Top 50 Artificial intelligence VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in May 2025
A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Artificial intelligence startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Artificial intelligence companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Artificial intelligence VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in May 2025
Investor | Artificial intelligence Africa investments |
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54 Collective | 8 |
LoftyInc Capital | 6 |
Future Africa | 5 |
Blockchain Founders Fund | 4 |
Launch Africa | 4 |
CV VC | 4 |
Oui Capital | 4 |
HoaQ | 3 |
Microtraction | 3 |
MNF Ventures | 3 |
Flat6Labs Tunisia | 3 |
Bose Ventures | 2 |
Industrial Development Corporation | 2 |
Orange Ventures | 2 |
Soma Capital | 2 |
HAVAÍC | 2 |
Acasia Ventures | 2 |
Partech | 2 |
Black Silver Capital | 2 |
Atlantica Ventures | 2 |
Luminate Group | 2 |
Necessary Ventures | 2 |
Knife Capital | 2 |
UNDP | 2 |
Accion Venture Lab | 2 |
4Di Capital | 2 |
Hustle Fund | 2 |
Musha Ventures | 2 |
Alumni Ventures | 2 |
Ventures Platform | 2 |
Tencent | 1 |
Wavecrest Growth Partners | 1 |
Crossfin Technology | 1 |
Cascador | 1 |
Twilio | 1 |
SVG Ventures | 1 |
RTA | 1 |
RD2 Ventures | 1 |
Appsolute Ventures | 1 |
Mozilla Ventures | 1 |
Leapfrog Ventures | 1 |
Octerra Capital | 1 |
Arise Pty Ltd | 1 |
SVG Ventures | 1 |
Flori Ventures | 1 |
P1 Ventures | 1 |
VilCap Investments | 1 |
Ground Squirrel Ventures | 1 |
OEL Venture Investments | 1 |
Investec | 1 |
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Billboxx — Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast
- Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
- EMTECH — EMTECH provides solutions for Digital Currency regulatory compliance, development and management to help Central Banks and FinTechs build, run and manage modern financial systems.
- Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.
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.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership globally. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analyticsof mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
- Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
- Filmmakers Mart — Find and book film locations, equipment, and services across Africa. Filmmakers Mart simplifies production logistics from start to finish.
We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Unit — Unit Network DAO is a sovereign layer 1 blockchain built using the Substrate framework by the Web3 Foundation, Polkadot and Parity Technologies. It provides the technological and economic infrastructure for mainstream adoption of the token economy. A near-future in which millions of tokens fuel borderless communities to empower the globe.
- M10 — Material10 is an international game studio and publisher with a vision to build the future of massively multiplayer games, leveraging cutting edge technology and creating truly open virtual economies.
- Validation Cloud — Discover enterprise-grade staking and node infrastructure: Ethereum, Polygon, and more. Enjoy secure, fast, and reliable staking and node services with Validation Cloud.
Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Affinity — Join over 60,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage your personal banking needs and qualify for an Affinity Instant Loan
- ToumAI Analytics — ToumAI Analytics is a software development company providing voice analytics, real-time analytics, and reporting services.
- PBR Life Sciences — A cloud-based real-world, non-observational pharmacy sell-out data
We invest in blockchain
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Switzerland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- fija Finance GmbH — The new way to earn on your crypto
- Mycel — Mycel is a decentralized cross-chain asset management platform with an intent-based token transfer layer.
- Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership
Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.
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Investment focus
- Transportation, Information Technology, B2B
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
Startup Investment Club
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Nigeria, United Kingdom, Togo
Portfolio highlights
- Clafiya — Discover Clafiya: Your trusted digital health platform, uniting in-person care and virtual solutions for a personalized and caring healthcare experience. Embrace a healthier, happier you, with us by your side.
- Chowdeck — Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants.
