Top 50 Hardware VC Funds & Investors in Kenya (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund
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3 | India, Kenya, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $328k–$500M |
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Grenfell Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, Uganda, Senegal | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Internet, Logistics | $1.8M–$2.1M |
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E3 Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy | $900k–$40M |
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FJ Labs
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Brazil, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $1.2M–$65M |
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Equator
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Renewable Energy, Agriculture | $1.8M–$15M |
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AR/VR Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Internet, Marketing, E-Commerce | $2.1M–$2.1M |
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Platform Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Kenya, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Lending, Financial Services | $100k–$37M |
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At One Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Energy, Manufacturing, Agriculture | $2.9M–$70M |
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Five35 Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $100k–$4.9M |
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Artha Group
VC Fund
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2 | India, United States, Kenya | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $71k–$21M |
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Presight Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services | $2M–$125M |
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QuantumSavanna VC
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics | $200k–$300k |
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Right Side Capital Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, SaaS, Health Care | $50k–$1.8M |
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$23M |
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Inflection Point Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | India, United States, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care | $124k–$10M |
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CV VC
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Switzerland, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Software, FinTech | $125k–$4M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics | $50k–$40M |
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One Small Planet
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, CleanTech, Agriculture | $1M–$18M |
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Talanton
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | Retail, Sports, Fashion | |
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $635k–$32M |
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Mizizi Africa Consumer Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Sports, Fashion, Outdoors | |
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Asime Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $50k–$3.8M |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$40M |
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Revolution
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Kenya | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $100k–$20M |
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UNCOVERED FUND
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $700k–$40M |
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TED
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Canada, South Africa | Venture - Series Unknown, Grant, Series G | EdTech, Energy, Mobile | $500k–$3M |
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Omvestments
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software | |
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Orange Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, FinTech, Information Technology | $500k–$33M |
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech | $1M–$42M |
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Synergy Growth
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Solar, Energy, Hardware | |
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IFC Venture Capital Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, China | Series B, Series C | Energy, Internet, Software | $9.1M–$50M |
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Better Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Biotechnology, Software | $525k–$26M |
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Factor E
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States, India | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture | $20k–$10M |
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MPGI
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $2M–$100M |
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Social Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $850k–$46M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Safaricom
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, Ethiopia | Seed, Corporate Round, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Analytics | $1M–$11M |
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Third Sphere
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Energy, Real Estate | $100k–$7.5M |
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MKS
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Consumer Electronics, Drones, Hardware | $4.3M–$4.3M |
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Niche Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software | $10k–$5.7M |
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Ambo Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Automotive, Electronics, Biotechnology | |
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Javelin Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software | $1.1M–$75M |
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Mercy Corps Ventures
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1 | Kenya, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech | $600k–$12M |
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Accion Ventures
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1 | India, United States, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $500k–$30M |
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The Salik Family Trust
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | SMS, Apps, Medical | |
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Village Global
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $600k–$23M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $125k–$10M |
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Wuri Ventures
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1 | United States, Kenya, Ghana | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology | $500k–$30M |
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Sequoia Capital
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1 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $6M–$200M |
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The World We Want
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Series A | CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics | |
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U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant
- Geography: India, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Grant $328k–$5M; Post-IPO Debt $18M–$500M; Debt Financing $5.5M–$410M
- Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Kodak — A global technology company providing industry-leading products and services for commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.
- Bayport Management — Bayport Management Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides retail financial services in the Republic of Mauritius and internationally.
- Pela Global — Pela Global Limited is an Australian company focused on critical and precious metals mining, primarily advancing projects in North Macedonia's Tethyan Belt. It specializes in antimony and gold resources, emphasizing sustainable development and global supply chain contributions.
Grenfell Holdings is an investment company based in Hong Kong.
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Uganda, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2M; Pre-Seed $2.1M–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Badili — Badili is a one-stop shop for buying and selling used and refurbished phones. Founded in 2021 and is based in Nairobi.
- KaliSpot — KaliSpot is a 24/7 automated network of ATMs servicing Mobile Money, Bank and Fintech consumers in West & Central Africa. Combined with a mobile app, we provide a PhyGital transformative solution to Financial Services access in WCA.
