Top 50 FinTech Startup Investors in South Africa (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Everywhere Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | United States, Australia, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $550k–$60M |
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TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund
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8 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | $1.9M–$15M |
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $250k–$25M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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7 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | $527k–$47M |
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UW Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | South Africa | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | $456k–$31M |
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Allan Gray
VC Fund
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7 | South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | $456k–$100M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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7 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Naspers Foundry
VC Fund
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6 | South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, Farming, Software | $854k–$15M |
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Quona Capital
VC Fund
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5 | India, Brazil, Indonesia | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $3M–$87M |
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Maven 11 Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency | $525k–$43M |
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund
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5 | United States, South Africa, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $635k–$32M |
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Ragnar Sass
Angel
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4 | Estonia, Ukraine, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, SaaS | $110k–$6M |
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Crossfin Technology
VC Fund
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4 | South Africa, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Payments, FinTech, Financial Services | |
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Martin Villig
Angel
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4 | Estonia, Spain, South Africa | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Education | $111k–$6M |
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Goodwell Investments
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya | Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $1.5M–$26M |
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Change Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $273k–$33M |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$20M |
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Merrill Lynch
VC Fund
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4 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $10M–$85M |
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1kx
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $1.8M–$28M |
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RaliCap
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Mexico, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $313k–$5.5M |
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Reciprocal Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services | $2.3M–$50M |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$4M |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $20k–$5M |
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Yossi Hasson
Angel
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3 | South Africa, United States, Ghana | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments | $120k–$551k |
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Lireas Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, InsurTech, Security | $4.6M–$47M |
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Invenfin
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, Chad, Egypt | Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, Information Technology, FinTech | $2.6M–$31M |
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Oui Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Transportation, Financial Services, Information Technology | $40k–$4.9M |
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Firstminute Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $650k–$30M |
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Markus Villig
Angel
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3 | Estonia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $230k–$3.5M |
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Imvelo Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa | Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $570k–$2M |
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Scalar Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Software, Internet | $1.5M–$30M |
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Flourish Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $2M–$65M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $125k–$10M |
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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 | $2M–$105M |
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Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, Luxembourg, United States | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Internet | $570k–$11M |
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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–$110M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Egypt, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics | $50k–$40M |
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Phillip Sebole Masango
Angel
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3 | South Africa | Seed, Series A, Private Equity | Information Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence | $700k–$14M |
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $100k–$15M |
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Enza Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Finance, E-Commerce | $100k–$31M |
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Speedinvest
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, Germany, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $549k–$33M |
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Venture Capital Studio
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, FinTech, Finance | $256k–$9.6M |
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500 Fintech
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Vietnam, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $500k–$7.7M |
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Wintermute
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | |
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DCG Expeditions
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain | |
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Yellowwood
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa | Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, Payments, Insurance | |
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Newid capital
VC Fund
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2 | India, Kenya, Turkey | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Credit | |
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Century Oak Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Retail, Software | |
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PayPal Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Series B, Series A, Series C | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$37M |
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Everywhere Ventures is a global pre-seed venture capital fund for founders, by founders. Click to read Everywhere VC, by Everywhere Ventures, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 714
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $550k–$2.7M; Series A $10M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Donna — Meet Donna, the AI assistant built for field sales teams. Save time, cut admin, and close more deals with less effort.
- Suma Wealth — SUMA is a revolutionary financial wellness company with the mission to engage, educate, and empower the Latinx community via a holistic approach of Digital Media, Experiences, and FinTech. By creating culturally relevant content, virtual experiences, and providing financial tools that demystify and reimagine financial wellness throughentertainment, we aim to become the trusted source to help Latinos own their economic power, overcome financial challenges, and better prepare for a more prosperous future.
- Journey Live — Journey is shifting the way modern companies prioritize mental health. Our proactive, inclusive tools engage every employee, every day.
TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds. TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge. We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$8.5M; Series A $3.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
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
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
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: 60
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5M; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% 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.
