Stears

Financial Data & Market Intelligence

Overview

Stears is the most comprehensive financial data and research provider for global funds, sovereign wealth funds and corporates investing in Africa.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$3.3M
1 round on record
Latest round
$3.3M
Venture round · Oct 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
5
Google, Future Africa
The money's age
Long since its last round
49 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 11, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $3.3M · TechCrunch
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.51%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 1 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Oct 2022 $3.3M MaC Venture Capital, Serena Ventures TechCrunch
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Financials

Total raised
$3.3M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $3.3M Details

Connections

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Shared investors5
Future AfricaVia a fund
30 portfolio companies: Stitch, 54Gene, Smile and 27 more
Serena VenturesVia a fund
42 portfolio companies: ShoppingGives, WILE, zitti.com and 39 more
Serena VenturesVia a fund
44 portfolio companies: Town, TRACE, Hapiko and 41 more
GoogleVia a fund
109 portfolio companies: ZayRide, Zydii, Xend and 106 more
172 portfolio companies: Q-Factor, FundPanel, RDV Robotics and 169 more
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News

News MyJoyOnline 2 years ago
Stears Unveils Comprehensive Africa 2024 Outlook: East Africa Leads Growth, Economic Challenges Persist in Nigeria & Kenya
Stears (https://www.Stears.co/home/), a leading economic analysis and data-driven insights provider, has unveiled its much-anticipated 2024 African Outlook Report, delivering nuanced insights into the continent's economic landscape. Contrary to broad gene
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News Punch Newspapers 3 years ago
Tech, alternative model will boost SMEs growth - Stears
Technological advancements, platform-based alternative models, and reverse factoring solutions have the potential for to provide a lifeline for micro and
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News Stears Open Data 4 years ago
Upcoming Elections
Explore comprehensive data on African elections,democracy metrics, and political trends.
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News TechCrunch 4 years ago
Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M, backed by Mac VC and Serena Ventures
MaC Venture Capital and Serena Ventures back Nigerian data company Stears as it plots pan-African expansion
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