Top 50 Health Care Startup Investors in South Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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6 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$4M |
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund
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5 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $100k–$15M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Futuregrowth Asset Management
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, France, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Transportation, Financial Services | $1.8M–$11M |
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Bose Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Denmark | Series B, Series A | Software, Mobile, Hardware | $1.5M–$80M |
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Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech | $25k–$15M |
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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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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Grant, Series A | Financial Services, Agriculture, FinTech | $40k–$4.2M |
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27four Investment Managers
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Private Equity, Seed, Secondary Market | Health Care, Fitness, Payments | |
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Psyence Biomedical
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Corporate Round | Medical, Health Care, Pharmaceutical | $500k–$3.5M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Egypt, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics | $50k–$40M |
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $125k–$31M |
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Vumela Fund
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, Brazil | Seed, Debt Financing | Education, Hospital, Software | $600k–$1.4M |
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WZ Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Medical, Health Care, Wellness | |
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Ardent Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Internet, Software | $100k–$15M |
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Enygma Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Lending, Beauty | $150k–$1M |
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Enso Equity
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Coffee, EdTech, Medical | |
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University Technology Fund
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Grant | Biotechnology, AgTech, Medical | $467k–$5M |
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Naspers Foundry
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, Software, Farming | $940k–$15M |
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The ASISA ESD Fund
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Series B, Series A | FinTech, Internet, InsurTech | $740k–$22M |
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Alethea Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa | Series A, Series B, Series C | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $2.5M–$10M |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Brazil | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant | Financial Services, Software, Information Technology | $400k–$18B |
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AAIC Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Togo, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | Medical, Health Care, Financial Services | $1.8M–$40M |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $625k–$7.5M |
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Sphere Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Series A | Software, Web Apps, Health Care | |
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Justin Stanford
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Angel, Series A | FinTech, Security, Financial Services | $3.4M–$6.4M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | $527k–$47M |
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Knife Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Education | $2M–$15M |
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i-Cubed Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Private Equity | Medical, Health Care, Personal Health | $200k–$569k |
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Allan Gray
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | $456k–$100M |
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PayPal
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Ireland, United Kingdom | Seed, Grant | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $15k–$18M |
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E4EAfrica
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, The Netherlands, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management | $1M–$7.5M |
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LionPride Agility Fund
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Internet, Health Care, Pharmaceutical | |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $500k–$32M |
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Norrsken Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Rwanda | Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant | Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care | $100k–$4M |
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Youcef Oudjidane
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $120k–$23M |
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Alan Rutledge
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $600k–$9.5M |
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Tofino Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $100k–$140M |
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NEXT176
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Software, FinTech, Fitness | $400k–$2.5M |
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ASISA Enterprise Development Fund
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Medical, E-Commerce, Health Care | ||
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Nour Nouf Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care | $300k–$25M |
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Jaza Rift Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya | Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed, Seed | Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology | |
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UW Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | $456k–$31M |
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Enza Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech | $120k–$31M |
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AMV Private
VC Fund
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1 | Poland, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Continuing Education | $578k–$1.7M |
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iKineo
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Fitness, Wellness, Marketing | |
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Claudius Boller
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Angel | Health Care | |
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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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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Grant, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $500k–$85M |
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Technology Innovation Agency
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Electronics | $22k–$1.3M |
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $40k–$4M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LipaLater — LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- MPost — MPost means Mobile Post office.It enables any mobile phone user to have his or her phone act like a mobile post office. It allows you to make your mobile number be a formal postal address. With it, you get access to Postal Services through your mobile phone.
- AURA — A South African cloud-based security and safety startup .
- Digital Cabinet — Digital Cabinet makes your business paperless. Security is the topmost priority for the Digital Cabinet, so save time and money with the Digital Cabinet.
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: 217
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Zazu — Zazu is a neobank for African SMEs, offering seamless banking tools, cash flow automation, and real-time insights. Zazu simplifies finance management in one all-in-one solution.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
- Udu Technologies — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
Futuregrowth manages the full range of fixed interest and developmental impact funds on behalf of our clients. We are committed to managing and investing our clients' funds in a responsible manner.
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- Industry: Software, Transportation, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5.3M; Series A $3.4M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- CubeSpace — Industry-leading modular attitude determination and control (ADCS) products and solutions. Laser-focused on our customers' success. Your global ADCS partner.
- 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.
- Happy Pay — Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services.
