Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
1st
1st has raised $262M over 1 round; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
Businessfiled
1st operates in Investment Vehicle, based in Africa. Partech, the global technology investment firm, has announced the first closing of its Partech Africa II fund at EUR245 million (US$262 million), already above the target fund size.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
1st has raised $262M in disclosed capital across 1 recorded round, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series D+ (a $100M–$400M round).
Largest single filing: $262M on 2023-02-08.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2023-02-08.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models 1st at approximately $3.1B (range $1.5B–$5.0B). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Too few comparable companies in this niche to rank the valuation fairly yet.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Not enough dated financing history to read a financing rhythm.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 98% of Investment Vehicle peers (1793 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 98% of those peers.
Risks & flagsmixed
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.