Carry1st

Carry1st

Cape Town, South Africa
3 employees
Apps
Series A · $57M

About Carry1st

Carry1st is a full-stack publisher of social games and interactive content with a focus on frontier markets like Africa. Founded in 2018 by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, and Tino Mundangepfupfu, Carry1st employs a team of 29 people across 14 countries hailing from top companies like Carlyle, King, Jumia, Rovio, Socialpoint, and Wargaming. It has raised over $10M to date, including a recent $7M Series A headlined by Riot Games, Konvoy Ventures, Raine, and Akatsuki. Carry1st will use the funding to launch and scale its existing portfolio, secure new partnerships with global gaming studios, and expand its team.

Company details

Team Size3
LocationCape Town, South Africa
IndustryApps

Funding

Total raised

$57M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

a16z
Bitkraft Ventures
Andreessen Horowitz
Konvoy Ventures
SSony Innovation Fund

Founders

TM

Tino Mundangepfupfu

Co-founder of Carry1st, part of the team building games and digital content platforms for African markets.

LH

Lucy Hoffman

Co-founder of Carry1st, contributing to the development and publishing of interactive content in Africa.

LinkedIn
CR

Cordel Robbin-Coker

Co-founder of Carry1st, leading Africa's premier mobile games publisher focused on frontier markets.

LinkedIn
TM

Tinotenda Mundangepfupfu

Co-founder and CTO of Carry1st, Tino Mundangepfupfu helped build the company's technical infrastructure since its founding in 2018.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.