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–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4M; Series A $2M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VALR — Buy and sell bitcoin, ethereum & more | Pay anyone for free with VALR Pay
- Investsure — InvestSure is a technology company that uses its software to enable partner investment platforms to sell its unique Investment Indemnity (insurance) product to their clients. InvestSure provides a full set of APIs that trading platform developers can use to integrate the Investure Investment Indemnity product seamlessly and easily into theirwebsites and mobile applications. Once InvestSure technology is added to a trading platform, it enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. The full process from buying to insurance to settling claims is fully automated.The Investment Indemnity product itself is a unique innovation; it is designed to protect to protect shareholders against any losses in share value caused by actual or perceived fraud committed by management. This enables investors to secure their investments. The cost of the product is low enough to not significantly reduce returns of investors where no insurance event occurs, but to provide significant downside protection where an insured event does occur.
- CompariSure — Custom, built-for-purpose service and sales chatbot solutions for financial services providers.
UW is a multi-stage investor that provides growth and replacement capital across the equity-cycle. Its activities span from high-growth venture to mid-market private equity opportunities.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $456k–$2.5M; Series A $1.6M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pargo — Pargo is a convenient logistics solution that lets you collect and return parcels at Pargo parcel points throughout the country when it suits you best.
- Rather.chat — Rather.chat offers a platform that facilitates meaningful connections between businesses and their customers through WhatsApp. This service is designed to make customer interactions more personal and efficient, allowing for real-time communication. By leveraging the widespread use of WhatsApp, Rather.chat aims to enhance the customer serviceexperience, making it easier for businesses to address inquiries, resolve issues, and maintain engagement with their audience. The focus is on creating a seamless bridge for dialogue that respects the convenience and preferences of the modern consumer, who increasingly favors instant messaging over traditional forms of communication.
- Manholes 4 Africa — m4a (Pty) Ltd specializes in the manufacturing of composite and plastics products designed for the utilities networks industry. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the company offers a comprehensive range of products including access chambers, microducts, bundled microducts (multiducts), sub ducts, corrugated pipes, axsCHAMBERS™,cnktCLOSURES™, fibreDUCT™, and fibreCABLE™. These products cater to the telecommunications sector, providing end-to-end solutions for infrastructure needs. m4a (Pty) Ltd is recognized for its innovative approach in developing polymer and composite civil infrastructure solutions. The company holds ISO9001 certification, ensuring high standards in quality management systems.
Allan Gray is Africa's largest privately owned investment management company focused on generating long-term wealth for investors..
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $456k–$4M; Series A $1.6M–$31M; Series C $70M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- onafriq — MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
- Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
- Peach Payments — Get Peach as your Payment Gateway and Grow your ecommerce. Process online payments with Visa, Mastercard, Debit Orders, EFT payments, and subscriptions. Plugins for Wix, Shopify, WooCommerce.
Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Yamify — Yamify is an AI platform where intelligent agents reliably run mission-critical business workflows in Africa. Founded by Silicon Valley engineers, our platform automates complex operations by integrating humans, systems, and infrastructure reliably, even under connectivity, latency, and compliance challenges. Starting with on-prem deployments,Yamify is evolving into a full AI automation infrastructure for African enterprises.
- Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
- Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.
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.
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: 192
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $3.6M–$25M; Series B $8M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $332M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Franq — Hyperlocal and phygital marketplace that connects financial products to retail & SME customers with the support of a baking agent.
- Twinco Capital — Twinco Capital provides suppliers, both large and small, with access to affordable funding and helps buyers build a competitive and socially responsible supply chain. Twinco Capital is the first company to have successfully launched this type of supply chain financing, offering to finance as early as the time of issuance of purchase orders.purchase.
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, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 127
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$10M; Pre-Seed $525k–$4M; Series A $5M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Oh — Oh is the decentralized and uncensored AI products can offer a range of benefits, such as enhancing privacy, encouraging innovation, and promoting freedom of information.
- Range — Range is the platform for companies operating across stablecoins and fiat. Finance, compliance, and operations teams use Range to bring bank accounts, custodians, wallets, and exchanges into a single real-time ledger, with controls to screen, protect, and reconcile capital before and after it moves.Range supports pre-execution controls forsanctions, fraud, and operational risk, while feeding enriched onchain data into the accounting and compliance tools teams already use. The platform secures more than $30B in onchain assets and tracks 99.41% of stablecoin payment activity across 200+ networks and 100+ stablecoins.Range is used by teams including the Solana Foundation, Circle, Stellar, Squads, and Jupiter. Learn more at range.org.
