Top 20 Construction VC Funds & Investors in Africa (July 2026)

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• Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
• Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
• Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.

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• Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
• 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.
• Quro Medical — Quro Medical is an innovative digital health company pioneering premium hospital-at-home services.

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• FlockVoice — FlockVoice is an AI-powered poultry health intelligence platform that detects respiratory diseases 3–5 days before visible symptoms by analyzing chicken vocal patterns in real time. The company uses GPU-accelerated acoustic AI to reduce mortality, improve farm profitability, and enable predictive biosecurity.
• SteelCheck — SteelCheck is an AI-powered construction compliance platform that verifies steel reinforcement and structural steel installations in real time. Using GPU-accelerated computer vision and spatial analysis, the platform detects rebar sizes, spacing, and placement on construction sites and validates them against engineering drawings and BIMspecifications before concrete placement.The platform helps contractors, structural engineers, inspectors, and infrastructure developers prevent costly structural errors, reduce rework, and ensure compliance with building standards and safety regulations. SteelCheck integrates mobile inspection tools, edge AI devices powered by NVIDIA Jetson, and cloud-based analytics to deliver instant compliance alerts and automated inspection reports.Backed by Techstars pre-seed funding and QuantumSavanna VC seed investment, SteelCheck is building the intelligence layer for construction verification, transforming manual inspection into real-time structural compliance for the global construction industry.
• MetraEstate — MentraEstate is an AI-driven real estate intelligence platform designed to optimize property investment, valuation, and development decisions across emerging markets. The platform leverages machine learning, predictive analytics, and infrastructure-scale data modeling to provide investors, developers, and financial institutions with actionableinsights for portfolio optimization and risk management. MentraEstate focuses on emerging urban markets where data fragmentation limits investment efficiency, delivering structured intelligence tools that enhance transparency, forecasting accuracy, and capital allocation decisions.

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• Jumba — Jumba is the trusted digital partner for hardware stores. Through tech, we support hardware stores to grow. Get cement at unbeatable prices. Access cement LPOs even at midnight. Get inventory on credit through Jengwa.
• Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
• Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.

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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.
• Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
• 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.

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• STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
• Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
• Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.

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• GoCab — GoCab is fintech solution providing Drive-to-own option for vehicle purchase in Emerging markets, helping to bridge the gap between mobility entrepreneurs and financial services.
• Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
• SolarX Africa — SolarX commercial and industrial (C&I) solar company that provides clean and efficient solar solutions, through leasing options in frontier markets.

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• Chargel — Chargel is a freight brokerage platform that connects shippers and carriers with available loads.
• Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
• Jumba — Jumba is the trusted digital partner for hardware stores. Through tech, we support hardware stores to grow. Get cement at unbeatable prices. Access cement LPOs even at midnight. Get inventory on credit through Jengwa.

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• Savannah Brands — Savannah Brands is a food & beverage company.
• UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
• African Originals — African Originals food and beverage company that offers authentic African craft beverages using traditional reciepies.

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• Odeabank —
• RedDoorz — RedDoorz is a platform offering budget accommodations across key business and tourist destinations in Southeast Asia. The company solutions help partners manage distribution, marketing, technology, customer experience, and pricing solutions offering an end-to-end platform.RedDoorz has grown to over 1,000 employees in five countries, funded byleading investors, such as Jungle Ventures, Susquehanna International Group, International Finance Corporation (the World Bank), 500 Startups, and Innovate Capital. It also operates a marketplace of two-star, three-star and below budget hotels, selling access to rooms to people.RedDoorz was founded in 2015 and is based in Singapore.
• Synapsica — Radiology softwares & workflow solutions for radiologists to automate spine reporting and provide better patient care.

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• Laborhack — LaborHack offers a select network of tested and certified carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, welders, and other tradespeople. It provides cleaning, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services.
• Trade Lenda — Trade Lenda: Access to Loans, Investments, Utility Payments, Credit Access, Insurance, and More! Unlock Opportunities to Earn, Invest, and Grow. Secure Personal or Business Loans Toda
• Feather Africa — Feather Africa provides money transaction services, such as enabling users to send and receive money from anyone using the application. It offers withdrawals of cash without ATM cards by sending money to the nearest cash vendors.

