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Top 50 Big Data Startup Investors in Africa in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Big data startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Big data companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Big Data Startup Investors in Africa in April 2025

Investor	Big Data Africa investments
Ingressive Capital	3
Lateral Frontiers	3
Ventures Platform	2
Chandaria Capital	2
4 Decades Capital	2
TLcom Capital Partners	2
Entrée Capital	2
Golden Palm Investments	2
International Finance Corporation	2
CardinalStone Capital Advisers	1
Gbenga Oyebode	1
AAIC Investment	1
Western Technology Investment	1
Kepple Africa Ventures	1
Varsha Rao	1
Alitheia Capital	1
Proparco	1
Artesian VC	1
VestedWorld	1
SBI Investment	1
Bonfire Ventures	1
Newtown Partners	1
AE Ventures	1
RaliCap	1
Tritech Global	1
Future Africa	1
Idris Ayodeji Bello	1
Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund	1
Leapfrog Ventures	1
Standard Bank	1
AngelHub Ventures	1
Five35 Ventures	1
TotalEnergies Ventures	1
Kalon Venture Partners	1
Automattic	1
EchoVC Partners	1
LeapFrog Investments	1
Alphamundi	1
Musha Ventures	1
Newfund	1
Animoca Brands	1
Double Feather Partners	1
Goldman Sachs	1
Launch Africa	1
SAHEL Capital	1
Rus Newton	1
Appsolute Ventures	1
Raba Partnership	1
Olumide Soyombo	1
Harambeans	1

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Ingressive Capital they provide services in business development, partnerships, and financial support.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

MNZL — MNZL is on a mission to expand access to capital for Egyptians.Every person who owns an asset has accumulated wealth in it. When they want liquidity for their projects and needs, they should be able to tap into it as easily as withdrawing from a bank.With an innovative digital platform and products, we are working on making digital access tocapital a reality, and building the future of asset-backed financing in Africa.
Gwala — Gwala is a benefits platform that aims to improve the financial health and well-being of African employees. Gwala offers financial products that help employees make better decisions, reduce financial stress, and stay on track with their finances.
Startbutton — Startbutton provides your business with the right connections to streamline payment processes and collections in various countries in Africa, eliminating bothersome overheads on local regulations so you can focus on increasing productivity and potential.

Lateral Capital is a mission driven venture fund investing in early and growth stage opportunities in Africa. We back companies that provide foundational technologies for the continent. We make debt and equity investments technology-enabled businesses that profitably solve significant pain points across financial services, healthcare, education,energy, agriculture, housing, logistics, mobility and more.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

CNote — CNote makes impact investing easy for corporations, foundations, and individuals. Align your financial goals with your values and drive change in communities.
Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
Wattnow — Wattnow is a real-time monitoring solution that provides a breakdown of energy spending to identify wasteful trends.

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.

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.

Chandaria Capital operates as a venture capital Fund. We believe that innovative ideas will transform Africa. We invest, mentor, and work together with incredible entrepreneurs to create impactful companies that can change the continent.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Kenya, United States, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.

4 Decades Capital is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Investment focus

Apps, Travel, Big Data
Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

GoMetro — Fleet management simplified with GoMetro. Integrate telematics, gain real-time visibility, and optimize operations with a secure, scalable platform,

TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds. TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge. We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Information Technology
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hub2.Io — Welcome to HUB2, the leading FINTECH startup in interoperability and payment infrastructure in Francophone Africa. We are proud to work with all financial industry players in Africa who need stable and high-performing infrastructure, and contribute to their success.
Educatly — We help you get into the University of your dreams. We are the only platform with all the information you need to Study Abroad
littlefishapp — Littlefish is a comprehensive commerce platform that empowers banks to serve small business with tools to streamline operations, drive growth, and enhance customer engagement.

We're a team of former serial founders managing over $1.25B across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
Alta — Alta leverages data and AI to drive business growth 24/7.
Bria — Bria is a Computer Software company.

Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.

Investment focus

Information Technology, FinTech, Logistics
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Sabipay — Pastel supports African businesses by offering tools that help manage their businesses and maximize efficiency.
Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.
Jetstream Africa — Jetstream is a supply chain platform that powers freight forwarding and global exports for African suppliers. With tracking and consolidated (LCL) shipping Jetstream levels the playing field for access to international trade for African SMEs with the click of a button.

