Top 50 Biotech Startup Investors in Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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University Technology Fund
VC Fund
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7 | South Africa | Seed, Grant | Biotechnology, AgTech, Medical | $467k–$5M |
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Cult Food Science
VC Fund
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3 | United States, South Africa, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing | $275k–$12M |
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GreenTec Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Logistics, Information Technology, Retail | $50k–$1M |
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EcoEnterprises Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Brazil, Mexico, Kenya | Series A, Debt Financing | Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing | $4.1M–$12M |
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U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund
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2 | India, Kenya, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $1M–$1B |
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Alphamundi
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Colombia, Ghana | Debt Financing, Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Financial Services | $1.7M–$16M |
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech | $1.7M–$42M |
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CoCapital
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Mexico | Series A, Series C | Agriculture, Energy, Biomass Energy | $12M–$12M |
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Shell Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | India, United States, Kenya | Grant, Seed, Debt Financing | Energy, Financial Services, Solar | $300k–$53M |
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Opes Impact Fund
VC Fund
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2 | Italy, Kenya, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Communities, Agriculture, Energy | $219k–$910k |
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Lendahand
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Uganda, Germany | Debt Financing, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Renewable Energy | $154k–$17M |
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Mylkcubator
VC Fund
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2 | Israel, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing | $500k–$500k |
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ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies initiative
VC Fund
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2 | France, India, Kenya | Series A, Seed, Series C | Solar, Energy, Software | $1.2M–$12M |
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DILA Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Mexico, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Software | $800k–$25M |
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University of Cape Town
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed | AgTech, Aquaculture, Biotechnology | |
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Unruly Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech | $908k–$55M |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$10M |
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Anonymous Trust
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed | Software, Education, FinTech | $25k–$2M |
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ShEquity
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Retail, Farming | $70k–$4M |
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i-Cubed Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Private Equity | Medical, Health Care, Personal Health | $200k–$569k |
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Innovus
VC Fund
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First circle capital
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Egypt, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $100k–$4M |
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VestedWorld
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana | Seed, Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Farming, E-Commerce | $1.6M–$20M |
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Alethea Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $2.5M–$10M |
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Twynam Agricultural Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Australia, India | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Agriculture, Energy | $708k–$33M |
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Futuregrowth Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, France, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Transportation, Financial Services | $1.8M–$11M |
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Finnfund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, South Africa | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Financial Services, Energy, FinTech | $2.1M–$137M |
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Kale United
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology | $100k–$2.5M |
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AAIC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce | $450k–$51M |
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Standard Chartered Bank
VC Fund
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1 | India, Singapore, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, Energy, Finance | $70M–$3B |
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AfricInvest
VC Fund
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1 | Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco | Private Equity, Series A | Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech | $6.5M–$65M |
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Acumen
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Agriculture, Solar, Financial Services | $300k–$12M |
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Joyful Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Food and Beverage, SaaS, Analytics | $1.5M–$12M |
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iLabAfrica
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Agriculture, Biotechnology, Manufacturing | $9k–$9.4k |
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Ohara Pharmaceutical
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Kenya, Nigeria | Series A, Series B | Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care | $10M–$184M |
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $100k–$15M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Sustainable Food Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Germany | Pre-Seed, Seed | Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing | $150k–$3.7M |
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DEG
VC Fund
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1 | India, South Africa, Ghana | Debt Financing, Grant | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $100k–$33M |
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Ministry of programming
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, South Africa | Pre-Seed, Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion | |
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Tencent
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $4M–$400M |
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V8 Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, FinTech, Apps | $245k–$40M |
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Africa50
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Morocco, Egypt | Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Energy, Education, Infrastructure | $20M–$30M |
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EDFI ElectriFI
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, France | Debt Financing, Series A | Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy | $110k–$30M |
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Endeavor Catalyst
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Brazil, Mexico | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $5.5M–$200M |
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Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda, Tunisia, Ethiopia | Seed, Grant, Series A | AgTech, Retail, Software | |
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Endeavor
VC Fund
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1 | Brazil, United States, Malaysia | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $5.5M–$50M |
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KFW DEG
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, United States | Debt Financing, Grant, Private Equity | Financial Services, Energy, FinTech | $100k–$350M |
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Triodos Bank
VC Fund
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1 | India, Germany, Kenya | Debt Financing, Series A | Financial Services, Energy, FinTech | $5.2M–$365M |
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Oak Drive ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Philippines, France, Singapore | Seed, Series B, Series A | Banking, FinTech, Financial Services | $2M–$131M |
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- Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $484k–$5M; Grant $467k–$473k
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Immobazyme — Immobazyme provides pioneering the biotechnology industry. Using innovative technologies, along with an environmentally responsible outlook.the company aims to develop an analytical laboratory platform as well as serve the industrial sector through the production of high-value products by organic synthesis and environmental remediationtechnologies.
- 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.