- Polysights — Polysights is an AI-powered prediction market analytics and automation platform that delivers market intelligence and trade execution tools.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Africa, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $9.2M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Thndr — Thndr is a financial services company that operates an app-based investment platform.It comes with 0% commission, no account minimum, access to market data, easy account setup, and funding processes. Users can also get access to the latest news, market data, and other educational tools. Seif Amr established the company in 2020 in Cairo, AlQahirah, Egypt.
- Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
- 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.
Ragnar Sass is the Co-Founder of Darkstar Camp. He previously worked at LIFT99 as a Founder and CEO. Ragnar Sass attended Estonian Business School.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Estonia, Ukraine, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $677k–$6M; Pre-Seed $110k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shen.AI — Discover how Shen AI turns your smartphone into a health companion - no wearables, just powerful, camera-based health insights.
- Legal Nodes — Offload your legal tasks to a virtual legal department and get on with running your business. Get started with the Legal Nodes platform for free.
- Ampler Bikes — Ampler is a light electric bike for everyone who seeks freedom and adventure in their daily routines and commutes. No heavy batteries, bulky screens or other clutter. We combine modern technology with a traditional bicycle design to make pedalling easier, lighter and faster. Our vision is to offer emotive zero-emission commuting for everyone.Since 2016, Ampler has grown from a small bicycle startup into a committed e-bike company with a large international team and showrooms in Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, Zurich and Tallinn. Our lightweight e-bike models Curt, Stout and Stellar have won multiple awards and are being used every day by over 10,000 happy riders all over Europe.Our team spirit, mission, values and production principles are still the same as on the early days of Ampler. All our bikes are designed with the highest attention to details and are hand-assembled in our factory in Tallinn, Estonia.
Crossfin invests in FINTECH solutions to enable growth for economies in Africa and beyond. Crossfin invests in high growth and established cash generative businesses, offering investors a blended exposure to technology investments in Fintech.
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- Industry: Payments, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atura — Automated support that helps financial services do better business
- truID — truID is provides a single API to access identity data, balance and transactions from your user’s bank account. Connect with multiple institutions, save months of development and stay compliant.
- My-iMali — My-iMali is a mobile wallet solution used for safe and secure transactions. Pay any number of people for only R1.25, including Staff & Students.
Martin is co-founder of Bolt.eu, Estonian Founders Society, Garage48.org, Good Deed Education Foundation and kood/Jõhvi coding school. Read more from http://martinvillig.com
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Education
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Estonia, Spain, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6M; Angel $111k–$637k; Pre-Seed $276k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
- Mentornaut — Mentornaut is a new online tutoring platform is aiming to increase inclusion in personalized education and counts Super angel, United Angels VC, and a list of EdTech advocates like Bolt co-founder Martin Villig, and Clanbeat co-founder Kadri Tuisk among its investors.
- StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$12M; Series B $2M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
- Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
- Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.
We are a seed stage venture capital fund based in the Baltic states, backing ambitious Baltic founders anywhere in the world.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $273k–$2.2M; Series A $1M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Eurora — Eurora develops an e-commerce suite of customs compliance tools.
- FanSifter — FanSifter is a fan data management platform that leverages machine learning to help rights holders in music, entertainment, and sports increase tickets, music, merch, experiences, and sponsorships sales.
- RecruitLab — Teamdash's built-in recruitment, applicant tracking, and marketing features give you the focus you need to achieve the impossible. Here's how.
Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
- Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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: 90
- 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 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 either the same day or next weekday
- 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.
1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Series A $6M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EarnOS — EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3.
- Cryptio — We offer enterprise-grade accounting, reporting, and audit software for your digital assets.
- Kulipa — Kulipa provides the underlying infrastructure to settle global payments, manage stablecoin accounts, and issue cards - all through a unified, compliant stack. Grow revenue with debit cards. Boost acquisition with white-labelled accounts & cards. Scale faster with global payment products.
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: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $313k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Moffin — Moffin is an integration platform of KYC data providers that enables customers to collect and evaluate data. It can be used via API or no code.
