Venture Capital
Founder and investor-side counsel on the region's fastest-scaling technology and growth companies.
Venture counsel that thinks in rounds — and years.
We advise founders, seed and Series funds, family offices, and DFIs on venture capital transactions across East Africa. Our practice is built for the pace and precision the venture market demands.
From founding through to Series C and beyond, we combine market-standard execution with the strategic counsel founders and boards actually need.
- Founding & pre-seed structuring
- Priced rounds & SAFEs
- Investor and syndicate coordination
- Secondary sales and exits
How we approach this practice.
Anchored in the vibrant Silicon Savannah, we support high-growth technology companies and the investors who back them — advising on convertible notes, SAFE agreements, and priced equity rounds from Seed through Series D+, with careful attention to valuation, liquidation preferences, and anti-dilution protections.
We also advise founders on equity incentives (ESOPs), intellectual property assignment, and protecting long-term interests through successive dilution events.
Venture capability across every round.
Founder arrangements, cap table design, vesting, and pre-seed structuring.
Seed through late-stage priced rounds with market-standard investor rights.
SAFE, KISS, and convertible loan note documentation for early-stage rounds.
ESOP design and administration, including cross-border employee schemes.
Lead investor documentation and syndicate coordination across regional and global funds.
Secondary sales, tender offers, and full exit execution.
A disciplined path from concept to close.
- 01Commercial Alignment
We start with the commercial map — economics, control, contributions, and outcome — before drafting a single clause.
- 02Structural Blueprint
A structuring memo sets out the vehicle, jurisdiction, tax treatment, and regulatory path, benchmarked against comparable matters.
- 03Documentation
Bespoke documentation drafted as an integrated instrument set — designed to survive later scrutiny.
- 04Approvals & Closing
Regulator engagement, condition-precedent management, and a disciplined closing choreography.
- 05Stewardship
Ongoing counsel through the life of the matter — governance, calendaring, and dispute-prevention.
Selected venture mandates.
A partial view of the mandates we have advised on — sanitised for confidentiality, but indicative of the scale and complexity of our work.
- 01
Advised a Series C fintech on a USD 60m priced round led by a global growth fund.
- 02
Represented a regional VC on a series of seed investments across four sectors.
- 03
Counsel to a founder on a partial secondary sale ahead of a strategic exit.
- 04
Delivered a cross-border ESOP for a scale-up with employees across three countries.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
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