
Lateral Frontiers
Investment Thesis
Lateral Frontiers: A catalyst for African innovation, empowering startups like KOKO Networks in their early growth stages. Their focus on Seed rounds fuels entrepreneurial dreams, shaping the continent's tech landscape.
Portfolio Preview
A sample from 5 verified portfolio companies.

Octavia Carbon
Octavia Carbon is using Direct Air Carbon Capture to stop climate change and reinvent humanity's relationship with carbon.

Lipa Later
Lipa Later is a digital lending marketplace providing "buy now pay later" services.

VIBRA
Vibra empowers the world's best crypto enthusiasts and newbies to effortlessly go from zero to master

SeamlessHR
SeamlessHR is a Nigerian HR platform that helps organizations make the best of their people all over the world.

KOKO Networks
KOKO replaces demand for charcoal through supplying bioethanol cooking fuel distributed through a dense network of high-tech KOKO Fuel ATMs.
Lateral Frontiers: quick facts
- Which startups has Lateral Frontiers invested in?
- Lateral Frontiers has backed at least 5 African startups, including Octavia Carbon, Lipa Later, VIBRA, SeamlessHR and KOKO Networks.
- What stages does Lateral Frontiers invest in?
- Lateral Frontiers invests at the Seed and Pre-Series A stages.
- Which sectors does Lateral Frontiers invest in?
- Its portfolio spans Financial Services, Marketplace, Lending, FinTech, CleanTech and Mobile Apps.



