Partech Partners
Partech is a global tech investment firm headquartered in Paris, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco. We are a team made up of independent thinkers. We are unconstrained by hype, trend or fixed ways of working. We believe in the power of alliance in action, working together and side-by-side with the founders we back, in the shared pursuit of success. We bring together capital, operational experience and strategic support for the entrepreneurs we back from seed through to growth stage. Born in San Francisco 40 years ago, today we manage close to €3 billion in assets for a current portfolio of 220 companies in 40 countries across four continents.www.partechpartners.com
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Oct 1, 2026
Selma RibicaGUEST
And then, um, with the time, I realized that there is something missing in the African VC market.
Selma RibicaGUEST
Um, you see, um, with, with time, there were several funds that were set up that were doing great job and really were fundamental in building this ecosystem like African West, Partech, TLCom, Algebra, et cetera.
Selma RibicaGUEST
But, um, the early stage of pre-seed and seed was severely underserved, or it was rather served by accelerators and impact funds who did not necessarily put the right commercial incentives in front of these startups.
Matteo RizziHOST
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Hugo MendesGUEST
Moi, j'ai jamais eu des noms qui cochent des cases sur mon CV.
Hugo MendesGUEST
Euh, tu verras mon CV, t'as pas du, euh, Google, Partech et tout ça.
Hugo MendesGUEST
'Fin tu vas pas pouvoir faire de name dropping, mais, euh...
Hugo MendesGUEST
Et du coup, je pense que moi, c'est ces opportunés là-- opportunités-là qui m'ont permis d'apprendre vachement vite, euh, d'être sur le terrain directement, d'être très opérationnel, de passer du temps avec les fondateurs, de passer du temps avec les investisseurs, de voir le cycle complet, tu vois, d'investissement.
Melalite AyenewGUEST
Right.
Ivana HeijnenHOST
Um, but we're seeing that there is, uh, so there's a recent Partech report that also came out, and the Africa report came out, I think, last week, uh, saying that there is more and more funding going into later stage when it comes to investing into, uh, uh, into Africa-
Melalite AyenewGUEST
Right
Ivana HeijnenHOST
... and into Kenya as well.
Ivana HeijnenHOST
Um, do you think there's a specific reason for that?
Melalite AyenewGUEST
Yeah.
Melalite AyenewGUEST
Um, so I, I, I did see the, um, that Partech report.
Melalite AyenewGUEST
And, um, for, for seed, for example, the, there was a, a small but, you know, um, um, noteworthy contraction of about 4%.