# MEST AFRICA: portfolio, investments and team

> MEST AFRICA is an accelerator based in Ghana. 5 investments on record, latest Jan 2012. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# MEST AFRICA

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

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Accelerator Quiet

Pre-seed Seed Series A Technology Software

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **5424** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$100K** Rounds led **0 of 5** Sole investor **5 rounds** Mostly in **Ghana, 80%**

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## MEST AFRICA highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds
- 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-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Technology Software
- **Based in:** Accra, Ghana
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2012** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Dropifi](https://millionrounds.com/company/dropifi)** Seed · US · edition.cnn.com **$50K** Sole investor
- **2011** 1 round
- **Nov** **[ClaimSync](https://millionrounds.com/company/claimsync)** Seed · GH · alltopstartups.com **$100K** Sole investor
- **2010** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[RetailTower](https://millionrounds.com/company/retailtower)** Seed · GH **$100K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Tutamee](https://millionrounds.com/company/tutamee)** Seed · GH · meltwater.com **$30K** Sole investor
- **2009** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Leti Games](https://millionrounds.com/company/leti-games)** Seed · GH **$100K** Sole 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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$100K** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$100K**

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 5 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2012

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *5*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2009 2012

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## 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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