Rise Capital Partners
www.risecapital.comVCMatch tracks Rise Capital Partners as an investor focused on Other companies, Seed and Series A rounds, and Emerging Markets, Latin America, and Africa markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.
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Focus Areas
Geography
Emerging Markets, Latin America, and Africa
Investment Thesis
Rise Capital’s investment philosophy centers on a conviction that technology can “positively transform lives” and that the greatest room for that impact — and for outsized venture returns — lies in Emerging Markets. They prioritize backing “the brightest and most ambitious technology entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets” and aim to help them build “tomorrow’s most successful, iconic, and impactful companies” in the world’s largest and fastest-growing economies, leveraging a partnership with deep operating and investing experience in those regions.
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Investment Focus
Who should take a closer look
Rise Capital Partners is most relevant for founders raising Seed, Series A, and Growth rounds in Other, especially across Emerging Markets, Latin America, and Africa.
Focus statement
Rise Capital focuses on technology companies in Emerging Markets — specifically Latin America, Africa, MENA, India, and Southeast Asia — investing in entrepreneurs who can build large, iconic, and impactful businesses in those fast-growing economies.
Value Add
- Explicit, conviction-driven geographic focus: they target Emerging Markets because "most of the world's people, GDP, internet users, and growth come from Emerging Markets" and they believe "Tomorrow, most of its Unicorns will, too."
- Experienced, EM-native leadership and team: founded by Nazar Yasin (ex-Tiger Global and Goldman Sachs; former CEO of Forticom) and a partnership that "possesses 100+ years of combined operating and investing experience in Emerging Markets, including “unicorn” (US$1bn+) exits in every major region in the world."
- Demonstrated early-stage conviction and founder trust: site highlights early investments and the firm acting as sole Series A investor ("We were the sole investor in the Series A round of Hera"), and early backing of companies like Targo and Volve.
- San Francisco HQ combined with deep Emerging Markets focus — positioning them to bridge capital, networks, and operating expertise between Silicon Valley and EM founders.
Stage And Sector Fit
Portfolio Highlights
Targo
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Hera
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Axes
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Volve
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Kueski
Fintech
Facily
Ecommerce
Kitopi
Foodtech
Investment Team
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