Top 50 Finance VC Funds & Investors in South Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Maven 11 Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency | $1.3M–$43M |
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1kx
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $1.8M–$34M |
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Reciprocal Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $2M–$50M |
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Kleiner Perkins
VC Fund
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3 | United States, China, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $5M–$120M |
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Scalar Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Software, Financial Services | $1.5M–$30M |
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Sound Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Israel | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $2.2M–$110M |
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Merrill Lynch
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $10M–$85M |
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $250k–$25M |
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Wintermute
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $3M–$50M |
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Imvelo Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $659k–$5M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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The LAO
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Switzerland, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $100k–$30M |
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services | $200k–$22M |
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Qualica
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, Taiwan | Pre-Seed, Private Equity | Software, Banking, Finance | $2.5M–$2.5M |
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Zip
VC Fund
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2 | India, South Africa, Czech Republic | Series C, Seed | FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce | $22M–$50M |
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Launch Labs
VC Fund
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Punk Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States | Seed | Lending, Blockchain | |
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RaliCap
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $300k–$5.5M |
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Flamingo DAO
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Austria, Croatia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$50M |
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Placeholder
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands | Series A, Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology | $2M–$38M |
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Collab+Currency
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $2M–$50M |
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Venture Capital Studio
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Venture Capital, Software Engineering | $262k–$14M |
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Bloccelerate VC
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Switzerland, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $3M–$41M |
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UNCOVERED FUND
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $700k–$40M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | $527k–$47M |
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Unicorn Growth Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $1M–$5.3M |
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CoinFund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1.5M–$30M |
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Animoca Brands
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | $1.5M–$40M |
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Sherpa Africa Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $50k–$6M |
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Quona Capital
VC Fund
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1 | India, Brazil, Indonesia | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $3M–$87M |
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Emerging Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | France, Nigeria, Morocco | Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity | Telecommunications, Energy, Finance | $10M–$150M |
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Still Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | FinTech, Banking, Finance | $1M–$225M |
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Gauss Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Malta | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $390k–$80M |
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Knife Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Education | $2M–$15M |
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Five35 Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $100k–$4.9M |
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A.Capital Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency | $2.4M–$100M |
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BREEGA
VC Fund
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1 | France, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$24M |
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R-Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Senegal, South Africa | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Banking, FinTech, Finance | |
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RaiCap
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Pre-Seed | Credit, Finance, Financial Services | |
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AlphaCode Club
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates | Grant, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Apps | $26k–$17M |
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Wintermute Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $2.7M–$50M |
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Galaxy Interactive
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Gaming, Blockchain, Software | $1.4M–$150M |
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Ingressive Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $25k–$15M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics | $50k–$40M |
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Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Pre-Seed | Apps, Banking, FinTech | |
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Naspers Foundry
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, Farming, Software | $854k–$15M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $637k–$32M |
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Beryl Group
VC Fund
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1 | Mauritius, South Africa | Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, Banking, FinTech | |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$4M |
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Norrsken Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Rwanda | Pre-Seed, Seed | Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech | $125k–$4M |
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Maven 11 is a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm. The teams we partner with are on a rigorous quest to solve most exciting problems and make the necessary shift towards decentralised tomorrow.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 132
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.1M; Series A $5M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Range — The financial control layer for companies operating across stablecoins, crypto and fiat rails.
- THEA-AI — AI that amplifies human performance
- Adjacent Markets — Event indexing and @AdjacentNews
1kx is a research-driven global investment firm making trust instant, open, and programmable, with 160+ investments since 2018 across DeFi, stablecoins, and onchain infrastructure.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Germany, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 176
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Series A $6M–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EarnOS — EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3.
- KOR Protocol — KOR Protocol is a decentralized intellectual property (IP) infrastructure designed to empower creators, protect rights, and enable seamless collaboration and monetization of IP assets across various industries, including music, film, TV, gaming, and art. Backed by notable entities like Animoca Brands, Republic, Niantic, Sfermion, Solana, andprominent creators such as Black Mirror, Disclosure, deadmau5, and Richie Hawtin, KOR leverages blockchain, AI, and DeFi to offer a transparent, efficient, and scalable environment for IP expansion.
