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Uprise.Africa

Africa · Hardware / Semiconductors

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Uprise.Africa — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
Total raised · real
1
Rounds
Latest step-up
Top 53%
Sector rank · raised
Series A
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Oct 24 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Uprise.Africa: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the hardware/semi sector profile.

Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

1 Investor
Where it sits in Hardware / Semiconductors

Uprise.Africa is one of 130 Hardware / Semiconductors companies tracked from Africa. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 48% 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 crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa secures funding 0 By Gabriella Mulligan on October 24, 2018 News , Southern Africa South African equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa has raised an undisclosed investment from Silicon Valley-based VC firm Nexxus Ventures. Launched in October last year, Uprise.Africa aims to help innovative local businesses raise capital while gaining market validation.

SA crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa secures funding 0 By Gabriella Mulligan on October 24, 2018 News , Southern Africa South African equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa has raised an undisclosed investment from Silicon Valley-based VC firm Nexxus Ventures. Launched in October last year, Uprise.Africa aims to help innovative local businesses raise capital while gaining market validation.

hardware/semi

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

ZA
Jurisdiction
1
Investors (latest)
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series A · 2018

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 33%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
Base estimate est.
Conservative case
Upside case
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Aa $4.0M–$15M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the hardware/semi sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Financing rhythm
Avg between rounds
Capital velocity
On record since
First round
0
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 130 companies in Hardware / Semiconductors. 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.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$8.3M
Latest round — vs other Series A rounds in sector (real $, this stage)
This company
Sector median$5.0M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$26.4M

Raised more than 48% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 48% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

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.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series A2018-10-2445%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series A2018-10-24
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 1 investor on this round.
Intelligence
Modeled next raise
Modeled next size est.
Last step-up
Capital velocity

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.

Registry & provenance

Uprise.Africa is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
ZA
Jurisdiction
Similar companies

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.

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FreshAir Sensor LLCHardware / SemiconductorsSeries A$34.1M$14.9Msame sector · same stage
Ideal Semiconductor Devices, Inc.Hardware / SemiconductorsSeries A$18.8M$150.0Msame sector · same stage
Investors

Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.

FirmRoundConfidence
Nexxus VenturesSeries A55%
Frequently asked
What funding stage is Uprise.Africa at?
Uprise.Africa's latest modeled financing stage is Series A. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Oct 24.
What does Uprise.Africa do and where is it based?
Uprise.Africa operates in the Hardware / Semiconductors sector, based in Africa. SA crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa secures funding 0 By Gabriella Mulligan on October 24, 2018 News , Southern Africa South African equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa has raised an undisclosed investment from Silicon Valley-based VC firm Nexxus Ventures. Launched in October last year, Uprise.Africa aims to help innovative local businesses raise capital while gaining market validation.
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