Equator Invest
equatorinvest.comEQIRO invests in high-potential Fintech startups at the angel to pre-seed stages across Scandinavia, Europe, and Africa, with a primary focus on East Africa. They are deploying a $5M fund over two years to back teams building solutions in Financial Infrastructure, Sustainable Impact, and AI-Enabled Future.
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EQIRO operates as an early-stage venture studio with a hands-on builder mentality. The firm partners with bold entrepreneurs to transform innovative ideas into scalable fintech companies, providing expertise, resources, and network support from day one. Their philosophy is rooted in founder empathy—the team consists of former founders and early-stage company operators who understand the challenges of building startups. They believe in backing exceptional teams with great potential even if not fully formed, seeing beyond gaps if the core vision and capability exists.
What Sets Them Apart
- Venture studio model: actively helps develop ideas from inception rather than traditional VC investing
- Founder-first approach: team consists of experienced founders with demonstrated track records of building and investing in startups
- Early-stage specialization: invests from idea-stage through pre-seed (does not invest in Series A)
- Geographic focus: unique positioning in East Africa and Africa broadly with offices in Sweden, Kenya, and Uganda
- Hands-on support: provides Capital, Technology, Advice, and Community alongside investment
- Flexible team requirements: willing to work with incomplete founding teams if potential is evident
- Fast decision-making: targets 2-week turnaround on investment decisions
- Diversity commitment: explicitly backs underrepresented founders and views diversity as core to strong teams
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