Overview of Investor

Novastar is a venture capital investor that backs entrepreneurs that are obsessed with serving the basic needs of everyday consumers; understanding their lifestyles, the friction that slows them down, the tools that lift them up, and the informal markets where they live, work and shop.

Type of investor
Venture Capital
Preferred investment stage
Seed - Pre-Series A
Sector/s of Interest
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
​Transportation and storage
Financial and insurance activities
FinTech and InsureTech
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
Financial Services and Insurance
Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities
Human health and social work activities
Health Technologies
Human health activities
​Other service activities
Country/s of interest
Burkina Faso
Ethiopia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Malawi
Mali
Mozambique
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Tanzania
Uganda
Operational status
Raising and allocating funds