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Top 50 Biotechnology VC Funds & Investors in Africa (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Africa Biotechnology startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Africa Biotechnology startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
University Technology Fund
VC Fund
7 South Africa Seed, Grant Biotechnology, AgTech, Medical $467k–$5M
Cult Food Science
VC Fund
3 United States, South Africa, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing $275k–$12M
Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Nigeria, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech $1.7M–$42M
LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$10M
U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund
2 India, Kenya, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, Finance, FinTech $1M–$1B
GreenTec Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Logistics, Information Technology, Retail $50k–$1M
Mylkcubator
VC Fund
2 Israel, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing $500k–$500k
University of Cape Town
VC Fund
2 South Africa Seed AgTech, Aquaculture, Biotechnology
i-Cubed Capital
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Private Equity Medical, Health Care, Personal Health $200k–$569k
Ministry of programming
VC Fund
1 Sweden, South Africa Pre-Seed, Seed E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
V8 Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, FinTech, Apps $245k–$40M
KFW DEG
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, United States Debt Financing, Grant, Private Equity Financial Services, Energy, FinTech $100k–$350M
Silverbacks Holdings
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Egypt Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $100k–$32M
LifeLine Family Heritage Fund
VC Fund
1 Ghana, United States Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Health Diagnostics
Phelen
VC Fund
1 Reunion, France Seed, Pre-Seed Consulting, Advice, Gaming $17k–$2.1M
I’M IN
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed Livestock, Recruiting, Biotechnology
Standard Chartered Women in Technology
VC Fund
1 Kenya Seed, Grant Health Care, Information Technology, AgTech $9k–$121k
Oak Drive ventures
VC Fund
1 Philippines, France, Singapore Seed, Series B, Series A Banking, FinTech, Financial Services $2M–$131M
DEG
VC Fund
1 India, South Africa, Ghana Debt Financing, Grant Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce $100k–$33M
VestedWorld
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana Seed, Series A, Series B Agriculture, Farming, E-Commerce $1.6M–$20M
Finnfund
VC Fund
1 Kenya, India, South Africa Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Financial Services, Energy, FinTech $2.1M–$137M
Alethea Capital Management
VC Fund
1 United States, South Africa Series A, Series B, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.5M–$10M
HAVAÍC
VC Fund
1 South Africa, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, FinTech $100k–$15M
First circle capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Egypt, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $100k–$4M
Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme
VC Fund
1 Uganda, Tunisia, Ethiopia Seed, Grant, Series A AgTech, Retail, Software
iLabAfrica
VC Fund
1 Kenya Seed Agriculture, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $9k–$9.4k
AAIC Investment
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce $450k–$51M
Standard Chartered Bank
VC Fund
1 India, Singapore, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Financial Services, Energy, Finance $70M–$3B
Innovus
VC Fund
1
Ohara Pharmaceutical
VC Fund
1 Japan, Kenya, Nigeria Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology $3M–$184M
Anonymous Trust
VC Fund
1 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed Software, Education, FinTech $25k–$2M
AfricInvest
VC Fund
1 Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco Private Equity, Series A Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech $6.5M–$65M
Algerian Startup Fund
VC Fund
1 Algeria, France, Spain Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Apps, E-Commerce, Manufacturing $35k–$145k
Pascual Innoventures
VC Fund
1 Spain, India, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Agriculture $942k–$7M
V Square Capital
VC Fund
1 Ghana Seed Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Health Diagnostics
Unruly Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech $908k–$55M
E4EAfrica
VC Fund
1 South Africa, The Netherlands, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management $1M–$7.5M
Kale United
VC Fund
1 Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology $100k–$2.5M
Africa50
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Morocco, Egypt Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Energy, Education, Infrastructure $20M–$30M
Opes Impact Fund
VC Fund
1 Italy, Kenya, India Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Communities, Agriculture, Energy $219k–$910k
Tencent
VC Fund
1 China, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $4M–$400M
True Capital Management
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $125k–$555M
ShEquity
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Retail, Farming $70k–$4M
Twynam Agricultural Group
VC Fund
1 United States, Australia, India Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Agriculture, Energy $708k–$33M
UM6P Ventures
VC Fund
1 Morocco, Israel, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, FinTech, Agriculture $110k–$3.6M
Olaisen Blue
VC Fund
1 South Africa Seed AgTech, Aquaculture, Biotechnology
Animoca Brands
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency $1.5M–$40M
Futuregrowth Asset Management
VC Fund
1 South Africa, France, United States Seed, Series A Software, Transportation, Financial Services $1.8M–$11M
Sustainable Food Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Germany Pre-Seed, Seed Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing $150k–$3.7M
Joyful Ventures
VC Fund
1 Canada, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Food and Beverage, SaaS, Analytics $1.5M–$12M
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University Technology Fund
VC Fund · Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 7 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

The University Technology Fund specifically focusses on commercialising technology, intellectual property, and research - Visit Us!

