# Cauris

> Cauris is a Berkeley-based private-credit manager financing African fintech and commerce platforms that lend to small businesses, entrepreneurs and asset buyers. Its wedge is not a consumer app but a data layer: the firm structures secured loans, integrates its DeepDive monitoring platform with borrowers’ systems and gives capital providers a near real-time view of collections, delinquencies, liquidity and covenants.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Berkeley, United States
- **Founders:** Alexandre Liege (Co-founder and CEO), Azer Songnaba (Co-founder and CIO), Charles Packer (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Team size:** 2-10 employees publicly listed; the supplied company record reports 8
- **Products:** Structured private credit, DeepDive, Debt-readiness technical assistance, Third Wave Fund
- **Notable:** Secured a $40 million debt facility from a U.S.-based institutional investor in December 2024., Named an ImpactAssets 50 Emerging Impact Manager in 2025 and 2026., Provided Numida a $5 million, 24-month senior secured term loan, according to ImpactAssets.

## Products & services

- **Structured private credit** — Senior secured and other structured debt facilities for African fintech, trade, logistics, mobility and SME-finance platforms.
- **DeepDive** — A proprietary portfolio-risk platform that connects to borrowers’ systems to monitor collections, delinquencies, liquidity, foreign-exchange exposure and covenant compliance near real time.
- **Debt-readiness technical assistance** — A program helping fintech lenders and financial-inclusion companies prepare for institutional debt; a 2026 awards report says it has supported more than 200 companies through 12 VC and accelerator partners.
- **Third Wave Fund** — A planned Africa-only private-credit vehicle designed to expand lending to companies financing productive assets and commerce.

## Achievements

- Secured a $40 million debt facility from a U.S.-based institutional investor in December 2024.
- Named an ImpactAssets 50 Emerging Impact Manager in 2025 and 2026.
- Provided Numida a $5 million, 24-month senior secured term loan, according to ImpactAssets.
- Early Goldfinch reporting showed roughly $15.1 million raised across two pools and $13.8 million disbursed as of August 2022.
- The 2022 Goldfinch report recorded 100% repayment and zero covenant breaches for the two pools at that reporting date.
- A 2026 awards report says its debt-readiness program has supported more than 200 companies through 12 ecosystem partners.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Shortlisted in the Africa Impact Investment Awards 2026 report, which highlighted DeepDive and the firm’s debt-readiness program.
- **2026-04** — Selected for the ImpactAssets 50 as an Emerging Impact Manager for a second consecutive year.
- **2025-10** — Published an update describing its role in accelerating private-capital deployment across Africa.
- **2025-06** — Expanded its backing of Jetstream Africa to support SME trade finance, according to company updates indexed by industry databases.
- **2025-05** — Published details of DeepDive and its use of direct integrations, predictive analytics and AI-assisted monitoring.
- **2024-12** — Closed a $40 million debt facility with an undisclosed U.S.-based institutional investor.

## Links

- Website: https://www.caurisfinance.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cauris-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Caurisfinance

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Last updated: 2026-08-20