- MariHealth Solutions (RF) (PTY) LTD — Proteomics-powered analytics for aquaculture. We quantify 3,000+ proteins per sample to deliver deep biological insights for fish health, nutrition, and farming.
CULT Food Science is an investment company focused on supporting and advancing the technology behind the future of food.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, South Africa, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $300k–$12M; Pre-Seed $275k–$2.4M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Novel Farms — Novel Farms uses microbial fermentation to develop cruelty-free, inexpensive and tunable bioscaffolds for the production of cell-based meat products. Novel Farms mission is to craft the taste and texture of the gourmet meats and transform cell-based meat consumption into a sought-after culinary experience for the next generation of consciouseaters.
- Minus — A sustainable coffee alternative, combining the taste, look, and smell of coffee with a smaller footprint to ensure a brighter future for coffee and the planet.
- Unicorn Biotechnologies — Unicorn Biotechnologies has built the turing machine for biology that read and writes scientific endeavour in iterative loops automatically by combining state of the art hardware, software and machine learning approaches.
GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success.
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- Industry: Logistics, Information Technology, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Pre-Seed $50k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.2M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
- ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
EcoEnterprises Fund offers tailored growth capital and strategic guidance to innovative impact businesses in order to scale and optimize their financial, environmental and social performance. For nearly 20 years, we have successfully proven our unique approach, managing two funds that have financed over 30 companies across 11 countries. Our 3rdfund, EcoEnterprises Partners III, LP, was launched in May 2018, building on our track record of delivering portfolio results while generating fair and sustainable livelihoods for local communities, and preserving our most important asset: Planet Earth.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
- Stage:Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: Brazil, Mexico, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $4.1M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Nuu — Nuu is a food-based company that makes old-fashioned food with future generations in mind. Nuu is not to make the best products in the world, but the best products for the world.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
- Smartbreeder — Smartbreeder is a digital agronomic intelligence company that promotes sustainable agriculture with high efficiency of agricultural inputs, reducing costs, increasing productivity and rationalizing the decision-making process at all stages of crop management.
U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: India, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $5M–$468M; Debt Financing $6.7M–$390M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$1B
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Kodak — A global technology company providing industry-leading products and services for commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.
- Bayport Management — Bayport Management Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides retail financial services in the Republic of Mauritius and internationally.
- Harena Rare Earths — Harena Rare Earths is a mineral exploration company. It focuses on the Ampasindava Ionic Clay Rare Earths Project in Madagascar, which contains 606,000 tonnes of Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO). The company explores and develops critical magnet metals like neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium for use in clean energy, electronics, anddefense sectors.
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.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Colombia, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Series A $10M–$12M; Series B $3.5M–$16M; Debt Financing $1.7M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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.
For the many, not just the few. For good.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$24M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $108M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Soko — SOKO produces innovative, ethical jewelry and accessories from sustainable materials in Nairobi, Kenya
- Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
CoCapital provides dedicated Seed and Early Stage investment solutions for specialist Technology startups, prime Real Estate ventures as well as other alternative investment products.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Energy, Biomass Energy
- Stage:Series A, Series C
- Geography: Kenya, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $12M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
- Sistema Biobolsa — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Shell Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that enables millions of people in Africa and Asia to increase their incomes with clean energy solutions.
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- Industry: Energy, Financial Services, Solar
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $790k–$1.7M; Grant $300k–$5.5M; Debt Financing $4.3M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
- Mufin Green Finance — Mufin Green Finance is an NBFC that specialises in the electric vehicle (EV) market.
Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.
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- Industry: Communities, Agriculture, Energy
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Italy, Kenya, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $219k–$910k
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Refolo — Refolo is a type B social cooperative that sees social agriculture as having a dual impact: social and environmental. Refolo was created with the aim of creating an agro-ecological and social corridor that runs through the province of Brescia from north to south with the hope that administrations and other communities will come together to generatea positive impact on the environment and the community.Refolo operates in an area located between the municipalities of Brescia, Collebeato, Villa Carcina and Montirone, territories that share the presence of agricultural areas that over the years have been abandoned due to their unsuitability for intensive agriculture and lack of interest by new generations and that are now ready to start again.
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Uganda, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Debt Financing $154k–$17M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- upOwa — upOwa brings electricity to Africa through our innovative Pay-As-You-Go solar technology for the poorest.
- Tugende — Tugende helps motorcycle taxi drivers own their own motorcycles in eighteen months or less instead of renting indefinitely. Ownership significantly increases income, job security and road safety.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Investment focus
- Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Israel, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $500k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MAOLAC — MAOLAC is a producer of nutrition products. Their functional milk proteins offer humans and animals immune protection that includes sports nutrition, healthy aging, leaky gut, gut health, relief of joint pain, and reduction of skin infections.
