Venture Capital & Private Equity - Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Irrational Innovations is the first Africa-focused venture builder. We invest and build inclusive FinTech startups with disruptive technologies by leveraging proprietary behavioral insights. We aim to empower world-leading entrepreneurs to develop for-profit solutions that will serve millions of people in the middle and bottom half of the global, emerging economy.We assemble teams of world-class researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs to develop innovative, scalable and sustainable solutions based on cutting edge technology. Our extensive networks and on-the-ground experience provide us with an understanding of the challenges and an ability to execute our vision. A critical part of serving low-income customers, is having an understanding of their needs and developing financial products and services that provide frictionless experiences. By merging behavioral insights and financial technologies, we developed a unique customer-centric approach to providing finance for the emerging middle class.FinTech has the potential to meet the needs of an historically under-serviced market - the unbanked; While an efficient financial sector is essential to a well-functioning economy, in most of SSA it has not been financially viable for banks to offer last-mile services and 80% of the population do not use formal or semi-formal financial services. The vast penetration of mobile and broadband networks presents great opportunities for FinTech ventures in a variety of sectors such as banking, credit, insurance, underwriting, payments and remittance, among others. Our technological solutions will be easily accessible, user friendly and tailored to the needs of the emerging middle class - Lowering the barriers to entry and increasing financial inclusion will boost productivity, create new employment opportunities and improve access to healthcare, education and other services.
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