Top 50 Hardware VC Funds in Africa

Investor	Hardware Africa investments
Flat6Labs Tunisia	5
Kepple Africa Ventures	5
4Di Capital	5
Investec	5
Microtraction	4
Ventures Platform	4
Golden Palm Investments	4
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking	4
AngelHub Ventures	4
Social Capital	4
Alumni Ventures	3
Launch Africa	3
Future Africa	3
Flat6Labs	3
Compass Venture Capital	3
Lynett Capital	3
Oui Capital	3
U.S. International Development Finance Corp	2
Aster	2
GreenTec Capital Partners	2
LoftyInc Capital	2
4DX Ventures	2
SunFunder	2
At One Ventures	2
Savannah Fund	2
Hustle Fund	2
Finnfund	2
Tahseen Consulting	2
Persistent	2
Black Silver Capital	2
E3 Capital	2
RaliCap	2
Accion Venture Lab	2
Technova	2
CV VC	2
KFW DEG	2
Zeno Partners	2
Western Technology Investment	2
HoaQ	2
Knife Capital	2
Grand Bay Investments	2
Soma Capital	2
Vy Capital	2
Kalon Venture Partners	2
fastforward ventures	1
KLT holdings	1
Jedar Capital	1
Valar Ventures	1
E4EAfrica	1
Next Chymia Consulting	1

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Education
Pre-Seed, Seed
Tunisia

Portfolio highlights

Ahkili — Ahkili is a health tech mobile application for appointment booking that connects patients to psychologists.
WeMove — WeMove is a fitness marketplace for daily gym passes. They develop innovative solutions that meet your sports issues.
LAMMA — Lamma is a web and mobile platform reinventing urban movement for package delivery through an extended carpooling network.

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

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
Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.

4Di Capital is a Cape Town-based venture capital fund management firm focused on early-stage technology investments in sub-Saharan Africa.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Africa, United States, Uganda

Portfolio highlights

Maxe AI — AI investment Assistant for all investors. AI Portfolios of stocks bonds exchanges futures. all in one to track mutual funds.
Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.
Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.

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Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Energy
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
Hecate Energy — Hecate Energy is a developer of solar, wind, and energy storage projects.
Pulse Clean Energy — Pulse Clean Energy builds and operates power stations. We deliver power into the UK’s network when it is most needed.

We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Famasi — Famasi is a digital health platform that helps people access their medications, schedule doorstep delivery, and automate monthly refills.
Pennee — Yana Finance provides up to 50 million Naira for ambitious business owners, with NDIC insured accounts. Yana Finance aims to simplify financial operations for businesses, ensuring they never run out of money and can manage cash flows efficiently.
Clafiya — Discover Clafiya: Your trusted digital health platform, uniting in-person care and virtual solutions for a personalized and caring healthcare experience. Embrace a healthier, happier you, with us by your side.

We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
Shekel Mobility — B2B marketplace for auto dealers to grow their dealerships leveraging on flexible inventory financing and management solutions. Available on web and mobile.
Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.

Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.

Investment focus

Information Technology, FinTech, Logistics
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Sabipay — Pastel is a leader in Artificial Intelligence. We build products targeted at individuals (SwiftMoney) and enterprises (Sigma) in emerging markets
Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.
Jetstream Africa — Jetstream is a supply chain platform that powers freight forwarding and global exports for African suppliers. With tracking and consolidated (LCL) shipping Jetstream levels the playing field for access to international trade for African SMEs with the click of a button.

Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking is offers corporate and investment banking and global-market services to diverse clients.

Investment focus

Data Center, Health Care, Life Science
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
South Africa, United States

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.
Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Secure Data Collaboration Platform platform that enables businesses to collaborate without compromising on consumer identity or information!

Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul.

Investment focus

Software, Education, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
South Africa, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Syscap — Syscap is a financial technology company that offers cutting-edge solutions to financial institutions to have a better administration and management of their funding sources. It connects the leaders of financial and real estate institutions with their funders. For institutions, the company ensures the optimization of their funding source managementprocesses, but also the strengthening of the relationship with their funders. To funders, Syscap guarantees the transparency and timely monitoring of its funds for the safety and growth of its resources.
Godochurch — GoDoChurch is a cloud-based church administration software which is designed to assist Christian churches and ministries with managing members, Sunday services, events, communications, and more. The system is made up of a base package, covering messaging, news, ministries, lists, church roles, services, events, and growth paths, with additionalmodules for managing follow-ups, groups, and Kids church.
Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.

