Top 45 Biotech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in May 2026
Top 45 Biotech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in May 2026
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Find investors — It's Free!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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- Information Technology, Retail, Computer
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco
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- 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.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, Egypt
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- Aku — Aku is a financial technology to drive financial inclusion on one mobile device. They provide payments and bring financial services to the doorstep. They support the new business owner in need of the right tools. They offer low-cost, accessible financial services that serve their customers. They radically democratized access to banking and digitalpayment channels.
- AlumUnite — AlumUnite is a purpose-built platform to connect all educated Africans to develop Africa's human capital through alumni groups. We crowd-resource education.
- TechAdvance — Get the Bet9ja app today! Download and install to place bets, play casino games, and enjoy seamless, secure betting on mobile.
U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.
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- Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
- India, United States, Kenya
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- 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.
- Freshtohome — Freshtohome is an online grocery store that sells a range of seafood and meat to its users.The website’s range of products include fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and fillet. Fish consists of shell, freshwater, and marine. Furthermore, it enables suppliers to supply their seafood and meat to the website.Freshtohome was launched in 2015 by ShanKadavil and is based in Bangalore.
For the many, not just the few. For good.
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- Agriculture, Internet, Health Care
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Kenya, Nigeria, United States
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- 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.
- 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.
- MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver
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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- FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Mexico, United States, Colombia
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- BUO — Skill Validation Platform for the Future of Work
- Mattilda — Mattilda helps schools manage and automate payments.
- Futura Labs — Futura Labs is a digital dental lab modernizing clinics with tech-driven orthodontics and prosthetics across Latin America.
CULT Food Science is an investment company focused on supporting and advancing the technology behind the future of food.
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- Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, South Africa, Canada
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- 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 is developing a fully automated manufacturing platform to enable cellular agriculture producers to seamlessly scale products from the lab bench to supermarket shelves. Our full stack platform combines hardware, software and analytics to completely automate cellular agriculture manufacturing, reducing costs and increasingproduct quality. By providing a clear path to scale cellular agriculture from grams to tons, we will improve human and planetary health and drive the transition to animal free agriculture.
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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- Energy, Solar, Finance
- Grant, Seed, Funding Round
- India, United States, Kenya
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- 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.
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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- Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
- Series A, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Brazil, Mexico, Kenya
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- 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.
ENGIE Rassembleurs d'Energies initiative is the Group provides technical and financial support.
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- Solar, Energy, Agriculture
- Series A, Seed, Series C
- France, India, Kenya
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- 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.
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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- Agriculture, Energy, Biomass Energy
- Series A, Series C
- Kenya, Mexico
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- 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.
Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.
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- Communities, Agriculture, Energy
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Italy, Kenya, India
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- 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.
Investing in the crazy before it becomes normal
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- Biotechnology, CleanTech, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- 4QT — Cleantech, Construction, Electrification
- AtmoCooling — AtmoCooling transforms coastal deserts into thriving hubs of agriculture, clean energy, and climate resilience. It was founded in 2022 and operates in the USA and UAE.
- Terran Robotics — Own this domain today. We make your shopping experience easy. Friendly and quick customer service.
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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- Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Financial Services
- Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
- Kenya, Colombia, Ghana
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- 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.
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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- Software, FinTech, Logistics
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- South Africa, France, United States
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- Tripplo — Tripplo is a platform to automate and optimise operations for transporters, cargo owners and cargo brokers.
- Pineapple — In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US.
- Sourcefin — Quick PO funding & invoice discounting with expert support. Get funded in 48 hours. No hidden fees. We've helped 1000s of SA SMMEs. Apply now.
Endeavor Catalyst is the co-investment fund set up to invest exclusively in led companies
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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Brazil, Mexico
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- ZAR — ZAR is a financial software company that develops a digital dollar wallet designed to bridge the gap between cash-based economies and Web3.
- Pomelo — At Pomelo we build state-of-the-art fintech infrastructure. Our technology enables you to launch and scale your financial services business.
- Comp — Strategy in every penny invested in your people.Comp is an agile partner that combines compensation and technology experts to align your Total Rewards strategy with business needs.From labor cost strategy to process automation, we are helping hundreds of innovative companies with job and salary management, short- and long-term incentives, meritcycles, people budgeting and more.