- Rocket Health Africa — Rocket Health is a bundled service of The Medical Concierge Group, a licensed and registered clinic, laboratory, and pharmacy. Rocket Health offers telemedicine healthcare services such as doctor consultations, laboratory sample pickups, and medicine delivery.
E3 Capital 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.
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $900k–$8M; Series A $1.8M–$7.5M; Series B $9M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- GoCab — GoCab is fintech solution providing Drive-to-own option for vehicle purchase in Emerging markets, helping to bridge the gap between mobility entrepreneurs and financial services.
- Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
- Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1781
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.5M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $10M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
- Lastro — Lastro is building Lais, an autonomous AI worker for real estate agencies, starting in Brazil. Our AI agent initially automated lead engagement and qualification via WhatsApp, helping brokerages boost revenue and improve marketing ROI. In each brokerage, Lais acts as a personalized AI “team member” that engages with leads instantly, searches forproperties and answers common inquiries. Brokerages that have Lais in their teams are growing quickly and reporting up to 60% increases in lead conversion rates.
- Odyssey — Discover how Odyssey Energy Solutions unblocks bottlenecks in DRE project development. Access diverse financing, procure equipment efficiently, and remotely monitor system performance. Join over 2000 renewable energy companies that use Odyssey to scale. Get in touch today.
A venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled, early-stage ventures that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Industry: Software, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M; Series A $14M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $55M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
- Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
- SHYFT Power Solutions — SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids.
A continent-wide community of XR creators. Hackathons, bootcamps, masterclasses, and meetups since 2016.
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- Industry: Internet, Marketing, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $2.1M–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OmniBiz — Omnibiz is a digital platform for small businesses willing to attract new customers.
- Badili — Badili is a one-stop shop for buying and selling used and refurbished phones. Founded in 2021 and is based in Nairobi.
Platform Capital is a growth markets focused Sector Agnostic, Investment and Advisory Firm.
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- Industry: Health Care, Lending, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $100k–$1.3M; Pre-Seed $160k–$1.3M; Series A $10M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LEO Flight — LEO Flight | Not just science fiction anymore, your flying car is here
- Zuri Health — .ts-banner-image-1:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} .ts-banner-image-2:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} Popular categories Pharmacy Doctor at home Covid Labs & Diagonstics Wellness Telemed Show all Our Services PharmacyBuy both OTC and prescription medication and have it delivered to your doorstepLabs & DiagnosticsBook labs and Diagnostic tests and get your samples collected from the comfort of your home, hotel
- Ubawa Technologies — A payment processing platform that helps social media entrepreneurs accept payments and increase their customer conversion and retention rate with our conversational AI chat bot.
At One Ventures finds, funds, and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature.
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- Industry: Energy, Manufacturing, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $2.9M–$15M; Series A $6.9M–$23M; Series B $17M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $375M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Finless Foods — Discover sustainable, cell-cultured seafood alternatives like bluefin tuna at Finless Foods, committed to ocean health and responsible food innovation.
- Blue Energy — Modular power plants for modular nuclear reactors
- Colossal Biosciences — The science of genetics. The business of discovery.
Five35 Ventures is committed to unlocking capital and growth opportunities for female-focused early-stage African technology startups.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Africa, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
- Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
Artha India Ventures' league of member Angel Investors mentor and invest in nascent ventures with business ideas that create value by participating in the entrepreneurial process. AIV have invested in more than 47 start-ups and has diversified portfolio ranging from last minute hotel bookings (HotelsAroundYou.com), to classes aggregators(FindUrClass.com), cosmetic ecommerce (Purplle.com) and at home salon services (The Home Salon). From microfinance credit rating platforms (Inventure) to online interview platforms (Talview), electronic repair & insurance companies (PickMeIndia.com), Cloud Telephone (Exotel.com) and Cab Aggregators (BookMyCab.com) the portfolio has it all.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 141
- Round size: Seed $147k–$2.5M; Angel $71k–$650k; Series A $368k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $28M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- QNu Labs — QNu Labs is the first and only Indian company to develop Quantum cyber-security products using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Technology. QKD solves the problem of key distribution by allowing the exchange of a cryptographic key between two remote parties with unconditional security over a quantum channel.