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

Promigas — Promigas builds and operates pipelines for the distribution of natural gas. They design, construct, and maintain the natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure. They provide integrated solutions for the hydrocarbon industry.
Yondr Group — We are Yondr, a global developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centers. Our mission is: global capacity responsible delivery.
Lagos Free Zone — Lagos Free Zone provides exceptional infrastructure facilities and services.

CardinalStone Partners Limited is a boutique investment banking firm that offers financial advisory services. The firm provides mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyout arrangements, balance sheet optimization, capital restructuring, and competitor strategies advisory services. Additionally, it offers private placements, equitycapital markets and debt financing, and information services.

Investment focus

Retail, Banking, FinTech
Series A, Seed
Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Appzone Group — We are now Zone; a blockchain enabled payment infrastructure company. Our original business is now a separate stand-alone company called Qore.
Kobo360 — Kobo360 is Africa's leading supply chain technology platform. We are simplifying the supply chain ecosystem with end-to-end tech products, providing a 360-degree view to all stakeholders.
AfyA Care — AfyA Care invests in healthcare assets with a vision to make healthcare accessible and affordable.

Gbenga Oyebode serves as an Of Counsel of Aluko and Oyebode. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and the Ekiti State University.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Pre-Seed, Seed
Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mono — Secure and reliable open banking infrastructure for access to financial data and payments to build financial products for your customers.
Wealth8 — Wealth8 is a black-owned investment platform that provides a simple and affordable way for the black community to save & invest in globally managed funds.
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.

We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.

Since 1980, WTI has helped more than 1,300 companies across every innovation sector finance their growth while minimizing dilution.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

SkySQL — SkySQL is a software company that provides databases and backup services.
Innventure — Innventure develops a global open-architecture venture platform to provide access to multinational companies to identify, grow, and commercialize their proprietary IP while strategically partnering for success.
Carbon Ridge — Modular onboard carbon capture for maritime shipping.

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.

Varsha Rao is the Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners, former Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, CEO of Nurx and COO at Clover Health. She was the Co-Founder of Eve.com. Currently she is CEO & Founder of Zeal AI.Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years followinggraduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned to school to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.She is an active angel investors with successful investments in Healthcare, Enterprise AI, Consumer Tech and more.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, France

Portfolio highlights

Observo AI — With Observo AI, The AI Data Pipeline for Security and DevOps, you can deliver the right data to the right place, accelerate threat detection and incident resolution, and control costs while expanding data coverage and eliminate blind spots
Voiceops — Your high-volume calls contain the blueprint for business growth, cost reduction, and risk management. Voiceops doesn't just analyze calls - it works alongside your team to automatically implement improvements that most businesses miss.Founded in New York and backed by top-tier investors on both coasts, Voiceops has driven billions ofdollars of revenue and cost-savings for industry leaders in education, financial services, and insurance. Real results: 80% increase in close rates, 98% reduction in compliance violations, 70% reduction in post-call work, 93% reduction in attrition, and 50% reduction in cost per lead.We're a fast-growing AI platform, with customers who have called our AI teammate “stunning” and the most advanced capability they’ve seen “by a landslide” — and we're just getting started.
Qualified Health — Discover the Infrastructure for enforceable governance, agent creation, and post-deployment monitoring for Generative AI in healthcare

Alitheia Capital specializes in identifying and providing investment opportunities in high-potential businesses throughout Africa.

Investment focus

Logistics, AgTech, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
Nigeria, Ghana, Turkey

Portfolio highlights

Lidya — Lidya is unlocking credit for africans by providing financial insititutions with the mos effective tools to streamline their loan processes
Haul247 — Haul247 is an end-to-end logistics technology platform with the aim to simplify Nigeria and Africa’s freight industry by leveraging technology to drive efficiency, transparency, safety and storage of goods. Our Web and Mobile app cloud-based online logistics platform offers a modern and simplified way of trucking, warehousing, reverse haulage andtracking at fingertips. It is powered by an artificial intelligence algorithm to increase efficiency to our customers by helping them make decisions that save them time and cost. Our high-quality service is additionally supported by a dedicated and experienced team which oversees and tracks every stage of your delivery/storage.
Complete Farmer — We are providing cutting-edge technological farming protocols and innovations with a unique business model and logistics that are revolutionizing...

Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Energy, Finance
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Seed
India, Kenya, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Sonatel — The Sonatel group offers global telecommunications solutions in the fields of fixed, mobile, Internet, television and data serving individuals and businesses. Leader in Senegal, present in Mali since 2002, in Guinea Conakry and Guinea Bissau since 2007, Sonatel is the global and sub-regional operator of reference.Sonatel has built a modernnetwork, fully digitized by transmission loops and international connections using high-speed optical fiber submarine cables. Sonatel has one of Africa's largest Internet bandwidths of 6.5 Gbps.Sonatel is a structuring company for the economy of his country and has made Senegal a hub of traffic and a major player in the development of telecommunications in Africa and in the world.Through its Orange brand, the Sonatel Group provides its millions of consumers with the best opportunities for convergence between mobile, internet and television technologies.
NCBA Group — NCBA Group Plc, is a financial services conglomerate in East and West Africa.
Equator — A venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled, early-stage ventures that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
Ohmie Go — EV charging solutions, shared electric vehicles, shared e-bikes & e-scooters delivered to residents as a premium managed service and amenity - An intelligent way to get EV ready with one seamless experience.
Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.

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.

Investment focus

Agriculture, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

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.
Complete Farmer — We are providing cutting-edge technological farming protocols and innovations with a unique business model and logistics that are revolutionizing...
Jackfruit Finance — Jackfruit Finance provides money, technology, and rewards to enable low-cost African schools to expand access to education.

SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, South Korea, United States

Portfolio highlights

Newmo — newmo delivers sustainable local public transportation create a user experience (UX) that people may utilize with peace of mind and comfort.
Lazuli — Lazuli is a SaaS platform that enables companies to utilize data for analysis, search, recommendation, marketing & supply chain management.
AI model — AI model specializes in the development and transformation of real-like virtual models for modeling on E-commerce platforms.

Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for business software solutions company founders transforming the industries they target.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, France

Portfolio highlights

Mithrl — Mithrl is a software development company that builds the custom workflows for NGS data on-demand.
CalmWave — Transparent AI for reducing alarm fatigue and nurse burnout. ICU noise reduction via tailored, patient-specific alarm configurations and data-based insights.
Voiceops — Your high-volume calls contain the blueprint for business growth, cost reduction, and risk management. Voiceops doesn't just analyze calls - it works alongside your team to automatically implement improvements that most businesses miss.Founded in New York and backed by top-tier investors on both coasts, Voiceops has driven billions ofdollars of revenue and cost-savings for industry leaders in education, financial services, and insurance. Real results: 80% increase in close rates, 98% reduction in compliance violations, 70% reduction in post-call work, 93% reduction in attrition, and 50% reduction in cost per lead.We're a fast-growing AI platform, with customers who have called our AI teammate “stunning” and the most advanced capability they’ve seen “by a landslide” — and we're just getting started.

Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startups.

Investment focus

Logistics, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Africa, Ghana, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.

Investment focus

IaaS, Big Data, Computer
Pre-Seed
Kenya, Croatia

Portfolio highlights

AMPnet — AMPnet is a set of white-label crowdinvesting platforms with a central P2P marketplace for renewable energy shares. Through our platform, renewable energy communities all over Europe are providing much-needed liquidity to their investments and connecting directly to large financers of renewables such as NGOs, carbon offseting schemes, etc...
UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.

Rally Cap is a global community of tech folks investing in an exclusive portfolio of top-tier early stage venture funds in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Mexico, Nigeria, United States

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.
Akua — Akua is an acquiring-as-a-service platform that offers scalable, secure, and efficient payment processing solutions for Latin America. Our platform leverages advanced technology to provide superior transaction processing, fraud prevention, and comprehensive regional integration. Problem Latin America's acquiring card payment markets aredominated by a few incumbents using outdated systems, hindering the adoption of new payment technologies and increasing fraud risks.
Stay — Stay is a long-term incentive platform. We are working to decomplicate the task of investing in the future: both for companies and for their collaborators.

Tritech Global is a technology investment holding company spanning a number of market leading business verticals in multiple geographic jurisdictions around the world.

Investment focus

Apps, Travel, Big Data
Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

GoMetro — Fleet management simplified with GoMetro. Integrate telematics, gain real-time visibility, and optimize operations with a secure, scalable platform,

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.