At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

Focus — The Crypto Social Network.
Mitra Chem — Mitra Chem is innovating and commercializing iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification for electric vehicles, energy storage solutions and beyond.
Tierra Biosciences — Speed, scale and simplicity with protein synthesis on-demand. Discover your portal to thousands of custom proteins. Get testable material with a single input.

Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Cyvl.ai — Next-gen infrastructure asset management for governments and civil engineers. Powered by Cyvl's 3D scanning sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms.
Picogrid — Picogrid builds a unified platform for autonomous systems. Connect, command, and monitor sensors and autonomous systems at global scale.
Century Health — Accelerating access to breakthrough treatments, with the power of AI. Century Health does the heavy lifting to rapidly get you the insight you need, all while supporting the research community and protecting patient privacy.

Launch Africa is a fund with the primary objective of unlocking the capital constraints of Seed Stage tech startups.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

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.
Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
Fixit45 — Fixit45 also provides fleet management, auto parts sourcing and delivery, auto care, refurbishment and upgrades, repair financing, and mechanic workshop software as well as pre-purchase inspections, underlying these with moderation for compliance and accountability.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership globally. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analyticsof mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
Itana — Talent City’s mission is to build a network of charter cities that focuses on creating technology-enabled jobs within a free trade zone with its own regulation and bylaws.

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Roboost — Tayar is an enterprise solution using Artificial intelligence and complex Algorithms to facilitate, optimize, and manage the delivery process to any BTC (mainly home delivery) business to increase the delivery speed and performance.
Fundbot — Fundbot is a solution for lenders that helps them digitize invoice financing, supply chain financing, and other financial services. It is a cash flow optimization tool and a financing marketplace for SMEs.The invoices are synchronized in the accounting system. It offers a digital CFO that analyses payables and receivables in real-time and offers tofinance. It provides financial recommendations based on the business’s needs.
Natify — Native targeted advertising in games & metaverses

Compass is a venture capital fund. We invest in start-ups with scalable business models and strong growth potential. We work with companies based in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean region and the African continent. Compass is wholly owned by and benefits from support from the ENL Group, one of Mauritius’ largest business conglomerates. Alongside theTurbine, our sister organisation and the region’s leading incubator and start-up accelerator, Compass is working to create a vibrant, sustainable start-up ecosystem in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, Big Data
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Mauritius, India, France

Portfolio highlights

Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Secure Data Collaboration Platform platform that enables businesses to collaborate without compromising on consumer identity or information!
FCB.ai — Boost business success with proven AI chatbot solutions. Enhance sales figures, customer satisfaction, improve premium collections & more.
Shortlist — Shortlist works with impact-first organizations to find top talent by using recruiting technology and human touch to go beyond CVs.

Lynett Capital is an early stage investment firm dedicated to the empowering technology companies.

Investment focus

FinTech, Wireless, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Hadrius — RIA Compliance Powered By AI. Our next-gen platform automates the entire RIA ongoing compliance process, saving you 90%+ of the time and with better accuracy than humans.
OpenYield — OpenYield is the modern bond exchange for retail. Equity-like liquidity for corporates and treasures.
Notabene — Crypto Compliance for VASPs & Regulators made simple! Notabene is a platform designed to bridge crypto markets with traditional financial systems. Book a demo today.

Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.

Investment focus

Transportation, Information Technology, B2B
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
Ndovu — Secure your investments in both local and global financial markets on ndovu - a secure, affordable, hassle-free online investment platform in Africa designed to work your money
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

U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Stone Pagamentos SA — Stone Pagamentos is a THE platform for your online shop to accept debit, credit cards and payment slips. Have access to tools to increase you conversion, simple integration.
Indorama Fertilizers — Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe
Emerging Markets Global Advisory — Emerging Markets Global Advisory offers advisory services to financial institutions, institutional investors and large-cap and middle-market corporates.

Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).

Investment focus

Software, Energy, Manufacturing
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hadean — Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE.
Twipes — Twipes aim to tackle the ever-growing issue of single-use items and their damaging effects on our environment. The biggest contributor being, plastic-filled wet wipes. When these products are flushed or thrown away, they leave behind micro-plastics as they slowly break down. These fragments contribute to the pollution in our oceans and ourselves.With Twipes we have created a simple solution to the ever growing micro-plastics problem. Truly flushable and biodegradable wipes. Made with wood pulp cellulose (zero plastic), Twipes will fully disintegrate in water in 3 hours and will completely biodegrade within 7 days. Compared to our closest competition which takes 180 days to break down.
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.

GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire

Portfolio highlights

Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
freshbag — freshbag is a wellness nutrition turnkey solution that supports corporate wellness programs by making it easy and convenient to live - and eat! - healthier.
ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
EMTECH — For Modern Central Banking
Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Zoie Health — Zoie is a digital health firm for women that provides family planning, fertility, and maternity care services.

SunFunder is a specialist financing company dedicated to pioneering and scaling clean energy and climate investments in emerging markets.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
Debt Financing, Series C
The Netherlands, Kenya, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.
Zola Electric — ZOLA Electric designs renewable energy solutions based on the latest in solar, battery and power electronics technology. Adaptable to energy need and income, ZOLA Electric’s solar systems can be bought over time using PAYGo micro-finance leasing and mobile money payments. ZOLA Electric powers more than 180,000 homes and businesses across Tanzania,Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Investors include Tesla, Vulcan Capital, DBL Partners, Helios Investment Partners, EDF, Total and GE Ventures. ZOLA Electric is a recipient of the UN Momentum for Change Award, the Zayed Future Energy Prize and is a member of the Global Cleantech 100.

At One Ventures finds, funds, and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature.

Investment focus

Sustainability, Energy, Agriculture
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
Transmutex SA — Producing clean energy from nuclear waste is the challenge Transmutex is taking on. Based on experimentaly validated science from CERN in Geneva.
Orbillion Bio — At Orbillion Bio, we bring healthy, ethical and flavorful meats with a complete farm-to-table story to the modern consumer.

Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Kenya, United States, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

Hustle Fund is a seed fund that seeks to invest in early-stage startups operating in software, business to business, fintech, and digital health sectors.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Singapore, Canada

Portfolio highlights

BitBrand — Introducing Digital Watch Faces From Top Luxury Brands
Superbench — AI powered operating system for home services companies
Roofer.com — Roofing on-demand using drones and AI, serving the Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin Texas regions.

Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Energy
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
Kenya, India, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
Ipak Yuli Bank — Kredir, Karta, Visa virtual, Omonat, Valyuta kurslari, Avtokredir, Pul o`tkazmalari
Kentegra Biotechnology Holdings LLC — Kentegra Biotechnology Holdings is a leading U.S-Kenyan company that supports a Kenyan-based biopesticide processing business that aggregates, extracts, and refines pale refine extract (PRE) from the pyrethrum flower, and sells the PRE to formulators across the world. Kentegra is committed to improving farmer’s livelihoods by investing in thecommunities where we are working to help farmers and their families have a more stable income and better quality of life.Grants: Norad 2021, AgriFi 2020, USAID 2020, USAID 2019, DEG 2020, DEG 2019

We're a boutique firm bridging consulting, government relations, and international development committed to transformational change in the Middle East and North Africa +

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Consumer Goods
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, Peru, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

BusCaro — Comfort, Reliability Consistency. Your one-stop solution for hassle-free commute. Commute Made Easier About BusCaro Innovative approach towards mobility for organizations across Pakistan. BusCaro is a tech-based startup providing solutions aimed at simplifying commute. Paired with a reliable technology stack, and the mission to drive a positive change in the mobility sector, BusCaro is a seamless
OlaClick (YC W21) — Create electronic menu boards for your restaurant or store. It is totally free. QR codes menu or digital menu boards. Digitalize your menu in an instant and start receiving orders !
Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.

Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.

Investment focus

Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Ghana, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

EcoNetix — EcoNetix provides a comprehensive solution for ensuring accurate and transparent data while actively contributing to the development of a greener planet and the fulfillment of UNIDO's Sustainable Development Goals.
Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Circadian Technologies GmbH — Circadian Technologies accelerates the energy transition in frontier markets with a SaaS business model, empowering solar developers & energy service companies to reduce operating costs and grow revenue with a data driven platform and proprietary IoT hardware.Circadian transforms the entire value chain of its customers by uniquely providingan end-to-end solution to better design, finance, operate and maintain decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial & industrial sites.

Black Silver Capital invests in and builds a portfolio of high growth companies and businesses with innovative business models, geared to existing and emerging institutions and their customers. We invest growth capital in the form of equity to be used to assist established, but still high-risk ventures in expanding activity such as creatingadditional traction launching products into diverse markets as well as creating new products & technology lines.

