Curated access to global dealflow.
From angels to funds, we give investors a structured pipeline of accelerated, diligence-ready startups across emerging and frontier markets.
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- portfolio companies
- 326
- tools in Equity Hub
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- countries with programs
Why 2080 for investors
Emerging-market dealflow is easy to be shown and hard to underwrite. We sit upstream of the deals: we source them through government and corporate programs, work with the founders for months before a round, and only then bring them out. That is a different signal from a forwarded deck, and it is why our co-investors get to see companies while the price is still local.
What you get
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Curated dealflow
Companies we have already worked with, in markets we operate in, with the diligence we did on the way in.
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Co-investment through the syndicate
Deal-by-deal participation alongside us rather than a blind pool.
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Local reality checks
Regulatory, banking and hiring context from operators who live in the market you are underwriting.
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Equity Hub
A live view of what is investable across the ecosystem, plus the directory of 326 tools funds run on.
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Secondary and liquidity
We map regional acquirers and run secondary transactions, so the exit conversation starts before year ten.
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