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 — FilmmakersMart is Africa’s first film and entertainment marketplace where entertainment businesses and creatives find verified services seamlessly for their video productions while democratizing entry into the film and entertainment industry for emerging creatives. We’re building the operations system for the film and entertainment industry inAfrica.

The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Mobile Apps
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
SimpliFi — SimpliFi is on a mission to democratize payments by building the leading Cards as a Service (CaaS) platform for MENA and Pakistan.
ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.

Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund is an equity fund designed to build the climate resilience of smallholder farmers.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Farming, AgTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Kenya, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

IBISA — IBISA is an index-based insurance marketplace with satellite adoption. Inclusive mutual risk sharing solution with low fees and fast assessment and payment. Crop Protection for Smallholder Farmers
SunCulture — At SunCulture, we strive to solve the biggest daily challenges of smallholder farmers. We use off-grid solar technology to provide our customers with reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging, and we can do all of that with a single system.
Winich Inc (Winich Farms) — At Winich Farms we are a technology-driven and agri-startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food security and democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platforms, these we use to engage farmers with quality inputs,agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle.In addition to this, utilizing our agro e-retail platform (web and app), we connect vicinity farmers with market (households) directly at farm gate price thereby reducing the activities of middlemen, making agro produce more affordable and easily accessible.One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Labana Rice, Big Bull Rice etcBacked by Orange Corners we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilient Africa powered by Agriculture.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Security
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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.

Open a bank account, get a personal or business loan, make offshore investments and sign up for Internet Banking.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile
Debt Financing, Seed, Pre-Seed
South Africa, Ghana, India

Portfolio highlights

HelloChoice — HelloChoice is digital trading and auction platform that is transforming the agricultural trade by directly connecting Farmers and Buyers.
Westfalia Fruit — Westfalia Fruit is a multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related processed products to international markets. Part of the Hans Merensky Holdings Group, Westfalia grows, sources and ripens, packs, processes and markets sustainably-grown avocados year round. Its vertically-integrated supply chain enables Westfalia to market quality fruit fromacross the globe.
Sun King — Sun King solar lanterns and home systems enables underserved communities to achieve more with inclusive distribution and flexible financing options.

Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Education
Seed, Series A
South Africa, Mexico, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Syscap — Syscap is a financial technology company that offers cutting-edge solutions to financial institutions to have a better administration and management of their funding sources. It connects the leaders of financial and real estate institutions with their funders. For institutions, the company ensures the optimization of their funding source managementprocesses, but also the strengthening of the relationship with their funders. To funders, Syscap guarantees the transparency and timely monitoring of its funds for the safety and growth of its resources.
Godochurch — GoDoChurch is a cloud-based church administration software which is designed to assist Christian churches and ministries with managing members, Sunday services, events, communications, and more. The system is made up of a base package, covering messaging, news, ministries, lists, church roles, services, events, and growth paths, with additionalmodules for managing follow-ups, groups, and Kids church.
Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.

With a decade-long track record of venture building alongside some of the smartest female-led founding teams in Africa, we back female-focused startups across

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Wellness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
Zuri Health — .ts-banner-image-1:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} .ts-banner-image-2:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} Popular categories Pharmacy Doctor at home Covid Labs & Diagonstics Wellness Telemed Show all Our Services PharmacyBuy both OTC and prescription medication and have it delivered to your doorstepLabs & DiagnosticsBook labs and Diagnostic tests and get your samples collected from the comfort of your home, hotel

TotalEnergies Ventures is the venture capital arm of Total.As part of Total's commitment to a better energy future, TotalEnergies Ventures is focused on finding, funding and fostering high-potential start-ups which will contribute to creating a low carbon future.Current areas of interest include Renewables, Distributed Energy, NewMobility, Energy Access, Energy Storage, Bio-Plastics, Circular Economy, Carbon Capture and Hydrogen.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Transportation
Series B, Funding Round, Series C
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Autogrid — AutoGrid Systems organizes energy data and employs big data analytics to generate real-time predictions that create actionable data.The company’s suite of flexibility management applications allows utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy project developers and energy service providers to deliver cheap, clean and reliable energy bymanaging networked distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time and at scale. AutoGrid applications utilize petabytes of smart meter, sensor and third-party data, along with powerful data science and high-performance computing algorithms, to monitor, predict, optimize and control the operations of millions of assets connected across global energy networks.Established at Stanford University in 2011, they have assembled a team of world-class software architects, electrical and computer engineers, data scientists and energy experts who apply cutting-edge analytics and in-depth energy data science to solve the world’s most critical energy problems.
45-8 ENERGY — 45-8 ENERGY is exploring eco-friendly helium for uses in many industries.
Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.