- Klas — Anyone, anywhere can teach online. Create & sell your ebooks, courses, and live classes- all on Klas.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Nigeria, United States, Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
- Intron Health — Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients
- PBR Life Sciences — A cloud-based real-world, non-observational pharmacy sell-out data
MNF Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Morocco, investing in Seed, Pre-Series A and Series A startups. Tickets size can go up to USD 1M. We invest in tech startups operating in Fintech/Insurtech, EdTech, Regtech, HealthTech, Biotech, EnergyTech Cybersecurity, SaaS...
Startups have either to be based in Morocco, or be based worldwideif at least one of the founders is a Moroccan citizen.
MNF Ventures manages Maroc Numeric Fund and Maroc Numeric Fund II.
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Investment focus
- Online Portals, FinTech, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Morocco, France, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Logidoo — Logidoo is a digital logistics marketplace-designed company that markets shuttles through smart logistics. The company's platform, which provides rapid, dependable, secure, and economical logistics, allows users to compare offers for sending and receiving items and to track parcels in real-time.
- ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
- Upfund — Upfund is a real estate company that provides reliable data on office, retail, and business premises. Upfund is a digital solution designed to respond to most commercial real estate business issues. They develop tools perfectly adapted to clients' requests in a remarkable time. Founded in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
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.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Retail, Education
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Tunisia, France
Portfolio highlights
- Yaz — Yaz is a B2B wholesale e-Commerce web and mobile app that offers branded goods and services top up for retailers.
- Birdhouce — Birdhouce is a direct to consumer furniture startup that provides home storage. They develop an online 3d product configurator that makes the customer a designer from the comfort of their home. Their design categories include a dining room, living room, bedroom, hallway, office, kitchen, and kids room.
- Tiktak PRO — Tiktak PRO provides back office management services. They also provide hosting, updating, and certificate services. Additionally, they also provide commercial activity and technical support services.
Bose Ventures is looking for startups that are pushing the envelope of AR to help build some of these new experiences. They are investing in startups that are developing apps, services, and technology that leverage and extend the Bose AR platform. If you are one of these innovative startups
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Music
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- United States, India, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Vesper — Vesper is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that specializes in microphones, piezoelectric, and audio. The company is driven by a mission is to deliver voice-powered products to every market, around the world. Vesper was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Medrhythms — Pioneering Next-Generation Digital Therapeutics to Improve Walking
- Noise — Buy latest Noise smart watches, wireless earbuds, BT neckband earphones, wireless headphones, speakers and smart watch accessories online at best prices in India.
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) is a national development finance institution set up to promote economic growth and industrial development.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Mobile, Energy
- Debt Financing, Series A, Funding Round
- South Africa, Canada, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- AMEA Power — Founded in 2016, AMEA Power has assembled a leading team of global industry experts to deliver clean energy projects across Africa, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
- Pele Energy Group — Pele Energy Group owns and runs renewable energy infrastructure in addition to providing economic and community development consulting services.
- Pele Green Energy — Pele Green Energy is an Independent Power Producer that develops, owns, procures, builds, and operates renewable energy power projects, including Small Scale Embedded Generation and utility scale power plants, and is the leading South African Independent Power Producer in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement, REIPPPProgramme.
Orange Ventures is the Venture Capital Fund of the Orange Group, with 350m euros under management
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Series B, Series C
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Pretto — Pretto is the only truly transparent online real estate price comparator.Pretto accompanies you until the signing of your loan, free of charge and without commitment.
- Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
- ToumAI Analytics — ToumAI Analytics is a software development company providing voice analytics, real-time analytics, and reporting services.
Welcome to Soma Capital
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Podqi — Podqi is an AI-powered platform specifically designed for entertainment companies to automate monitoring, takedown, and retroactive compensation for infringement on their portfolio of IP.
- Artisan AI — Artisan is on a mission to build the first generation of AI employees, called Artisans, who can automate specific roles & workflows.
- Flashnet — Flashnet is commited to build a Bitcoin exchange that anyone can use and where people keep their own money.
HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Africa, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- NjiaPay — Payments-as-a-Service platform that will streamline your operations and elevate your online payments across the African continent.
- Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
- Right Now Response — The future of repairs starts soon. Counting down to smarter tracking in 2025! There are perks to working 24/7, 365 days a year... Like launching the future of repairs ahead of schedule!
Acasia Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies throughout the Middle East and Africa. With a focus on being a first believer in innovation and entrepreneurship, the firm strives to support the growth of the next generation of market leaders through their unique and scalable solutions. Its Tech Fund I iscurrently targeting investments in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups at the pre-Seed to pre-Series A stages.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
- Menthum — Saving Made Simple
- Bluworks.io — Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions.
Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
- Shakers — We are Shakers and we are redefining the future of work. We connect companies and talent with a perfect match between personal and professional life through technology and methodology. We want to achieve a lifestyle in which work is synonymous with happiness so that you can work where, how and when you want. And thus be more productive and havebetter results in the projects in which you collaborate. Sounds good to you? You already have DNA Shakers, follow us !!
- AURA — A South African cloud-based security and safety startup .
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Accrual Software — We are a Software Development Company
- Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.
- Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics — Biological Engineering, Bionics, Biomimetics, Hydraulics, Prosthetics, Neuroprosthetics, Exoskeleton Suits, Dynamics, Kinematics Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Artificial Organs, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Knowledge Reasoning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Robotics, Artificial GeneralIntelligence, Deep Learning, Bayesian Networks, Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Neuroscience, Neurocybernetics, Cybernetics, Cognitive Science, Source Coding, Channel Coding, Algorithmic Complexity Theory, Algorithmic Information Theory, Information-Theoretic Security, Grey System Theory & Biotechnology
Are you looking for start-up funding for your business? Get in touch with Atlantica Ventures to get the kick-start your start-up needs.
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Investment focus
- Internet, B2B, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Figorr — Figorr is your go-to, for accessing reliable information on temperature, humidity, and location. Experience the next generation of data-driven insights with Figorr today.
- Nosible — Nosible is the creator of a search engine that helps investors find appropriate investment ideas.
- Sendmarc — Maximize your email security and domain protection with DMARC to safeguard your business against email impersonation, phishing, and spoofing.
Established in 2018, Luminate is a global philanthropic organisation with the goal of empowering people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, GovTech, Politics
- Seed
- Canada, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
We invest in what the world needs.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Nigeria, Venezuela
Portfolio highlights
- Nevoya — Nevoya's focus on zero-emission freight transport is a significant step toward sustainability in the logistics industry. Nevoya is an electric truckload carriers can help reduce the carbon footprint of shipping while also potentially lowering operational costs in the long run.
- Brellium — Clinical teams use Brellium to audit every patient visit against their clinical and payor requirements.
- Infinite Machine — Infinite Machine is to create the world's most captivating non-auto vehicles. Infinite Machine initial product, the P1, is a revolutionary new personal electric vehicle that combines innovative performance and usefulness with an industrial-style look. In Infinite Machine's ideal post-car future, environment and people coexist together.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- South Africa, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Octiv — Turbocharge your fitness business, grow your community and build your brand with Octiv's leading Gym Management Software.
- Outsized — Independent talent for enterprise clients and consulting firms in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Simera Sense — Simera Sense develops camera control electronics for optical payload and Cubesat imager solutions.
UNDP works to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities through the sustainable development of nations, in more than 170 countries and territories.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, AgTech, Marketplace
- Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- South Africa, India, Uganda
Portfolio highlights
- FishLog — FishLog is fisheries supply chains ecosystem. Our vision is to transform fragmented fisheries supply chains into an integrated and efficient ecosystem with reliable solutions that create value along fisheries network. Our mission is to be the largest fisheries network in Indonesia. Offer complete fisheries post-harvest management services. Creatinga transparant, fair-trade and sustainable transaction along fisheries ecosystem with all stakeholders in our network.
- Kee Farms Foundation — The Kee Farms Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to mitigate climate change through regenerative ocean and land agriculture.
