We Empower Visionary Founders from Day One

At EQIRO, we partner with bold entrepreneurs across Scandinavia, Europe, and Africa to build scalable Fintech giants. We provide the expertise, resources, and network needed to transform innovative ideas into thriving businesses with lasting impact. Together, we turn vision into reality.

Who We are

We are builders, just like you.
Long before EQIRO, we founded startups and worked with early-stage companies. We know how amazing – and how hard – building a startup can be. That’s why we listen, empathize, and offer real, actionable advice.
EQIRO Invest is a Sweden-based early-stage venture studio. Over the next two years, we’re deploying a $5M fund to back exceptional teams building Fintech companies across Scandinavia, Europe, and Africa. Together, we’re creating ventures that matter.

Our Focus Areas

Financial Infrastructure

Sustainable Impact

AI-Enabled Future

Our Team

Michael Akampa

Managing Partner

Charles Obonyo

Principal Partner

James Mukasa

Principal Partner

We Know How to Unlock Potential

We invest in high-potential Fintech startups at the angel to pre-seed stages, backing teams with great engineers, designers, product experts, and business founders. Even if your team isn’t fully formed, we see beyond the gaps. If the potential is there, we’ll work with you to build, grow, and succeed. At EQIRO, we know the way to bring out the best in your vision and turn it into reality.

We appreciate your interest in Equator Invest! We will be looking to learn about your company.

Please give us a maximum 2 weeks to look at your Deck and get back to you.

Kindly take note, that we do no invest in any businesses with a heavy focus on Hardware, Manufacturing, Fashion, Entertainment. We prefer to only invest in Africa (Primarily Eastern Africa but anywhere else within Africa is fine), SEA, Europe or Diaspora founders with a focus on the African continent and most importantly, we have a preference for Delaware C-corps.

What should I Include in my Pitch Deck:

It is helpful if you explicitly include quantitative pieces of data that clearly demonstrate traction:

  • Such as your overall user base 
  • Growth rate 
  • Monthly revenue run-rate and its growth rate. 
  • If you previously created successful companies or projects, do mention them as well.
 
Equator Invest Pitch Form

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