Founder & Managing Partner at TLcom Capital · Joined 1999
View Live Interactive Profile →Maurizio Caio spent 15 years advising CEOs of European and Silicon Valley telecommunications companies at Bain & Company and McKinsey before founding TLcom Capital in 1999, betting early that technology entrepreneurs would prove critical to transforming both established and emerging industries. That conviction eventually crystallized into one of the longest-running Africa-focused technology venture platforms, anchored by the 2017 launch of the TIDE Africa Fund. Caio was an early backer of Andela three years before it became one of Africa's few non-fintech unicorns, and he now represents TLcom on the boards of Twiga Foods, Pula, Shara, Ajua, and Littlefish. He co-chairs the venture capital committee at the Africa Venture Capital Association, teaches business strategy at universities across the continent, and remains one of the most publicly outspoken voices arguing that African tech needs to shift its focus from headline valuations toward real, realized returns.