Scale Ventures · London · Lagos · Accra
A financial-services holding and value-creation platform.
We focus on banks and non-bank financial institutions, and the businesses that serve them: payments, fintech, banking software, merchant acquiring and credit infrastructure.
Who we are
Not a passive investor, and not a consulting firm.
We work hands-on with shareholders and management to build durable enterprise value across Africa and other emerging markets. We take risk alongside shareholders and are paid on the trajectory we help create.
Our role is not to write the plan. Our role is to take operating accountability for delivering it.
Who we are and what we believeHow we work
Two ways in
Economics are tied to value created, not advisory activity. The preference is equity, with a minimum stake of 5–10%; participation can also come through operating contribution, or a combination.
Single point of accountability
Full operating role
We install the executive team from day one and run the business day-to-day, including the core. The buck stops with us.
Advisory on the core, operator of the new
Value-creation support
Management keeps running the core. We invest, take a board seat, co-author the plan, run the transformation office, and directly deliver the initiatives management is least equipped to execute.
SME Integrated Lending Engine
An end-to-end digital solution to enable lenders to grow SME portfolios at tolerable risk levels.
Next-gen integrated core banking for Africa
A modern core built for the digital age and tailored to leading African banks.
Insights
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Converging the speed of a fintech and the strength of a bank.Our vision in banking
Get in touch
Investors, clients, partners, future colleagues.
If you are a shareholder or board considering a value-creation plan, an investor, a prospective partner, or looking for your next role, we would like to hear from you.