- De Novo Foodlabs — Producing non-animal dairy proteins using precision fermentation
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies initiative is the Group provides technical and financial support.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
- Geography: France, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.3M; Series A $3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enogrid — Enogrid provides energy monitoring solutions. It also allows users to measure and optimize the performance of building operations, visualize energy flows, customize distribution coefficients, monitor self-energy consumption, access transaction documents, and more.
- Frontier Markets — Frontier Markets connects India’s rural customers to products and services at their doorstep. 551 million rural customers lack access to financial, productive, durable products and services that can economically improve their lives. This is because product companies do not have deep enough infrastructure to access to rural customers; denyingtheir ability to drive innovative solutions locally to their target rural customer. Frontier Markets drives the best selection of life-improving products and services to rural customers, while creating sustainable livelihoods for rural women. In partnership with existing SHG networks, we onboarded 4,000 women to become our digitally savvy women entrepreneurs called Saral Jeevan Sahelis. Our Sahelis use our assisted e-commerce and delivery platform, called the Meri Saheli app, to collect real-time data on customer, coordinate orders, and deliveries to earning an average of 65,000/- a year without having to leave their village, becoming local leaders, and decision-makers at home. Our local distribution hubs has a team of delivery field staff who ensure doorstep delivery daily, as well as coordinate after-sales service for product companies. This combination of high-tech and local teams, and product partnerships, has helped 700,000 rural customers access 1 million+ quality solutions in clean energy, agri, and homecare. The Meri-Saheli app was designed for rural customers and by our Sahelis, ensuring it’s easy to use. Bharat India’s digitization thrives, but to reach last-mile rural customers, an assisted solution allows for quick adoption, deep learnings, and optimal services to be delivered. Since COVID, we have partnered with 3 fintech companies to launch doorstep atm services, online payments, and financial services and leading FMCG companies to drive local essential goods doorstep deliveries. Achieving 97% conversion rates, and onboarding 2,000 new customers monthly. We have launched our 2.0 version for scale, adding AI capabilities to help Sahelis train to use the Meri Saheli app on their own. This will be a gamechanger, allowing us to partner with multiple SHG organizations at once who want to start the Saral Jeevan Initiative in their fields on their own. Our team has over 60 years of experience working in rural India in sectors like microfinance, telecom, and distribution allowing us to crack the rural last-mile challenge profitably. We envision becoming India’s largest high-tech, high touch platform delivering solutions to Bharat India connecting 100 million rural customers with 1 million digitally savvy women entrepreneurs.
- Qarnot — Qarnot provides economical and ecological cloud HPC on a disruptive platform. Qarnot designs and develops Q.rad, a computing heater embedding microprocessors as a heat source and connected to the Internet. The company has built three generations of computing heaters with multiple CPU's and sold it to construction companies looking for heatersfor new buildings. Qarnot offers affordable HPC to avoid data center costs related to infrastructure, maintenance, and cooling.Qarnot was founded on 2010 and is headquartered in Montrouge, France.
DILA Capital is a Mexico City-based VC Firm that fosters the growth of Mexican entrepreneurs and Start-Up Companies. By offering equity investments, debt financing and guidance, DILA strives to add value to our invested companies and entrepreneurs. In addition to our vast entrepreneur network, knowledge of the Mexican market and experience of ourpartners.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Mexico, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $800k–$10M; Series A $2.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Boletia — Boletia helps event organizers to unleash the potential of online sales without needing technical or online marketing expertise. It does this with an easy-to-use platform and a straightforward process focused on early promotion efforts, beautiful event pages, and human-friendly analytics.
- Fillip Fleet — Fillip is a digital fuel and expense management solution that gives businesses full control over vehicle-related spending. Fillip's modern payment platform allows businesses to fuel up anywhere, monitor purchases in real-time, and streamline bookkeeping - making operations more efficient and cost effective.
- Cicada Technologies — Cicada is a fintech company that combines technology, intuitive design, and market expertise to deliver a differentiated and easy-to-use trading solution that transforms how market participants connect and transact.
University of Cape Town is a public research university that has previously been ranked as the top university in Africa. Originally established as South African College in 1829, where it was a school for boys, the College developed until in 1918 it was awarded full University Status with the power to award degrees. It is notable for itsresearch, particularly in Math, Applied Sciences and Medicine, as well as its history with political activism, especially during apartheid, where the University was a bastion for liberal progressivism and anti-apartheid demonstrations.
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- Industry: AgTech, Aquaculture, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MariHealth Solutions (RF) (PTY) LTD — Proteomics-powered analytics for aquaculture. We quantify 3,000+ proteins per sample to deliver deep biological insights for fish health, nutrition, and farming.
Investing in the crazy before it becomes normal
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $908k–$3.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Matta — Creating AGI to manufacture the impossible.
- Willo — Willo is advancing and scaling true wireless power for humanity, technology, and industry. Discover the company powering the next era of energy delivery.
- Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2021
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- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
- Nucleon Security — Zero-Trust and ML-based Endpoint Detection and Response Platform #EDR #FDR #EndpointSecurity
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- Industry: Software, Education, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $393k–$682k; Pre-Seed $25k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
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- SettleKit — Free, personalized step-by-step guidance for immigrants: SSN, bank account, driver's license, health insurance, credit card, and more.
- De Novo Foodlabs — Producing non-animal dairy proteins using precision fermentation
- Smart Separations — Smart Separations is a limited company based in London UK that has patented an innovative microfiltration technology to produce ceramic filters with self-assembled controllable pores of uniform size in the range between <1 and 50µm. This tight pore size control and range availability will revolutionise the field of MF with a cost-effectiveproduct.It aims to be the world’s leader in MF and particle separations technology – filling the void gap that exists in the market nowadays.
ShEquity is to provide smart and sustainable investments for African female entrepreneurs and innovators.
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- Industry: Health Care, Retail, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $70k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Owoafara — Financial Technology providing access to loans, savings and insurance for the underbanked
- Shuttlers — Commute better with Shuttlers. Join 100k+ professionals using our safe, affordable bus sharing, vehicle rental, and employee transport services across Nigeria.
i-Cubed Capital provide a bouquet of funds for clients, ranging from unit trusts to investment funds for retiremen, including savings plans with tax incentives.i-Cubed provide a bouquet of funds for clients, ranging from unit trusts to investment funds for retirement, including savings plans with tax incentives. We assess fund managerperformances by reviewing fact sheets and provide our clients with a variety of options to meet their investment objectives.
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Personal Health
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$569k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
- Cape Doctors — CA Cape Doctors is a trusted private medical practice in Cape Town dedicated to providing high-quality primary healthcare services for individuals and families. With modern facilities located in Rondebosch and Claremont, the practice offers convenient access to professional medical care in a welcoming and patient-focused environment. Theexperienced team of doctors and healthcare professionals are committed to delivering safe, reliable, and comprehensive treatment for a wide range of medical needs.The practice provides a full spectrum of general practitioner services, including routine medical consultations, health screenings, chronic disease management, and treatment for acute illnesses. Patients can also access services such as blood tests, pathology, X-rays, minor procedures, and medical examinations for travel or visa requirements. CA Cape Doctors focuses on preventative healthcare, early diagnosis, and personalised treatment plans to help patients maintain long-term health and wellbeing.With flexible appointment scheduling, online booking options, and availability on weekends and public holidays, CA Cape Doctors aims to make quality healthcare accessible and convenient. The practice combines modern medical technology with compassionate care, ensuring that every patient receives professional attention and support tailored to their individual health needs.
- NewForm Foods — We are leveraging a continent-spanning R&D network to help food producers develop and scale cultivated animal products, fast & affordably.
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Browse database — It's Free!Innovus is the university industry interaction and innovation company of Stellenbosch University.Innovus is responsible for technology transfer, entrepreneurial support and development, and innovation at the university. They manage the commercialisation of the University’s innovation and intellectual property portfolio through patenting,licensing and the formation of spin-out companies. Innovus is also responsible for all intellectual property and commercialisation aspects in research agreements.Through their LaunchLab business incubator, they offer various services to and opportunities for entrepreneurs. In addition to this their equity holding in the Innovus group of companies is a valuable asset for the university.The University’s Short Courses and Copyright division also falls under Innovus.The company has also been tasked with managing football at Stellenbosch University.
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Immobazyme — Immobazyme provides pioneering the biotechnology industry. Using innovative technologies, along with an environmentally responsible outlook.the company aims to develop an analytical laboratory platform as well as serve the industrial sector through the production of high-value products by organic synthesis and environmental remediationtechnologies.
First Circle Capital is a venture capital firm seeding the next fintech generation in Africa.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $455k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$780k
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
- Pumpkn — Need reliable funding? We provide quick loans and capital tailored for Agriculture businesses in South Africa. Grow your business with Pumpkn. Apply now!
- Scale — Scale accelerates market entry and revenue for fintechs with a people-first approach.
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.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Farming, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.1M; Series A $2.5M–$4.4M; Series B $9M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $187k in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- Points Africa — Shop, earn & redeem Points Africa Loyalty Reward Points seamlessly at stores, restaurants, banks, fuel stations and more throughout Africa. Download the app now.
- Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.
Alethea Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisor founded in March of 2011. As an investment management and research firm, the mission of Alethea is simple – to provide the highest level of service and guidance to our clients with honesty, integrity, and transparency. The firm’s services include fee-based asset management,research/advanced quantitative systematization, manager/strategy evaluation, and comprehensive planning. Alethea’s center of operations is in San Diego, CA.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PatientPartner — Discover PatientPartner, the leading patient engagement software transforming pharma and med-tech with scalable, data-driven solutions that drive better health outcomes.