A growing number of South Africans are investing in venture capital companies that operate under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act. Contact us now.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile Apps, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Africa, Luxembourg, United States

Portfolio highlights

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.
Sendmarc — Maximize your email security and domain protection with DMARC to safeguard your business against email impersonation, phishing, and spoofing.
visionAI — visionAI augments existing CCTV cameras with computer vision AI to drive improved operational outcomes in manufacturing.

Making the web a better place

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

n8n — n8n is a free and source-available workflow automation tool
Openvibe — Interact With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline.
Liquid AI — Liquid AI is an MIT spin-off with a presence in Boston, MA, and Palo Alto, CA. Our mission is to build state-of-the-art, general-purpose AI systems from first principles and deploy capable, efficient, highly aligned, and trustworthy AI for all.

EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlers — Shuttlers is a platform that offers mobility solutions by providing scheduled bus-sharing services for the professionals within the region.
Snowstorm — Snowstorm is a decentralized microproxy network. Already proven in crisis zones, it must now evolve into a next-generation system and internet freedom tool.
Senga Technologies — Welcome to Senga, custom-built, with love, for businesses shipping in Africa.

Scaling purpose-driven businesses to achieve leaps of growth, profitability and impact.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, Insurance
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series D
India, Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zepz — Zepz is an online service that lets people send money to friends and family living abroad, using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. It is a convenient, low-cost alternative to traditional money transfer companies that use high street agents and charge high fees. Money can be received as a bank deposit, cash pick-up, Mobile Money, or mobile airtimetop-up.Zepz's service is available to senders in 50 countries. They offer transfers to more than 140+ destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
HealthifyMe — HealthifyMe is an application that allows its users to achieve their fitness and weight loss goals from their computers and smartphones.The application enables its users to track their calories, nutrition, and fitness activities; track their weight and determine if they are healthy; set healthy goals and work toward meeting them; share theirdata with experts; and get expert advice and suggestions on their lifestyles.HealthifyMe was developed and launched by a team of doctors, nutritionists, and fitness trainers in 2012. It is based in Bangalore, India.
Redcliffe Labs — Redcliffe LifetechRedcliffe Lifesciences specializes in reproductive health testing, rare diseases, and cancer genetic diagnostics. The company offers a wide range of advanced products and services for healthcare companies, research institutions, and other public and private partnerships, such as testing using molecular and gene-based diagnostics,therapeutic molecules and advanced therapies, next-generation sequencing, and all bioinformatics 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.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
Kenya, Colombia, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

Finaktiva — Finaktiva is the number one financial ally of Colombian entrepreneurs. We offer flexible and agile online financial solutions (loans in various forms, factoring and confirming) adjusted to the requirements of the companies. We also offer a range of non-financial tools through our platform to help SMEs´ grow. Our customers are typically businesseswith innovative business models, double-digit growth rates that have a positive impact in their communities.
AgriCapital — AgriCapital is a financial service firm that provides store credit, productive credit, credit installments, and accompaniment services.
Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.

Seed capital for technology startups globally.

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

Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
France, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Oplit — Oplit is a production planning platform that provides software and support to help industrials boost operations profitability.
Omnidoc — Omnidoc is a tele-expertise platform for healthcare professionals to exchange medical opinions.
Raidium — Radiology augmented GPT to tackle the complexity of precision medicine

Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Memes Lab — Memes Lab is a multi-level meme infrastructure on TON, integrated with Telegram Stars, which allows users to purchase meme coins without a wallet.
Slingshot DAO — Bet on the next billion dollar games! Slingshot is the AI Roblox Game Launcher, powered by the $SLING Token and home to Game Factory.
Infinity Ground — Infinity Ground Technology supports developers in using AI with Web3, making these technologies accessible to all.

Double Feather Partners is committed to solving social problems in developing countries, especially in Africa, through financial, strategic, and M&A advisory services, and to contributing to a world in which all people can enjoy the benefits of services that form the foundation of society. We will contribute to the realization of a world in which all people can enjoy the benefits of fundamental social services.

