VOOM Seeks $400,000 to Digitize West Africas Auto Parts Trade : TechMoran

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VOOM is raising $400,000 in pre-seed funding to digitize West Africa’s fragmented auto parts trade. The company runs a Ghana-focused vertical marketplace that replaces informal WhatsApp-based transactions and physical market visits with structured search and vendor discovery. It has already onboarded 359 verified vendors, recorded 394 buyer-vendor conversations this month, and built 880 listings. VOOM also plans to expand into additional francophone West African markets and use AI and transaction data to create future revenue products.

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Amount $400.0K Total raised
Date June 17, 2026 Announcement date
Investors WhatsApp Lead investors
Company voomparts.com Funded company

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