- Cata — Launch your branded mobile app for ordering, CRM & loyalty. Increase order frequency & basket size. Learn how Cata can scale your business!
- Gangkhar Inc —
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Browse database — It's Free!Partnering with crypto founders from day 0. Here investments == partnerships.
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- Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$9M; Series A $6M–$28M; Series B $12M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Coinflow Labs — Tech-driven payments solutions for your business
- Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
- 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.
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.
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 752
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FellowMe — FellowMe is a social media platform that allows users to meet new people with a search experience, segmented by interests and location.
- Exnus Protocol — Exnus Protocol is a next-generation decentralized ecosystem built on the Solana blockchain.
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $120k–$551k; Pre-Seed $120k–$230k
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Howler — Howler, is the powerful event technology platform designed at the uppermost benchmarks of service and technology to help consumers and event organisers to make moments that matter.
- WizzPass — WizzPass, a rapidly growing leader in the visitor management system and workplace management market is now FMS:Engage powered by FM:Systems.
- The Sun Exchange — We finance, install, and maintain the solar system. You simply pay for the power it generates and save from day one.
Lireas is a leading investment company with a specific focus on insurance and insurance technology investments. We have a track record of over 35 years investing in start-ups and existing businesses requiring growth funding or new partners. We invest in people and not just elaborate business plans a
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- Industry: FinTech, InsurTech, Security
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $4.6M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LifeQ — We empower everyone to delay aging, optimize your health, harness more energy, reduce the probability of disease, and understand why and how your body is changing, right now! It is in your power to be your biologically younger self.
- Pineapple — In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US.
- Investsure — InvestSure is a technology company that uses its software to enable partner investment platforms to sell its unique Investment Indemnity (insurance) product to their clients. InvestSure provides a full set of APIs that trading platform developers can use to integrate the Investure Investment Indemnity product seamlessly and easily into theirwebsites and mobile applications. Once InvestSure technology is added to a trading platform, it enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. The full process from buying to insurance to settling claims is fully automated.The Investment Indemnity product itself is a unique innovation; it is designed to protect to protect shareholders against any losses in share value caused by actual or perceived fraud committed by management. This enables investors to secure their investments. The cost of the product is low enough to not significantly reduce returns of investors where no insurance event occurs, but to provide significant downside protection where an insured event does occur.
Invenfin is a growth capital investor operating in the technology, food & beverage sectors.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, Chad, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$3M; Series B $4.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OfferZen — On OfferZen, Dutch tech companies reach out to you with upfront role and salary info so you can make the right career move.
- Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
- Float — At Float, we believe in a world where credit works for shoppers and not against them.Float offers shoppers a smarter way to pay with their credit card – by splitting big purchases in up to 24 bite-size, interest-free monthly payments. It’s all the perks of credit cards, but none of the cons. No extra debt, no applications, no credit checks – andno catch. Just shopping joy on their terms.At the same time, Float merchants enjoy more than 80% bigger orders and radically improved conversions. They also get direct access to 5 million pre-approved shoppers. Float’s instalment offering is fully customisable, giving merchants more control and flexibility than ever before. It’s all made possible by Float’s innovative technology, built on what we call ‘head-in-the-sky, feet-on-the-ground’ thinking.By giving their shoppers the most flexible, frictionless and financially responsible way to shop, merchants are partnering with us to build a new economy - where buying BIG, means paying small.Welcome to Float.
Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.
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- Industry: Transportation, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
- Herconomy (Ex AGS Tribe) — Herconomy is a platform that allows women build their finances, capacity, collaborate and access opportunities.
firstminute is a seed fund backed by over 130 unicorn founders and a world-class community.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 192
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$10M; Pre-Seed $650k–$5M; Series A $6.8M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- CodeWords —
- Unleash — Private, secure, scalable, and ready for the most complex setups out-of-the-box. Cut down on costs, time, and technical debt. +18M Docker's downloads.