Investment focus

Information Technology, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Accrual — 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

Energy Access Ventures invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
Series A, Seed, Convertible Note
Kenya, United States, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

Cavex — Cavex provides Carbon credits made transparent and efficiency.
Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Untapped Global — Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Mexico, Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zenpli — Zenpli makes it easy for enterprises and startups in LatAm to manage KYC and fraud complexity through a single modular API, no matter the use case.
Revio — Subscription billing and payments made easy.
Circadian Technologies GmbH — Circadian Technologies accelerates the energy transition in frontier markets with a SaaS business model, empowering solar developers & energy service companies to reduce operating costs and grow revenue with a data driven platform and proprietary IoT hardware.Circadian transforms the entire value chain of its customers by uniquely providingan end-to-end solution to better design, finance, operate and maintain decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial & industrial sites.

Accion Venture Lab is a leading early-stage investor in inclusive fintech, providing seed-first capital and strategic support to innovative startups that are meeting the financial needs of underserved people globally. Our global portfolio and local approach enable us to spot and respond to global trends faster, sharing learnings across geographies. Accion Venture Lab is an investment strategy of Accion and is managed by Accion Impact Management.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Semaai — Full-stack agri-tech solution for Indonesian farmers
AquaExchange — AquaExchange is a technology platform for shrimp and fish farmers.
Cashinvoice — Cashinvoice connects supply chain stakeholders and digitises invoice-to-cash processes to unlock working capital trapped within supply chains and accelerate business growth

Technova operates as an advisory firm focused on growth.

Investment focus

Data Center, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Secure Data Collaboration Platform platform that enables businesses to collaborate without compromising on consumer identity or information!

We invest in blockchain

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Pyrpose — Pyrpose is a climate finance platform.
Fungies.io — Unleash your game's potential. Boost sales for your Steam Game| Mobile Game| Any Game| Seamlessly set up your digital storefront with zero coding. Tailored for indie devs, small studios or game publishers. START FREE TRIAL See how it works No credit-card required. Why Get Lost in Complex Commerce? Game On Instead! Dedicated to game developers,
Natix Network — Earn passive income by owning a part of your favourite city

KFW DEG offers financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Grant, Funding Round
India, Kenya, United States

Portfolio highlights

Copia Global — Copia is currently serving customers and rapidly growing in Kenya and Uganda with additional East African and West African countries expected in the next two
Indorama Fertilizers — Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe
Ecobank — A regional commercial bank operating in many African countries.

Zeno Ventures invests in early stage technology enabled companies addressing consumer and enterprise markets. Zeno Ventures likes to back exceptional entrepreneurs before their businesses have scaled and often even before their business models are formed. Zeno Ventures seeks to partner with talented and passionate founders solving difficultproblems that were illuminated by their personal experience.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Jupiter — Jupiter is a grocery automation service that takes care of the shopping, delivery, and even meal-planning.
Fetch — Fetch was born out of the frustration of trying to rent other trucks. They hated the long lines, hidden charges for mileage and insurance, and anxiety in remembering to refill the gas tank. They just wanted to get their job done as quickly as possible.They're changing the model. Instead of quoting one price, but charging for every smalladd-on, they provide everything in one simple hourly price. Instead of having to travel to a rental center, they'll deliver your Fetch rental to you. Instead of outdated, hard-to-drive trucks, their vans are modern, safe, and easy to drive.You're their partner; not just a customer.Transportation should be convenient and fast. You have a job to do, and Fetch helps you get it done.
Finta — Finta lets founders and operators easily manage taxes, bookkeeping, and financial insights - all in one platform.

Since 1980, WTI has helped more than 1,300 companies across every innovation sector finance their growth while minimizing dilution.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.
Cosmos Innovation — Cosmos Innovation specialize in full stack software development, product design, cloud hosting, and MVP deployment.
Intuition Robotics — Intuition Robotics empowers older adults to live happier, healthier and independent lives at home with an empathetic digital companion, ElliQ.

Startup Investment Club

Investment focus

Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United Kingdom, Togo

Portfolio highlights

Clafiya — Discover Clafiya: Your trusted digital health platform, uniting in-person care and virtual solutions for a personalized and caring healthcare experience. Embrace a healthier, happier you, with us by your side.
Kunda Kids — Kunda Kids is helping kids around the world fall in love with reading through our storybooks and activity books. Browse our range of storybooks for kids. Perfect for kids ages 3 to 8 years
ChekkitApp — Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time.

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Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
South Africa, United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Octiv — Octiv is a well-known platform for gym management software.
Outsized — Independent talent for enterprise clients and consulting firms in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.
Simera Sense — Simera Sense develops camera control electronics for optical payload and Cubesat imager solutions.

Grand Bay Investments is a privately-held investment management firm. Grand Bay Ventures invest capital with a long-term focus and can act as a single capital provider allowing us to move quickly to complete transaction into the lower middle-market firms.