- Saint James School of Medicine — One of the top Caribbean medical schools. USMLE-ready in 5 Semesters. US clinical rotations. Accredited. Low tuition. No MCAT required
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.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Foyer — Saving the American Dream with the "401k" for homeownership
- Finfra — From application to decisioning to operations - FINFRA provides the necessary infrastructure and services for technology companies to embed financial services to their environment through a seamless integration.
- Agrim Wholesale — Agrim Wholesale is a b2b e-commerce market for manufacturers and retailers.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- South Africa, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Maxe AI — AI investment Assistant for all investors. AI Portfolios tracker of stocks bonds exchanges futures. all in one to track mutual funds.
- Cloudline — The all-in-one cloud platform helping leisure businesses sell more, reduce costs & personalize experiences.
- Happy Pay — Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services.
Hustle Fund is a seed fund that invests in early-stage startups operating in software, business-to-business, fintech, and digital health sectors.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- ThriveAI — Offload the busywork. Focus on the outcomes that matter.
- Agree.com — Agree.com is the best solution for creating and managing contracts, streamlining negotiations, enhancing compliance, optimizing workflows, and converting more customers — all within one intuitive platform. View edits, track signatures, and get alerted on all upcoming key milestones. Include free, one-click e-signatures with identity verification onevery agreement. Increase deal velocity and drive revenue impact with integrated payments.
- Rently — Rently is a digital platform for buying, selling, and managing properties.
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Regfyl — Powered by AI, Regfyl is the all-in-one fraud and compliance platform for financial institutions and fintechs. Regfyl allows these businesses to reduce costs and focus on higher value activities.
- Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Artisan AI — Artisan is on a mission to build the first generation of AI employees, called Artisans, who can automate specific roles & workflows.
- TAU Systems — TAU Systems provides medical imaging technology.
- Foundation Alloy — Foundation Alloy makes better parts, faster, for modern engineering.
We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
- Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
- Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Global Blue — Global Blue official site offers full aspects of tax free shopping information across Europe. The top tax free destinations include London, Paris, Milan, Spain and Germany.
- Sanegene Bio — Sanegene Bio is currently operating in stealth mode.
- Wuwen Xinqiong — Wuwen Core Dome is dedicated to providing AGI computing power solutions based on its large model energy efficiency optimization tools, with the goal of resolving the challenge of efficient and unified deployment of large model algorithms to large computing power chips.
Wavecrest Growth Partners is a growth equity firm focused on investments in high-growth, profitable B2B technology companies. The firm targets investments in high-growth companies with proven products and business models and brings to bear a differentiated combination of investing and operating experience and networks to help accelerate growth andprofitability. It refers to invest in companies that have over 20% in annual growth and $5 to $30M in bookings or revenue.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Cardata — Fully-managed vehicle reimbursement programs and software that are transparent, reliable, and efficient, so you save time, money, and headaches.
- Volante Technologies — Volante is the trusted partner to over 100 banks, financial institutions, market infrastructures, clearing houses, and corporate treasuries in 35 countries.
- RapidWorks — The world's leading software for heavy equipment job management and dispatching. Discover how RapidWorks helps concrete, hydrovac, and crane teams work smarter and get paid faster.
Crossfin invests in FINTECH solutions to enable growth for economies in Africa and beyond. Crossfin invests in high growth and established cash generative businesses, offering investors a blended exposure to technology investments in Fintech.
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Investment focus
- Payments, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
- South Africa, United States, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
- VantagePay — VantagePay provides white-label payment and technology solutions to the Banking, Telco, Financial Services, and Consumer Product Industries.
- Momint — Momint is the Web3 investment platform of the future. The safest and easiest to use NFT marketplace in the world. Discover the real-world potential of NFTs.
Cascador | Business Growth Accelerator for Mid-Stage Nigerian Companies Cascador is a business growth program for Nigerian entrepreneurs leading mid-stage companies, providing mentoring and access to advisors, and investors.