- Lipidio Pharmaceuticals — A Unique Approach to Treating Obesity Precision Targeting of the Skin Exploiting the skin as an endocrine organ Historically regarded as a protective barrier organ, the skin is now recognized as an active endocrine organ capable of synthesizing, and secreting diverse hormones and signaling
- SEngine Precision Medicine — The Search Engine For Identifying Personalized Cancer Treatments.
Twynam Group is a leading Australian Funds Manager investing in early-stage climate tech. We also operate an agricultural and property portfolio.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Energy
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Australia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $708k–$10M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1.9M; Series A $3.4M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plasmaleap — Plasmaleap is a plasma technology company that manufactures and sells zero-emissions chemical reactors designed for industrial and energy applications. The company develops reactor systems that use plasma processes to enable chemical production and transformation without relying on conventional combustion methods. Its technology supports sectorssuch as clean fuels, chemical manufacturing, and materials processing by offering electrified reactor solutions that can be integrated into existing industrial workflows. Plasmaleap designs modular systems that allow operators to deploy plasma reactors for on-site production and conversion of feedstocks using electricity as the primary energy input. The company also provides engineering support and technical integration services to help customers incorporate its reactor technology into commercial operations. Through its plasma-based approach, Plasmaleap focuses on enabling chemical processes that align with decarbonization and emissions reduction objectives across multiple industries.
- Hachiko — Hachiko is a software building platform that aims to help the battery portfolio owners, also the firm is for energy trading.
- Forge Industries — Giving landfill bound trash a second life as disruptive bio-fuel to power heavy industry
Futuregrowth manages the full range of fixed interest and developmental impact funds on behalf of our clients. We are committed to managing and investing our clients' funds in a responsible manner.
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- Industry: Software, Transportation, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5.3M; Series A $3.4M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- CubeSpace — Industry-leading modular attitude determination and control (ADCS) products and solutions. Laser-focused on our customers' success. Your global ADCS partner.
- SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
- 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.
Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, India, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Series B $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $2.7M–$137M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
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- Mobisol — We transform lives through solar energy access. Our solar home systems and mini-grids benefit millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- IPT PowerTech — IPT PowerTech coverage, coupled with our extensive expertise in supply chain management, field implementation, and power systems, has made us one of the most capable companies in handling the most complicated and versatile projects in the MEA region and its neighboring countries.
- Transvolt Mobility — Transvolt Mobility is an early-stage, technology-driven EV fleet operator, enabling India’s transition to sustainable, zero-emission transport by providing a scalable, multi-partner platform for commercial electric mobility across urban and industrial segments.
Kale United offers a portfolio of over 75+ plant-based game changers
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $360k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Opalia — Opalia is introducing a new era of dairy: functional, delicious, and sustainable dairy made from mammary cells.
- Hooked Foods — Hooked Foods is working on a plant-based tuna substitute. By serving delicious plant-based seafood for everyone to enjoy, the company is leading the transition to a healthier seafood ecosystem. The company was established in 2019 and is headquartered in Sweden.
- Cultimate Foods — At Cultimate, we are transforming the flavor and aroma industry with natural innovative ingredients.
We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $450k–$11M; Series A $3M–$51M; Series B $16M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
- Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
- Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
Standard Chartered Bank offers personal and business banking services. Their solutions for companies include transaction banking and financial markets solutions. They also offer current accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and mortgage services.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: India, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $100M–$3B; Debt Financing $70M–$1.3B
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
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- Easpring Finland New Materials Oy — Easpring Finland New Materials Oy is a manufacturing company that offers battery materials plant development and operation. It is a joint venture by Beijing Easpring Material Technology, Finnish Materials Group and LG Energy Solution.
- Development Bank of Kazakhstan — The Bank’ mission is to promote sustainable development of the national economy.
- Round-the-Clock renewable energy project — Round-the-Clock renewable energy project is a hybrid power system to deliver uninterrupted electricity 24/7.
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Browse database — It's Free!AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia.Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based inseven offices.AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 funds and benefits from strong, long-term support from both local and international investors, including leading development finance institutions in the United States and Europe.Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region.Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African countries in a variety of high growth sectors and maintains a broad network of high quality executives across Africa, offering extensive expertise in key growth industries, including financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education and healthcare.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Series A $7M–$65M; Private Equity $6.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nile.ag — Nile.ag provides a platform for farmers to trade fresh produce with multiple producers across a number of African countries. Its digital solutions address inherent issues relating to food trading, quality verification, payments and traceability.
- Buzzkito — Buzzkito Network is disrupting the Avertising Industry by being the first BRAND TECH company in the MENA region. They fuse technology and brand building to make our clients happy. They are a data and psychological driven.
- Promamec — Since 1981, Promamec has been producing and distributing medical devices in Morocco: equipment, medical equipment or consumable
Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Solar, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Series A $1.6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2019
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- Sproxil — Sproxil is an information technology company that focuses on supply chains and consumer engagement. It specializes in brand protection, consumer engagement, anti-counterfeiting, product authentication, and consumer promotions. The company was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Orb Energy — Orb Energy is a vertically integrated solar company that manufactures solar panels, design, install, and services complete system, and finance C&I customers.