- Futwork — With Futwork, learn for free and get a telecaller job. Find Work from Home jobs in India. Flexi hours & work suitable for freshers and women. Earn from home now!
- KarmaLifeAI — KarmaLifeAI is an AI-powered digital solution for the financial well being of blue-collar gig workers and micro-business. The company allows the user to pay directly for key expenditures and smoothen their consumption patterns. It offers real-time access to credit for gig workers, based on their payroll account, through partnerships with thedigital platforms they work for. It operates an interest-free subscription model in which the platform or the gig worker can pay a flat fee and access credit equalling up to one-third of their monthly income. The company analyzes alternative data points and payment behavior over time to unlock higher credit lines for the workers.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $10M–$70M; Series B $11M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $400M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.
- Peptilogics — Peptilogics is a biotechnology platform company that develops best-in-class novel peptide drugs for unmet medical needs using its proprietary computational discovery platform.
- Alloy Therapeutics — Alloy Therapeutics empowers scientists with access to pre-competitive biologics drug discovery technologies and services across 6 modalities
QuantumSavanna VC is an Africa-first venture capital firm investing in GPU-native deeptech startups addressing infrastructure-scale challenges across energy systems, climate modeling, industrial digital twins, advanced agriculture, and AI infrastructure. The firm focuses on accelerated computing platforms, physics-informed machine learning, andedge-to-cluster AI architectures that deliver measurable performance advantages in real-world infrastructure environments. QuantumSavanna backs technical founders building defensible, compute-intensive systems companies designed for emerging markets and globally scalable deployment across LATAM, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. The fund invests from Pre-Seed to Series A and partners closely with teams on architecture strategy, infrastructure deployment pathways, and institutional fundraising readiness.
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- Industry: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $200k–$300k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FlockVoice — FlockVoice is an AI-powered poultry health intelligence platform that detects respiratory diseases 3–5 days before visible symptoms by analyzing chicken vocal patterns in real time. The company uses GPU-accelerated acoustic AI to reduce mortality, improve farm profitability, and enable predictive biosecurity.
- SteelCheck — SteelCheck is an AI-powered construction compliance platform that verifies steel reinforcement and structural steel installations in real time. Using GPU-accelerated computer vision and spatial analysis, the platform detects rebar sizes, spacing, and placement on construction sites and validates them against engineering drawings and BIMspecifications before concrete placement.The platform helps contractors, structural engineers, inspectors, and infrastructure developers prevent costly structural errors, reduce rework, and ensure compliance with building standards and safety regulations. SteelCheck integrates mobile inspection tools, edge AI devices powered by NVIDIA Jetson, and cloud-based analytics to deliver instant compliance alerts and automated inspection reports.Backed by Techstars pre-seed funding and QuantumSavanna VC seed investment, SteelCheck is building the intelligence layer for construction verification, transforming manual inspection into real-time structural compliance for the global construction industry.
- MetraEstate — MentraEstate is an AI-driven real estate intelligence platform designed to optimize property investment, valuation, and development decisions across emerging markets. The platform leverages machine learning, predictive analytics, and infrastructure-scale data modeling to provide investors, developers, and financial institutions with actionableinsights for portfolio optimization and risk management. MentraEstate focuses on emerging urban markets where data fragmentation limits investment efficiency, delivering structured intelligence tools that enhance transparency, forecasting accuracy, and capital allocation decisions.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1982
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$450k; Convertible Note $50k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $55M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
- Vidrovr — Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video. It processes videos with specific domain constraints, such as in sports, government, and media verticals. Its technology enables its users to search an indexed video corpus and retrieve content inside videos and link it to other media likephotos and text.The company Integrates social media to enable direct interactions between multimedia content. Vidrovr was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
- TasksMind — Customer Reliability Platform
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $1.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
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.