Bose Ventures is looking for startups that are pushing the envelope of AR to help build some of these new experiences. They are investing in startups that are developing apps, services, and technology that leverage and extend the Bose AR platform. If you are one of these innovative startups
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Hardware
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$10M; Series B $2M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Vesper — Vesper is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that specializes in microphones, piezoelectric, and audio. The company is driven by a mission is to deliver voice-powered products to every market, around the world. Vesper was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Medrhythms — Pioneering Next-Generation Digital Therapeutics to Improve Walking
- Noise — Buy latest Noise smart watches, wireless earbuds, BT neckband earphones, wireless headphones, speakers and smart watch accessories online at best prices in India.
Kaleo Ventures is an investment firm prefers to invest in early-stage companies across Africa.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $25k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1M; Series A $100k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cuoral — Proactive customer success and engagement. We help you reduce customer churn and increase retention and revenue.
- BankWise — Liga123 merupakan situs slot jackpot 888 slots paling gacor dan juga platform ini terdata paling banyak dicari hari ini karena memiliki akses yang mudah tanpa harus menggunakan Apk tambahan seperti VPN untuk memainkan game favorit.
- PowerLabs — PowerLabs is an energy and climate technology research and implementation company whose goal is to use intelligent energy to build a world where human output is boundless.
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: 84
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $1.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Onboard — Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities.
FINCA Ventures is an impact investing initiative of FINCA International that provides patient capital and support to early-stage social enterprises.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Agriculture, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Grant $40k–$100k; Series A $1.1M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
- Silo Africa — Silo Africa is a Grain Storage & Logistics Startup Company.
- Affinity — Join over 125,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage their banking needs, from savings to payments, as well as instant loans
27four Investment Managers a leading independent South African-based multi-manager focused on understanding and addressing the evolving needs of retirement funds and individual investors through the provision of unique product solutions and portfolio customisation options. Through ongoing value-add, by way of product differentiation and thedelivery of consistent and superior returns, 27four has earned its position as a leading provider of multi-manager solutions to South African and international investors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Payments
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Secondary Market
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ctrack — Ctrack is the vehicle tracking provider with more than 24 years' experience of developing effective fleet solutions. Ctrack is a part of DigiCore Holdings, a global company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, whose advanced Ctrack technology is fitted to almost 430,000 vehicles operating in 32 countries across 5 continents.
- Peach Payments — Get Peach as your Payment Gateway and Grow your ecommerce. Process online payments with Visa, Mastercard, Debit Orders, EFT payments, and subscriptions. Plugins for Wix, Shopify, WooCommerce.
- Barracuda Holdings — Barracuda Holdings (Pty) Ltd. is an owner-driven company established in 2010 by the founding partners, each of whom has over 20 years of experience. Barracuda Holdings provides manufacturing expertise across multiple sectors, including Automotive accessories, diagnostic tools, and fleet management.
Psyence Biomedical, therapeutic division of Psyence Group Inc which develops natural psilocybin products for palliative care.
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Corporate Round
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Corporate Round $500k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PsyLabs — Licensed Cultivation and Production Facility - International Supplier of Pharmaceutical Grade Psychoactive Compounds
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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: 93
- Round size: Seed $456k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% 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
- Aether Bio — Aether uses its state of the art platform to rapidly engineer enzymes, enabling our customers to manufacture complex and novel products at fractional cost.
- Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 875
- Round size: Seed $850k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.1M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaon — Chat with AI characters for free on FlowGPT! More than 1 million characters and bots to chat with, AI boyfriend, girlfriend, uncencored chat and AI tools.
- RedotPay — Where Crypto Meets Real Life | Trusted by 8M+ | Accepted at 130M+ merchants | Pay with BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT & more
- Pure — Pure Poker is a privately held fintech and software company that develops a legal, compliant, rake-free real-money online poker platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company replaces the traditional casino "house" model with a trusted, identity-verified social gaming network.
Vumela was established in 2009 by FNB Business Banking and Edge Growth. The objective was to create an innovative model for the development of a sustainable and a financially and operationally independent investment business which invests in high growth small, medium and micro size enterprises with good economic and impact returns.Vumela wascapitalised in 2010. Within the first four years, we’d invested R90 million into eight high growth SMEs, and created a total of 400 jobs. They launched their second fund in 2015, after a further investment of R100 million from FirstRand and R127 million from the Jobs Fund. Within the first year of launching this second fund, we’ve committed R43 million to five investments that are expected to create over 1800 new jobs.The first fund of its kind in South Africa, Vumela’s main goals are to invest in and develop entrepreneurial companies in order to help alleviate poverty in South Africa by creating jobs, and to generate a return for its beneficiaries: the Shalamuka Foundation and the FirstRand Group.
