Top 10 Gaming Startup Investors in Senegal (September 2026)

Faced with the financing difficulties often encountered by Senegalese small and medium-sized enterprises, TERANGA CAPITAL aims to provide an innovative financing solution specifically designed to meet the needs of SMEs . TERANGA CAPITAL is aimed at SMEs with high growth potential from all sectors and regions of Senegal, whose financing needsare between 50 and 200 million FCFA . TERANGA CAPITAL strengthens its equity and becomes a minority shareholder of SMEs over a time horizon of around 5 years, and ensures active and personalized support according to the specific needs of each company in the portfolio. Accompanied companies aim to be supported in formalizing their management, strengthening their organization, increasing their skills and accelerating their commercial development.

Investment focus

Industry: Logistics, AgTech, Farming
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Senegal

Investor stats

Total investments: 24
Round size: Seed $64k–$1M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

Fruitales — Fruitales is the manufacturer of consumer goods made from fruit and vegetables, mainly fresh chilies.
Solarbox — Solarbox is a developer of electric three-wheelers for last-mile logistics. The company's vehicles offer sustainable design, assembly, charging, and battery swapping methods, as well as a heavy load carriage system.
Ibriz — Ibriz manufactures solar water irrigation systems to support small scale farmers.

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Capital investissement - Gender investing - Gender initiative - Impact investing - Early stage - PME - SME - Equity - Fund manager - Empower women

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, B2B, Video
Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Senegal

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Seed $450k–$700k
Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

Kwely — Kwely is a dynamic and fast-growing startup. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, fun and hard-working individuals to join our team.
Mburu — Mburu specializes in the production and marketing of bread, pastries, and pastries made from local raw materials (millet, corn, sorghum, seasonal fruits, etc.).
Acasen — Acasen is an agri-food company that valorizes locally grown agricultural raw resources such as cereals, cashew nuts, peanuts, and potatoes.

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Haskè Ventures is a venture builder based in Dakar and focused on transforming the startup landscape.

Investment focus

Industry: B2B, Food and Beverage, Retail
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Senegal, Morocco, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 8
Round size: Seed $200k–$700k; Pre-Seed $150k–$150k
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

Génimi — Génimi is a mobile first platform that streamlines tutoring services to assist students in francophone africa.
ProXalys INC — ProXalys is an african digital bank or neobank for the financial inclusion and empowerment of african women (entrepreneurs and self-employed entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, and startups).
ProXalys — BENGKULUTOTO Adalah Platform game online terbaik dan terpercaya di Indonesia. Nikmati pengalaman bermain seru, aman, dengan berbagai pilihan hiburan berkualitas tinggi kapan saja!

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WE! Fund is a fund of FONSIS Soveriegn Fund For Strategic Investments

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
Stage:Seed
Geography: Senegal

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Round size: Seed $391k–$450k
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Mburu — Mburu specializes in the production and marketing of bread, pastries, and pastries made from local raw materials (millet, corn, sorghum, seasonal fruits, etc.).
Dialibatou — Dialibatou is an online store that sells coffee. They enable consumers to purchase goods or services directly from a seller via the internet using a web browser or a mobile app. Their products benefit customers. Their products include touba coffee, touba coffee capsules, and espresso capsules.

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BIO invests in SMEs in developing countries and makes a structural contribution to the socio-economic growth.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Banking
Stage:Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Kenya, India, Senegal

Investor stats

Total investments: 127
Round size: Debt Financing $1.6M–$17M; Non-Equity Assistance $16k–$145k; Venture - Series Unknown $43k–$9.8M
Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

Amartha — Amartha Mikro Fintech - P2P Lending Indonesia. Alternatif investasi dengan modal terjangkau mulai 100Rb. Tedaftar OJK, Imbal hasil 15%* & Berdampak Sosial.
Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
Orchidia Pharmaceutical — Orchidia Pharmaceutical Industries (Orchidia) is an outstanding Egyptian company specialized in the production of pharmaceutical ophthalmic products.

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The Digital Africa label federates African innovation initiatives and ecosystems, notably giving them access to resources and business opportunities, and putting them in touch with European innovation ecosystems to think about the future together. To implement this approach, Digital Africa will rely on a digital platform that will be launched inautumn 2018. This platform will be a space to allow innovative entrepreneurs in Africa to find the resources and contacts necessary for their development and for the growth of their projects (non-profit and startups) by federating the communities of knowledge and initiatives and by rendering available the shared resources by the partners of the Digital Africa initiative. It aims at becoming a public good, very much in the spirit of the commons, through harnessing innovation and digital actors on the continent.

Investment focus

Industry: B2B, Medical, Diabetes
Stage:Seed
Geography: Egypt, Senegal

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Seed $500k–$3.6M
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $76M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

Almouneer — Healthcare, Diabetes, Practice Management, Technology
ProXalys — BENGKULUTOTO Adalah Platform game online terbaik dan terpercaya di Indonesia. Nikmati pengalaman bermain seru, aman, dengan berbagai pilihan hiburan berkualitas tinggi kapan saja!
Fatala Digital House — Digital transformation leveraged by Data&AI

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Our DNA is rooted in a passionate belief in the potential of Africa, a relentless drive for innovation, and an unwavering commitment to impact. We are not just investors; we are builders of a better future, one investment at a time.

Investment focus

Industry: B2B, SaaS, Software
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Geography: Tunisia, France, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 26
Round size: Seed $336k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $161k–$1M
Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $9.6M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Eyst Technology — EYST provides a technological solution against insurance fraud. The company is based in Puteaux, France.
Addvocate.ai — Addvocate builds AI-native sales systems for revenue teams. We read what your buyer actually does, not what the rep typed into the CRM. Nudge is our flagship.
Robocare — RoboCare promotes sustainable agriculture by combining spectral technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Precision agricultural services include crop monitoring, stress mitigation, plant requirements control, increased land efficiency, and pesticide optimization.

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Wefunder is a crowd investing platform that offers capital raising services. The company's online platform offers investment services to startups through its investors' userbase and disruptive companies can receive amount as small as hundred dollars, enabling companies to grow and develop their businesses.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
Geography: United States, Kenya, France

Investor stats

Total investments: 99
Round size: Seed $200k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $103k–$1M; Equity Crowdfunding $51k–$1M
Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $7.2M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Kombuchery — Kombuchery is disrupting the beverage industry and becoming the leading DrinkTech player in Europe.
Trace — Trace is an orchestration engine that breaks down existing workflows, assigns repetitive tasks to AI agents and routes the rest to the right people.
Firesale — Firesale is an AI-powered resale marketplace built for people with too much stuff and zero time. Sellers record a 2-second video, and Firesale’s AI instantly generates the title, description, photos, and price. No typing, no pricing games, no endless messages — just tap, record, and sell. Designed to feel like a digital yard sale, Firesale makes iteffortless to turn clutter into cash locally, with Uber-powered pickup and delivery options.

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Fonsis is an investment management firm that offers private equity, venture capital, strategy consulting, and wealth funds services.

Investment focus

Industry: AgTech, Retail, Farming
Stage:Seed, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Senegal

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

Mburu — Mburu specializes in the production and marketing of bread, pastries, and pastries made from local raw materials (millet, corn, sorghum, seasonal fruits, etc.).
LA VIVRIÈRE — LA VIVRIÈRE specializes in the transformation and commercialization of local cereals
Dakar Mobilite — Dakar Mobilité is the Senegalese business that operates the Dakar BRT. The company is concerned with road safety, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.

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