Top 5 Crowdfunding VC Funds & Investors in Africa (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Boost VC
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality | $100k–$8.9M |
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ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Canada, South Africa | Series A, Series D, Debt Financing | Solar, Finance, Consumer | |
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Nexus Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, India | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $1k–$53M |
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Algerian Startup Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Algeria, France, Spain | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Apps, E-Commerce, Manufacturing | $35k–$145k |
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Alphabit Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $500k–$22M |
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Boost VC: The Pre-Seed Fund Making Sci-FI a Reality. Investing in crypto, virtual reality, augmented reality, AI, Ocean Tech, Space Tech, human augmentation, exoskeletons and more.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 431
- Round size: Seed $195k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $620k–$8.9M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $88M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- SkinBit — SkinBit is a healthtech company that develops AI-powered skin cancer detection, digital mapping, and health monitoring solutions.
- heXem bio — heXem bio specializes in recording solutions for the early development of humans for longevity.
- Elita — Store your dog's stem cells with Elita. One-time opportunity to protect their future health and avoid costly surgeries later in life.
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.
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- Industry: Solar, Finance, Consumer
- Stage:Series A, Series D, Debt Financing
- Geography: Kenya, Canada, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable power.
- Sun King — Sun King is a solar company that designs, distributes, installs, and finances solar home energy products across Africa and Asia. Sun King produces solar home systems, inverter systems, and portable lanterns, providing a solution for communities that live without reliable energy access. Sun King also offers pay-as-you-go financing options, furtherallowing consumers to access energy without high up-front costs. Sun King works with their network of international distribution partners to expand the off-grid market.
- Giyani Metals — Giyani Metals Corp. is developing the next generation of battery grade manganese for EVs and energy storage. Vertically integrated from mine to market in Botswana.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4.7M; Angel $45k–$381k; Series A $6.2M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.7M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Smartstaff — Manage your workforce's attendance & payroll while using our powerful automation tools to optimize & improve their productivity
- Iambic — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.
- Moneyview — Money View is an application that can track and organize expenses, bills, and account balances. It can derive finance information from SMSs.
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- Industry: Apps, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Algeria, France, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $80k–$145k; Pre-Seed $35k–$135k
- 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.
Alphabit Digital Currency Fund.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7.5M; Initial Coin Offering $1.8M–$22M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.7M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
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 — Slingshot is a community-powered AI infrastructure network. $SHOT is the utility token powering an ecosystem of AI products on Base.
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