- MindRight Health — MindRight Health is a tech startup that provides mental health coaching over text message to empower communities to heal from trauma
Joyful Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in alternative protein sources.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, SaaS, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Maia Farms — Maia Farms creates sustainable mushroom and mycelium ingredients for food makers. Clean-label, high-performance, and built to scale.
- Nakitora AI LLC — NAKITORA’s mission is to accelerate food & beverage (F&B) innovation by harnessing real-time AI insights, helping brands create the right products for the right consumers, faster than ever. Their core product, TasteGPT™, is a generative intelligence platform that ingests 10M+ daily data points (menus, reviews, social, e-retail), using adomain-tuned LLM and real-time vector search to instantly surface emerging trends and unmet needs. They serve global F&B brands, CPGs, and innovators who need rapid, data-driven product development. Compared to batch analytics or generic tools, NAKITORA offers real-time, domain-specific ideation and zero-survey prediction.
- De Novo Foodlabs — Producing non-animal dairy proteins using precision fermentation
Research Centre under the Faculty of Information Technology at Strathmore University, @iLabAfrica was established in January 2011 to spearhead research, innovation and entrepreneurship in the ICT for Development (ICT4D) ecosystem towards the attainment of the UNDP Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Kenya’s Vision2030. They recognise that the spread of ICT technologies in developing countries remains painfully slow; condemning a large fraction of Africa’s population to poverty, undernourishment, disease and disempowerment. They also recognise that this situation is improving in some countries as a result of the phenomenal growth of the mobile telephony services. This improvement in data access and connectivity has created a wealth of opportunities for entrepreneurs to engage in mobile-based services delivery business.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $9k–$9.4k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Taste Afrique — Taste Afrique is a manufacturer of Chibundiro and Siri products. Chibundiro is a product of Taste Afrique Co. Ltd. It is a mixture of grounded natural spices that gives food that added extra yumminess. It is made from the following ingredients; coriander, ginger, cinnamon, garlic, onions, cumin seeds, cardamons, black pepper, cloves, and naturaloils. Chibundiro comes in three flavors; hot, mild, and without chilies, catering for everyone. Natural- Chibundiro is 100% natural with no preservatives are used on this product as its contents are dried during its manufacturing. Health Benefits- Ingredients used have health benefits i.e. antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits, Flavor- Adds extra yumminess to your food. Chibundiro’s nutritional value makes it fit for different cuisines – African, European, Chinese, American – and lifestyle – traditional foods or 5-star hotel barbecues and buffets. The assurance of products that have been produced using the highest quality standards is definite. It targets all households, offices, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, and even students in boarding schools who yearn for ‘mother’s cooking’.
- Arbres Biotech — Arbres Biotech focuses on supplying seedlings of various plants to nurseries.
Ohara Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical business involved in the development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products.
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- Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series A $10M–$78M; Series B $30M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
- Helium Health — Helium Health empowers healthcare providers in Africa with digital tools, financing solutions, and data partnerships. Learn more about our innovative solutions.
- Africa Healthcare Network — Africa Healthcare Network (“AHN”) has established the first dialysis chain across Sub-Saharan Africa, providing high-quality, life-saving dialysis at affordable cost. AHN brings world-class technical expertise combined with developing world practical operating experience to a region in dire need of quality dialysis treatment. Dialysis is alife-saving treatment for patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The few hospitals that provide treatment operate centers that are slowly deteriorating while charging prohibitive prices. Additionally, the lack of trained professionals and limited capital investment in care for non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, dialysis centers are few and far between, causing patients to endure the high costs for travel to receive care. Those who cannot afford the costs of treatment and travel are resigned to death. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and AKI are on the rise in the region due to strong epidemiologic factors, including increased urbanization leading to lifestyle diseases, other non-communicable diseases, HIV and other infections and toxins. Utilizing our network of executives/partners, we will secure high-quality equipment and train professionals to provide superior care. Our ability to source lowest cost consumables, operational efficiency and scale, will allow us to lower the cost to patients. The net result is increased access, higher quality and lower cost to patients, while maintaining profitability.AHN operates in Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- MPost — MPost means Mobile Post office.It enables any mobile phone user to have his or her phone act like a mobile post office. It allows you to make your mobile number be a formal postal address. With it, you get access to Postal Services through your mobile phone.
- AURA — A South African cloud-based security and safety startup .
- Digital Cabinet — Digital Cabinet makes your business paperless. Security is the topmost priority for the Digital Cabinet, so save time and money with the Digital Cabinet.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
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- Yamify — Yamify is an AI platform where intelligent agents reliably run mission-critical business workflows in Africa. Founded by Silicon Valley engineers, our platform automates complex operations by integrating humans, systems, and infrastructure reliably, even under connectivity, latency, and compliance challenges. Starting with on-prem deployments,Yamify is evolving into a full AI automation infrastructure for African enterprises.
- Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
- Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.
SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $934k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $150k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
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- Propel Foods — Startup that creates plant-based and hybrid protein through technology.
- Peruvian Veef — Peruvian Veef is an offline and online store that offers real burgers, grilled seitan, crispy cravings, and vegan nugget products.
- Atlantic Fish Company — Atlantic Fish Co is a cultivated seafood company using cellular agriculture to bring the world sustainable delicious seafood.
DEG, a Merkle Company is a full-service digital agency purpose-built to meet clients in the moment with data-driven marketing, commerce, and collaboration solutions.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant
- Geography: India, South Africa, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Grant $100k–$800k; Debt Financing $6.5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
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- SUN Energy — SUN Energy - Pengembang Proyek PLTS Terkemuka untuk Mendukung Perjalanan Keberlanjutan Perusahaan Anda.
- Turnkey Lender — Turnkey Lender is a Commercial lending software that can improve efficiency and reduce costs for financial services companies.
- Naked Insurance — The new way to cover your stuff: savings & convenience through AI. Naked Insurance offers online insurance for car, home and contents. Get a quote in 90 seconds!
Build and scale world-class digital products with Ministry of Programming.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Sweden, South Africa
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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- Circulaire — Pricing API, valuation certificates and auction software on one platform. Backed by real market data.
- Nordic Angels — Join Nordic Angels, the largest investor network in the Nordics, to collaborate, connect, and strengthen the startup ecosystem through exclusive events and resources.
- Transparent — Transparent offers speakers with a modular design that can be repaired and upgraded over time. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 660
- Round size: Series A $4M–$230M; Series B $15M–$200M; Series C $30M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fenda — Fenda is an app where users can set their own price for answering questions in a field they are good at, and others can ask questions and pay for answers. Additionally, users can pay to listen to other questions and answers in the app
- Gaana — Gaana.com- Listen & Download latest MP3 songs online. Download new or old Hindi songs, Bollywood songs, English songs* & more on Gaana+ and play offline. Create, share and listen to streaming music playlists.
- Full Truck Alliance — Full Truck Alliance is a platform that connects shippers with truckers to facilitate shipments across distance ranges and cargo weights. its revenues principally from shippers' and truckers' use of its platforms in connection with freight matching services.
V8 Capital Partners makes investments in enterprise technology businesses across Africa. African Venture Capital for software automation
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3M; Pre-Seed $245k–$1.3M; Series A $10M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- Schoola — A future-ready educational technology platform for African K12 schools
- MarketForce — MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.
Africa50 is an infrastructure investment platform that contributes to Africa's growth by developing and investing in bankable projects, catalyzing public sec...
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- Industry: Energy, Education, Infrastructure
- Stage:Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Morocco, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $20M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PAIX — Ensure zero downtime for enterprise-critical workloads. PAIX offers carrier-neutral data centres across Africa with white-glove migration, ISO/PCI-DSS compliance, and 24/7 direct NOC access.
- BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
- Raya Data Center — Raya Data Center leads the area data services industry by empowering organizations with innovative digital solutions and superior customer service. It provides a wide range of services, including public and private cloud hosting, cybersecurity, managed services, business continuity support, and more, to clients in a variety of industries in theMiddle East and Africa.
Impact investment in sustainable energy
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$30M; Debt Financing $110k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BURN — The future of clean cooking
- GOGO Electric — Bodawerk is an innovations and engineering company. Our products are created to serve the needs of people at the bottom of the pyramid.
- MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 445
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$37M; Series B $10M–$100M; Series C $23M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $292M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- NG.CASH — NG.CASH is a digital bank designed to help the new generations (ages 12 to 30) achieve financial independence. It lets users take charge of their money through solutions like PIX (Brazil’s instant-payment system), prepaid and virtual cards, allowance management, and now credit products tailored for young adults. As a financial hub, NG.CASH is builtto grow with its clients, boosting financial literacy and supporting them at every stage of life.
- Rain — Rain is a vertically integrated issuing partner for global platforms. Enabling innovative financial products through modern APIs, flexible infrastructure, supporting electronic and digital money. Launch a card program in days not months.
- Circeus — Shop Circle is a tech-driven company that acquires and grows the best e-commerce apps. We empower thousands of brands to build experiences that customers will love.
Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) is an innovative model that provides support to entrepreneurs in some of the world’s poorest countries to help them create and build viable, sustainable businesses. The resulting jobs and associated opportunities provide benefits for both the employees and the wider communities around them, liftingsome of the world’s poorest families out of poverty.
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- Industry: AgTech, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: Uganda, Tunisia, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Farm Trust — Farm Trust is an E-commerce platform for fruits and vegetables that provide traceability through blockchain.
