Overview of Investor

Silvertree Holdings is a holding and operating company that invests in early and mid stage digital companies in Sub-Saharan African markets.

ilvertree is an entrepreneur-led investment growth partner scaling consumer and digital brands in Africa. From founding in 2013, the Silvertree portfolio has grown to include 12 companies employing 400 people across 13 locations in 3 cities. Silvertree follows an owner-operator approach and puts its own capital at risk by investing from its balance sheet and has generated returns of 13x to shareholders in 4 years. We support entrepreneurs by providing them with long-term capital and a dedicated operational platform of 20-plus staff, which has supported annual revenue growth of >100% CAGR over multiple years across the portfolio.

Type of investor
Venture Capital
Preferred investment stage
Seed - Pre-Series A
Sector/s of Interest
​Information and communication
e-commerce
Financial and insurance activities
FinTech and InsureTech
Financial Services and Insurance
Human health and social work activities
FoodTech and Food Science
Country/s of interest
Nigeria
South Africa