ZerosAndOnes is a venture studio that co-founds, funds, and builds early-stage startups across Africa — from the first idea to seed round and beyond.
We don't restrict ourselves to one sector. Africa's challenges span health, education, finance, agriculture, logistics and beyond. The best founders we work with are obsessed with a specific problem — not a category. We follow the problem, wherever it leads.
We start with acute, underserved problems — not trends. If the pain is real and large, the sector doesn't matter.
Solutions built for African realities — local infrastructure, payment rails, regulatory environments, purchasing power.
We build for revenue from day one. No growth-at-all-costs. Every venture must show willingness to pay before we scale.
Built in Africa, designed to scale globally. We structure every venture to raise internationally and compete worldwide.
A disciplined stage-gated pipeline. We kill aggressively early so we can back our strongest bets with everything the studio has. Every stage ends with a clear kill-or-continue decision.
No salary to start — just a meaningful equity stake in a company we build together from zero. When your seed round closes, you go on market salary. Until then, ownership is the point.
Once your seed round closes, the venture pays you market salary from new capital. Build for equity first — then for a salary and equity.
Studio engineers and designers build your product. You stay focused on the customer.
Delaware C-Corp, Mauritius HoldCo, Nigerian opsco — structured to raise globally.
Corporate banking, Paystack, Flutterwave, Mono — integrated from day one.
CBN, NDPC, NITDA, SEC support in-house. Launch 6–12 months faster.
Warm intros to US/UK customers, investors, and operators from day one.
Studio co-leads your seed with LP network across Africa, DFIs, and global VCs.
We run two active builds at a time, killing aggressively at validation. These are the ventures currently in build or early discovery.