In a landmark move for the African tech sector, Angolan mobility‐startup Anda has closed a €3 million seed funding round, co-led by French venture firm Breega alongside Austria’s Speedinvest and U.S., Japanese and other European investors.
The deal marks the first time an operational Angolan start-up and indeed the first from a Portuguese-speaking African nation, has secured a diversified international venture financing syndicate.
“Anda, an Angolan company focused on inclusive and sustainable urban mobility solutions, has successfully completed a €3 million investment round led by an international consortium composed of BREEGA, Speedinvest, Double Feather Partners and 4DX Ventures — investors from France, Austria, Japan and the United States. This investment positions Anda as the first Angolan startup in operation and the first in African Lusophony to raise venture capital from such a diversified international consortium. More than a financial milestone, it represents a global recognition of Angola’s innovative potential and the growing strength of the African technology ecosystem,” Anda said in a statement.
Anda, founded by Sérgio Tati and Jörg Nührmann, is tackling one of Africa’s largest yet under-addressed sectors: informal urban mobility. With around 600,000 informal motorcycle-taxi drivers in Luanda alone and over 1.2 million nationally, Tati says the opportunity to formalise and professionalise this market is both enormous and urgent.
Unlike many asset-financing or ride-hailing models that focus on one vertical, Anda has bundled asset financing, driver training, licensing and ride-hailing into a unified platform. The company reports it provides motorcycles, smartphones, GPS, insurance and legal compliance, all under one roof so drivers can focus on service while Anda handles operational complexity.
The “drive‐to‐own” model underpinning the platform allows drivers to purchase their vehicles over time offering a pathway to ownership rather than perpetual rental. Anda now plans to roll out electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure, signalling a shift toward greener mobility in Africa.
From a macro perspective, investors say the transaction is salient, it underscores growing conviction that innovation is spreading beyond Africa’s traditional tech hubs (Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa) into lesser‐visible markets such as Angola, Uganda, Ivory Coast and Senegal.
In a post-deal statement, Breega pointed out that backing founders “right from day one, from anywhere in Africa, as long as you’re building something that matters and has the potential to reach millions.”
Ben Marrel CEO and Co-founder of Breega added,
“Africa is vast, but too often the spotlight stays on its five main tech ecosystems….we’re looking beyond, already backing exceptional founders in Uganda, Ivory Coast, Senegal and now Angola.”
For Anda, the infusion should accelerate scale, deepen financial inclusion and create local jobs. In a country where access to credit has been a longstanding barrier for informal workers, this model addresses unemployment, formalisation and urban mobility simultaneously. Tati notes that part of the challenge was navigating Angola’s currency volatility and limited smartphone penetration Anda responded by including smartphone financing in the bundle.
The deal is a rare data point in Angola’s nascent startup ecosystem, where venture activity has traditionally been sparse. Anda previously won recognition by the 13th Annual Investment Congress (AIM Congress) in Abu Dhabi for its innovative model.
Entrepreneurs across Africa will watch this closely. It shows that locally-rooted platforms with a clear value-chain and genuine scale potential can attract global capital, even in markets often dismissed as too fragmented or risky. For investors, it suggests that impact, commercial viability and local anchoring are no longer trade-offs—but combined wins.
For founders this is a reminder that tackling a real pain-point, building for scale and embedding local insight still matter. You might be in Harare, Lagos or Maputo what counts is the value you unlock and the model you build. Anda’s example suggests that African enterprise cannot only participate in global capital flows it can lead them.