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 358
- Round size: Seed $190k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $124k–$2.1M; Series A $839k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 76% lead, 24% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Theater — Theater is an ecommerce company specializing in the retail of apparel and fashion items, particularly focusing on shoes and socks. With a diverse range of colors and styles, Theater aims to combine comfort with fashion in its products. The company has garnered attention for the unique details in its product designs, including the soles andpackaging. Theater has established a significant online presence, with a strong following on social media platforms, showcasing their latest collections and engaging with their audience. The company operates with a team size of 11-50 employees and caters to a wide audience through its ecommerce platform.
- Uravu Labs — Uravu Labs - Renewable Water From Air. Water sustainability for the 21st century.
- Snap-E Cabs — Snap-E Cabs is an eco-friendly public electric transport service that allows people to travel safely.
We invest in blockchain
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- Industry: Blockchain, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $146k–$4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$800k
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- TurnStay — Enjoy low transaction fees on card payments in ZAR, Euros or Dollars and fast payouts in your preferred currencies. Book a demo today
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
- Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership
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.
One Small Planet is on a mission to harmonize the wealth of people and planet by working with the intelligence of the natural world to evolve our economic systems.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, CleanTech, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AquaPoro — AquaPoro is a Developer of atmospheric water-generating devices intended to break through materials science for industrial-scale moisture capture in arid environments. The company's proprietary technology is poised to transform global water infrastructure, creating a more resilient and sustainable future for our planet, enabling customers toproduce clean water from vapor.
- Symbrosia — Reducing livestock methane emissions with the world's mightiest seaweed.
- Verdi — Next generation of variable rate irrigation technology to climate-proof farms
Talanton helps you combat poverty in developing countries by creating jobs. You can free those in poverty by coming alongside them through investments in growth-stage businesses.
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- Industry: Retail, Sports, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
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- Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
- Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
- MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver
The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba
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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.
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Browse database — It's Free!A world-class house of African-inspired lifestyle brands
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- Industry: Sports, Fashion, Outdoors
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
Asime Ventures is an investment entity with interests in Kenya, Ghana, Luxembourg, Angel investing, Business Angel, Venture Capital, Edtech, Healthtech, Fintech, Insuretech, Blockchain, AI, Machine Learning, Big Data, Cybersecurity, Investor, Advisory, Board Member
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3.8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- SAYNA — Sayna is to provide high-quality training in the digital sector and provide professional chances to young people by bridging the gap between the growing demand and supply for digital talent in Africa.
- Moja Ride — A Mobility-as-a-Service platform transforming mobility in emerging markets.
- Zuri Health — .ts-banner-image-1:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} .ts-banner-image-2:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} Popular categories Pharmacy Doctor at home Covid Labs & Diagonstics Wellness Telemed Show all Our Services PharmacyBuy both OTC and prescription medication and have it delivered to your doorstepLabs & DiagnosticsBook labs and Diagnostic tests and get your samples collected from the comfort of your home, hotel
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: 92
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
- Juicyway — The new shape of money? Fluid. Access global currencies with Juicyway. Buy, sell, hold, and pay globally using our fast APIs, web, or mobile apps. Download now.
- 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.
Revolution invests in people and ideas that can change the world. Our mission is to build disruptive, innovative companies that offer more choice, convenience, and control in the lives of consumers and businesses.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 272
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Series A $3.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
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- Kashable — Kashable is on a mission to help employees handle unexpected expenses and tackle high-interest debt. Our platform provides financial wellness solutions that help employees to preserve retirement savings, improve their credit scores, and navigate financial hardships responsibly. Plus, Kashable provides employees access to free Financial Literacy resources to help plan for the future.
