Roselake Ventures

www.roselake.vc

Roselake invests exclusively in early-stage tech companies based in Africa and Asia, with particular interest in fintech, web3, logistics, healthtech, digital commerce, climate tech, and SaaS companies solving for large markets.

Check Size

$10K - $150K

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Fintech, Blockchain Crypto, Logistics Supply Chain

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Investment Thesis

Roselake Ventures believes in empowering early-stage founders in emerging markets by combining capital, operating expertise, and networks. They take a hands-on approach to helping companies understand and enter emerging markets, having supported companies across Hong Kong, China, Canada, the U.S., and beyond since 2021. Their investment model focuses on providing first checks to promising startups at pre-seed and seed stages with the goal of rapid decision-making and deployment of capital.

What Sets Them Apart

Deep emerging markets expertise - explicitly helping founders understand and enter emerging markets
Geographic focus on Africa and Asia with selective expansion to other regions
Sector-agnostic approach while having strong conviction in key verticals
Fast decision-making process (2-4 weeks typical response time)
Quick capital deployment - cash in bank within 30 days of offer
Comfortable being first check and setting terms despite small check sizes
Team includes venture partners with on-the-ground emerging markets experience