We're reshaping profitable investing in emerging markets.
Operating Partner DotPay helps underbanked Nigerians access secure and convenient banking services.
We have been working, living, and investing across Africa and Latin America for over a decade. Our experience with traditional investment models led us to create a new one that better fits the needs of many emerging market entrepreneurs.
Our team
We are entrepreneurs and investors, networkers and technologists. Globally minded, but locally present.
Yvonne Okafor - Investment Officer
Mark Ochieng - Head of Engineering
Judy Cheptoo - Managing Director, Untapped Water LLC
James Moki - Embedded Systems and IoT Engineer
Lundie Strom - Partnerships and Communications Lead
Ayad Al-Izzi - Product Lead
Hippolyte Dursel - Investor Relations Manager
Our Board & Advisors...
Our Board of Directors and Advisors are made up of extremely successful, experienced investment and finance trailblazers that are as passionate about creating shared prosperity through economic opportunities as we are.
Ed Brakeman:
Former MD of Bain Capital, Board of African Leadership Academy
Gary Ford
Chairman and Former CEO of MCE Social Capital
Mike Sigal
Former GP 500 Startups, Active Angel Investor, Serial Entrepreneur
What we do
Our Mission
The Untapped team is driven by the mission to create opportunities for the next billion entrepreneurs globally. We’re changing how investment and financing in emerging markets is done, in order to bridge the major market gap that existing institutions and business models don’t fulfill: accessible financing for small businesses that drive growth in developing markets.
Our Reason
At Untapped we see, every day, the tremendous tech talent and investment opportunities in developing markets. According to the World Bank, the funding gap for SMEs in emerging markets is $5.2T. This represents a momentous opportunity to unlock trillions of dollars of growth and wealth creation in the fastest-growing markets, by connecting those with the money to those with the know-how to make the biggest impact with it.
Our Model
With our local presence and expertise, we take the best of traditional investment methods and adapt them to succeed in emerging markets contexts allowing you to reap strong returns, while inherently making an impact. Find out more about how we do it.