- Freehand — AI Teams for Complex Spend Management
Partnering with crypto founders from day 0. Here investments == partnerships.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $2M–$9M; Series A $6M–$30M; Series B $12M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Coinflow Labs — Tech-driven payments solutions for your business
- CEA Industries — CEA Industries (NASDAQ: BNC) is a publicly traded company pursuing a BNB-focused digital asset treasury strategy.
- Blockworks — Blockworks is a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Our editorial content, newsletters, podcasts and events provide investors with the critical analysis and information they need to make smarter decisions about digital assets.
Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1194
- Round size: Series A $5M–$50M; Series B $10M–$71M; Series C $12M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Athos — Athos uses EMG real-time biofeedback to help you go from guessing to knowing if you are performing at your best. #BuildBetterAthletes
- Telogis — Telogis provides a comprehensive cloud-based Mobile Enterprise Management (MEM) software platform for companies that require dynamic routing, real-time work order management, navigation, telematics and mobile integration services for their mobile workforces. Telogis’ consistent innovation drives its ability to provide near-instant return oninvestment while improving driver safety and efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of commercial vehicles. Founded in 2001, Telogis is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif. and has development and support centers in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, Europe and throughout North America. Its products and services are used and distributed in more than 100 countries worldwide.
- Peloton — Access high-energy indoor cycling workouts instantly. Discover the Peloton bike: the only exercise bike streaming indoor cycling classes to your home live and on-demand.
Crypto investment firm. Austin, TX.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $7.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sound — Sound is a suite of music and economic tools powering the next generation of artists and their communities, starting with listening parties for new releases
- Stack — Stack's consumer products are shutting down. Withdraw remaining funds from the Stack app.
- Stackr Labs — Micro-rollups to scale web3 applications
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm. The company seeks to invest in the technology sector.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 226
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $10M–$30M; Series B $15M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $243M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Knit — Knit is an AI-Native Research Agency that combines the rigor and expertise of a traditional agency with the speed and efficiency of AI.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Arcade — Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate.
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has the financial advisors and expertise to help you achieve your goals at any stage of your life or career.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Series B $10M–$80M; Series C $10M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the award-winning digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients.
- Eldorado Gold Corp. — Eldorado is a global gold mining company with a local operating philosophy.
- Banco de Occidente, S.A. — Banco de Occidente is the fifth largest bank in Colombia by asset level and portfolio at June 30, 2016. It has national coverage and a portfolio of integrated products and services, offered through a network of 241 offices and 336 ATMs 9,671 banking correspondents and other features.
Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5M; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
- Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
- Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.
A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $3M–$18M; Series A $5M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $20M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BULK Trade — One Exchange Infinite Markets
- Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
- Nova Markets — The next billion-dollar market starts here. Powered by @HyperliquidX
Imvelo Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm in South Africa managed by Capitec Bank.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $659k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Botlhale AI — Botlhale AI allows to build, train, test, and deploy multilingual conversational AI. Botlhale AI is a research and innovation start-up that specializes in conversational AI. Computer systems have become an integral part of everyday lives and as a result, natural spoken language is the desired form of human-computer interaction.
- MoneyWorks — MoneyWorks is a provider of a digital supply chain finance platform for businesses. The company's platform connects buyers seeking supply chain financing with lenders. It also provides SMEs access to invoice financing on the back of their buyer's credit record, thus reducing the late payment and cash flow shortage risk faced by startupsand helps clients have an early payment program for the benefit of their supply chain.
- The Cape Town Stock Exchange — The Cape Town Stock Exchange is a south Africa’s stock exchange for small- and medium-sized businesses.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 217
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Zazu — Zazu is a neobank for African SMEs, offering seamless banking tools, cash flow automation, and real-time insights. Zazu simplifies finance management in one all-in-one solution.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
- Udu Technologies — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
A venture DAO supporting the Ethereum Ecosystem
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Series A $6M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$24M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bio.xyz — Biotech's new financial layer.
- Recall Labs — Textile is building new digital experiences by focusing on user privacy, transparency, and decentralization.
- Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.
EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.
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- Industry: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.2M; Series A $1.2M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $8M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Printivo — Design & print Business Cards, flyers, mugs and other print products online and we will deliver your doorstep. Get instant quotes.
