About

Founded

2018

Headquarters

Cape Town, Western Cape, Africa

Industry

Gaming

Company Description

Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, fintech, and web3, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems. We develop, license, and publish games and monetize them effectively with our proprietary platform.

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Funding

Total Raised

$57 million

Valuation

Undisclosed

Significant Investors

Andreessen Horowitz, Konvoy Ventures, Bitkraft Ventures, TTV Capital, Alumni Ventures, Lateral Frontiers VC, Kepple Ventures

Company Traction

As of July 2023, Carry1st’s game, Mine Rescue!, has rated 4.4/5 stars from 266K reviews and has been downloaded 10 million+ times on the Google Play Store.

As of July 2023, Carry1st’s games, Mancala Adventures, and Ludo Blitz: Dice Board Games, have been downloaded 100,000+ times on the Google Play Store.

Leadership Team

Cordel Robbin-Coker: Co-Founder & CEO of Carry1st. Former VP of Sub-Saharan African Fund at The Carlyle Group.

Lucy Hoffman: Co-Founder & COO of Carry1st. Former Chief of Staff at African Leadership Academy.

Tinotenda Mundangepfupfu: Co-Founder & CTO of Carry1st. Former Software Development Manager at Konga Online Shopping.

Varun Nagendra: VP of Product at Carry1st. Former Game Director at Wooga.

Nandini Murji: VP of Finance and Corporate Strategy at Carry1st. Former Group Finance Director at Tonic Games Group.

Press

TechCrunch (January 17, 2023): African gaming startup Carry1st raises $27M from Bitkraft Ventures and a16z

CNN (January 9, 2023): This gaming company wants to connect audiences across Africa

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