Dealflow.Africa vs Selva

Dealflow.Africa is a web platform for tracking African startup funding rounds, investors, acquisitions, and ecosystem signals. Its dashboard presents funding rounds, sector breakdowns, country market maps, and company comparisons. The About page describes more than 2,000 funding rounds, over 500 investor profiles, and coverage of more than 20 African countries. The maker says each data point is sourced, verified, and scored for confidence, while funding rounds, acquisitions, and ecosystem signals are captured as they happen. Startups can list a fundraise, connect with verified investors, and request warm introductions. Founders can browse accelerator and incubator programs, apply through the platform, and track applications. The innovation-hub directory includes coworking spaces, startup communities, studios, and government programs. Founder profiles can contain company details, a pitch deck, and fundraising information. The startup page claims more than 1,000 companies, over 50 programs, and investors across more than 30 African countries. Startup access costs nothing and is free forever with no credit card required.

Selva is a web-based map of Latin American startups, investors, and funding activity, combining public information, source links, and market summaries. Its listed coverage includes 4,374 startups, 4,662 investors, and 21 markets, alongside 4,479 company records. Selva says it uses 37 sources, parses articles in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and links funding rounds to their source articles. Public access shows identities, descriptions, and rolled-up totals. A free account adds round structure, dates, and portfolio lists, while amounts stay hidden. Premium costs $39 a month and adds exact amounts, valuations, revenue, and check sizes. Selva compares disclosed yearly totals with LAVCA benchmarks and publishes those comparisons and coverage figures. Company corrections go through a domain-verified review limited to company employees. Selva warns that information may be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate and is provided for information and research, not as investment advice. Its terms prohibit scraping, crawling, harvesting, or bulk downloads, and restrict resale or redistribution except where expressly permitted. Selva says it does not sell personal information and loads Google Analytics only with visitor consent.