- S&T Media — AdPump The Best Digital Platform to advertise your products and services
- Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
Qualica provides B2B, managed services/software and tech in niche Industries such as Fin Serv, Airlines, enterprise branch mngt,user experience mngt, and mobile
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- Industry: Software, Banking, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: South Africa, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $2.5M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BancX — bancX is a modular, as-a-service platform for banks, fintechs, lenders, and retailers to build or extend their offering to meet market demand.
- Qualica — Qualica provides B2B, managed services/software and tech in niche Industries such as Fin Serv, Airlines, enterprise branch mngt,user experience mngt, and mobile
- WiXtar — WiXtar Digital Services Co., Ltd. is a leading provider of intelligent retail solutions, dedicated to empowering brick-and-mortar stores through innovative digital transformation. Formerly known as LaFresh Information Co., Ltd., the company has over two decades of experience in the industry. In late 2023, WiXtar underwent a strategic merger withMaji Digital, Beauty Technology, and Singapore's Epoint Systems, rebranding itself to better reflect its expanded capabilities and global reach.At the heart of WiXtar's offerings is the LaaS (LaFresh as a Service) platform—an open, scalable SaaS solution designed to integrate front-end and back-end operations seamlessly. This platform supports comprehensive automation and omnichannel applications, enhancing management efficiency, service quality, and customer experience. WiXtar's solutions are tailored for various industries, including food and beverage, retail, tourism, wellness, and entertainment.With a presence in over 20 regions across the Asia-Pacific and the United States, WiXtar has established robust local and international teams, assisting more than 15,000 clients in achieving localized operations and digital transformation. The company's commitment to innovation is evident in its development of the market's first AI-powered multilingual voice recognition ordering system and multilingual menu generation software. WiXtar continues to lead the industry by breaking boundaries and enabling businesses to thrive sustainably through the power of information technology.
Zip is a leading digital financial services company providing fair and seamless solutions that simplify how people pay.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series C, Seed
- Geography: India, South Africa, Czech Republic
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series C $22M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Payflex — Shop smarter with Payflex's buy now pay later services - enjoy interest-free payments using Pay in 2, 3 or 4 options. Apply now and shop online or in-store.
- ZestMoney — Enjoy the convenience of shopping for electronic gadgets, fashion, travel, education on EMI without credit card. No debit card or credit score required!
- Twisto — Twisto is on a mission to challenge the status quo of everyday finances via exceptional customer experience by being at the forefront in delivering cutting edge technology. Pay simply, fast and securely.
Launch Labs builds and creates software and online tools to assist with design and development of business products. It is based in Seattle, USA.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
Punk DAO - a community for Punks.
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- Industry: Lending, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
- Ion Protocol — Ion is an Open Source Protocol built to support Ethereum stakers and restakers, to unlock a world of new applications for their assets.
Rally Cap is a global community of tech folks investing in an exclusive portfolio of top-tier early stage venture funds in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cata — Launch your branded mobile app for ordering, CRM & loyalty. Increase order frequency & basket size. Learn how Cata can scale your business!
- Upper — Transforming cross-border e-commerce in Latin America
- Gangkhar — Gangkhar provides AI-native embedded insurance infrastructure for digital platforms, insurers, MGAs, and brokers to launch, optimize, and scale embedded protection.
Flamingo DAO is an NFT-focused DAO that aims to explore emerging investment opportunities for ownable, blockchain-based assets.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Austria, Croatia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $4.4M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
- Namcon — Namcon provides blockchain infrastructure services that rely on numerous devices and trusted execution environments for secure computing.
- mmERCH — mmERCH is a blockchain-enabled Web3 fashion startup.
Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized networks and web services.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6.5M; Series A $5.5M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ARX — Secure chips, onchain. Creators of @useburner @offlinecashco @kongiscash.
- Squads — Collaborative infrastructure for web3 native teams
- Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.
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Browse database — It's Free!Collab+Currency is a crypto-focused venture fund that backs early-stage projects developing the next generation of financial infrastructure, culture, and human organization.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yakoa — Content creation is now AI-native. If your digital rights system isn't, it's holding you back. Discover our solutions.
- Limited — Secure your treasury and scale your business globally with a truly self-custodial account that only you control. No banks. No middlemen.
- Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Venture Capital, Software Engineering
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $928k–$10M; Pre-Seed $262k–$3.7M; Series A $2.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Accrual Software — We are a Software Development Company
- Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.
- Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics — Biological Engineering, Bionics, Biomimetics, Hydraulics, Prosthetics, Neuroprosthetics, Exoskeleton Suits, Dynamics, Kinematics Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Artificial Organs, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Knowledge Reasoning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Robotics, Artificial GeneralIntelligence, Deep Learning, Bayesian Networks, Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Neuroscience, Neurocybernetics, Cybernetics, Cognitive Science, Source Coding, Channel Coding, Algorithmic Complexity Theory, Algorithmic Information Theory, Information-Theoretic Security, Grey System Theory & Biotechnology
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $6M–$16M; Series B $15M–$41M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Rover — Bitcoin Liquid Staking on @BotanixLabs
- Interstate — Interstate is an Ethereum pre-confirmation protocol. It aims to make Ethereum transactions near-instant and allow applications to self-order while maintaining full composability with L1.
- Cloudburst Technologies — Crypto, Crypto Threat intelligence, OSINT, Open source intelligence
UNCOVERED FUND is a venture capital firm that leads the creation of industries in Africa and other emerging countries.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $700k–$2.1M; Series A $4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
- Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
- Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.
4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $527k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4M; Series A $2M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FireID — FireID is a venture builder that helps makers, with unique skills and passion, build businesses to solve meaningful problems.
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance
Propelling category-leading companies fueling a new and inclusive digital economy
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $1.7M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fig Finance — We're closing the credit gap. We connect global and local lenders, with the strongest emerging market businesses.
- 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.
- Touch and Pay Technologies — Mobile payment & services via NFC Technology
CoinFund is where web3 capable meets web3 capital: cryptonative technologists who invest in the future before it's a trend.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 207
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $7.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- EDGE Markets — The Financial Platform for Smart Bettors
- Flying Tulip — Better Yield, Better UX
- LI.FI — Advanced Bridge & DEX Aggregation - Drive multichain strategies with cross-chain data messaging and get users from everywhere.
Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 504
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vangrid — Vangrid operates as a decentralized physical infrastructure network.
- Dow Protocol — An E-Commerce Financing RWA Platform on @BNBCHAIN, facilitating assets trusted by the world's largest banks. Lead invested by @mhventures @Maple_block
- Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.
A venture fund for pre-seed startups in Africa, led by Startup Operators, backed by Startup Operators.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $300k–$6M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$300k
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Novek — Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.
- CashBackApp — An App that offers you Cash Discounts on a wide range of household essentials available at local supermarkets in Kenya.
- Jackfruit Finance — Fast, flexible school financing in Kenya. Get working capital, projects, and asset loans designed around school fee cycles and growth needs.
Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing financial inclusion around the globe. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: India, Brazil, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 204
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $8M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $332M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Jusfy — Jusfy offers legal services and consulting for individuals and business organizations.
- AllLife — AllLife is the only South African insurer of people living with HIV/AIDs. Sadly, prior to AllLife, many HIV patients would be told their lives were un-insurable. Now AllLife tells that they can lead long, productive lives – so much so that they’ll insure it.
- Cordant — A single operational picture across every system money moves through. Your team acts on what's happening, not what already happened.
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Browse database — It's Free!ECP is a private equity group dedicated to investing in Africa.They are a pan-African private equity firm that has raised over US$2 billion for investment across the African continent, including the Francophone regions. They have put their investors’ capital to work in over 40 countries in all major regions of the continent, directly supportingover 50,000 jobs.
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- Industry: Telecommunications, Energy, Finance
- Stage:Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: France, Nigeria, Morocco
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Private Equity $10M–$32M; Post-IPO Equity $14M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 81% lead, 19% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $750M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Eranove — The Eranove group counts more than 9000 employees all engaged in developping hydroelectric solutions to allow all the pan african citizens to access electricity and drinking water
- Allego — Discover the benefits of EV charging. Find out how Allego electric vehicle charging stations can enhance convenience and reduce emissions.
- Zipline International — Zipline operates the world's largest autonomous on-demand delivery system with the industry's leading instant logistics technology stack.
Still Capital Partners is an investment firm.
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- Industry: FinTech, Banking, Finance
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$225M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BrightPlan — BrightPlan's financial wellness solution is built to lead all employees to financial success on their own terms at every stage of life.