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• Bikemap — Bikemap is the crowdsourced cycling map & navigation of the world. With the help of more than 2.3M users in 100 countries, Bikemap helps you find the best cycling route from A to B - every time. Users shared more than 4M cycling routes in all corners of the world - and within the Bikemap Premium subscription, tens of thousands get access tooffline, routing, map features.
• morgana — Morgana is reshaping the mortgage industry in Latam. With a 5x faster application process, in-depth market knowledge, privileged access to data, and superb team, we are a groundbreaking digital mortgage broker that will shortly be competing with banks.
• GAMINSIDE — GAMINSIDE revolutionizes your relationship with your customers. As European full service provider, we deliver the complete package with solutions, services and software for gamified loyalty that is tailor-made and unique to your products, brands and customers. Integrate the best ideas from gamification and customer loyalty in your business areato exceed your commercial targets with GAMINSIDE.

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• Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.

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• M-KOPA — M-KOPA is the global leader for “pay-as-you-go” energy services for off-grid customers. M-KOPA was established in 2011. Following 2 years of piloting and development, M-KOPA began commercial sales in Kenya in October 2012. M-KOPA expanded to Uganda in 2013 and commences operations in Tanzania in late 2014. Their team includes over 500 staff andwe sell our product through more than 1000 retail agents and shops. The founders of the company are experienced mobile technology innovators who believe in the huge potential of transformative, affordable products designed for underserved consumers. While excellent technology is a pre-requisite, technology alone does not solve for customer needs. Success comes when smart technology is combined with a commitment to on-going, on-the-ground delivery. To that end, M-KOPA is beginning to license its technology to experienced and reputable third parties in markets outside of East Africa (licensing queries should be sent to licensing@m-kopa.com). M-KOPA has developed a proprietary, patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM + mobile payments to revolutionize asset financing in emerging markets. The M-KOPAnet platform has been designed and built from the ground up by our talented team of software engineers, who continue to innovate and improve the system every day. It offers the powerful combination of accounting + customer relationship management + inventory tracking in one complete system. Aside from enabling our business operations to scale at record speed, the M-KOPAnet™ platform captures and processes huge volumes of data, enabling us to improve our proposition, customer service, and security in real-time.
• BioLite — BioLite designs off-grid personal scale energy products for cooking, charging, and lighting. Perfect for camping, fishing, tailgating, power outages, and more.
• Energy Vision — Energy Vision is a telecom-focused energy service company. They provide environmentally friendly options to cellular operators and telecom tower firms for powering telecom equipment where the electric grid is either nonexistent or only partial and unreliable. This includes all related services such as engineering, implementation, NOC, operation andmaintenance, upgrades, and expansions.

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• Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
• Faktus — Le partenaire financier de vos chantiers publics. Le financement de BFR rapide et accessible pour les entreprises du bâtiment
• CalcTree — CalcTree brings engineering teams, designs and calculations together. In traditional engineering design and construction, projects all begin with a design process. Architects, civil, mechanical, electrical and geotechnical engineers, as well as contractors and builders all work together to design structures down to the last bolt before a shoveleven touches the ground. This process is slow, expensive and a complete mess both literally and digitally. It’s rife with data fragmentation and complexity, and CalcTree is solving that.Learn about CalcTree's mission, backstory and current investors here: https://www.calctree.com/about

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• Sourcepulse — Sourcepulse is the internal status page for software delivery, alerting teams before costly delays. We collect anonymous feedback from project members to identify exactly what to fix, just like how Sentry captures system details for production errors.
• Decart — Decart is an AI platform significantly improves the training and inference of large generative models.
• Faire — Faire helps local stores discover and try thousands of unique items risk-free.

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• Vultron — Compress proposal production timeframes from weeks into days with Generative AI.
• Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
• Irreversible — Irreversible designs next-generation analog AI chips that enable meaningful intelligence anywhere — from sensors to robots.

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• PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
• Pade HCM — Hire, manage and pay your global team Hire anyone in Africa and automate onboarding, team management, payroll, compliance and much more.
• Salus Cloud — Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security.

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• Dataform — Develop and operationalize scalable data transformations pipelines in BigQuery using SQL.
• CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
• Circular — Developers-focused job platform for Software Developers, DevOps, Data Science & more. Sign up now and get access to successful hiring processes in Spain, Remote.

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• Eranove — The Eranove group counts more than 9000 employees all engaged in developping hydroelectric solutions to allow all the pan african citizens to access electricity and drinking water
• Allego — Discover the benefits of EV charging. Find out how Allego electric vehicle charging stations can enhance convenience and reduce emissions.
• Zipline International — Zipline operates the world's largest autonomous on-demand delivery system with the industry's leading instant logistics technology stack.