Impact investment in sustainable energy
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- Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
- Kenya, United States, France
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- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
- Amped Innovation — At Amped Innovation, we design breakthrough products for people living on less than four dollars per day. Our first product, the Blossom, is a solar home power system which is the lowest-cost and highest-performance product in its class, at one third the price and twice the power handling of competing systems. We built the Blossom with asoftware-enabled Pay-As-You-Go interface, which allows customers to purchase it in payment installments that are equivalent to what they currently spend on kerosene, while providing much more light, cell-phone charging, and ability to run appliances like televisions and sewing machines.
- Powergen Renewable Energy — PowerGen is leading the clean energy transition in Africa as a developer, builder, and operator of solar mini-grids throughout the continent. PowerGen is backed by sector leaders including Shell, Acumen, Omidyar Network, Sumitomo, DOB Equity, ElectriFI, REPP, and the Rockefeller Foundation. PowerGen has pioneered the solar mini-grid sector inAfrica and is a founding member of the Africa Mini-grid Developers Associaiton (AMDA).
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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- Retail, Blockchain, E-Commerce
- Grant, Series A
- Tunisia, Ethiopia
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- 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.
Build and scale world-class digital products with Ministry of Programming.
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- Biotechnology
- Pre-Seed
- Sweden, South Africa
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- BioCertica — BioCertica combines advanced genomics technology to interpret your DNA and provide recommendations to unlock a healthy lifestyle.
- 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.
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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- Biotechnology, Agriculture, Energy
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Australia, India
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- Enmovil — Enmovil delivers a Business Intelligence Platform driven by a connected asset ecosystem that enables organizations to maximise their operational efficiency. Enmovil's platform, which is a combination of front-end software running analytical and machine learning algorithms, combined with its indigenous hardware "satellites" deployedin the field, deliver the intelligence to the management that enables them to understand the utilisation model of their resources.
- Lana — Lana offers a fintech platform designed to help companies secure funding for projects that reduce carbon emissions. It connects businesses with financial capital to support decarbonization efforts through loan underwriting and capital structuring. The platform supports both small and large enterprises by simplifying the process of financingsustainable energy initiatives. It also helps reduce the time and cost associated with corporate decarbonization.
- Hoofprint Biome — Hoofprint Biome, developing probiotics for to increase feed digestibility and decreasing methane in cattle
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- Biotechnology, AgTech, Medical
- Seed, Grant, Funding Round
- South Africa
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- CubeSpace — Industry-leading modular attitude determination and control (ADCS) products and solutions. Laser-focused on our customers' success. Your global ADCS partner.
- BioCODE Technologies — Biocode is a medical technology company that was spun out from Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
- 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.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
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- Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
- Gigmile — Gigmile provides financial services. They provide gig workers with core services and an affordable lease on productive assets that is tailored to their earnings to enable them to succeed in the mobility industry as entrepreneurs.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.
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- Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria
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- Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
- Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
- Lapaire — Get the best affordable eyeglasses in Africa with Lapaire. Book your free vision test today at our locations across Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya & Uganda. Quality glasses, professional optometrists, unbeatable prices.
V8 Capital Partners makes investments in enterprise technology businesses across Africa. African Venture Capital for software automation
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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana
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- 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.
- ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
- Yemaachi Biotechnology — Yemaachi Biotechnology uses cutting-edge immunogenomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of cancer detection and cure strategies for lowering the economic burden of cancer.
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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- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, United Kingdom
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- Udaan — Udaan is a B2B trade platform that brings manufacturers, traders, retailers, and wholesalers into a single platform. The platform is about making business easy in India, about making B2B commerce convenient and efficient. They believe B2B is the new B2C in India. It connects retailers with wholesalers and traders who sell more than 15 lakh productsranging across categories from electronics and apparel to grocery and fresh produce.Udaan chat feature allows users to have a personal and secure conversation in real-time, in a language of your choice. It enables a direct connection between buyers and sellers which allows one-on-one discussions to negotiate terms of trade between transacting parties. India has 50m+ SMBs, who form the core of the Indian economy and society. They are the entrepreneurial pulse of India. They believe the internet is a great equalizing platform. They want to bring their energies together in bringing the power of the Internet to these millions of entrepreneurs.Udaan was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
- Z.ai — Z.ai develops artificial intelligence models and services built upon large-scale pretrained architectures. The company offers ChatGLM, a dialogue-focused language model series designed for smooth conversation and easy integration. It also provides Ying, a text-to-video model capable of generating short video clips from text or images, and AutoGLM,a voice-driven AI agent that performs smartphone tasks based on complex user instructions. Z.ai supports integration through an API platform and offers migration assistance for developers moving from other AI ecosystems. The company’s technology stems from research at Tsinghua University’s KEG lab and emphasizes general-purpose cognitive intelligence models.