- Bettr — Bettr is a digital banking app for creator. Download the app to get your zero monthly fee digital bank account and virtual card. Join our community of creators, gamers, influencers, freelancers, tiktokkers, streamers, YouTubers and digital gig workers.
- Uncle Nearest — The best whiskey maker the world never knew. Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey. Visit one of these locations or buy online. Enjoy responsibly.
Backing high-impact technologies that reshape industries Building growth
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Malta
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $390k–$4M; Series A $3M–$34M; Series B $14M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anvizent — Generative Data Pipelines
- Bettr — Bettr is a digital banking app for creator. Download the app to get your zero monthly fee digital bank account and virtual card. Join our community of creators, gamers, influencers, freelancers, tiktokkers, streamers, YouTubers and digital gig workers.
- Zilch — Buy now, pay later with Zilch. Shop thousands of brands online or in store and pay off your purchase over 6 weeks in 4 instalments.
Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, Knife accelerates the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. Knife have offices in Cape Town andLondon.Knife invests via a consortium of funding partnerships, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company KNF Ventures and select family offices. Knife facilitated lucrative exits of local technology companies to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin and Uber.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Series A $2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cue — Cue is a customer service software company that empowers you with WhatsApp Business solutions to boost customer satisfaction, and drive growth.
- Pura Soda — Discover PURA's refreshing beverages and live a little PURA.
- Optique Optometrists — Optique Optometrists provides comprehensive eye care services, including eye tests, prescription glasses, and contact lenses. The company offers affordable eye care solutions and has multiple branches across South Africa. Customers can book appointments online and access a wide range of eyewear options. Optique Optometrists focuses on deliveringquality vision care and ensuring customer satisfaction through professional services and convenient booking options.
Five35 Ventures is committed to unlocking capital and growth opportunities for female-focused early-stage African technology startups.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Africa, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
- Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
a_capital provides resources and counsel to the creators, inventors and entrepreneurs, who are building a new future.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$13M; Series A $5M–$25M; Series B $16M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- SageOx — SageOx is the hivemind for agentic engineering.
- Deep Infra — Deep Infra offers cost-effective, scalable, easy-to-deploy, and production-ready machine-learning models and infrastructures for deep-learning models.
- Expo — Expo is the fastest way to build native apps for iOS, Android, and the web with React.
VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: France, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 149
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Series A $4.2M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $165M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- EyeLights — EyeLights is a Head Up Display GPS. It allows motobikers to truly experience the ride by keeping their eyes on the road. Eyelights is the first universal motorcycle accessory that projects guidance, danger zones and traffic directly into your field of vision. A dangerous bend, a nearby stopper or speed over limitations, EyeLights warns you. Simple,uncluttered, they adapted the display for motorcycle riding.The EyeLights product installs in less than 5 minutes on your full-face, convertible or jet helmet. Their compact optical technology allows you to view your GPS more than 2 meters away while enjoying audio functions for more than 8 hours. The product is compatible with sun visors, insensitive to rain or fog and weighs less than 100g.
- Gymlib — Gymlib offers the best network of sports and wellness activities for employees through a non-binding subscription giving access to 4,000 partners.
- Libeo — Libeo is a unique platform to collect, manage and pay all your supplier invoices. Without IBAN and in one click. We are reinventing how companies pay and connect with their business partners. No more hours spent manually entering invoices, answering to angry reminder emails from supplier and owing fees for late payments.* Automated invoiceentry, bulk or individual uploads. * Payments of supplier invoices, one clic no IBAN. * Team work: personalized approval workflow, on-the-go notifications. * Your finances in real time with consolidated financial indicators. Libeo is supported by the Ordre des Experts-Comptables of Ile-de-France, La Banque Postale, La Société Générale, La French Tech, Wilco, Finance Innovation and BNP Paribas.
R-Ventures is a global investor in high-impact tech startups driving change and economic growth through emerging market investments.
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Senegal, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bettr — Bettr is a digital banking app for creator. Download the app to get your zero monthly fee digital bank account and virtual card. Join our community of creators, gamers, influencers, freelancers, tiktokkers, streamers, YouTubers and digital gig workers.
- Yobante Express — Yobante Express offers a web & mobile platform that connects retailers, businesses & individuals with carriers for point-to-point delivery.
