Building the future — together.

We are a community - and platform - for backing the African founders who are building the future.

Our origin story.

About

We are a community of Africa-focused investors and a platform enabling them to succeed. We realised early on that if we wanted to bring more local and diasporan African investors along, we’d need to equip them with tools, knowledge, and access. We’ve tested and refined our approach over several months and are ready to scale.

Origins

Origin Twenty was founded in 2022 by Rumbi, Liam and Annalisa. Many people around us wanted to invest in African startups - they just didn’t know how or where to start. We built Origin Twenty to provide an entry point and an educational foundation to enable them to invest in African founders.

Approach

Our methodology is collectivism. We curate our community intentionally to bring together members with a diverse set of skills. We believe that by pooling capital and cross-leveraging resources, networks and knowledge, we can create more success for our collective, its members, and the founders we back.

Join

There are several ways to get started if you’re a new angel investor:

  • We host open dealflow sessions once a month where we review deals as a collective, enabling participants to expand their knowledge of the early-stage African tech scene. We allow a small number of external guests to attend each session - apply here to attend.

  • We’ve just launched an angel investing 101 course to give new angels an accessible entry point to angel investing - join the waitlist here.

Get involved

Join the collective

Get access to some of the most exciting African startups and build your skills as an angel investor.

Apply for funding

If you’re fundraising in Q3 and Q4 2023, reach out and we’ll follow up if it’s a good fit.

Partner with us

Let’s expand the opportunity set for local and diasporan African investors and the founders we back.