2025 Africa Venture Capital Exit & Liquidity Webinar
2025 Africa Venture Capital Exit and Liquidity Webinar Understand Who Exits, How They Exit, and What That Means for Capital in Africa
For years, the African investment ecosystem has tracked how capital enters the continent. This webinar turns the lens on the other side of that equation.
Stears and Ventures Platform recently published the 2025 Africa Venture Capital Exit and Liquidity Report — the first structured, data-driven analysis of venture exit activity across the continent. Built on 181 verified VC-backed exits spanning 15 years, the report introduces the SVL Index, a proprietary framework that moves beyond exit counts to measure the depth, quality, and sustainability of liquidity in African VC.
The findings are clear: African venture capital is more active than the data gap has suggested, yet more concentrated and more fragile than headline numbers imply. Four markets dominate exit activity. Trade sales account for 73% of all verified exits. Secondary transactions are rising but remain nascent. And the structural constraints shaping these outcomes have direct implications for how funds are designed, how LPs set expectations, and how the ecosystem grows from here.
This webinar brings together the researchers who built the report and the practitioners who have lived its findings — for an honest, evidence-led conversation about where African VC liquidity stands today and what it will take to deepen it.
What to expect: — A presentation of the report's headline findings and the SVL Index methodology — A practitioner panel on what the data means for fund strategy, M&A activity, and LP relationships — Live Q&A with the speakers
Speakers:
Michael Famoroti, Head of Intelligence and Co-founder, Stears Lead author of the 2025 Africa VC Exit and Liquidity Report and one of the foremost analysts of African private capital markets.
Dr Dotun Olowoporoku, Managing Partner, Ventures Platform Fund One of Africa's most active early-stage investors, with a portfolio that spans the full arc of the venture lifecycle from deployment to exit.
Ido Sum, MD, Sum Holdings A seasoned investor and capital markets operator with deep experience in African private capital transactions and cross-border deal structuring.
Ogugua Osakwe-Adegbite, Head of M&A, Exits and Strategic Partnerships, Partech Leads exit and M&A strategy at one of Africa's most prominent venture capital firms, with direct experience navigating the liquidity landscape the report describes.
This event is free and open to fund managers, limited partners, founders, financial analysts, journalists, and anyone with a stake in the future of African venture capital.
Register above to secure your place.