# Top 50 Agriculture (agtech) Startup Investors in Africa in June 2026 ## Pearl Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kampala, Kampala, Uganda - Relevant deals: 19 - Stages: Private Equity, Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Agriculture, Farming, Food Processing Pearl Capital Partners is a specialist agriculture investment firm that has been investing in small and medium sized East African agribusinesses since 2005. Pearl Capital Partners investments generate financial returns for our investors while creating significant social impact. Pearl Capital Partners success is derived from working with ambitiousmanagement teams, providing supportive investment structures and specialist expertise that create high-growth agribusinesses. ## 54 Collective - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network. ## Acumen - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, Agriculture Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people. ## Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Farming, AgTech Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund is an equity fund designed to build the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. ## VestedWorld - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, E-Commerce, Financial Services VestedWorld is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging markets companies that have the potential to generate competitive financial returns while contributing towards the growth and development of the markets in which they are located. The firm supports these businesses through the infusion of capital, active involvement incorporate governance, and by providing direct strategic and operational assistance. ## Novastar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Health Care, Internet For the many, not just the few. For good. ## Alphamundi - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series A, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Financial Services AlphaMundi Group Ltd is a commercial entity based in Switzerland and exclusively dedicated to Impact Investing: profitable investments that generate substantial net benefits to society. It was founded in 2007 by a group of partners with extensive experience in the financial industry as well as responsible investments, microfinance andphilanthropy.AlphaMundi provides debt and equity financing to scalable social ventures in strategic sustainable human development sectors such as microfinance, affordable education, fair trade agriculture and renewable energy. AlphaMundi is currently investing out of its impact debt fund, SocialAlpha Investment Fund (SAIF) - Bastion, domiciled in Luxembourg. AlphaMundi also manages co-investments for SAIF-Bastion investors and third parties.​AlphaMundi partners believe that Impact Investing is a new tool for development that can enhance more classical responsible investment approaches (which often lack impact ​measurability) and complement charitable solutions (which often lack financial viability). To this extent, the firm also contributes to the emergence of Impact Investing through education events, publications and industry associations. Impact investments are now being integrated by leading US and European banks, pension funds, foundations and family offices into traditional investment portfolios, as primarily decorrelated, illiquid and profitable financial assets. ## Mercy Corps Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Portland, Oregon, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture Mercy Corps Ventures invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities. Founded in 2015 as the impact investing arm of global development agency, Mercy Corps, supports over 57 early-stage ventures to scale and raise over $515 million in follow-on capital. Their portfolio centersaround resilience-building solutions in adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and climate-smart technologies so that those living in frontier markets can withstand disruption and plan for the future. Through capital and support, piloting new approaches, action-oriented insights, and rigorously managing impact, they catalyze the ecosystem toward smarter, more impactful investments. ## FMO - Type: VC Fund - Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development. ## SAHEL Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Debt Financing, Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Farming, Food and Beverage Sahel Capital is a leading fund manager and advisory firm focused on West Africa with deep roots in private equity, financial advisory, management consulting and agribusiness. When you partner with Sahel, you benefit from quality financial and operating experience, broad industry knowledge, and a powerful network of global relationships. Through anintegrated approach, we work closely with companies and investment partners to deliver capital solutions and advisory services tailored to fit your unique needs. The power of a partnership with Sahel leads to better investments, stronger businesses, and shared success. ## Finnfund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits. ## 1776 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Education, EdTech, Software 1776 Ventures is a global seed fund investing in companies in the following sectors: education, energy, smart cities, transportation, food/agriculture, fintech, and healthcare. ## GreenTec Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success. ## Harambeans - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Information Technology Harambeans are African innovators who have pledged to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. Over the last decade, Harambeans has spawned a series of tech-enabled ventures such as Andela, Flutterwave, and Yoco, which have collectively generated over 3000 jobs, and raised over $700m from Google Ventures, CRE Ventures and Accel. ## Future Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach. ## Ceniarth - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Social Entrepreneurship, Energy Worldwide Reach We invest globally, with exposure across developing, emerging, and developed economies. ## E3 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy E3 Capital invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors. ## Goodwell Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing ## Opes Impact Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Communities, Agriculture, Energy Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets. ## Shell Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Grant, Seed - Focus: Energy, Solar, Finance Shell Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that enables millions of people in Africa and Asia to increase their incomes with clean energy solutions. ## DEG - Type: VC Fund - Location: Overland Park, Kansas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Debt Financing, Grant - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce DEG, a Merkle Company is a full-service digital agency purpose-built to meet clients in the moment with data-driven marketing, commerce, and collaboration solutions. ## AgFunder - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology AgFunder is a global venture capital firm backing deeptech platforms across AI, biotech, robotics, manufacturing, climate, and materials. ## AECI - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: AgTech, Farming, Chemical AECI is an explosives and specialty chemicals group domiciled in South Africa. Group businesses service the mining and manufacturing sectors both locally and internationally.The focus for growth is on Africa, South East Asia and South America. AECI’s businesses are characterised by application know-how and service delivery.They often operate inniche markets and are supported by leading technologies which are developed In-house or are sourced from international partners.AECI IS A SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED EXPLOSIVES AND SPECIALTY CHEMICALS COMPANY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CUSTOMERS IN THE MINING, MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS. IT HAS REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES IN AFRICA, SOUTH EAST ASIA, THE USA AND AUSTRALIA. OTHER MARKETS OF INTEREST ARE IN LATIN AMERICA. ## Accion Venture Lab - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Accion Venture Lab is a leading early-stage investor in inclusive fintech, providing seed-first capital and strategic support to innovative startups that are meeting the financial needs of underserved people globally. Our global portfolio and local approach enable us to spot and respond to global trends faster, sharing learnings across geographies. Accion Venture Lab is an investment strategy of Accion and is managed by Accion Impact Management. ## Kiva - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed, Series A - Focus: Social Entrepreneurship, Agriculture, Energy Kiva is the world's first online lending platform. For as little as $25 you can lend to an entrepreneur around the world. Learn more here. ## Factor[e] Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Energy, Agriculture, Renewable Energy Impact venture builders dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that turn challenges in energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste into de-carbonized solutions for emerging and frontier markets. ## Beta.Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, B2B Beta.Ventures supports Africa's leading tech entrepreneurs.We are a New York and Lagos based venture capital firm helping ambitious entrepreneurs build innovative products and services, with a focus on rapid revenue and profit growth. We are unique in our ability to help companies grow organically in Africa, while also scaling globally.Wework closely with talented founders and teams from product idea to product launch through to the next stage of company development with a goal to maximize success and minimize risk.Our partners, affiliates and mentors lead top technology companies locally and internationally and we encourage you to partner with us to take advantage of our experience building great products/services, negotiating partnerships and deals, leading teams, and raising money. With us, you will avoid mistakes we, and others, have made. ## Raba Partnership - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba ## EcoEnterprises Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Costa Rica, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Agriculture, Energy, Biomass Energy EcoEnterprises Fund offers tailored growth capital and strategic guidance to innovative impact businesses in order to scale and optimize their financial, environmental and social performance. For nearly 20 years, we have successfully proven our unique approach, managing two funds that have financed over 30 companies across 11 countries. Our 3rdfund, EcoEnterprises Partners III, LP, was launched in May 2018, building on our track record of delivering portfolio results while generating fair and sustainable livelihoods for local communities, and preserving our most important asset: Planet Earth. ## Stephen Pagliuca - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Seed - Focus: Media and Entertainment, Sports, Information Technology Stephen G. Pagliuca has served as a director from July 1990 (except for a six month hiatus beginning in late 2009 when he entered the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race).Mr. Pagliuca is a Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and is also a Managing Partner and an owner of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. Mr. Pagliuca joined Bain& Company in 1982, and founded the Information Partners private equity fund for Bain Capital in 1989.Prior to joining Bain, Mr. Pagliuca worked as a senior accountant and international tax specialist for Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company in the Netherlands. ## Lion’s Head Global Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing - Focus: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy A global investment banking, asset management and advisory firm focused on delivering value to our clients in emerging and frontier markets ## 4Di Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Mobile 4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions. ## Mulago Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Agriculture, Health Care, Pharmaceutical Mulago finds and funds high-performance organizations that tackle the basic needs of the very poor. We fight poverty. Our job is to find the organizations best able to create change and give them what they need to do it. ## U.S. International Development Finance Corp - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank. ## VilCap Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech VilCap Investments is an early-stage impact investing fund, backing companies addressing the most pressing social and environmental challenges. ## Seedstars Africa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Energy, FinTech, Software Seedstars Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in high-growth companies active across Sub-Saharan Africa. ## DILA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services DILA Capital is a Mexico City-based VC Firm that fosters the growth of Mexican entrepreneurs and Start-Up Companies. By offering equity investments, debt financing and guidance, DILA strives to add value to our invested companies and entrepreneurs. In addition to our vast entrepreneur network, knowledge of the Mexican market and experience of ourpartners. ## Factor E - Type: VC Fund - Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture Factor E is a finance company that impacts venture builders, dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that will turn the tables in the global battle for sustainable solutions to energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste challenges in emerging and frontier markets. It serves as a conduit between philanthropic and commercial investors throughmarket-driven forces. ## ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies initiative - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C - Focus: Solar, Energy, Agriculture ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies initiative is the Group provides technical and financial support. ## UNDP - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, AgTech UNDP works to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities through the sustainable development of nations, in more than 170 countries and territories. ## Creadev - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage Creadev is an evergreen investment company believe that shareholders' timing should match with the entrepreneur's vision, up to an unlimited amount of time. Creadev invest in and support companies able to scale-up and become worldwide best players in their sector. ## Consonance Investment Managers - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa. ## Cox Enterprises - Type: VC Fund - Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series C, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Empower to build. The story of Cox Enterprises is one of hard work, respect for employees, entrepreneurship and making bold decisions. ## DOB Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Veessen, Gelderland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Farming, Agriculture DOB Equity is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital and buy-and-build strategies in small and medium companies. ## F6 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. ## Accion Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Accion Ventures is an investment strategy that today pursues early-stage investments as part of Accion Impact Management. ## CoCapital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Agriculture, Energy, Biomass Energy CoCapital provides dedicated Seed and Early Stage investment solutions for specialist Technology startups, prime Real Estate ventures as well as other alternative investment products. ## Musha Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Seed capital for technology startups globally. ## Gray Matters Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, E-Learning, Health Care We are an impact investor in the global south. Our deep roots in microfinance and education finance have demonstrated profit with purpose. We focus on self-development and skilling technology for women to find meaningful work. ## Flat6Labs Tunisia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Education Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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