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Cult Food Science
VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 3 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

CULT Food Science is an investment company focused on supporting and advancing the technology behind the future of food.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 2 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

For the many, not just the few. For good.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund · Carmel, California, United States · 2 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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GreenTec Capital Partners
VC Fund · Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany · 2 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Mylkcubator
VC Fund · 2 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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
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University of Cape Town
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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i-Cubed Capital
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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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Ministry of programming
VC Fund · Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Build and scale world-class digital products with Ministry of Programming.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Sweden, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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V8 Capital Partners
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

V8 Capital Partners makes investments in enterprise technology businesses across Africa. African Venture Capital for software automation

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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KFW DEG
VC Fund · Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Silverbacks Holdings
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Silverbacks Holdings is a Mauritius-based private investment firm established in 2019, focusing on Africa-related companies in underserved industries such As technology, sports, entertainment, and the creative economy. The firm aims for returns averaging 2x to 5x on its investments and has achieved 9 profitable exits since its inception. Its portfolio includes over 240 companies across Africa, collectively valued at over $10 billion. Landmark investments include the Cape Town Tigers (2024 BAL semi-finalists), Forever7 Entertainment (Netflix content deals), and Moove (a global mobility fintech backed by Uber), and Wave (a mobile money and global remittance focused fintech backed by Stripe).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$8.3M; Series A $5M–$32M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vanhu Vamwe — Vanhu Vamwe is a luxury accessory brand that creates handcrafted, sustainable handbags using traditional African crafts and eco-friendly materials.
  • The Rad Black Kids — The Rad Black Kids is a lifestyle and apparel company that specializes in fashion. The company’s main business includes selling clothing items such as hoodies, caps, t-shirts, and etc. It also offers a range of skate boards and vintage guitars. The Rad Black Kids was founded by Thulani Ngazimbi.
  • African Warriors Fighting Championship — African Warriors Fighting Championship is Africa's leading promoter of traditional combat sports: Dambe and Wrestling.
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LifeLine Family Heritage Fund
VC Fund · Beverly Hills, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

LifeLine Family Heritage Fund

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Health Diagnostics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Ghana, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • StatusPro — Completely rewrite the rules of the game and leave your legacy in the latest NFL and NFLPA-licensed VR experience, NFL PRO ERA 25
  • 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.
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Phelen
VC Fund · Le Tampon, NA - Reunion, Reunion · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Phelen is the personnal holding of Rémi Voluer, dedicated to investing and leveraging innovative busienss in Overseas territories.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consulting, Advice, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Reunion, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $608k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $17k–$57k
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CBR — CBR created a variety of services in the hemp sector, anticipating its growth. From the characterization of species to technical tests, from the training of farmers to the legal support of industrialists, they control the entire value chain of the sector.
  • CompliDiag — CompliDiag helps businesses and institutions ensure hygiene and safety compliance with an easy QSE self-diagnosis tool.
  • My Lovely Planet — My Lovely Planet releases a mobile game that harnesses the power of blockchain and gaming for environmental protection.
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I’M IN
VC Fund · Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

I’M IN is a pre-investment readiness program that believes in making a sustainable impact on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. It helps tech startups access seed investment and achieve business sustainability by providing an effective eco-system which offers business and technical support. I’M IN is an IDF Capital initiative that gives start-upentrepreneurs an opportunity to present their innovative ideas to a group of high-net-worth investors. Entrepreneurs with an exceptional business concept, who have an early stage market-viable product or service, are invited to apply to participate in the program.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Livestock, Recruiting, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jobox — Jobox is a student recruitment platform, built to connect employers, students and graduate career offices. Our focus is to improve graduate employability by ensuring all students have the skills they need to enter, stay in, and progress in the world of work.Jobox’s ecosystem provides employers with access to the best diverse & youthfultalent, students with more employment opportunities and universities with data-driven insights aimed at driving graduate employability forward.
  • 3DIMO — 3DIMO provides solutions to monitor the health and pattern of animal movements to detect abnormalities.
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Standard Chartered Women in Technology
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups, 6 in the past 12 months

