware

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 5 on record
Since the last cheque5424days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$100KRounds led0 of 5Sole investor5 roundsMostly inGhana, 80%
Pitch MEST AFRICA

MEST AFRICA highlights

  1. 01

    5 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $100K

What they do

MEST delivers a full-time, in-person intensive tech-entrepreneurship training to emerging talent from more than 22 African countries and provides early-stage investment to promising ventures.From their own website
Type
Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
TechnologySoftware
Based in
Accra, Ghana
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances

  1. 2012

    1 round

  2. Jan
    DropifiSeed · US · edition.cnn.com$50KSole investor
  3. 2011

    1 round

  4. Nov
    ClaimSyncSeed · GH · alltopstartups.com$100KSole investor
  5. 2010

    2 rounds

  6. Jul
    RetailTowerSeed · GH$100KSole investor
  7. Jul
    TutameeSeed · GH · meltwater.com$30KSole investor
  8. 2009

    1 round

  9. Apr
    Leti GamesSeed · GH$100KSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 4 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Quick answers about MEST AFRICA

What does MEST AFRICA invest in?

MEST AFRICA invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology and Software.

How active is MEST AFRICA?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2012.

How big are MEST AFRICA's cheques?

The median round it joins is $100K.

Does MEST AFRICA lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does MEST AFRICA invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Ghana (80%) and the United States (20%).

Is MEST AFRICA investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2012.

What kind of investor is MEST AFRICA?

MEST AFRICA is an accelerator based in Accra, Ghana.

When was MEST AFRICA founded?

MEST AFRICA was founded in 2008.

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