Top 15 Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in Africa
A list of 15 angel investors that invest in Cryptocurrency startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Cryptocurrency companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in Africa
Investor | Cryptocurrency Africa investments |
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Allen and Ollys International Limited - | 3 |
Cristina Santin | 2 |
Oluchi Enebeli | 1 |
Timi Aboyeji | 1 |
Sean Mahsoul | 1 |
Michael Vaughan | 1 |
Ali Rampurwala | 1 |
Michael Jordaan | 1 |
Adeniyi Adesuyi | 1 |
Peter Kisadha | 1 |
Rene Reinsberg | 1 |
Vasco Martinho | 1 |
Nehikhare Igbinijesu | 1 |
Tomiwa Olaosebikan | 1 |
Karnika Yashwant | 1 |
Allen and Ollys International Limited -
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Cristina Santin
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Oluchi Enebeli
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Timi Aboyeji
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Sean Mahsoul
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Computer, Software
- Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.
Michael Vaughan is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Vera Equity. He previously worked at Stem Disintermedia Inc. as a Board Member. Michael Vaughan attended The Wharton School.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Brazil, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Flip — Transfer uang, top up e-wallet & kirim uang ke luar negeri lebih mudah dengan Flip. Bayar pulsa, listrik, BPJS, PDAM, dan pembayaran lainnya bisa lebih hemat.
- Trust Software — The corporate card, made social. Trust is the only corporate card that helps startups grow smarter, together. Learn more at trust.co
- Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.
15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate strategy, angel investing, and business development having an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and being a CAIA Charterholder.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Egypt, India
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
- Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
Michael Jordaan, the former banker now heads up a private investment company, Montegray Capital and lends a strategic-hand to various businesses, including as Chairman of Wines of South Africa (WoSA), Chairman of consumer data buro, Compuscan and as Director on the JSE. Michael also actively invests as a partner in AngelHub Ventures, a SouthAfrican based Venture Capital Fund.In 2014 he co-founded a coding apprenticeship program, ProjectcodeX, to grow highly skilled software developers to fuel the digital economy.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Education, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A
- South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- VALR — Buy and sell bitcoin, ethereum & more | Pay anyone for free with VALR Pay
- Snapplify — Snapplify is at the forefront of edtech solutions in Africa, and specialises in enabling digital learning for individuals and institutions via the largest digital educational marketplace in Africa. As a global edtech company, Snapplify strives for radical inclusion to level the playing field and equip individuals across emerging markets with theworld-class tools they need to collaborate, innovate and thrive. Snapplify’s technology is used in other educational products to facilitate collaboration throughout the educational community.Snapplify for Education’s award-winning platform is already a top choice for institutions integrating digital education into their classrooms. From software to support, Snapplify provides institutions with everything they need to create a secure, collaborative e-learning environment for students. Snapplify’s robust 24-hour-access digital-library solution offers thousands of free ebooks and widely applicable, curriculum-approved educational content supplied by partner publishers from across the globe. Snapplify’s diversity of device integration allows schools to use its products on the devices that they already have access to, without having to invest in costly digital infrastructure upgrades. Snapplify’s solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology.In order to achieve its educational goals, Snapplify has built strong relationships with diverse partners around the growth of its ebook, e-textbook, and device catalogue, and partnered with international publishers and other key stakeholders to meet the demand for widely relevant, curriculum-compliant digital educational content. As a socially minded company, Snapplify is committed to supporting others and creating sustainable change through collaboration and innovation. Snapplify empowers, inspires, and uplifts teachers via Teacha! (a media hub, resource marketplace, and careers portal for educators); is the digital content partner on a project that delivers technology and e-learning to public schools in South Africa’s Gauteng province, and runs impact programmes through the Snapplify Foundation.Snapplify originated in South Africa, focusing initially on the South African education and digital content industries. Since its establishment in 2012, the company has grown and expanded into new markets in Africa and the United States, with offices across South Africa, as well as in Nairobi, London, Amsterdam and New Jersey. Snapplify is backed by AngelHub Ventures, a venture capital company backed by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and the Harris family, as well as international investors. In 2019, Snapplify secured $2 million expansion capital from venture capital firm Knife Capital, and empowered African investment manager Hlayisani Capital’s Hlayisani Growth Fund.Snapplify for Education’s award-winning platform is already a top choice for institutions integrating digital education into their classrooms. From software to support, Snapplify provides institutions with everything they need to create a secure, collaborative e-learning environment for students. Through Snapplify’s e-learning and digital library solution, Engage, educators can share teacher-created, multimedia resource materials with students; administrators can manage the access and permissions for multiple student and staff accounts; schools can host their own 24-hour access digital content library (which comes with over 50 000 free resources including study guides, e-textbooks, past exam papers for multiple curricula, children’s books in African languages and more); and students and parents can purchase prescribed e-textbooks. Snapplify’s diversity of device integration allows schools to use its products on the devices that they already have access to, without having to invest in costly digital infrastructure upgrades. Snapplify’s solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology.
- Real Time Wine — Share your wine moments. Real Time Wine is the social wine discovery app for everyone who enjoys wine, not just those who understand it. [In App Stores NOW!]
Adeniyi Adesuyi
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Peter Kisadha - Founder and CEO @ Digest Africa
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Rene Reinsberg is the Co-Founder and President of Celo.
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Investment focus
- Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- ValuesCo — Socialstack is a community of creative leaders, creators, & developers co-creating community-driven economies that run on carbon negative blockchain infrastructure.
- Bitmama — Bitmama is the best cryptocurrency trading platform that lets you buy, sell Bitcoin, ETH, Celo, USDT, XRP, and more. Available in Nigeria & over 100 countries.
- Capsule Wallets — At Capsule, we thrive on challenging the design of products we use every day. In doing so, we hope to introduce you to a simpler way of living.
Vasco Martinho
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Nehikhare Igbinijesu
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Tomiwa Olaosebikan
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Mr. KEY is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Utopian Capital. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director at KEY Difference Media. He is an award-winning speaker, best selling author, and content marketing pioneer since 2007.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Initial Coin Offering, Series A
- China, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Binance — Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that combines digital technology and finance. The platform features a portfolio of crypto products and offerings, including trading and finance, education, data and research, social good, investment and incubation, decentralization and infrastructure solutions, and more.
- Algorand — We are the builders of Algorand, the high performance Layer-1 blockchain. Let us unlock the power of Algorand for you.
- DODO Exchange — DODO is an On-Chain Liquidity Provider for everyone.DODO Aims to be the Best Decentralize Exchange (DEX) Ranking based on trading volumes, market share of DeFi markets.
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