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Companies in Opaque Markets
Most African companies are barely covered in global databases. Find category leaders, financials, and management to build an investable pipeline.
Hard-to-find Deal Comps
African deal comps are rarely visible. Get valuations, terms and market comps to benchmark against local transactions and spot pricing opportunities early.
Local Country Risk Data
Reliable macro data is scarce across all 54 markets. Weigh economic performance, regulation, and currency trends to price risk and find growth.
On-ground Market Intelligence
Rely on sector insight that comes from on-the-ground local experts. Get market size, growth, and competition to sharpen your thesis and find your entry point.
Active Africa-focused Investors
Knowing who actively backs Africa is key to fundraising. Identify LPs by mandate, allocation strategy, and commitment history to target the right partners.
Managers Deploying across Africa
African fund activity, including exits, is rarely disclosed. Track how leading managers invest to benchmark performance and spot co-investment opportunities.
Deeply contextual AI, built for hard-to-track markets
Deep Search is trained on qualitative African research you won't find anywhere else. Ask a hard question about a local African market and get a trusted, synthesised answer with sources you can check.
Find hidden companies in undercovered markets
Uncover African companies that align with your investment or partnership thesis using robust data on performance, trends and market traction. Stears allows you to source and focus on businesses best positioned for growth, value creation, or strategic expansion.
Price African deals with conviction
Stop guessing at valuations with non-African data. Benchmark deal terms, monitor capital flows, and track investor participation, so you go into every deal knowing exactly where the market is and what kind of exit opportunities exist.
Back nascent sectors before competitors understand them
Spot growth stories early in underrated markets. See AI-synthesised insights on sector size, competition, and policy across evolving African markets so you can identify growth catalysts and market-entry plays early .
Stay ahead of currency risks to hedge portfolio performance
Act on political and macro shifts before they hit your portfolio. Stears’ local economists & researchers provide reliable data and forecasts, collected across every single African market, so you can hedge your country and currency risk.
Raise & deploy your next fund faster
Start every raise with the right deal and fundraising pipeline. Pinpoint LPs whose mandates, dry powder, and track record fit your strategy, and spend your time pitching the best African companies to the investors who back Africa.
Unlock LP Capital for your Next Fund
Pinpoint Limited Partners with mandates and track records aligned to your fund strategy. Surface the right LPs by dry powder, asset allocation, and historical activity, accelerating outreach and increasing fundraising efficiency in African private markets.
Deeply contextual AI, built for hard-to-track markets
Deep Search is trained on qualitative African research you won't find anywhere else. Ask a hard question about a local African market and get a trusted, synthesised answer with sources you can check.
Find hidden companies in undercovered markets
Uncover African companies that align with your investment or partnership thesis using robust data on performance, trends and market traction. Stears allows you to source and focus on businesses best positioned for growth, value creation, or strategic expansion.
Price African deals with conviction
Stop guessing at valuations with non-African data. Benchmark deal terms, monitor capital flows, and track investor participation, so you go into every deal knowing exactly where the market is and what kind of exit opportunities exist.
Back nascent sectors before competitors understand them
Spot growth stories early in underrated markets. See AI-synthesised insights on sector size, competition, and policy across evolving African markets so you can identify growth catalysts and market-entry plays early .
Stay ahead of currency risks to hedge portfolio performance
Act on political and macro shifts before they hit your portfolio. Stears’ local economists & researchers provide reliable data and forecasts, collected across every single African market, so you can hedge your country and currency risk.
Raise & deploy your next fund faster
Start every raise with the right deal and fundraising pipeline. Pinpoint LPs whose mandates, dry powder, and track record fit your strategy, and spend your time pitching the best African companies to the investors who back Africa.
Unlock LP Capital for your Next Fund
Pinpoint Limited Partners with mandates and track records aligned to your fund strategy. Surface the right LPs by dry powder, asset allocation, and historical activity, accelerating outreach and increasing fundraising efficiency in African private markets.
Local Data & AI Insights tailored to Africa’s private markets
Stears is built to empower investors and businesses with high-quality data and deep insights. We are the data provider that understands the African market in ways nobody else does.
Private Equity and Credit
Sourcing African deals is hard without local data. Screen companies and assess local markets with local tools.
Investment Banks
Pitching Africa requires African data. Support deal origination and execution with African AI insights you can trust.
Global Corporates
Operating in Africa is risky without market knowledge. Leverage domain-focused AI to evaluate rivals.
Asset Management
Country risk shifts fast across Africa. Allocate capital with insights & AI agents trained on African data.
Service Providers
Winning mandates means knowing the market best. Track customers using data others can't find.
Research
Q2 2026 GP-LP Fundraising Report
Produced by the Stears research team and derived exclusively from the Stears Funds Database, the Q2 2026 GP-LP Fundraising Report provides an independent, verified analysis of Limited Partner (LP) commitments into African private capital fund vehicles. Covering Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Credit, and Infrastructure, this edition logs 64 LP commitments and $272M in disclosed value during the quarter. Every data point is compiled from reliable third-party sources and independently verified against at least two independent records. For fund managers, institutional investors, LPs, and DFIs tracking capital formation on the continent, this report offers the most granular read on investor participation, ticket-size distributions, and sectoral rotation in African private capital.
Q2 2026 Private Capital in Africa Activity Report
Analyse Where Capital Moved, How It Was Deployed, and What It Means for Africa's Private Markets in Q2 2026
Q1 2026 Africa Private Capital Fundraising Report
Track Who Is Committing, Where Capital Is Flowing, and What It Means for African Private Markets
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