Yves Niboyet

Managing Partner · Saviu Ventures

Last updated 30 September 2026

Venture capitalPan-African investingFrench-speaking Africa (Francophone CEMAC / UEMOA corridor)Fintech and healthtech

Yves Niboyet is a Franco-Ivorian Managing Partner at Saviu Ventures, the pan-African early-to-growth venture firm with dual headquarters in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) and Lagos with a Paris LP office. An ESCP Europe graduate with Société Générale structuring background in Francophone African banking, Niboyet founded Saviu in 2018 to address the Series A funding gap across the CEMAC and UEMOA French-speaking corridors — Saviu writes $500k to $5M checks and counts pan-African payments company CinetPay as its flagship lead.

Stage focus

SeedSeries ASeries B

Sector focus

FintechConsumerLogisticsHealthtechEnterprise software