A Startup #incubator located at @iLabAfrica in Strathmore University. We help budding entrepreneurs find a conducive working space,mentorship and seed funding.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $9k–$10k; Grant $9.7k–$121k
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tuwe Bora — Tuwebora, we do more than just make clothing—we're building futures and revolutionizing the global fashion industry.
  • Timao Group — Timao Group is a clean tech company that recycles waste and produces plastic constructive systems.
  • POLLEN PATROLLERS — Pollen Patrollers' mission is to combat bee colony collapse and enhance food security by providing innovative smart hive solutions and precision pollination services. Pollen Patrollers is a startup that leverages advanced technology.
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Oak Drive ventures
VC Fund · Fort Bonifacio, Quezon City, Philippines · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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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DEG
VC Fund · Overland Park, Kansas, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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!
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VestedWorld
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Finnfund
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Alethea Capital Management
VC Fund · Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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First circle capital
VC Fund · Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

First Circle Capital is a venture capital firm seeding the next fintech generation in Africa.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme
VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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iLabAfrica
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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AAIC Investment
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Standard Chartered Bank
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups, 22 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Innovus
VC Fund · Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
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Ohara Pharmaceutical
VC Fund · Koka, Shiga, Japan · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Ohara Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical business involved in the development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$78M; Series B $30M–$184M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$20M
  • 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.
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Anonymous Trust
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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AfricInvest
VC Fund · Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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
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Algerian Startup Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Algeria, France, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Seed $80k–$145k; Pre-Seed $35k–$140k
  • Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Noma pro — Innovative skincare technology for radiant beauty and wellness.
  • Instaclean — Professional at-home car wash services for ultimate convenience.
  • Skaly academy — Skaly academy empowers its student to master the sales automation software, Skaly.
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Pascual Innoventures
VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Pascual Innoventures is a venture capital company that seeks to invest in start-ups and entrepreneurs in the food industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Spain, India, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $942k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Living Models — Foundation models designed to understand living systems.
  • Foodiefame — Controlo de horas, custos, documentos e visibilidade para clientes
  • Ergo Bioscience — We are a biotech startup focused on the development of complex animal proteins by plant cell precision fermentation
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V Square Capital
VC Fund · Woburn, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Retiring and want to sell your B2B service business - explore how experienced operators' can take your business to the next level. Start your journey towards successful investment with VSquare.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Health Diagnostics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Unruly Capital
VC Fund · Italy, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Investing in the crazy before it becomes normal

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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E4EAfrica
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2M; Series A $1M–$5.4M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
  • 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.
  • Conservio — Discover and Book South Africa's best nature accommodations with Conservio. Book vetted accommodations, easy and safe to book online.
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Kale United
VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Kale United offers a portfolio of over 75+ plant-based game changers

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Africa50
VC Fund · Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Opes Impact Fund
VC Fund · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.

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Investment focus

  • 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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Tencent
VC Fund · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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True Capital Management
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Achieve your financial goals & build generational wealth with our entertainer & athlete wealth management services. Offering comprehensive financial planning.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 151
  • Round size: Seed $949k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$725k; Series A $9.1M–$555M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.
  • Kapital — Kapital empowers SMBs with a tech-banking platform giving visibility and control of their treasury, and their employees
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ShEquity
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

ShEquity is to provide smart and sustainable investments for African female entrepreneurs and innovators.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Twynam Agricultural Group
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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
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UM6P Ventures
VC Fund · Benguerir, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

UM6P Ventures is a venture capital investment firm that invests in Science & Innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, FinTech, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Morocco, Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $278k–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $110k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hsabati — Une vision à 360° de votre entreprise
  • Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
  • WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
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Olaisen Blue
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Early stage aquaculture investment firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Aquaculture, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • 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.
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Animoca Brands
VC Fund · Cyberport, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 504
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vangrid — Vangrid operates as a decentralized physical infrastructure network.
  • Dow Protocol — An E-Commerce Financing RWA Platform on @BNBCHAIN, facilitating assets trusted by the world's largest banks. Lead invested by @mhventures @Maple_block
  • Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.
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Futuregrowth Asset Management
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Sustainable Food Ventures
VC Fund · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant

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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Joyful Ventures
VC Fund · West Hollywood, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Biotechnology startups

Joyful Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in alternative protein sources.

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Investment focus

  • 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

Portfolio highlights

  • 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
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