RaiCap it’s a early-stage startups venture capital. With Latin American presence, our value proposition is based on smart money investments, reflected in capital, mentoring and advice.In addition, the fund provides support and the necessary assistance to startups that want to expand regionally through strategic partners and our angelinvestors associated network.
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- Industry: Credit, Finance, Financial Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Sava — Embedded banking for African finance: accounts, cards, payments and compliance in one licensed API. Sponsor-bank integrations and regulatory licences behind fintechs, lenders and marketplaces.
We are an African venture capital fund, for world-class African entrepreneurs run by seasoned African investors.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $57k–$7.2M; Grant $26k–$114k; Series B $2.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
- AgrigateOne — Shining a light on every stage of the fresh produce supply chain, ensuring transparency for growers & buyers. Agritech | Software | Technology
- Moment — Africa is entering a transformative period of economic and technological growth driven by rapid digital adoption, expanding mobile connectivity, and a young, increasingly connected population. With approximately 1.5 billion people and one of the world’s fastest-growing youth demographics, the continent is experiencing a significant shift towardelectronic payments, mobile-first services, and broader digital transformation.Although widespread internet access and traditional banking infrastructure developed later in many African markets compared to other regions, this delayed adoption has accelerated innovation in mobile technology and financial services. Mobile money platforms, digital banking solutions, fintech ecosystems, and e-commerce adoption are reshaping how consumers and businesses interact across the continent.This youth-driven wave of innovation is creating substantial opportunities in sectors such as fintech, telecommunications, logistics, e-commerce, renewable energy, education technology, and digital services. Both global corporations and emerging local enterprises are actively investing in Africa’s rapidly evolving digital economy, competing to unlock new markets and address underserved populations.The continent’s ongoing transformation is expected to play a major role in global economic growth over the next two decades, positioning Africa as a significant center for innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital commerce.
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Browse database — It's Free!Wintermute Ventures is an investor dedicated to supporting innovation in the blockchain ecosystem.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$20M; Series A $7.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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- Morpho Labs — Morpho is an open credit network that connects lenders and borrowers to the best possible opportunities worldwide.
- Velocity — Velocity provides a unified platform for efficiently moving and managing funds across both traditional banks and blockchains.
Play the Future. Galaxy Interactive is a leading sector-focused VC investing in interactive entertainment, at the intersection of content, social, finance and technology.
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- Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 175
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9M; Series A $6.3M–$46M; Series B $20M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Row64 — Row64 turns the live data from your operations into action while it still matters.
- Last Energy — Last Energy develops and delivers micro modular nuclear power plants designed to provide decarbonized, reliable energy through a full-service delivery model that spans design, construction, and operations. The company offers factory-produced modular plants, like its 20 MWe PWR-20 units, that can be deployed rapidly to serve energy-intensiveindustrial customers and utilities with baseload electricity and heat. Its services include long-term power purchase agreements that eliminate upfront capital for customers while enabling flexible siting and minimal resource requirements. Last Energy’s solutions support both behind-the-meter applications for industries and grid-scale energy projects for broader power delivery. The company integrates established reactor technology with its delivery process to help clients access consistent, carbon-free energy.
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems — The fastest path to clean, limitless fusion energy.
Ingressive Capital is a renowned $50M Pan-African Venture Capital Fund that invests in indigenous founders and startups across Africa, with focus on Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria. Specializing in early-stage investments, particularly Pre-Seed and Seed stages, it targets technology companies led by top-tier talent driving transformativegrowth in Africa's GDP. The firm's thesis focuses on B2C solutions that cater to the explosive growth within the tech-enabled, decentralized-learning youth demographic, as well as B2B solutions that increase Africa’s value chain ownership from resource extraction to end-product sale. Its goal is to become becoming a highly valuable VC partner on the founders' cap tables, and being at the forefront of supporting and enabling entrepreneurial success across Africa.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $25k–$2.1M; Series A $500k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $5M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- SehaTech — Welcome to SehaTech, the groundbreaking company revolutionizing the health insurance market with our innovative solutions!
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- Eduflexx AI — EduFlexAI is an AI-driven ed-tech platform that personalizes learning by adapting school curriculums to individual student needs. Using advanced machine learning, real-time analytics, and AI-powered tools, EduFlexAI enhances engagement, improves academic performance, and optimizes teacher efficiency. Our mission is to make quality education morepersonalized, inclusive, and accessible for students worldwide.
