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About Us

FIVE35 Ventures Represents Our Mission:

To catalyse the creation of 5% more GDP for Africa by setting in motion a trend of investing in female-led or female-impacted entrepreneurial businesses

To leverage that female-led startups can deliver 35% more ROI when given access to the right capital, networks and partnerships

Female First

To catalyse the creation of an up to 5% increase in GDP for the African continent by setting in motion a trend of investing in female-led businesses. To support the research that female-led startups can deliver 35% higher ROI*, as opposed to all-male led teams, when there is equal access to capital, networks and partnerships.

Catalytic African partner

Proud in our own diversity, we are African women and men that deeply believe in catalysing opportunities for startups and attracting new capital onto the Continent.

Highly commercial with impact at our core

We seek the best female-focused, tech-enabled African startups that can scale into new markets, drive revenue, economic participation, create jobs and economic participation. Commercial returns and high impact are both critical for the sustainability of women in business.

Our Team

General Partners

Hema is an engineer, turned entrepreneur, turned investor who has worked under the gender parity umbrella for the past decade and a half. Janade is an experienced investment banker, impact investor and has lived and worked extensively across the African continent. Through the range of programmes offered through their ecosystem, Hema & Janade have accelerated over 175+ companies supporting 250+ female entrepreneurs, and have made over 70+ investments across the continent.

Investment Committee

Margaret O'connor

UK/USA/SOUTH AFRICA

Silicon Valley start-up entrepreneur & fintech leader

Josephine Wapakabulo

UGANDA/UAE

Award-winning African tech innovator & entrepreneur

Jumoke Ogudare

Nigeria

CEO, Asset & Resource Management HoldCo

Marie Therese Fam

Egypt

Managing Partner, Flat6 Labs

Hannah Subayi

DRC

Country Officer & Equity Expert, PROPARCO

Board

Venture Partners

Isabelle De Melo

Mauritius

Co-founder, Mo Angels; NED AfriAsia Bank

Baljinder Sharma

Mauritius

Founder, Monsoon Capital Investments

Naadiya Moosajee

Post Investment Support

Co-founder, WomHub & WomEng, Gender Specialist

Julia Price

Deal Structuring

Founder, Linea Capital; Consultant, Endeavor Harvest Venture Capital Fund

Zachariah George

Deal Flow

Co-Founder, Launch Africa Ventures & StartUpBootCamp Africa

Board

Isabelle De Melo

Mauritius

Co-founder, Mo Angels; NED AfriAsia Bank

Baljinder Sharma

Mauritius

Founder, Monsoon Capital Investments

Venture Partners

Naadiya Moosajee

Post Investment Support

Co-founder, WomHub & WomEng, Gender Specialist

Julia Price

Deal Structuring

Founder, Linea Capital; Consultant, Endeavor Harvest Venture Capital Fund

Zachariah George

Deal Flow

Co-Founder, Launch Africa Ventures & StartUpBootCamp Africa

Our Ecosystem

The first top-to-tail platform ecosystem fully focused on African Female Entrepreneurs
Venture Lab

WomEng is an award-winning non-profit supporting the innovation, entrepreneurship & employability of girls & women in STEM

Accelerator

WomHub is a Pan-African boutique Incubator and Accelerator developing female founders in STEM

Workspace

WomHub Co-Working Space and e-Learning Hub is a user-centric space designed to inspire and house female founders

Workspace

Kusanya is the premier Hyper-Accelerator for Pan-African female founders, providing bespoke acceleration to secure pre-seed & seed investments

Venture Fund

Five35 Ventures is a Pan-African VC Fund investing in seed & series A female-focused tech startups