- Frontier Health — Frontier Health develops artificial intelligence tools that help healthcare administration teams manage repetitive and high-volume tasks within existing clinical workflows. Its primary product, Juno, functions as an AI coworker that supports care coordination by processing information across multiple patient pathways and software systems. Theplatform is designed to work with a wide range of healthcare applications, enabling organizations to use their current systems while reducing manual administrative work. Frontier Health emphasizes clinical safety, data security, and compliance with healthcare standards, including NHS guidance and information security certifications. The company brings together technology specialists and healthcare professionals with experience working across numerous hospitals to address operational challenges in healthcare delivery.
Markus Villig is founder and CEO of Taxify. He attended University of Tartu.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Estonia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.5M; Pre-Seed $230k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adam — Adam connects you with verified painters and decorators across whole Europe. Get an instant price estimate and book a painter for the next day already!
- BirdyChat — BirdyChat is a Developer of a work chat application intended for work professionals.
- ScamGuardian.AI — Providing Actionable Intelligence to Stop Scams
Imvelo Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm in South Africa managed by Capitec Bank.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $570k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% 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.
- Acumen Software — Acumen Software is a consultancy and asset management & workforce management software solutions provider established in 2006. It provides mobile software solutions for asset management and workforce management to organizations with dispersed and distributed assets, taking complex arrays of scenarios and providing a simple mobile managementsolution in response.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!Crypto investment firm. Austin, TX.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- 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 — Recognize and reward the relationships that matter
- Stackr Labs — Micro-rollups to scale web3 applications
We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 192
- Round size: Seed $2M–$14M; Series A $5.2M–$33M; Series B $8.3M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Ringkas — Ajukan KPR mu di Platform Ringkas via Digital dan Online, Telah Bekerjasama dengan 25+ Bank Partner
- Akua — Akua is an acquiring-as-a-service platform that offers scalable, secure, and efficient payment processing solutions for Latin America. Our platform leverages advanced technology to provide superior transaction processing, fraud prevention, and comprehensive regional integration. Problem Latin America's acquiring card payment markets aredominated by a few incumbents using outdated systems, hindering the adoption of new payment technologies and increasing fraud risks.
- Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Seed $125k–$6M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.2M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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: 210
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $9M–$35M; Series B $15M–$105M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $243M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Knit — Knit pairs forward-deployed researchers with autonomous research agents to deliver decision-ready insights faster and better than traditional agencies, unlocking entirely new ways for the world's most iconic enterprises to run research.
- Diadia Health, Inc — An AI medical reasoning platform that helps clinicians analyze the root causes of symptoms and create personalized protocols that drive better outcomes.
- 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.
A growing number of South Africans are investing in venture capital companies that operate under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act. Contact us now.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Luxembourg, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $570k–$4.6M; Series A $2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoMetro — Fleet management simplified with GoMetro. Integrate telematics, gain real-time visibility, and optimize operations with a secure, scalable platform,
- Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
- visionAI — Enhance factory efficiency with visionAI by using existing cameras to uncover inefficiencies and eliminate your production blindspots. Book a demo now!
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: 1161
- Round size: Series A $5M–$50M; Series B $10M–$74M; Series C $12M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Airware — Airware is an enterprise drone analytics company enabling enterprises to harness aerial data and turn it into valuable business insights that can be shared and acted on across sites, teams, and geographies. Their solutions enable enterprises to reinvent their organizations for the digital era by translating aerial data into business impact. Dronesare enabling companies to more efficiently and effectively capture data, and Airware allows enterprises to integrate this data with existing information and workflows to improve efficiency, productivity, and safety. Airware provides aerial insights drone solutions for insurance, mining, construction, and aggregates.
- 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.
- Nextdoor — Nextdoor is the neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services.
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.
