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May 2022
Welcome to BuuPass! 🚀 Were your trusted partner in seamless travel experiences, offering hassle-free booking solutions for buses, trains, and flights across East Africa. At BuuPass, were on a mission to digitize and organize intercity Transport in Africa, so that people can live without borders.
We offer a B2B2C platform, digitizing operations for transport companies and connecting them to online ticketing platforms. Customers can conveniently book intercity bus, train, and flight tickets and parcels online. For bus operators, BuuPass provides robust Transport Management Systems, enhancing efficiency, transparency, and revenue tracking.
BuuPass operates in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda & South Africa. We have partnered with key telcos & SuperApps such as M-Pesa App, Transsion Super App and many more to reach a wide customer base on a daily basis.
BuuPass is a venture backed startup having raised USD 1.5 million in our over-subcribscribedfrom the Founders Factory Africa, FrontEnd Ventures, Adaverse, Gullit, Five35, Renew Capital, Changecom, XA Network, Ajim Capital, Artha Ventures, Daba Finance, Google Black Founders Fund and most recently Tim Draper, a silicon Valley tycoon not forgetting several angel investors. We also won USD 1 million Global Hult Prize award supported by President Bill Clinton in the USA. Join us on this exciting journey as we redefine travel, making it more convenient, reliable, and accessible for everyone. Welcome aboard BuuPass!
Investor
Dec 2021
Entrepreneurship in the service of the climate emergency!
We identify, fund, and launch 100 companies designed and structured from start to finish to combat greenhouse gases.
Our mission:
> identify high-impact innovations;
> recruit experienced entrepreneurs to transform these innovations into companies with solid business models;
> inject financial resources to maximize and accelerate deployment.
All innovations are made available as open source.
Every euro raised is used to combat climate change.
Any individual or organization can join the effort starting at €1 on our website (in just a few minutes) and take concrete action, on a global scale, against climate change.
Everything is detailed (and you can contact us) at team-planet.com
Investor
Feb 2021
Top Startup to Watch in Africa, Amitruck is the innovative solution for Logistics professionals enabling massive cost savings, improved efficiency and digitization to the last mile. Key organizations can enjoy great benefits adding value to the Supply Chain whilst improving customer experience, turnaround times and sales conversion. By matching cargo owners with trucking logistics professionals through a digital competitive bidding process, Amitruck brings trust and transparency into the African logistics sector. Amitruck’s solution conveniently cuts out expensive middlemen whilst increasing security as all drivers and vehicles are vetted and goods in transit insured.
Investor
Feb 2021
With a focus on freshness, affordability, and quality, Pricepally offers a range of food products in collaboration with our trusted farmers and partners to meet our customers needs in African cities. Whether youre a family looking for fresh ingredients for your next meal or a business looking to stock up on supplies, weve got you covered.
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2023
Operating Partner
Jun 2023
The Catalyst Fund is an early-stage VC fund and venture builder investing for a climate-resilient future in Africa. We partner with founders building tech solutions for climate adaptation and resilience.
Our thesis focuses on supporting mission-driven, local and women founders building solutions across several sectors critical for climate resilience: agritech and food systems, insurtech and climate fintech, cold chain, waste management, clean energy and water management.
2022
Investor
May 2022
Welcome to BuuPass! 🚀 Were your trusted partner in seamless travel experiences, offering hassle-free booking solutions for buses, trains, and flights across East Africa. At BuuPass, were on a mission to digitize and organize intercity Transport in Africa, so that people can live without borders.
We offer a B2B2C platform, digitizing operations for transport companies and connecting them to online ticketing platforms. Customers can conveniently book intercity bus, train, and flight tickets and parcels online. For bus operators, BuuPass provides robust Transport Management Systems, enhancing efficiency, transparency, and revenue tracking.
BuuPass operates in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda & South Africa. We have partnered with key telcos & SuperApps such as M-Pesa App, Transsion Super App and many more to reach a wide customer base on a daily basis.
BuuPass is a venture backed startup having raised USD 1.5 million in our over-subcribscribedfrom the Founders Factory Africa, FrontEnd Ventures, Adaverse, Gullit, Five35, Renew Capital, Changecom, XA Network, Ajim Capital, Artha Ventures, Daba Finance, Google Black Founders Fund and most recently Tim Draper, a silicon Valley tycoon not forgetting several angel investors. We also won USD 1 million Global Hult Prize award supported by President Bill Clinton in the USA. Join us on this exciting journey as we redefine travel, making it more convenient, reliable, and accessible for everyone. Welcome aboard BuuPass!
2021
Investor
Dec 2021
Entrepreneurship in the service of the climate emergency!
We identify, fund, and launch 100 companies designed and structured from start to finish to combat greenhouse gases.
Our mission:
> identify high-impact innovations;
> recruit experienced entrepreneurs to transform these innovations into companies with solid business models;
> inject financial resources to maximize and accelerate deployment.
All innovations are made available as open source.
Every euro raised is used to combat climate change.
Any individual or organization can join the effort starting at €1 on our website (in just a few minutes) and take concrete action, on a global scale, against climate change.
Everything is detailed (and you can contact us) at team-planet.com
Principal Consultant
Mar 2021
BFA Global is an impact innovation firm that combines research, advisory, venture building, and investment expertise to build a more inclusive, equitable, and resilient future for underserved people and the planet. We partner with leading public, private and philanthropic organizations, global and local, to catalyze innovation ecosystems for impact across emerging markets.
Investor
Feb 2021
Top Startup to Watch in Africa, Amitruck is the innovative solution for Logistics professionals enabling massive cost savings, improved efficiency and digitization to the last mile. Key organizations can enjoy great benefits adding value to the Supply Chain whilst improving customer experience, turnaround times and sales conversion. By matching cargo owners with trucking logistics professionals through a digital competitive bidding process, Amitruck brings trust and transparency into the African logistics sector. Amitruck’s solution conveniently cuts out expensive middlemen whilst increasing security as all drivers and vehicles are vetted and goods in transit insured.
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