Today, the Lisk EMpower Fund goes live — a $15M venture fund backing founders in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. 🌍
Our mission: close the capital gap and support proven products on their path to global scale.
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The opportunity ahead 🧵
In the places where Web3 solves daily problems — payments, remittances, supply chains, identity — founders are building real traction.
But when it’s time to raise meaningful rounds, the door too often stays shut.
📊The mismatch:
▪️Less than 5% of global venture capital reached Africa & LatAm in 2022
▪️Yet funds in these regions consistently returned 9–11% annually (compared to –2.7% in the US)
▪️Meanwhile, a $5.2T market of small businesses remains starved of capital
Real adoption. Real returns. But the money isn’t flowing where the growth is.
The old VC playbook was written for Silicon Valley: fast exits, inflated valuations, short cycles.
In high-growth markets, Web3 isn’t a trend. It’s infrastructure. And it requires a different kind of capital.
This is the capital cliff: startups with product–market fit and paying users, stuck raising at seed-stage valuations.
How the Lisk EMpower Fund bridges that gap:
▪️Clear pathway: from local incubators → up to $250k first check → readiness for Series A
▪️Hands-on advisory: investor-grade financials, governance, fundraising prep
▪️Tokenized access: LP subscriptions with secondary liquidity
▪️Proprietary deal flow: pre-vetted founders sourced via our on-the-ground partners
Proof in action 👇
The first 4 companies backed by the Lisk EMpower Fund:
🇿🇦 — digitizing supply chains between retailers and suppliers in South Africa
Afrikabal 🌍 — connecting smallholder farmers to buyers and investors across Africa
IDRX 🇮🇩 — a stablecoin giving unbanked Indonesians access to financial services
SigraFi 🪙 — financing small gold producers through gold-backed onchain loan notes
Each is solving local challenges with solutions that can scale globally.
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