Barriers to Transitioning from Seed to Series A Financing in African Startup Ecosystems

The African startup ecosystem has experienced a geometric increase with venture capital (VC)investments growing to 5 billion USD in 2022 as compared to 400 million USD in 2015.1 However,a large bottleneck remains; there are numerous startups who do not make it between the seed andSeries A funding stages, and this makes them stagnate and eventually fail. This paper examinesthe legal, financial and structural causes of this stagnation based on the unique nature of seed andSeries A financing in African contexts.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2024-12-15
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16459517
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Economic Growth and Development
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Barriers to Transitioning from Seed to Series A Financing in African Startup Ecosystems

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Economic Growth and Development
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Barriers to Transitioning from Seed to Series A Financing in African Startup Ecosystems

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Abstract

The African startup ecosystem has experienced a geometric increase with venture capital (VC)investments growing to 5 billion USD in 2022 as compared to 400 million USD in 2015.1 However,a large bottleneck remains; there are numerous startups who do not make it between the seed andSeries A funding stages, and this makes them stagnate and eventually fail. This paper examinesthe legal, financial and structural causes of this stagnation based on the unique nature of seed andSeries A financing in African contexts.

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