The Raba partnership

Raba is an investment partnership focused on partnering with entrepreneurs in emerging technology ecosystems.

Raba is not a "fund." We are a partnership, a team of people who partner with founders to build companies that generate outsized returns and solve real-world problems. We have been early partners to the founders of many category-defining African software and internet companies.

We partner with founders building software and internet-first companies. We get involved early — during a time when we can have outsized impact. We have developed a series of investment themes that inform our partnership decisions. Our focus is on companies that facilitate the efficient movement of capital and essential products — the rails that enable other businesses to be built.

We believe long-term investment results are driven by a combination of an unconventional thesis, a rigorous investment process, and the ability to invest with a longer-term horizon than traditional market participants. Through our network of limited partners, we've built long-term thinking and company-building experience into our operating system from the start.

We align interests with our partners and are among the largest LPs in Raba's funds.