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- Industry: Education, Hospital, Software
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: South Africa, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $600k–$910k; Debt Financing $854k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Trade Shield — Trade Shield's aim is to increase access to trade credit facilities for those companies that most need them and will benefit the most from them.
- Mia Healthcare — Clear aligners, mobile clinics, fixed practices, practice services and lab products designed to work better together than apart.
- Breaze Delivery — Optimize your last-mile delivery in SA. Breaze offers same-day delivery, easy Shopify/WooCommerce integration, and live WhatsApp tracking for your brand.
WZ Capital is a boutique venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech startups.
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Contro — Explore a range of health services, wellness solutions, and expert treatments at Zapmed. Personalized care plans to help you live a healthier life.
- RecoMed — Find the best doctors and dentists. Search by location or by speciality, and find the right doctor for you.
- SigmaX — Math app to help learners&any other ordinary person to better understand math & learn it a fun way. Available on Google play store & via https://t.co/hMzLOv2qXZ
Leading Venture Capital & Builder in Southeast Asia | Experts in E-Commerce, B2B, B2C, Fulfilment Startups | Seed, Series A Funding
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $100k–$350k; Series A $100k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $13M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Laborhack — LaborHack offers a select network of tested and certified carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, welders, and other tradespeople. It provides cleaning, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services.
- Trade Lenda — Trade Lenda: Access to Loans, Investments, Utility Payments, Credit Access, Insurance, and More! Unlock Opportunities to Earn, Invest, and Grow. Secure Personal or Business Loans Toda
- Feather Africa — Feather Africa provides money transaction services, such as enabling users to send and receive money from anyone using the application. It offers withdrawals of cash without ATM cards by sending money to the nearest cash vendors.
Enygma Ventures is an investment fund for female entrepreneurs and women founders, focused on Southern Africa or SADC. Unlike traditional private equity, venture capital, and banks our team is full of award winning entrepreneurs who understand the same struggles you face first hand.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Lending, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $150k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pranary — The practical business school for entrepreneurs
- The Good Mineral — The Good Mineral is award-winning, vegan makeup designed for acne prone, sensitive skin - enjoy natural glowing lightweight coverage - free from preservatives, fragrance, talc, oils, waxes and dyes.
- PremierCredit Zambia — PremierCredit is an international financial technology company that operates an online microlending and investment platform in Sub-Saharan Africa's emerging markets. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has licensed and regulated the company, allowing them to provide inclusive financial services throughout Africa.
Enso Equity is a venture capital firm that invests in both seed-stage and later-stage companies. They operate in three separate industries, namely private equity, public equity, and private credit.
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- Industry: Coffee, EdTech, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Okja — Visit Okja for freshly baked pastries, great coffee and smoothies. Baked fresh in-house every day.
- Happy Pay — Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services.
- Reflective Learning — Reflective delivers affordable yet effective Maths and English learning tools to South African classrooms, designed to elevate student achievements
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- Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $484k–$5M; Grant $467k–$473k
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Immobazyme — Immobazyme provides pioneering the biotechnology industry. Using innovative technologies, along with an environmentally responsible outlook.the company aims to develop an analytical laboratory platform as well as serve the industrial sector through the production of high-value products by organic synthesis and environmental remediationtechnologies.
- Happy Pay — Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services.
- MariHealth Solutions (RF) (PTY) LTD — Proteomics-powered analytics for aquaculture. We quantify 3,000+ proteins per sample to deliver deep biological insights for fish health, nutrition, and farming.
Naspers Foundry is a global internet group and invests in technology-based companies. The company believes in the power of local backed by global scale and they look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where they see the greatest growth potential.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $989k–$6M; Series A $3.4M–$15M; Series B $940k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 94% lead, 6% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
- LifeCheq — LifeCheq partners with insurers and advisory firms to deliver AI-enabled distribution, boost adviser productivity, and transform how financial advice is delivered.
- SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, InsurTech
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series B $740k–$22M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pineapple — In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US.
- Aviro Health — We believe that empowering and supporting people to manage their own health benefits everybody.We built the Aviro Pocket Clinic to support self-care and provide access to services. We give people what they need to perform important health checks like regular HIV self-testing and connect them to experts and services who can offer hands-on and supported care when needed.
- Ngobese And Associates — Ngobese And Associates is a Financial Services providing firm offering brokeraging, advisory and intermediary services.
