LAVA (@lavavc

Welcome @s3unha as Venture Partner to the LAVA family! We're excited to bring a talented founder, investor, and community builder to support LAVA's mission + founders in our portfolio reach new heights. lavavc.io/team

LAVA

@lavavc_

May 13, 2025

We are thrilled to officially launch LAVA - an early-stage fund backing exceptional founders who are building foundational infrastructure for Africa’s economy. Read more about our thesis and why the future is being built at this frontier:

Launching LAVA

From writing.lavavc.io

LAVA

@lavavc_

Aug 12, 2025

We are thrilled to be backing David and the team at @honeycoinapp. The most underrated company coming out of Africa, with a bold vision to be the primary cleaning house for stablecoin payments. Congratulations team 🌋

David Nandwa 🍯💛

@justvibesncode

Aug 12, 2025

It’s official: $4.9M raised to build the OS for finance and money in emerging markets. Led by @FlourishVC, joined by @Visa, @lavavc_ , @TLcomCapital, @AntlerGlobal, @MushaVentures, 4DX Ventures and more. Grateful. Humbled. Excited. 4 years ago, I built @honeycoinapp from my

LAVA

@lavavc_

Aug 11, 2025

FX is the largest market in the world ($7.5Trillion daily!) Imagine everyone gets similar rates, no extractive fees? Imagine how much money could actually get to its intended destination, instead of being siphoned off in inefficient and unfair markets? It's already happening.

LAVA

@lavavc_

Aug 18, 2025

LAVA is hiring three exceptional truth-seekers and clear thinkers! lavavc.io/workwithus

Yoseph Ayele

@yosephayele

Aug 18, 2025

We're hiring 3 roles at @lavavc_ 🔥 🌋Intelligence & Operations Analyst 🌋Technical Research Analyst 🌋Master of Narratives Looking for truth-seekers. No CVs required. Show us how you think. Apply: lavavc.io/workwithus Details 👇

LAVA

@lavavc_

Jul 7, 2025

Having learnt a few things about how capital is really allocated today, we're excited to invest in @butterygg, who are here to help us all make better decisions. We're keen to program more level playing fields for African founders and builders to compete for global resources.

LAVA

@lavavc_

Jul 15, 2025

Why are stablecoins thriving in Africa? What are the underlying forces that drove USD stablecoin rise on the continent, and where is the space going? Read Part I of a series on stablecoins in Africa: writing.lavavc.io/p/stablecoins-…

Yoseph Ayele

@yosephayele

Jul 15, 2025

I've been beating the drums about stablecoins in Africa for years. They've finally hit mainstream in the West! I'm releasing a 2-part series to look beyond the surface-level takes on why stablecoins thrive in Africa, and seek to understand the forces that led us there. Part I

LAVA

@lavavc_

May 13, 2025

Replying to @lavavc_

We've already backed 9 startups led by amazing founders, including @honeycoinapp, @OnboardGlobal, @kotanipay, @getliquidapp, @MentoLabs, @cngn_co, @accrueHQ, @0xshield3, and @paycrest.

LAVA

@lavavc_

May 13, 2025

Replying to @lavavc_

If you are building an early stage startup for the African market, we want to hear from you:

lavavc.io

Contact LAVA — Africa Crypto & AI Venture Fund

Pitch us or get in touch. We back founders building the financial infrastructure of Africa.

LAVA

@lavavc_

Aug 11, 2025

Replying to @lavavc_

Let's take a look at all the work already done to make onchain markets more efficient, fair, and open. Let's apply that work to FX. Let's look at the people who are already doing this, including @MentoLabs, @0xProject, @CoWSwap, @Bancor, @ChronicleLabs and others.

LAVA

@lavavc_

Aug 18, 2025

Replying to @lavavc_

We're hiring!

lavavc.io

About LAVA — Operator-Led Africa Crypto & AI Venture Fund

LAVA is an operator-led venture fund investing in Web3 and AI infrastructure across Africa. Meet the team, our LPs, and the story behind the name.

LAVA

@lavavc_

Aug 5, 2025

Local stablecoins offer the next unlock Read Part II of our Stablecoins in Africa series, for a breakdown on why local currency stablecoins are Africa's next financial infrastructure layer: writing.lavavc.io/p/stablecoins-…

Yoseph Ayele

@yosephayele

Aug 5, 2025

Hot take: USD stablecoins' success in Africa might be crypto's biggest failure mode for the continent. Part I in the @lavavc_ series showed how stablecoins solved USD liquidity fragmentation. But they don't fix the core problem: Africa's ~$400B annual USD leakage. If crypto