- Aura Financial — Aura is a technology-powered, Community Development Financial Institution that provides fair, affordable loans to working families in America. Aura's mission is to build financially healthy low-income communities, by providing empowering financial services to underbanked and unbanked.Aura uses its proprietary scoring algorithms to review andapprove credit applications and offers free credit scores and personalized expense management guidance to borrowers, allowing the working population to access loans in a simplified manner.Aura was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Revolution Money — Revolution Money is a financial services company with the goal of disrupting incumbent credit companies and PayPal. Revolution Money's credit card, the RevolutionCard, differs from other credit cards by using PIN-activation, rather than signatures This allows the card to be printed without any personally identifying information, which thecompany claims helps to reduce identity theft. The card transactions are also processed on an internet-based system, allowing the company to drastically reduce its processing fees. Revolution Money's other main service is MoneyExchange, which pretty much does what one would think -- let users transfer money between one another -- but, uniquely, a MoneyExchange account holders can use a Revolution Money Debit/ATM card so money can be accessed at stores or withdrawn from ATMs. Transfers between Revolution Money account holders are free.Revolution Money is partially owned by Revolution, LLC, an investment firm and holding company owned by AOL-founder Steve Case. The company's board also boasts an impressive number of financial luminaries, including Lawrence Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury; Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae; Russell Hogg, former President and CEO of MasterCard; David Pottruck, former CEO of Charles Schwab; and David Golden, former Vice Chairman of JPMorgan.
UNCOVERED FUND is a venture capital firm that leads the creation of industries in Africa and other emerging countries.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $700k–$2.1M; Series A $4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
- Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
- Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.
TED Talks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages. Ideas free to stream and download.
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- Industry: EdTech, Energy, Mobile
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Grant, Series G
- Geography: Kenya, Canada, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eduze — Eduze is a digital media platform that commercially distributes digital content to mobile devices without the need for 3G, ADSL, or even mains electricity. It helps users to browse, stream, and download digital content to a mobile device with no buffering or data charges.Eduze was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica.
- Monzo — Spend, save and manage your money, all in one place. Open a full UK bank account from your phone, for free.
- Canop — Canop is a renewable energy market research company located in Vancouver.
Omvestments is a financial services company founded by Richard Winston. The company’s areas of interest include nanotechnology, big data, supply chain and logistics, clean technology, and more.
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- Industry: Hardware, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- BRCK — BRCK is an integrated hardware and software company based in Nairobi, Kenya that designs and engineers a rugged, self-powered, mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure. Our vision is a world connected, where the last-mile of internet connectivity is as seamless for someoneliving in Africa as it is in Europe or the US. Ushahidi is a global organization that empowers people to make serious impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships, and ground-breaking ventures.
Orange Ventures is a venture fund investing in areas of Orange expertise and beyond, with financial objectives in line with VC industry standards. With 350m€ assets under management, Orange Ventures is in the top 10 corporate ventures in Europe with an investment strategy focused on helping future global tech champions, fostering innovation in theMiddle East and Africa, and supporting new sustainable and responsible business models.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Series A $2.7M–$18M; Series B $11M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $426M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Semeia — Semeia provides software that helps in medical follow-up and consultation.
- 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
- Multiverse Computing — World leaders in quantum computing for the financial industry. The first quantum & quantum-inspired toolbox for finance.
For the many, not just the few. For good.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Series A $1M–$23M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $147M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- MAX — Make mobility accessible, safe, reliable, and sustainable for 1 billion Africans
- ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Synergy Growth is a private tech investment fund, established in 2011 by Steve Brooks and Nat Billington. Their purpose is to make early stage investments in disruptive technologies that aim to change the way we live our lives for the better. They invest resources in exceptional entrepreneurs and teams to help accelerate their growth and bringto market their innovative ideas and products. Their current portfolio has a strong focus on clean energy production and storage, and transport, as climate change is the most pressing issue facing humanity today. They have also invested in start-ups that harness the latest technologies to alter the way they work, communicate, travel and learn, towards more efficiency and less waste.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Bboxx — Bboxx exists to solve energy poverty. We transform lives and unlock potential through energy access.
- BRCK — BRCK is an integrated hardware and software company based in Nairobi, Kenya that designs and engineers a rugged, self-powered, mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure. Our vision is a world connected, where the last-mile of internet connectivity is as seamless for someoneliving in Africa as it is in Europe or the US. Ushahidi is a global organization that empowers people to make serious impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships, and ground-breaking ventures.
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Browse database — It's Free!IFC supports technology ventures that are creating new opportunities in emerging markets, transforming industries, and driving inclusive growth while realizing strong returns.