4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $6.6M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
- CINETPAY — CinetPay is a mobile money payment hub that federates mobile money payment methods in Africa.
- Franc — Franc is the easiest way to save & invest. Our app doesn’t require any investment knowledge & our friendly risk quiz helps us understand how much investment risk is right for you. Users can start investing in less than 2 minutes. There is no minimum requirement & no paperwork. It is a seamless digital experience end-to-end. A usersimply chooses a goal, selects an investment strategy, verifies their identity & makes a deposit. Each user is recommended a personalised investment strategy for each investment goal, combining money market & index tracking ETFs. Our helpful calculators assist clients with their budgeting, retirement & targeted savings needs. We also provide free access to our online academy & fun financial literacy quizzes.We know saving is hard & investing can be scary, which is why we create savings groups & challenges so that users can encourage one another. We also run weekly competitions where users can stand a chance to win a cash prize that will boost their investments.
Qualica has been taking the complex world of information technology and making it simple since 1999. Today, Qualica provides funding, professional services, and resources to several businesses across the financial services and hospitality industries.
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- Industry: Apps, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- BancX — bancX is a modular, as-a-service platform for banks, fintechs, lenders, and retailers to build or extend their offering to meet market demand.
Naspers Foundry is a global internet group and invests in technology-based companies. The company believes in the power of local backed by global scale and they look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where they see the greatest growth potential.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Farming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $854k–$6M; Series A $3M–$15M; Series B $940k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
- LifeCheq — LifeCheq partners with insurers and advisory firms to deliver AI-enabled distribution, boost adviser productivity, and transform how financial advice is delivered.
- SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 842
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $637k–$5M; Series A $4M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Finbits — Fintech company formed by co-founders with digital product background. The startup is solving major financial problems faced by entrepreneurs in LatAm: time wasted with non-core activities and difficult access to financial products. Finbits is developing an all-in-one finance solution for LatAm SMB. This new solution saves 80% of back-office costsand allows users access to financial products. This new financial OS integrates bank accounts, payment means, third-party ERP, and accounting software already available in the ecosystem. The new platform leverages modern technology and a data driven architecture to provide intelligent insights and financial products.
- Musa — Musa is a smart city solution providing a platform that efficiently connects waste generators, haulers, and recyclers. Our mission is to guarantee that all waste becomes raw material directed to a productive chain of reuse. This is what connects us, a world without waste where everything can be reused. We want to transform the waste managementindustry by leveraging technology and developing new business models ensuring economic, social, and environmental impact.
- Membrane — Membrane is AI for product integrations. Describe what you need, watch integrations build, test and maintain themselves.We exist to let any product connect to any other reliably, safely, and at scale, by turning intent & customer needs into integrations with AI.Our platform offers the state-of-the-art solution in the AI Age for productintegrations:Membrane Agent builds integrations for one or multiple apps at once, choosing correct API calls, field mappings, and data structuresMembrane Engine is the configurable infrastructure that you or any agent can play with. It contains actions, events/webhooks, flows, data collections, unified API models, field mappings, and schemas & more used to build and maintain integrations at scale.Membrane Packages - integration code that is purpose built for your use case, that you can deploy in your IDE.Membrane is used by 100+ B2B SaaS companies like Constant Contact, PandaDoc, Dialpad, Storyblok & many others as their preferred integration partner
Beryl Group is a proprietary investments company with equity holdings in logistics, energy, mining, and financial sector companies.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Mauritius, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bettr — Bettr is a digital banking app for creator. Download the app to get your zero monthly fee digital bank account and virtual card. Join our community of creators, gamers, influencers, freelancers, tiktokkers, streamers, YouTubers and digital gig workers.
- Safyr Capital Partners — The promise of Integrity and Excellence begins here.
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 108
- Round size: Seed $40k–$4M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
Norrsken Foundation is non-profit organization solving problems such as poverty, famine, environmental issues and mental health.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Rwanda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $125k–$4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RYE — RYE is a members-only, low-cost green energy supplier built for businesses with no time to deal with energy suppliers. Always accurate energy or it's free
- Eden Care Medical — Eden Care Medical is a mobile application that provides medical and health insurance as well as financial services.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
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