Investment focus

Data Center, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Secure Data Collaboration Platform platform that enables businesses to collaborate without compromising on consumer identity or information!

Soma Capital is a fund built by founders for founders that focuses on software. It has invested seed in startups now worth over $60 billion combined including Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School among others (20 unicorns) It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

AirMyne — AirMyne is building a machine to remove carbon dioxide from atmospheric air at industrial scale. Based in Berkeley, California and backed by Y Combinator and investors from around the world, our team is on a mission to make Direct Air Capture a reality.
Rove — Claim your spot on the waitlist for the first ever travel credit card for Gen Z.
Orchard Robotics — We develop advanced camera systems and computer vision software to enable precision crop load management for growers.

A global technology investment firm with a focus on category-defining technology companies with the potential to meaningfully impact humanity.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series C, Series B
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

X (formerly Twitter) — Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as “tweets”. It enables registered users to read and post their tweets through the web, short message service (SMS), and mobile applications. As a global real-time communications platform, Twitter has more than 400 millionmonthly visitors and 255 million monthly active users around the world. Twitter’s active group of registered members includes World leaders, major athletes, star performers, news organizations, and entertainment outlets. It is currently available in more than 35 languages. Twitter was launched in 2006 by Twitter's international offices are located in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.
ZetaChain — An EVM-compatible L1 blockchain that connects everything: Build interoperable dApps that span any chain including Bitcoin, access all chains from one place.
Astuto Technologies — Continuous Cloud Cost Optimization | Anomaly Detection | Waste Prevention

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.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile Apps, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Africa, Luxembourg, United States

Portfolio highlights

GoMetro — GoMetro designs deploy and operate flexible mobility platforms. Their proprietary technology stack empowers city leaders, transport managers, corporates, retail centres, property developers, airports and downtown to introduce bold new mobility strategies. Their connected transport digital platform equips transport planners to respond to thechallenges of increased congestion, aged infrastructure, disruptive mobility players, self-driving vehicles and a lack of quality public transport services.
Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.

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Investment focus

E-Commerce, Consumer Software, Retail Technology
Seed
Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Bumpa — The easiest way to set-up and manage your online store. Bumpa helps businesses sell on Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, and offline in-store.

KLT holdings

Investment focus

Data Center, Information Technology
Funding Round
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Milliways — Makers of super natural snacks. Masters of nonsense. Plastic free. Planet friendly.
Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Secure Data Collaboration Platform platform that enables businesses to collaborate without compromising on consumer identity or information!

VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Delivery
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Julaya — Julaya is a fintech providing African businesses with a digital account to make payments : disbursing mobile money transactions to their employees, suppliers, and owning their own virtual and physical prepaid cards.
ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
Bumpa — The easiest way to set-up and manage your online store. Bumpa helps businesses sell on Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, and offline in-store.

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

albo — albo is the leading mexican challenger bank which helps you manage your money, and it can adapt to your lifestyle bringing you an honest service that cares about you. albo offers you a mobile banking app, a banking account, and a Mastercard card, allowing you to easily spend, save and invest your money. You can open your account in 60 secondsfrom your phone, having at your disposal personalized financing tools to help assist you in making better financial decisions. You can also be able to make free money transfers to whichever bank 24/7. albo includes many other innovating functions besides the ones mentioned above.
Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
One Trading — Discover an unrivalled trading experience with One Trading. We believe regulation powers user experience, not breaks it. Crypto - But regulated. Buy crypto now, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, DOGE, Solana, Cardano and more.

E4E (“Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs”) specializes in supporting early stage ventures in South Africa from very early stage (pre-series A) to scale up.E4E focus on smart entrepreneurs and business ideas that are great businesses and make a significant contribution to a better (South) Africa.

Investment focus

Internet, Logistics, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Africa, France, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
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.
Yebo Fresh — Powering South Africa's Township Economy.

Create new business models with multidisciplinary blockchain professionals. Next Chymia Consulting has an international network of Blockchain technology and financial services. We are a group which make use of international networks and provide consulting services worldwide.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Medical
Seed, Funding Round
Kenya, Ghana, Romania

Portfolio highlights

Qwili — Qwili makes smartphones with a voice-guided, local language onboarding experience for new users.
IPOR Labs — IPOR Labs is developing a platform for interest rate swaps and allowing you to fix loans. IPOR - the heartbeat of Defi.
Zuvy Technologies — Zuvy is a free invoice management software that enables your business to get cash today for unpaid invoices. Get started sending invoices via WhatsApp