- 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.
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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- Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Grant, Funding Round
- India, Kenya, United States
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- ACCIONA — At ACCIONA we offer sustainable solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the planet, such as global warming, energy needs and water shortages
- ACWA Power — ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation, renewable energy and desalinated water production plants.
- 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.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Nigeria, Canada
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- Pivo — Pivo is an all-in-one financial services platform for businesses in the supply chain. Set up accounts, access credit and manage your finances in one simple application.
- StackAI — Stack AI supercharges businesses. Deploy AI-powered applications in minutes, automate processes, and skyrocket productivity by connecting LLMs to data sources using Stack AI's no-code platform. Export your work with user-centric interfaces (chatbots and forms) and developer-friendly APIs.
- Kapital — Kapital empowers SMBs with a tech-banking platform giving visibility and control of their treasury, and their employees
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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- Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Africa, United States, Kenya
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- NjiaPay — Payments-as-a-Service platform that will streamline your operations and elevate your online payments across the African continent.
- Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
- Right Now Response — The future of repairs starts soon. Counting down to smarter tracking in 2025! There are perks to working 24/7, 365 days a year... Like launching the future of repairs ahead of schedule!
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- Software, Computer, Internet
- Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed
- United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
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- The Index — The Index is a platform of cutting-edge technology used by clients in the fashion and retail industry to grow their companies and enhance their digital footprints
- 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.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Funding Round, Debt Financing, Grant
- India, South Africa, Ghana
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- Laprophan — Laprophan gives people access to cutting-edge treatments and therapies. As a result, we are committed to researching, developing, and bringing new, innovative goods to market. dedication to patient-centered care pervades everything we do, from product creation to service delivery.
- 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.
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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- Agriculture, Farming, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana
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- EMTECH — EMTECH is a fintech company that modernizes central banks for financial inclusion and resilience. It offers design and builds services for digital currency-based solutions customized for their economy. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.
- Complete Farmer — Complete Farmer connects growers, buyers, and vendors with technology, support, and market access across Ghana and beyond.
- Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.
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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- Transportation, Education, Infrastructure
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
- Kenya, Morocco, Egypt
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- PAIX — PAIX data centres is a Pan-African provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. PAIX is the acronym for “Pan African Internet Exchange data centres”. PAIX was founded in 2016 by a team of data centre, telecom industry and investment professionals with a track record inthe African market. In its data centre operations, PAIX aims to offer a leading global quality service level to its national and international customer base across the African continent.
- 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.
First Circle Capital is a venture capital firm seeding the next fintech generation in Africa.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria, Egypt, United States
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- 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.
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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- AgTech, Aquaculture, Biotechnology
- Seed
- South Africa
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- 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.
Invest in sustainable projects through Lendahand and contribute to positive change. Earn financial returns while supporting entrepreneurs worldwide. Discover how it works!
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Renewable Energy
- Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
- Kenya, Uganda, Germany
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- 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.
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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- CRM, Banking, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Philippines, France, South Africa
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- 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.
- Inseco — Sustainable insect protein producers, converting organic by-products into nutritious protein. This high in protein product is used in animal feed, pet food, crop production, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
- Netbank — Netbank provides various banking solutions like alternative lenders, payment solutions, neobanks, and wallets.
Triodos Investment Management focuses on investments in various areas, including renewable energy, microfinance, and real estate.
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- Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
- India, Germany, Kenya
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- Sunvigo — Sunvigo provides you with cheap solar power from your roof and real green power from the grid.