Investment focus

Big Data, Apps, Life Science
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, Egypt, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Asaak — Asaak is an asset financing company redefining financial inclusion and mobility for millions across Africa. Apply for a loan today!
Nawah Scientific — Nawah is MENA & Africa's first Cloud Lab providing Analytical and R&D services to the region's life science, food, agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors.
And Africa — And Africa is a consulting and investment advisory firm located in Tokyo, Japan with a branch office in South Africa.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Funding Round, Series C, Series B
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

Clip — Clip is changing card acceptance in Mexico, offering different models of portable card-reading hardware to accept all credit and debit cards as well as other solutions. More than a device to accept all cards, Clip is an ally focused on empowering Mexican businesses.
El Corte Ingles — El Corte Inglés is a business group with more than 80 years of history, upholding the same values as always. Our steadfast principles of ethical and responsible conduct allow us to evolve towards an omnichannel model more aligned with digitalisation, diversification and sustainability. This has meant a progress in the transformation of El CorteInglés from a retailer to a unique ecosystem. Without ever taking our eyes off the product and service quality, expertise, curated selections, guarantees and innovation we offer with the ultimate goal of making people's lives easier.
Economic Opportunity Coalition — Economic Opportunity Coalition aimed at fostering inclusive economic growth through coordinated efforts between public and private sectors. Economic Opportunity Coalition Initiatives typically focus on creating opportunities for marginalized or underserved communities, promoting job creation, and entrepreneurship, and ensuring equitable access toresources and opportunities.

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Affinity — Affinity is a financial solutions company that provides financial inclusion, advisory, and literacy services.
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

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.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Agriculture, AgTech
Debt Financing, Private Equity, Series B
Nigeria, Ghana, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kuapa Kokoo — Kuapa Kokoo is responsible for aggregating cocoa from its farmer union. Kuapa Kokoo, which means 'excellent cocoa farmer' who saw a chance to organise farmers and establish a corporation to market their cocoa.
Winich Inc (Winich Farms) — At Winich Farms we are a technology-driven and agri-startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food security and democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platforms, these we use to engage farmers with quality inputs,agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle.In addition to this, utilizing our agro e-retail platform (web and app), we connect vicinity farmers with market (households) directly at farm gate price thereby reducing the activities of middlemen, making agro produce more affordable and easily accessible.One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Labana Rice, Big Bull Rice etcBacked by Orange Corners we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilient Africa powered by Agriculture.
Oyster Agribusiness — Oyster Agribusiness key operation is production and processing of agricultural products for the domestic and international markets.

Co-Founder of Global Advisors & CoinShares. Previously JP Morgan, Salomon Brothers & Shell International

Investment focus

IaaS, Mining, Bitcoin
Seed
Kenya, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Mintgreen — MintGreen specializes in heat recovery from Bitcoin mining. Our proprietary Digital Boilers heat communities sustainably.
UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.

A South African venture firm focussed on early stage African startups. By the founders of Bottles, the on-demand liquor delivery app.

Investment focus

Big Data, Analytics, Data Integration
Pre-Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

MetaPOS — South African Data Tech company focused on the ethical monetisation of data.

The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, South Africa, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Swypex — The all-in-one financial platform empowering businesses with control, visibility, and efficiency. Swypex simplifies business finances, freeing you to focus on growth.
Kera — We are on a mission to connect health ecosystems and enable healthy lives for all communities. Starting in Senegal.
Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.

Olumide Soyombo holds a BSc in Systems Engineering from University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MSc (Distinction) in Business and Information Technology from the Aston Business School, Birmingham, England; earning membership into the Beta Gamma Sigma Society for his high scholastic achievement.Olumide co–founded Bluechip Technologies Ltd in 2008 andhas grown the organisation from an organization with two employees to an organization with over 80 consultants spread across Lagos, Accra and Lusaka, Zambia.In 2014, Olumide setup Leadpath as a seed fund investing in local tech startups. He has invested in startups like Pushcv.com, Paystack, Piggybank.ng, Fashpa, Heels.com.ng , Delivery Science, Gloo.ng, and Cosign.co.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Wealth8 — Wealth8 is a black-owned investment platform that provides a simple and affordable way for the black community to save & invest in globally managed funds.
JADA — JADA focuses on both technical expertise and soft skill development and is designed to upskill experienced professionals in data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

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.

Investment focus

Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Releaf — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
SHYFT Power Solutions — SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids.

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