Top 5 Facebook Startup Investors in Africa (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Isaac Oates
Angel
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1 | United States, France, South Africa | Seed, Grant | Health Care, B2B, DIY | $570k–$4.2M |
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LocalGlobe
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1M–$33M |
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Odunayo Eweniyi
Angel
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1 | South Africa, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | EdTech, Facebook, Education | $115k–$1M |
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, FinTech, Software | $172k–$30M |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$37M |
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Isaac Oates is based out of New York city, New York and is the Founder & Director of Justworks. Isaac previously worked at Etsy as a VP, Special Projects. Isaac Oates attended the Cornell University. Isaac Oates has received Henry Crown Fellow award.
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- Industry: Health Care, B2B, DIY
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States, France, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $570k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Osium AI — Speed up your materials and chemicals innovation with AI.
- Lately — Lately uses AI to create your social media content and manage your social media marketing and social selling programs.
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 337
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.3M; Series A $3.5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Odunayo Eweniyi is the Co-founder and COO at Piggybank and PushCV. Odunayo is a Co-Founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa and a Board Member at Village Capital. She was also a Writer atTechCabal. Odunayo attended SOAS University of London, freeCodeCamp, and Covenant University.
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- Industry: EdTech, Facebook, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $115k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
- Norebase — Norebase knows that there's an opportunity to grow successful businesses in Africa. It also understands the complexities of the market, and so is using technology to make doing business in Africa worthwhile. With Norebase get to operate in Africa with no hassle and with minimum risk.
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the Founding Partner of Future Africa. He previously worked at Oby Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign as a Deputy Director General. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji attended the University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $600k–$20M; Pre-Seed $172k–$2.1M; Series A $14M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GitStart — YC backed tech startup which helps teams scale engineering velocity through its unique Pull Requests as a Service platform and delivers world class code quality so customers can ship faster.
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 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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