- Harmony Energy — Harmony Energy creates, constructs, and runs wind and solar energy projects. They build substantial solar PV farms, supporting landowners all along the way with their project. They have a range of project and technical abilities to share with landowners because they developed and operated wind power facilities.Established in 2010, Harmony Energyis one of the UK’s leading developers, owners, and operators of utility-scale battery energy storage. It also has expertise in developing, building, and running wind and solar facilities, both independently and in conjunction with others.
- La Bolsa Social — La Bolsa Social is an equity crowdfunding platform that aims at funding the growth of companies with a positive social and environmental impact. The platform is focused on the investors who seek a comprehensive profitability in the economic, social, and environmental sectors. It connects impact investors with companies that improve society and theenvironment. Its objective is to improve the financing of companies with growth potential that has a positive impact on society and the environment and promoting ethical finance. Founded in 2015, La Bolsa Social is authorized in Spain by the CNMV.
Kale United offers a portfolio of over 75+ plant-based game changers
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- Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Sweden, United Kingdom, India
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- Opalia — Opalia is introducing a new era of dairy: functional, delicious, and sustainable dairy made from mammary cells.
- The Pack — Nutritionally complete vegan dog food. Grain-free & developed with food scientists & animal nutritionists, try our delicious vegan dog food now.
- Cultimate Foods — At Cultimate, we are transforming the flavor and aroma industry with natural innovative ingredients.
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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- Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- Kenya, India, South Africa
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- Igloo — As a top insurtech company, Igloo makes insurance easy across Southeast Asia by working with reputable insurers and distribution partners.
- Netwey — Netwey is a telecommunications company that offers services including mobile internet, internet home, and telephony.
- TPL Insurance — TPL Insurance is a Pakistan's first direct insurance company that take care of all insurance related matters.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
- Singapore, India, United Kingdom
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- VPBank — As one of the earliest-established Joint-stock Commercial banks in Vietnam, VPBank has achieved steady development throughout its history. Especially since 2010, VPBank has grown dramatically with the development and implementation of the strategic transformation program diligently with support from one of the world’s leading consulting companies.
- Space Tech Innovation Co. — Space Tech Innovation Co. operates as a space technology company.
- Fosun Tourism Group (FOLIDAY) — Fosun Tourism Group provides a one-price, all-inclusive leisure and vacation experience. Their tourist destinations include one-stop entertainment and comprehensive tourism and vacation destinations operated by a company that provides resort operations, tourism destination development, and other related services.
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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- Agriculture, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, India, Kenya
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- BURN — The future of clean cooking
- Juhudi Kilimo — Juhudi Kilimo is a social enterprise that provides asset financing and technical assistance to smallholder farmers and small-to-medium agro-businesses.
- Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network — Gramalaya Urban And Rural Development Initiatives And Network (GUARDIAN) is addressing the complex water and sanitation problems faced by low-income communities in India through its innovative water credit solution. GUARDIAN provides microloans to low-income families seeking to install water and sanitation facilities in their households.
E4E Africa Backing category-defining emerging market businesses. We invest in businesses that drive economic opportunity and sustainable growth.Learn MoreE4E specializes ... Read More
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- Internet, Logistics, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- South Africa, France, The Netherlands
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- Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
- 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.
- Conservio — Discover and Book South Africa's best nature accommodations with Conservio. Book vetted accommodations, easy and safe to book online.
SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant
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- Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, India, Germany
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- POW! Foods — Puta en gandia
- Veggie Victory — VeggieVictory is Nigeria’s first plant-based food tech company bringing people a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle through plant-based meats and meals.
- High Time Foods — High Time Foods provides shelf-stable and moldable plant-based meat alternatives to foodservice operators. Their first product is a plant-based chicken alternative that does not require refrigeration. The product is moldable and can be used in any cuisine as a substitute for chicken.
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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- Agriculture, Biotechnology
- Seed
- Kenya
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- Arbres Biotech — Arbres Biotech focuses on supplying seedlings of various plants to nurseries.
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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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, South Africa
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- 3X4Genetics — Scientifically-robust nutrigenomics (personalised nutrition guided by your own genetic stack). Practitioner education & genomic reporting
- 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.
ShEquity is to provide smart and sustainable investments for African female entrepreneurs and innovators.
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- FinTech, Finance, Ride Sharing
- Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria
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- 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.
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