The Seed Challenge — FinTech Egypt has been launched by Orange Ventures and is open to Egyptian fintech entrepreneurs with a strong vision and a desire for innovation and expansion.
Orange Ventures is the Orange Group’s corporate venture capital arm. Orange Ventures and Orange Egypt are launching a Seed Challenge to invest up to 500K Euro in a fintech business in Egypt, following the official opening of the Orange Digital Center in Cairo on December 12th.
In addition to the funding, Orange Egypt invites the winning firm to spend six months at the Orange Digital Center (workspace, Orange Fab mentorship programs), pitch to the Orange Egypt Executive Committee, and discuss partnership opportunities.
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To qualify, the company must be a tech-driven startup focusing on fintech. It must also be mainly operating in Egypt, and must be a seed-stage company, that has not raised more than € 1M in total equity funding
Application closed February 15, 2022
Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer who has advised startups across Africa on issues such as startup funding (Venture Capital, Debt financing, private equity, angel investing etc), taxation, strategies, etc. He also has special focus on the protection of business or brands’ intellectual property rights ( such as trademark, patent or design) across Africa and other foreign jurisdictions.
He is well versed on issues of ESG (sustainability), media and entertainment law, corporate finance and governance.
He is also an award-winning writer