Top 5 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in Africa in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Crowdfunding startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Crowdfunding companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Crowdfunding Startup Investors in Africa in May 2025

Investor	Crowdfunding Africa investments
Yossi Hasson	1
Alphabit Fund	1
Algerian Startup Fund	1
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners	1
Nexus Ventures	1

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Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
South Africa, United States, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

Ozow — Easy, fast, safe online payments and bank API solutions for merchants and consumers across South Africa. Secure instant EFT directly from bank to bank.
Howler — Howler, is the powerful event technology platform designed at the uppermost benchmarks of service and technology to help consumers and event organisers to make moments that matter.
The Sun Exchange — We finance, install, and maintain the solar system. You simply pay for the power it generates and save from day one.

Alphabit Digital Currency Fund.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ThirdFi — ThirdFi specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to facilitate the development, trading, investment, and management of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. With a focus on multi-chain interoperability, ThirdFi offers an API, SDK, and developer tools aimed at enhancing the DeFi ecosystem. The platformsupports liquidity provision and token reward earning through its Earn API, catering to developers looking to build in the Web3 space. ThirdFi's infrastructure is tailored for the evolving needs of web3 finance, enabling seamless integration and operation across various blockchain networks.
RECRD — RECRD is a video community, where users engage content with video responses, Creators monetise immediately through ad revenues and advertisers connect with their audience at no risk.
Slingshot DAO — Bet on the next billion dollar games! Slingshot is the AI Roblox Game Launcher, powered by the $SLING Token and home to Game Factory.

Crée en Octobre 2020, Algerian Startup Fund (ASF), est une société de capital investissement, notre mission est de développer l'écosysteme entreprenariale et d'innovation en Algérie en proposant des services de financement répondant aux besoins des startups

Investment focus

Finance, Consulting, Crowdfunding
Pre-Seed
Algeria

Portfolio highlights

Qacima — Qacima is an algerian startup specialized in advantages for employees.
maykiHA — Our main service is matching using a digital solution, between Idea Holders and all the different types of Investors, We consult game chargers on their digital game-changing solutions, and Portfolio management in the North African market. Above all that we have another sub-organization called MedBatel, it's a crowdfunding platform.Especiallyin North Africa, there are few fundraising private organizations that are accessible and known. Idea Holders does not know or even how to raise money for their genius ideas also. Investors also, do not know much about that growing market nowadays, our mission is to introduce it for them and share with them our experience that allows them to invest in MENA with fewer risks, and effectively.
Ironglass — Ironglass is an algerian startup that manufactures protections for all type of screens.

ARCH is a specialist emerging markets investment advisor with deep experience of emerging markets, private equity, asset management and legal and governance matters over many decades.

Investment focus

Solar, Finance, Consumer
Series D, Debt Financing, Private Equity
Kenya, South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
Sun King — Sun King solar lanterns and home systems enables underserved communities to achieve more with inclusive distribution and flexible financing options.
The Sun Exchange — We finance, install, and maintain the solar system. You simply pay for the power it generates and save from day one.

Nexus Ventures is an investment firm that invests in transformational businesses and creates meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. They support these ventures through its mentorship, business and technical know-how, vast network, and capital. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.