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- Industry: Energy, Internet, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Series B $10M–$43M; Series C $9.1M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scanntech — Scanntech provides point-of-sale software to retail stores. The company offers tech solutions and connectivity in sales points to enables independent supermarkets to process transactions, run inventory management, and provide financial services to consumers through intelligence point of sale software.Scanntech was founded in 1992 and is based inMontevideo, Uruguay.
- Ingenix — Ingenix is building an AI Co-pilot for generating real-time hypotheses on clinical endpoints values and adverse events.
- Johnvents Industries — Johnvents Group is a leading agribusiness and global integrated value chain participant, driving sustainable growth from farm to global market.
Better Ventures provides funding and support to technology startups building innovative solutions to big and important problems, from work and education to health and sustainability. Given the magnitude of the these problems and the enormous market opportunities they represent, it takes the best and brightest minds armed with the best resources toaddress them. These are the people they seek to back – entrepreneurs committed to using the tools and methodologies of the modern technology startup to build world-changing companies that make money and do good. They're thinking big and expecting big results, and so are the entrepreneurs they back.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $750k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $525k–$2.7M; Series A $2.5M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $32M in 2019
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- dehaze — dehaze provides healthcare services by bringing medical AI models into clinical practice.
- HiCap.ai — HiCap.ai offers an AI computing platform that enables businesses to run large language models from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini using a crowdsourced compute grid. It optimizes token usage to reduce costs, accelerates inference speeds up to twofold, and secures data by avoiding storage or processing by intermediaries. The platformdelivers reserved compute capacity within minutes, helping teams maintain consistent performance without the variability of pay‑as‑you‑go token systems. This approach supports scalable AI model deployment while focusing on affordability, speed, and data privacy.
- Prosper Medical — Prosper Medical is a telemedicine platform that connects members with physicians for personalized healthcare services.
Factor E is a finance company that impacts venture builders, dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that will turn the tables in the global battle for sustainable solutions to energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste challenges in emerging and frontier markets. It serves as a conduit between philanthropic and commercial investors throughmarket-driven forces.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: Kenya, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.6M; Series A $1.3M–$10M; Convertible Note $20k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- InspiraFarms — InspiraFarms provides on-and-near farm, grid & solar powered Cold Rooms & Packhouses for agribusinesses & distributors. Reduce energy costs & food losses!
- Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
- 60Hertz Energy — Unify asset management with asset monitoring, enhance scheduling, and facile communication. Book a Demo Now!
MPGI is a private holding that invests in disruptive technology companies globally. Its portfolio companies have collectively raised over US$ 2.5 billion in capital, employ over 8,000 people and have operations in 30 countries across six continents.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $3M–$6M; Series A $8M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bamba — Bamba is an android application allowing micro-merchants across Africa to run their entire business utilizing their phones. It focuses on simple tools for merchants to manage their customers, get paid, payout as well as takeout cash advances against their future cash flow.
- Lilo — Lilo is the first invest-and-experience platform offering the most sought-after properties around the world.
- Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 484
- Round size: Seed $850k–$6M; Series A $3.5M–$20M; Series B $9.7M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $600M in 2018
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- ZeroBrush — Clean every surface of your teeth, every time, all at once. ZERObrush is a groundbreaking oral care mouthpiece built from a 3D model of your teeth and designed to clean the hard to reach places better than a manual toothbrush.
- Biz AI Last — Your dedicated IT department. AI-assisted triage, live expert support via chat, remote connection to fix issues directly, and on-site technicians when needed.
- Mast Reforestation — No-cost reforestation for post-wildfire burned acreage for landowners and foresters, funded by carbon removal credits.
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 218
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Zazu — Zazu is an all-in-one financial platform for African SMEs, helping businesses manage payments, automate cash flow, and access real-time financial insights from one simple dashboard.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
- Udu Technologies — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
Safaricom is a mobile network operator that offers internet connectivity solutions, information management solutions, voice solutions, and communication solutions. It serves small businesses, medium businesses, and large corporates.The company’s services and offerings include international calls and roaming; data storage, recovery, and backup;online information storage and archiving; mobile banking services; wide area networks, managed Wi-Fi solutions, point-to-point connectivity, 4G connection, and Fiber to Buildings; IT consultancy; virtual collaboration, voice conferencing, and video conferencing; messaging services and voice services; music services; and more.Safaricom was founded in 1997 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, India, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.6M; Corporate Round $3.9M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- M-Pesa — M-Pesa is a fast, secure, and convenient way to transact on mobile brought to you by Vodafone.
