Investment Philosophy
AHL Venture Partners makes decisions transparently and communicate openly, our source of capital enables us to invest over many subsequent funding rounds, we bring an outside perspective to our investee companies from having an accessible team based on the ground in East Africa with a deep understanding of the local business environment, and we remain focused on excellence and impact over the long term.
We make minority equity, quasi-equity and debt investments in companies led by world-class teams taking innovative approaches to solving big problems in our sectors of focus. We look for highly commercial business models where increased scale creates increased impact.
Product expertise
The product offering addresses market realities and support companies at every stage of the growth journey.
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We advise on secured working capital facilities provide an alternative to using equity to fund the working capital requirements that come with rapid revenue growth. This $1 million to $5 million facilities are designed to support businesses with realisable assets that can be provided as collateral or companies that are already profitable where we can lend based on the cashflows of the company. We use creative, structured solutions to meet the needs of borrowers.
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We have experience in venture debt facilities are loans of $1 million to $5 million provided alongside a Series B+ equity raise to extend the company's cash runway but without creating further dilution for the shareholders, venture debt enables businesses to delay their next equity raise and in turn ensure the next round is at a higher valuation improving overall shareholder returns.
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AHL Venture Partners advises on a portfolio of equity investments made across Africa over the last decade. As the team has derived learnings from this portfolio and the market has matured, we have honed our expertise to focus on the sub-sectors where our expertise and other investment products can add the most value.