Phillip Sebole Masango, is a South African C-Siute Executive and Venture Capitalist, a visionary who seamlessly navigates the intersections of Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Development, Business Intelligence (BI), Design, Web, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, IoT, Digital Strategy, Creativity, and Innovation. With aproven track record of assuming CEO, CTO, and other top executive roles, he brings a rare fusion of technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic foresight to every venture he leads. Phillip doesn’t just build companies—he drives innovation, scales businesses, and redefines industries.A Mission Rooted in Empowerment and Progress: With extensive experience in the Startup Ecosystem, Technology Industry, Creative Industry, Digital Innovation, Management Consulting, and Venture Capital, Phillip thrives in environments where innovation flourishes. His mission is to empower individuals, startups, businesses, and organizations by delivering cutting-edge technology and digital solutions that drive exponential growth. However, his work extends beyond personal ambition—it is a devotion to serving humanity. Phillip is committed to creating a world where technology democratizes and decentralizes industries, enabling individuals and businesses to innovate, lead, and thrive. He envisions a future where technology not only liberates but also elevates and inspires—enabling companies to reach new heights and igniting a wave of global prosperity.A Legacy of Meaningful Success: For Phillip, success is not defined by accolades or financial gain—it is measured by the profound impact he creates. He refuses to chase success in pursuits that lack meaning, believing that true success comes from doing what one loves—better than anyone else—driven by passion, joy, and self-mastery. His approach to business and innovation is holistic, tackling challenges from multiple angles to fuel transformative change. He thrives in collaborative environments where boundaries are pushed, industries are reshaped, and new possibilities emerge.Yet beyond business, Phillip understands that life is a journey of emotions and meaning. He embraces every experience—both triumphs and challenges—as stepping stones toward a greater purpose. With unwavering dedication and a heart set on impact, he continues to push forward, leaving a legacy that will resonate for generations to come.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $700k–$11M; Series A $1.6M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TRVL CAPE — Your Cape Town travel companion App. Your gateway to Cape Town! Quickly book flights, hotels, shuttles, and rental cars. Enjoy real-time updates, exclusive deals on our app! Let our travel experts help you plan the perfect trip to Cape Town. Let our skilled advisors craft a flawless itinerary for your journey.
- 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.
- Amani — Amani Creative Studios is a Dynamic B2B innovation and technology studio where creativity, strategy, and cutting-edge technology converge to empower businesses, startups, and organizations at every stage of growth. We craft transformative digital solutions that redefine industries—blending artistry, strategic insight, and technical excellence todrive meaningful impact. In today’s digital-first world, we provide end-to-end technology and digital solutions that fuel innovation, enhance efficiency, and accelerate growth. Whether you're a startup bringing a vision to life, an established business scaling new heights, a company seeking innovation, or an organization embracing transformation, we are your strategic partner in pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Amani Creative Studios understands the intricate relationship between business products and brand identity. That’s why we offer tailored solutions designed to meet your unique objectives. We’re here to help you navigate the complexities of today’s competitive landscape, providing the expertise and strategies necessary to bring your business products and brands to the forefront. Let’s collaborate to turn your vision into a reality, combining innovative marketing, cutting-edge design, strategic branding, and advanced software development to elevate your business to new heights.
HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- SwiftVee — SwiftVEE is a livestock trading mobile app. They support live webcast livestock auctions and silent auctions. Their platform facilitates the discovery and viewing of livestock auctions.They provide webcast advertising, online auctions, and online livestock insurance services and data products for financial institutions.
- Tanda — As a Tanda Agent, you can sell Kenya's favorite digital products, and grow your duka while you're at it
- Digital Cabinet — Digital Cabinet makes your business paperless. Security is the topmost priority for the Digital Cabinet, so save time and money with the Digital Cabinet.
Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $617k–$8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $3.6M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
- Tugende — Tugende helps motorcycle taxi drivers own their own motorcycles in eighteen months or less instead of renting indefinitely. Ownership significantly increases income, job security and road safety.
- Quro Medical — Quro Medical is an innovative digital health company pioneering premium hospital-at-home services.
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Browse database — It's Free!Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 552
- Round size: Seed $980k–$8M; Pre-Seed $549k–$4.1M; Series A $4M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $384M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Bikemap — Bikemap is the crowdsourced cycling map & navigation of the world. With the help of more than 2.3M users in 100 countries, Bikemap helps you find the best cycling route from A to B - every time. Users shared more than 4M cycling routes in all corners of the world - and within the Bikemap Premium subscription, tens of thousands get access tooffline, routing, map features.
- morgana — Morgana is reshaping the mortgage industry in Latam. With a 5x faster application process, in-depth market knowledge, privileged access to data, and superb team, we are a groundbreaking digital mortgage broker that will shortly be competing with banks.