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Investment focus
- Analytics, Digital Media, Data Integration
- Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stears — Stears Business has a simple mission: deliver original, analytical, well-written stories that make sense of the Nigerian economy
Create amazing customer experiences with our Customer Engagement Platform (CEP) that combines communication APIs with AI. Build solutions for SMS, WhatsApp, voice, and email.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Egypt, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- PolyAI — The world's only customer-led conversational platform for enterprise.
- Frame AI (acquired by HubSpot) — Frame AI is the customer feedback intelligence engine that powers winning CX with automatic sentiment, effort, and actionable themes extracted from every customer interaction in every channel. Learn how leading companies like Fastly, NVIDIA, and Oscar Health use Frame AI to activate needle-moving customer feedback at www.frame.ai.
- Nurdle AI — Get your AI into production Faster, Cheaper & Easier with Nurdle's privacy-safe lookalike data. Trusted by leading brands in gaming and social media.
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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- AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
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- FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
- Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
- Muddy Machines — Muddy Machines is working on field robots to help farms manage labor-intensive crops by completing the fieldwork.
RTA is an Investment firm.
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- Internet, Logistics, Blockchain
- Seed
- Nigeria
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- ChekkitApp — Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time.
We found and fund startups.
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- Sales Automation, Marketing Automation, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A
- Tunisia
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- qodek — Welcome to qodek website. The most powerful marketing automation plateform. Official website. Ranking number 1 in google search.
A South African venture firm focussed on early stage African startups. By the founders of Bottles, the on-demand liquor delivery app.
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- Big Data, Analytics, Data Integration
- Pre-Seed
- South Africa
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- MetaPOS — South African Data Tech company focused on the ethical monetisation of data.
Mozilla Ventures seeks to invest in early-stage startups focusing on technology sector.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
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- Probabl — Open Source Commons for AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science.
- Credo AI — Credo AI helps organizations shape AI development to the highest ethical standards through a workflow assessment platform that evaluates the data, the decisions and deployment of AI models, while creating an audit trail that is a complete record of the development process and its intention.
- Musubi — A revolutionary approach to content moderation, supercharging your team's capabilities with AI.
They believe that the most successful company in any industry gains a disproportionately higher return for its shareholders. their mission is to help their portfolio companies Leapfrog their competitors and achieve industry-leading levels of competitive and market performance as quickly as possible.They are all experienced operating executivesof technology companies as well as successful venture investors. They can recognize the patterns that signal opportunities or risks in a small, high growth company. They have the resources and relationships to help entrepreneurs create the key alliances that will allow them to achieve victory early and convincingly. Every entrepreneur wants an investor who can help build the business. What does this mean? Certainly it is about advice and experience. These are the intangibles. Then there are the tangibles - the introductions to key customers and strategic partners, the access to distribution channels, the assistance in attracting and recruiting key executives - these are the immediate advantages that help Leapfrog the competition. They have built an extensive network of relationships which can be called upon to accelerate the success of their portfolio companies. When you work with them, you work with all of them, not just a single partner. All the partners work closely with all their companies to ensure that all of their collective resources are being matched to the immediate needs of their portfolio companies.
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- Software, Analytics, Security
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom
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- exuus ltd — Exuus is a finTech company that inspire resilience and enable communities to achieve their optimal satisfaction.
- C9 Inc. — C9 delivers predictive sales and marketing applications that increase revenue, generate more precise forecasts and mitigate pipeline risk. By combining data science with products that improve sales and marketing execution, C9 enables leading companies like Yahoo!, Pitney Bowes and Google to drive predictable growth. C9 is located in San Mateoand is backed by the Mayfield Fund, InterWest Partners and Leapfrog Ventures.
- Zebit — Zebit grants a max of $2,500 in credit to consumers without hidden fees. Due to cash constraints or lack of credit access, consumers typically turn to high-cost off-line financing methods (payday loans, rent-to-own, in-store financing) with payments that can total over 3 times the purchase value. Zebit grants credit to shop thousands of productsto buy now and pay over time. By combining consumer income data with sophisticated risk analytics, and allowing members to shop name brand products in a closed marketplace, Zebit provides the benefits of internet commerce (product selection, lower prices, and mobile-shopping convenience) that disrupts a $25 billion high-cost, off-line installment financing industry.
