The pre-seed round was backed by angel investors and a Crowdcube campaign featuring 400 participants.
"Recently, We’ve seen more and more people entering the stock market or starting their investing journey. However, there’s currently no way for everyday investors to ensure their investments aren’t harming the things they care about. We want to ensure anyone who wants to understand the impact of their investments can and has the power to make conscious decisions through access to information"
The online learning platform raised the pre-seed round from a group led by Target Global and various angel investors.
"Our vision at Edukoya is to redefine online education for the next generation of Africans. Africa has the fastest-growing school-age population globally, with over 260M students and counting. Our goal is to democratize access and make high quality instruction and content accessible and affordable to every student, regardless of where he or she lives on the continent"
Jenson Funding Partners led the pre-seed investment round to help fund product development and expansion.
"When I first became a mother, I discovered parent tech wasn’t adapted to my needs. When I became a mum for the second time, I decided to apply my skills to develop a solution to help parents like me; those with a busy schedule who want to support their child’s development every day. As such, parents will also have access to the necessary information should they need to share it with a midwife or other health or childcare professionals."
The investment round was led by QVentures with backing from international investors to drive expansion and product development.
"Following the UK government’s call for businesses to do their part in tackling climate change, we’re proud to be supporting a company that is working to positively impact this goal. Alectro will help companies create a more sustainable world for future generations."