- GAMINSIDE — GAMINSIDE revolutionizes your relationship with your customers. As European full service provider, we deliver the complete package with solutions, services and software for gamified loyalty that is tailor-made and unique to your products, brands and customers. Integrate the best ideas from gamification and customer loyalty in your business areato exceed your commercial targets with GAMINSIDE.
36 Followers, 31 Following, 1 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Black Silver Capital (@blacksilvercapital)
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $928k–$9.6M; Pre-Seed $256k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Accrual Software — We are a Software Development Company
- Venture Capital Studio — 36 Followers, 31 Following, 1 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Black Silver Capital (@blacksilvercapital)
- 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.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Vietnam, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kilo — Kilo develops a retail platform that provides retailers access to price, assortment, and inventory management. The platform is designed specifically to serve small and medium-sized retailers. The Kilo network effect creates a virtuous growth cycle for both supply and demand.
- 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.
- finally — Finally is the easiest way for businesses to manage their bookkeeping, accounting & finance. Learn more today.
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
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- GTE — GTE is a decentralized trading platform that offers end-to-end trading services.
- Codex — Codex is a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.
- Silicon Data — Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets.
Luno Expeditions is a global early-stage investor supporting fintech & crypto founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Onmeta — Onmeta
- Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
- Sealance Corp. — Sealance provides financial services, cryptography and other services.
We help build more purposeful businesses through marketing insights, marketing strategy and marketing planning.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Payments, Insurance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Klump — Use Klump to buy now and pay later in instalments for up to 12 months! Businesses accept payments, increase conversion rates, and boost revenue. The Easy Life! Try it now.
- Naked Insurance — The new way to cover your stuff: savings & convenience through AI. Naked Insurance offers online insurance for car, home and contents. Get a quote in 90 seconds!
Newid Capital invests internationally in growth-oriented financial services companies serving the underbanked.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Credit
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lulalend — Meet Lula. Meet Opportunity. We provide SMEs with all-digital business funding and business banking accounts to make cash flow.
- NOW Money — NOW Money is the UAE's first digital payroll and mobile bank service developed specifically for low income workers.
- Apollo Agriculture — BRINGING COMMERCIAL FARMING TO EVERYONE Andrew, 3 acre maize farmer and Apollo customer
Century Oak Capital GmbH is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Europe and Emerging Markets.
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- Industry: FinTech, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Luna POS — Luna POS provides cloud-based cashier, inventory management, and accounting solutions for SMEs in Indonesia. The company offers a seamless mobile cloud-based Point of Sale (POS) and accounting system, helping the retail industry with managing business activities such as checking the stock of goods, making a bundle menu, calculating sales, and tosee financial statements of the business.
- Unbox — Unbox is the branded commerce operating system for SMEs helping them to sell online and increase their sales. We provide a ready to sell platform that allows entrepreneurs to digitize their business in less than 5 minutes - fully integrated with social commerce channels and our payment and shipping solutions, helping SMEs to save costs andcentralizing sales into a single platform.
- SnappRetail — SnappRetail aims to create the largest virtual retail franchise across Pakistan, through deployment of its POS hardware/software, focusing on:1. Traditional trade Analytics for brands and retailers 2. Order Aggregation for manufacturers and distributors 3. Payment Solution for customers 4. Fintech enablement for small merchantsTheSnappRetail POS application has been carefully curated keeping the retailer in mind, the application focuses on digitizing his shop operations and cash flow and creating a real-time tertiary sales data lake.
PayPal Ventures is PayPal's venture capital arm, investing in PayPal's strategic interest fields for return.Leveraging PayPal Venture's expertise and experience, PayPal – and the companies in which it invests – are helping to bring innovative solutions to market more quickly, scale them faster, and build a global financial systemthat is more transparent, personalized, inclusive, and customer-focused. PayPal Venture's investments reinforce its commitment to leading the financial technology industry and supporting entrepreneurship.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 131
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Pinch AI — Pinch is a no-code, AI-powered abuse mitigation platform that helps merchants gain control over their margins and customer acquisition costs by predicting post-purchase buyer behavior.
- XFlow — Global payments made simple. We make your international money transfers as easy as the domestic ones - safe, simple, and speedy.
- Prime Security — Shift security to the design stage and solve software vulnerabilities before development starts.
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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