- mSURVEY — Start your first business web-page in minutes. Easily power online transactions, Buy Ads with your Airtime on Facebook, Instagram, and Google. Get ratings and reviews to build your business credibility, and enlarge your customer base.
- Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia — Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia is a purpose-driven technology and communication company dedicated to supporting Ethiopia's digital transformation and inclusion goals.
Early-stage fund focused on rapid, scalable climate action and targeting outsized impact and outsized returns.
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- Industry: Software, Energy, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 208
- Round size: Seed $100k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $150k–$3M; Convertible Note $125k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $9.9M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Forest3 AI — Forest3 multiplies forest management productivity with small, semi-autonomous equipment for fire prevention and precision harvesting. Forest professionals are empowered to get more coverage in less time with much greater safety.
- Shellworks — Reimaging nature's packaging with beautifully sustainable, truly compostable alternatives to plastic for cosmetics and beauty products.
- Merino Energy — Electric cooling and heating installed in an hour or less.
MKS is a precious metals and financial services company part of the MKS PAMP GROUP, specializing in all aspects of gold and other precious metals processing and trading. It develops and maintains long-term relationships, and offers a wide range of services in those markets. MKS draws from more than 50-years of experience.Networked throughmodern communications systems between its various offices worldwide, MKS is closely involved in the latest gold and price developments throughout the world, 24-hours a day. With its direct involvement in the physical precious metals market, and through its subsidiary refinery, PAMP SA, MKS maintains a thorough understanding of the industry, as well as consistently high quality products and services.Moreover, the Group is headed by an uncommonly experienced team of precious metals professionals, with over 600 employees worldwide and more than 14 offices on five continents.As market leader, MKS remains on the pulse of the global gold business, advising the financial services industry on the commodity that lies at the heart of their monetary system.
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- Industry: Consumer Electronics, Drones, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $4.3M–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BRCK — BRCK is an integrated hardware and software company based in Nairobi, Kenya that designs and engineers a rugged, self-powered, mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure. Our vision is a world connected, where the last-mile of internet connectivity is as seamless for someoneliving in Africa as it is in Europe or the US. Ushahidi is a global organization that empowers people to make serious impact with open source technologies, cross-sector partnerships, and ground-breaking ventures.
- Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
Venture Capital firm
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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $872k–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $10k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bemi — Automatic Audit Trail for Postgres
- Sytemap — We are building a blockchain-based property record to help home buyers and financial companies access, view and verify properties starting from digitizing Estate project layouts (Sytemap) Sytemap is a first step that allows us access to a large pool of property data. The end goal can really be described as building Zillow for Africa.
- Monark Markets — Monark is an infrastructure platform that enables brokerages, wealth managers, and clearing firms to embed alternative assets natively into their existing product stacks.
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Browse database — It's Free!Ambo Ventures is a new fund dedicated to launching sustainable ecosystems in Africa.
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- Industry: Automotive, Electronics, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, Kenya
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
- Natrify — Natrify provides sustainable solutions for the bioplastic industry through biotechnology. It utilizes microorganisms to assist plastic using businesses diminish their negative environmental impact by providing them with packaging that is naturally biodegradable
Javelin Venture Partners invests in early-stage tech companies with incredible potential, managed by teams of energetic, trustworthy, and capable leaders. Javelin looks for advanced bleeding-edge innovations, where the addressable market size is substantial, and strong competitive advantages exist. A typical investment is between $1 to $6million, with reserves for follow-on investments. In addition, Javelin also considers smaller seed investments for unique companies just getting started. Located in downtown San Francisco, while invests throughout the world. Javelin is a very active investor with a long-term outlook and the objective of creating substantial value.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 166
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $4M–$18M; Series B $5M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $125M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- CloudX — CloudX is a supply side platform for mobile and AI publishers. Boost revenue with AI workflows and a liquid marketplace.
