Top 5 Education Startup Investors in Morocco (September 2026)

MNF Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Morocco, investing in Seed, Pre-Series A and Series A startups. Tickets size can go up to USD 1M. We invest in tech startups operating in Fintech/Insurtech, EdTech, Regtech, HealthTech, Biotech, EnergyTech Cybersecurity, SaaS... Startups have either to be based in Morocco, or be based worldwideif at least one of the founders is a Moroccan citizen. MNF Ventures manages Maroc Numeric Fund and Maroc Numeric Fund II.

Investment focus

Industry: Online Portals, FinTech, Enterprise Software
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Morocco, France, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 32
Round size: Seed $200k–$1.6M; Series A $250k–$700k
Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

CleanMob — CleanMob is a Car Greetech B2B, whose mission is to decarbonize and optimize corporate vehicle fleets.Its proprietary technology combining AI algorithms, modeling and simulation, with data from smartphone sensors and connected vehicles, frees users from the need to install a telematics box, thus facilitating large-scale deployment for vehiclefleet managers.
ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
Upfund — Upfund is a real estate company that provides reliable data on office, retail, and business premises. Upfund is a digital solution designed to respond to most commercial real estate business issues. They develop tools perfectly adapted to clients' requests in a remarkable time. Founded in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.

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Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is an institution oriented towards applied research and innovation.

Investment focus

Industry: Education, Consulting, E-Learning
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Morocco

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

Smartprof — Smartprof is a B2C educational platform based in North Africa. It's a platform that links students of primary, secondary and Highschool, with students of universities, business, and engineering schools that are able to teach and dispense coaching sessions. Smartprof helps match easily the supply and demand in the learning sphere in Morocco. Itthen creates a differenciated and innovative offer of teaching and learning, as the teachers and coachs are freshly young graduates that are molded to teaching. Finally, Smartprof aspires to become the reference of online courses and e-learning in the Northern African market and on the long term the Asian one.

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Development Partners International (“DPI”) is a leading Pan-African private equity firm, with strong local knowledge and an established track record of investing in Africa.DPI was established in 2007 by co-founders Miles Morland and Runa Alam, both pioneers of African investment, with a vision to build a leading pan-African private equity firm.Today, DPI manages over US$1.1bn of assets across two private equity funds.Through its world class team with over 100 years of aggregate African investment experience, DPI has invested in 19 portfolio companies operating across 27 countries.The investment team is 100% African and over 40% of the DPI team is made up of women. They possess the local network, knowledge and language skills to source and invest in transactions throughout the continent.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail
Stage:Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
Geography: Egypt, Morocco, South Africa

Investor stats

Total investments: 41
Round size: Series A $16M–$40M; Private Equity $30M–$190M; Venture - Series Unknown $120M–$200M
Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

Kazyon — Kazyon is the largest Egyptian discount supermarket chain with over 450 stores in 17 governorates.
Moniepoint — Moniepoint provides an all-in-one payments, banking and operations platform for businesses and their customers.
Alameda Health Care — Alameda Healthcare: Your ideal choice for the best medical care in Egypt. Our group includes leading hospitals that offer various specialties and health services to meet the needs of you and your family.

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Witamax is Startup investment firm managed by WITA Ventures. As the first club-deal-focused and family office-backed VC in the country, it operates with a "smart capital" approach filling a niche by blending private investment and strategic advisory to early-stage startups. Witamax focuses on seed and pre-seed rounds, making it one ofthe primary players supporting Moroccan startups at their earliest stages, especially those with potential for regional or international expansion.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, B2B
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Morocco, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Seed $220k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $220k–$600k
Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow

Portfolio highlights

ENAKL — Enakl, is a tech mobility company providing bus sharing solutions for commute rides in Africa. Our technology allows us to collect data to predict demand for commute rides, pool users per destination and create routes that will be operated by professional drivers. Our innovative business model enables affordable pricing, promoting socialinclusion. By offering flexible, safe and convenient transport options, Enakl is helping to solve the problems of congestion and access to transport in Africa.
ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App

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