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Browse database — It's Free!Alethea Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisor founded in March of 2011. As an investment management and research firm, the mission of Alethea is simple – to provide the highest level of service and guidance to our clients with honesty, integrity, and transparency. The firm’s services include fee-based asset management,research/advanced quantitative systematization, manager/strategy evaluation, and comprehensive planning. Alethea’s center of operations is in San Diego, CA.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PatientPartner — Discover PatientPartner, the leading patient engagement software transforming pharma and med-tech with scalable, data-driven solutions that drive better health outcomes.
- Lipidio Pharmaceuticals — A Unique Approach to Treating Obesity Precision Targeting of the Skin Exploiting the skin as an endocrine organ Historically regarded as a protective barrier organ, the skin is now recognized as an active endocrine organ capable of synthesizing, and secreting diverse hormones and signaling
- SEngine Precision Medicine — The Search Engine For Identifying Personalized Cancer Treatments.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. provides innovative financial solutions for consumers, small businesses, corporations, governments, and institutions. The firm is serving customers, helping small businesses, or putting its skills to work with partners, they strive to identify issues and propose solutions that will propel the future and strengthen both itsclients and communities.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Grant
- Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Grant $400k–$2.4M; Post-IPO Debt $12M–$18B; Debt Financing $10M–$800M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ESI Energy Services — ESI Energy Services provides pipeline equipment rental and sales services.
- Battery Mineral Resources — Battery Mineral Resources is a multi-commodity battery materials provider focused on the development .
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners — Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is a multinational team with extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of regulated infrastructure and renewable energy. The team has a broad range of competencies within corporate finance, merger & acquisitions, engineering, project development and project management.BACKGROUND OF THE PARTNERSThe CIP partners have extensive experience within the infrastructure and energy space and have significant knowledge of mergers & acquisitions, project development, corporate finance, financial structuring, construction management, and operational management.All partners have a corporate background and have held top management positions at inter alia DONG Energy. The partners have managed, been directly involved in and responsible for the construction and operation of some of Europe’s largest energy projects.
AAIC Holdingsis engages in nurturing investments in emerging countries, consulting and M&A, management outsourcing and human capital.
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, Togo, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2.6M; Series A $5M–$10M; Series B $30M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BIMA — BIMA is an insurtech player using mobile technology to provide insurance and health services to emerging markets. To serve its customers, the company has developed a proprietary technology platform, established exclusive partnerships with mobile operators, and built relationships with international insurers. BIMA utilizes its technology platform toserve customers in 13 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America and has reached to date 31 million subscribers.
- CrowdForce — CrowdForce is an offline distribution network for market research and financial services. The company empowers businesses to drive mass adoption of digital, crypto, and financial services through the use of mobile technology to help businesses, banks, digital wallets, multinational organizations, NGOs, and government agencies to reach theunderserved population in their communities.CrowdForce was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Helium Health — Helium Health empowers healthcare providers in Africa with digital tools, financing solutions, and data partnerships. Learn more about our innovative solutions.
Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- tushop — Shop wholesale groceries, market fresh produce, local brands, and affordable preloved finds on Tushop. Secure checkout, friendly support and fast 90 minute delivery across Nairobi.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- 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.
Founded in 2003, Sphere is a high performing investment holding company driven to create value for funders, shareholders and business partners. With a solid track record shaped over a decade, They actively seek out investment partnerships with high quality privately owned businesses across a range of strategic sectors.Their success is drivenby an experienced team, Their own capital, a disciplined investment process, and broad business networks. Passionate about partnerships, They commit for the long term and actively work with Their portfolio companies to build great businesses.Majority black controlled and managed and boasting 71% black ownership, including 31% women ownership, Sphere has the necessary credentials to advance the broad based Black Economic Empowerment goals of South African businesses. As the focus turns to the rest of the continent, They actively support Their investments in their pan-African ambitions.Their strong belief in the principles of broad based empowerment means that approximately 15% of the shares in Sphere are held by charitable organisations. Over the years, more than five million worthy beneficiaries in nine provinces across South Africa have benefited from Their track record of delivery.
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- Industry: Software, Web Apps, Health Care
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- hearX Group — hearX is an award-winning start-up with the mission of providing affordable access to hearing healthcare using smart digital solutions. With a strong research and engineering background, we aim to democratize and decentralize hearing care, obliterating the traditional audiology model and market, which was never built to scale, instead providinghearing care to millions by leveraging our smart tech, big data and artificial intelligence expertise.The hearX Group four categories of solutions: Lead Generation and Remote Care solutions, Clinical solutions, Preventative Solutions as well as Direct to Consumer intervention solutions.We have had more than 1 000 000 tests and screenings done using our products across 39 countries. Our innovative solutions are as accurate, but faster, cheaper and easier to use than traditional methods. We pride ourselves in offering a fully managed service, providing an entirely new way to overcome traditional barriers to the detection and diagnosis of disabling hearing loss.