- OnRamp — Move onboarding projects along faster by putting customers at the center of a simple, guided experience. OnRamp is the customer onboarding platform built for customer success and implementation teams.
- Resemble AI — AI voice generator with voice cloning for text to speech.
Our impact investing arm, Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV), invests in and fuels high-impact enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $600k–$4.1M; Series A $2.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
- Pivo — Pivo is a financial hub that allows small & medium businesses across Africa access to all the financial services they need in one place.
- Open Forest Protocol — With Open Forest Protocol (OFP), measure, report, verify and fund forestation projects with digital transparency
Accion Ventures is an investment strategy that today pursues early-stage investments as part of Accion Impact Management.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: India, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.2M; Series A $2.5M–$17M; Series B $8M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $62M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- AquaExchange — AquaExchange is a technology platform for shrimp and fish farmers.
- Gangkhar — Gangkhar provides AI-native embedded insurance infrastructure for digital platforms, insurers, MGAs, and brokers to launch, optimize, and scale embedded protection.
The Salik Family Trust is a trust investment company.
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- Industry: SMS, Apps, Medical
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zuri Health — .ts-banner-image-1:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} .ts-banner-image-2:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} Popular categories Pharmacy Doctor at home Covid Labs & Diagonstics Wellness Telemed Show all Our Services PharmacyBuy both OTC and prescription medication and have it delivered to your doorstepLabs & DiagnosticsBook labs and Diagnostic tests and get your samples collected from the comfort of your home, hotel
Early stage venture capital backed by some of the world's best entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 339
- Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Pre-Seed $600k–$4M; Series A $7.7M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $125M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Pogo — Unlock the power of your data to earn and save on shopping, finances and more. Download the Pogo app today to start earning and saving cash. 4.9 stars in the App Store.
- MNX — MNX is a company focused on decentralized futures exchanges in the AI economy.
- Mesh — Business entity identity verification radically simple, trusted, and portable, ensuring seamless interactions in the B2B Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Real Estate Technology, Construction | Mesh.
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.
Wuri Ventures focuses on innovating the spectrum between market-based solutions and pure public goods. It realizes that much successful innovation in Africa has occurred in this space, where innovation around market failures such as information asymmetry (data), fragmentation (platforms) and public goods (electricity, mobility) can solve previouslyintractable problems. Its unique mathematical properties, from cellular automata and emergence to numerical methods, studied by researchers, links ancient African culture to modern technology. It supports world-class entrepreneurs in solving Africa’s biggest challenges using innovation.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $634k–$13M; Pre-Seed $500k–$1M; Series A $15M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
- Cauri Money — Collect funds locally in EUR and GBP and settle in hard currency via SWIFT. Infrastructure designed for banks in emerging markets.
- Fig Finance — We're closing the credit gap. We connect global and local lenders, with the strongest emerging market businesses.
We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1825
- Round size: Series A $6M–$54M; Series B $11M–$100M; Series C $12M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- ApnaPaisa — ApnaPaisa offers the Best Deals on Home Loans, Personal Loans, Credit Cards and EMI Calculators in India. EST'D 2007.
- Decolar.com — Decolar.com is an online travel agency that offers complete travel services, including tickets, tour packages, accommodation, and car rental. Since 1999, more than 2,000,000 people have bought their air tickets through this platform.Decolar.com is present in 21 countries, including Argentina, the U.S., and Spain. It has a partnership of more than500 airlines and 150,000 hotels worldwide. When purchasing an airline ticket or travel package, Decolar.com’s customers also receive discounts at restaurants and shops in the chosen destination, plus 10% discount on purchases in Duty Free.Decolar.com was launched in 1999 and is based in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo.
- Remote — Hire international talent in minutes. Remote is the most disruptive global payroll, tax, HR and compliance solution for distributed teams.
The World We Want develops strategic actions and creates global connections to achieve social impact. It aims to promote sustainability on various businesses and organizations to change the world. The World We Want is based in London.
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- Industry: CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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