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The VU Africa Fund I is a multi-asset venture capital fund that provides investors with the ability to invest in a single fund entity (Limited Partnership Fund Entity) that invests in multiple opportunities (across multiple verticals) thereby diversifying the risks typically associated with venture capital investments. 

We’ve recently kicked off our fundraising efforts for our $50M venture capital fund and are currently meeting with potential Limited Partners. With investments from US$1m upwards Investors are offered the opportunity to become a Limited Partner in Synergos’ VU Africa Fund. LP’s will share in superior returns from venture capital investments in the best startup potential Africa has to offer.

Single-asset SPVs offer a simple fund structure for investors who wish to invest in "deal-by-deal" investment opportunities, on their own or together with other investors, but where each investor has the discretion to choose which opportunity to invest in and is not bound by a multi portfolio fund structure where fund managers make investment decisions on behalf of all LP investors in the Fund.

We have a number of dedicated investment opportunities in specific investment vehicles that are aimed at investors who are looking for specific focused investment opportunities on a deal-by-deal basis.  

For smaller investments from US$10K and upwards Syndicate Investors are offered the opportunity to co-invest on a deal-by-deal basis in some of the best venture capital investment opportunities which Silicon Valley has to offer. Investors get access to VU’s large deal flow funnel, investment team for due diligence and investment evaluation. Syndicate investors are offered the ability to co-invest with each other, all while having 100% control over what investments they wish to make.

Corporates are faced with disruption risk from competitors in their industries that they do not even know about. Corporate Venture Capital offers corporations the opportunity to look around the corner and see the future, but It’s not easy for corporations to establish their own internal innovation/venture teams. 

Synergos and VU supports corporations across the full innovation spectrum by providing corporations with a highly flexible, affordable, and easy approach to their innovation needs as well as identifying new opportunities for innovation and uncovering blindspots. Synergos and VU’s Corporate Venture as a Service (CVaaS) becomes your external innovation partner & venture capital team. Corporation defines vertical areas of interest and which tools in the innovation toolbox to focus on.

CVaaS provides all the strategic benefits of a large, experienced, and incentivised venture team with none of the cost or administrative complexity. Synergos and VU identifies early stage disruptors and innovators in / near your sector and partners with you to do continuous sourcing and diligence of strategic opportunities in your key sectors, giving you substantial advantage over your competitors.

The African continent desperately needs more investors and investments to be made on the continent. An increase in investment funds will however only start to flow to the continent if the VC/PE eco-system is grown and expanded. The VU Investor Accelerator Program is the only program of its kind due to its scalability and global reach and supports the growth and expansion of the investment ecosystem in Africa in tangible ways.

Synergos is in partnership with VU establishing a dedicated Africa desk at VU’s Investor Accelerator for candidates from the African continent. The program aims to further develop and expand the African venture capital ecosystem and to increase the investor focus and flow of investment funds to the continent.

The Africa team will consist of ~5 Students per quarter which will form part of VU’s Accelerator programs per cohort. The impact of this will be if 5 students per quarter are supported, that 20 new African fund managers will be graduating from the program each year.