Octerra Capital is a venture capital firm.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Analytics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States
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- Wattnow — Wattnow is a real-time monitoring solution that provides a breakdown of energy spending to identify wasteful trends.
- MANSA — MANSA builds the infrastructure that powers the next evolution of global payments.
- PBR Life Sciences — A cloud-based real-world, non-observational pharmacy sell-out data
Arise is a African investment company backed by three reputable cornerstone investors, namely Norfund, Rabobank, and FMO. We partner with sustainable locally owned financial services providers in Sub-Saharan Africa who are searching for a way to keep their independence but need financial expertise and long-term capital to prosper. Our in-depthlocal knowledge, minority shareholding and hands-on approach gives them the support they need to become financially sustainable and a strong contributor to the economy.It’s our way of making a lasting, positive difference to the people, businesses and communities of Africa.
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- Facial Recognition, Financial Services, Identity Management
- Series A, Funding Round
- Ghana, South Africa
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- CAL Bank — CAL Bank provides a range of banking and financial solutions to large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, public sector institutions, and retail customers in Ghana. It operates through five segments: Corporate Banking, Retail & Business Banking, Treasury, Brokerage, and Asset Management.
- iiDENTIFii — iiDENTIFii: Secure biometric authentication for businesses. Verify customer identity in seconds with facial recognition and liveness detection.
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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- AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
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- FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
- Food4All — With the F4A App, you can explore discounted close-to-expiry products at your favourite supermarkets. Act now - save money and say no to food waste.
- Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
More than a seed-stage fund and a portfolio of startups: Our community of founders taps into the power of financial innovation to collaborate around global problems and unlock prosperity for all.
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- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- Mento Labs — Mento Labs is a decentralized EVM platform for launching and managing multi-currency stable assets.
- Learn.xyz — Empower your team with learning they'll actually enjoy: Learn.xyz automatically turns your knowledge base into bite-sized learning modules that your employees will love
- Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.
P1 Ventures works as a venture capital firm. They specialize in early-stage industrial technology firms in Africa.
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- Financial Services, Payments, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria
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- Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
- Stakpak — Stakpak is a DevOps IDE powered by AI, helps software developers build and maintain production-ready infrastructure.
- Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
VilCap Investments is an early-stage impact investing fund, backing companies addressing the most pressing social and environmental challenges.
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- Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, India, Kenya
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- Vexi — Vexi issues, operates and processes credit cards for young underbanked population on a mission to make credit accessible, through a 100% digital onboarding and unparalleled customer experience
- SatSure — SatSure, they are on a mission to evolve crop insurance products and provide accurate risk assessment of crop yield by integrating climatic variables with geospatial and economic datasets.
- Altro (fka Perch) — Perch Credit (also known as Perch), is a fin-tech mobile app that allows users to take common recurring expenses, such as their subscriptions & rent, and turn these into creditworthy data points. Perch is currrently live on iOS and plans to be on Android in the coming months.Perch recently graduated YC (S20) and closed 2.5M in their mostrecent round.
Seed round investment in frontier markets and clean energy
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Kenya, Zambia
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- Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.
- Untapped Global — Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.
- Necessary Ventures — We invest in what the world needs.
OEL Venture Investments
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- Agriculture, Farmers Market, Machine Learning
- Seed
- Kenya
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- Apollo Agriculture — BRINGING COMMERCIAL FARMING TO EVERYONE Andrew, 3 acre maize farmer and Apollo customer
Welcome to Investec. Find out more about us, our businesses, sponsorships and career opportunities.
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- Software, Financial Services, Energy
- Funding Round, Debt Financing, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Australia
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- Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
- Hecate Energy — Hecate Energy is a developer of solar, wind, and energy storage projects.
- Pulse Clean Energy — Pulse Clean Energy builds and operates power stations. We deliver power into the UK’s network when it is most needed.
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