Companies · Fintech
Africa · Fintech · founded 2021
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on LittleFish — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→LittleFish: limited disclosed financing to assess.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the fintech sector profile.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
LittleFish is one of 1063 Fintech companies tracked from Africa, on record since 2021. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 66% of sector peers), and mid-pack by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
SA fintech startup LittleFish secures funding from TLcom, Flourish 0 By Tom Jackson on October 4, 2024 News , Southern Africa South African fintech startup LittleFish, which enables banks to better serve SMEs, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from TLcom Capital and Flourish Ventures to help it scale. Co-founded in 2021 by Brandon Roberts and Miod Davith Kahwa, LittleFish aims to bridge the financial services gap for SMEs across Africa via a comprehensive digital platform that enables banks to better serve SMEs.
SA fintech startup LittleFish secures funding from TLcom, Flourish 0 By Tom Jackson on October 4, 2024 News , Southern Africa South African fintech startup LittleFish, which enables banks to better serve SMEs, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from TLcom Capital and Flourish Ventures to help it scale. Co-founded in 2021 by Brandon Roberts and Miod Davith Kahwa, LittleFish aims to bridge the financial services gap for SMEs across Africa via a comprehensive digital platform that enables banks to better serve SMEs.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
No round amounts on record to chart.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 17%.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series D+ — a $100M–$400M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the fintech sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 1063 companies in Fintech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 66% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 66% of peers (estimate).
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D+ | — | 2024-10-04 | — | — | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
LittleFish is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1stCollab | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Abacus | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Absa Bank | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Accend | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Accept.inc (formerly BoardRE) | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Aer | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Affinity | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
| Ajaib | Fintech | — | — | — | same sector |
Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.
| Firm | Round | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Flourish Ventures | Series D+ | 55% |
| TLcom Capital | Series D+ | 55% |
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