- GreenPath Food — Greenpath Food is a worldwide food supplier of the highest quality organic, regeneratively-grown produce from small-scale East African Farms.
- River Poultry — River Poultry is addressing a critical gap in Uganda's poultry industry. Consumers struggle to differentiate between fresh, high-quality eggs and those that are potentially spoilt. Simultaneously, farmers grapple with low profitability due to inefficient production and limited market information.To tackle these challenges, we'vedeveloped Kuevos-AI, an advanced egg-scanning technology that accurately detects defects and determines egg freshness. This ensures consumers receive only the highest quality products while empowering farmers to make data-driven decisions. Additionally, our AI-powered systems predict market demand, enabling us to optimize production and reduce waste. By combining these innovative solutions, River Poultry is enhancing food safety, increasing farmer incomes, and building a sustainable poultry value chain.
About EndeavorEndeavor is the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs. Today, Endeavor’s network spans nearly 40 countries and supports more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, whose companies generate combined revenues of over $28 billion US, have created more than 3.9 million jobs, and, in 2020, raised over $4 billion US in capital.Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust provide a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs. About Endeavor CatalystEndeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$250M+ AUM across three funds and has made 200+ investments to date in 32+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 37 companies valued at $1B+, including 29 unicorns. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$25M; Series B $9M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $292M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Jusfy — Jusfy offers legal services and consulting for individuals and business organizations.
- aviva — Aviva is building an AI-powered digital bank for Latin America’s underserved communities. While determined to fuel Latin America’s ongoing emergence of a new middle class with a fully-fledged portfolio of inclusive financial services, Aviva’s initial go-to-market concentrates on unsecured credit products for individuals and nano-businesses inMexico.As most of the underbanked 40+ million Mexicans live in small and medium-sized towns, Aviva builds a bridge to those living in remote communities with its physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches provide a documentless 3-minute video onboarding for everyone in need of liquidity. Novel AI-based technology, including natural language processing, allows Aviva to match customers’ spoken word to the fields of a comprehensive real-time credit application. Transforming speech to text and inferring emotions and personality from the visual layer of the application video gives Aviva an edge in scoring thin-file customers. Leveraging these novel risk models, Aviva aims to provide the lowest interest rates available to today’s underserved.
- ABC da Construção — ABC da Construção is a construction company that provides consultation and materials to clients. It supplies furnishing, designing, and building supplies. ABC da Construção was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
KFW DEG offers financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries. Their customers can rely on their expertise: They can benefit from their market knowledge, their 21 locations worldwide, and their international network. For entrepreneurial success and development.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant, Private Equity
- Geography: India, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Grant $100k–$1.1M; Debt Financing $10M–$350M; Private Equity $11M–$274M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fibra Nova — Fibra Nova is a real estate investment trust that specializes in the acquisition, management, and development of properties for leasing.
- Combio Energia — ComBio Energia Provide energy generation solutions with renewable sources, creating, growing, and long-term economic value. They develop projects for steam generation and cogeneration of electricity with biomass, which promote environmental improvements and significant cost reductions for customers in the industrial segment. They offer, based on adetailed analysis of the needs of each customer, a dedicated energy solution, adapted to their consumption profile.
- IPT PowerTech — IPT PowerTech coverage, coupled with our extensive expertise in supply chain management, field implementation, and power systems, has made us one of the most capable companies in handling the most complicated and versatile projects in the MEA region and its neighboring countries.
Triodos Investment Management focuses on investments in various areas, including renewable energy, microfinance, and real estate.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: India, Germany, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Series A $12M–$12M; Debt Financing $5.2M–$365M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
- GIGA Storage — Grootschalige energieopslag is de ontbrekende schakel in de energie transitie. Als de wind niet waait en de zon niet schijnt levert GIGA Storage duurzame
- CapFloat Financial Services Private Limited — Capital Float is an online platform that provides working capital finance to SMEs in India. It offers flexible, short-term loans that can be used to purchase inventory, service new orders or optimize cash cycles. Borrowers can apply online in minutes, select desired repayment terms and receive funds in their bank accounts in 7 days with minimalhassle.Capital Float was founded in 2013 by Gaurav Hinduja and Sashank Rishyasringa.
Oak Drive ventures will provide management support to a growing stable of operating companies. It combines decades of operational and investment experience to create value across various industries.
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Philippines, France, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $5.3M–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$3M; Series B $50M–$131M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hive Health — Hive Health is a digital platform that provides access to easy-to-use, affordable, and quality HMO plans for SMEs in the Philippines.
- Netbank — Netbank provides various banking solutions like alternative lenders, payment solutions, neobanks, and wallets.
- Kraver's Canteen — Kraver's Canteen is an online F&B brand builder, operating the fastest growing cloud kitchen network in the Philippines. Can't agree what to order for the family? Satisfy every craving with the best delivery brands in the Manila, with just one delivery fee!
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