Our ethos
The builders. The operators. The ones who fix it themselves. The founders who build for the world from wherever they start.
These are the people we work with, and the people we try to be.
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We start as operators.
Before we backed anyone, we built companies ourselves, and we still do. We know what it takes to ship, sell and hire when no one is watching.
- 02
We bridge markets.
Talent, capital and customers should move freely between the US and Africa, in both directions. We build the rails that let them.
- 03
We are direct.
We say what we think, early, and we expect the same in return. Not everyone likes that. Most who work with us come to rely on it.
- 04
We keep our circle small and our standards high.
Every company in the group is run by its own team, and every one of them is held to the same bar.
- 05
We think in generations.
We hold what we build. We measure ourselves by what we hand on, not by what we sell.
We are called investors, owners, a family office. We think of ourselves as builders for the long term.
Built by operators. Backed with conviction. Held for generations.