The Heartbeat of African Venture
One operating system for Africa's entire venture ecosystem
AI-powered data rooms, intelligent deal pipelines and programme management, connecting founders, investors and ecosystem builders across the continent.
Free forever for founders · 30-day trial for investors and ecosystem builders
The Problem
Africa's venture ecosystem runs on fragmented tools
Every stakeholder has a piece of the puzzle. No one has the full picture.
Data lives in 12 places
Founders juggle Google Sheets, email chains, Notion, Drive folders. Investors piece together context from scattered decks and outdated CRMs.
Deals die in the dark
Without pipeline visibility, promising startups stall at due diligence. Investors lose track. Founders never know who's watching.
Programmes run on duct tape
Accelerators manage applications in spreadsheets. Judging is chaos. There's no system connecting the dots from application to exit.
Africa-specific context is missing
Global platforms don't understand SADC benchmarks, local regulatory landscapes, or the nuances of raising on the continent.
The Platform
Four transformative layers, one system
Bloomberg Terminal meets PitchBook, with AI built for the way capital actually moves across African markets.
For Founders
The Living Data Room
A persistent document vault that grows with your company instead of being rebuilt for every raise. A readiness checklist shows what's still missing for your stage, and access is granted per section rather than all or nothing.
- Readiness checklist tuned to your funding stage
- Grant metrics, cap table and legal access separately
- Viewers verify their email before anything unlocks
- See exactly who holds access, and revoke in one click
For Investors
A deal flow board that chases for you
Not a list to scroll, but a set of things to act on. Unanswered access requests, deals going cold, decisions due and the active pipeline, each surfaced with the next move attached.
- Recommended actions ranked by what needs a decision
- Nudge founders on stalled access requests in one click
- Going-cold detection on deals with no recent touch
- Deal velocity analytics across your whole book
Built For
Every player in the ecosystem
Founders, investors, hubs and ESOs share one platform, which is exactly why each part works better than it would alone.
In Use Today
Programmes running on Venture Pulse OS
Accelerators, competitions and shows use the platform to take applications and support their founders.
Run a programme? Talk to us about bringing it onto the platform.
How It Works
From first upload to funded
Get Started
Onboard in three steps
No interview, no waitlist. Pick your path, create your profile, and you're in.
- 1
Pick your path
Founder, investor, hub or ESO. Choose the one that describes you.
- 2
Create your profile
Sign up and fill in your profile. It takes a few minutes, and you can add more later.
- 3
Start using it
Founders apply to programmes. Investors discover startups. Hubs and ESOs run programmes and support founders.
Hubs
You run an innovation hub, incubator or accelerator.
Onboard as a hubChoose “Investor / Ecosystem Builder” when you sign up.
ESOs
You are an ecosystem support organisation: a funder, agency, corporate or government programme backing founders.
Onboard as an ESOChoose “Investor / Ecosystem Builder” when you sign up.
Security & Compliance
Built for documents that actually matter
Cap tables, term sheets and financials belong behind real controls: encrypted at rest and in transit, granted section by section, versioned rather than overwritten, and revocable in one click.
How we handle your data
Ready to feel the pulse?
Join the founders, investors and ecosystem builders shaping the future of African venture capital.
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