Justin is a 31-year old entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist from Cape Town, South Africa. He is founder, MD, board member, advisor, or investor to a wide variety of companies in the global technology sector.Having grown up on a farm, he decided not to complete high-school and instead made the move to the city of Cape Town, topursue his dreams of being an Internet entrepreneur.Despite years of struggles and false starts in the wake of the dotcom crash in 2001, he ultimately went on to successfully launch and grow a pan-African Internet based software company from a garage in the suburbs of Cape Town.Have founded his first startup attempt at the age of 18, Justin has been involved in tech startups and entrepreneurial endeavours ever since.He is today the co-founder and MD of 4Di Group, a diversified investment management group and family office, and co-founding General Partner of early-stage technology venture capital firm 4Di Capital, as well as an active angel investor.As co-founder and Steering Committee Chairman of the Silicon Cape Initiative in 2009, designed to highlight and foster South Africa's nascent emerging tech startup ecosystem, Justin fully believes in South Africa’s potential as a global technology innovation hub.In 2011, he was listed by the Mail & Guardian for the 'Top 200 Young South Africans', and in 2013, listed by Forbes for '30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs'.
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- Industry: FinTech, Security, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $3.4M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FitKey — 29EMPIRE menghadirkan platform jejaring sosial modern dengan komunitas aktif, interaksi digital cepat, fitur komunikasi interaktif, dan koneksi online tanpa batas.
- TaxTim — TaxTim helps South African taxpayers file with confidence using a simple, step-by-step experience linked to SARS eFiling.
- Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $527k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4M; Series A $2M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FireID — FireID is a venture builder that helps makers, with unique skills and passion, build businesses to solve meaningful problems.
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance
Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, Knife accelerates the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. Knife have offices in Cape Town andLondon.Knife invests via a consortium of funding partnerships, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company KNF Ventures and select family offices. Knife facilitated lucrative exits of local technology companies to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin and Uber.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Series A $2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cue — Cue is a customer service software company that empowers you with WhatsApp Business solutions to boost customer satisfaction, and drive growth.
- Pura Soda — Discover PURA's refreshing beverages and live a little PURA.
- Optique Optometrists — Optique Optometrists provides comprehensive eye care services, including eye tests, prescription glasses, and contact lenses. The company offers affordable eye care solutions and has multiple branches across South Africa. Customers can book appointments online and access a wide range of eyewear options. Optique Optometrists focuses on deliveringquality vision care and ensuring customer satisfaction through professional services and convenient booking options.
i-Cubed Capital provide a bouquet of funds for clients, ranging from unit trusts to investment funds for retiremen, including savings plans with tax incentives.i-Cubed provide a bouquet of funds for clients, ranging from unit trusts to investment funds for retirement, including savings plans with tax incentives. We assess fund managerperformances by reviewing fact sheets and provide our clients with a variety of options to meet their investment objectives.
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- Industry: Medical, Health Care, Personal Health
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$569k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
- Cape Doctors — CA Cape Doctors is a trusted private medical practice in Cape Town dedicated to providing high-quality primary healthcare services for individuals and families. With modern facilities located in Rondebosch and Claremont, the practice offers convenient access to professional medical care in a welcoming and patient-focused environment. Theexperienced team of doctors and healthcare professionals are committed to delivering safe, reliable, and comprehensive treatment for a wide range of medical needs.The practice provides a full spectrum of general practitioner services, including routine medical consultations, health screenings, chronic disease management, and treatment for acute illnesses. Patients can also access services such as blood tests, pathology, X-rays, minor procedures, and medical examinations for travel or visa requirements. CA Cape Doctors focuses on preventative healthcare, early diagnosis, and personalised treatment plans to help patients maintain long-term health and wellbeing.With flexible appointment scheduling, online booking options, and availability on weekends and public holidays, CA Cape Doctors aims to make quality healthcare accessible and convenient. The practice combines modern medical technology with compassionate care, ensuring that every patient receives professional attention and support tailored to their individual health needs.
- NewForm Foods — We are leveraging a continent-spanning R&D network to help food producers develop and scale cultivated animal products, fast & affordably.
Allan Gray is Africa's largest privately owned investment management company focused on generating long-term wealth for investors..
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $456k–$4M; Series A $1.3M–$31M; Series C $70M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- onafriq — MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
- Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
- Peach Payments — Get Peach as your Payment Gateway and Grow your ecommerce. Process online payments with Visa, Mastercard, Debit Orders, EFT payments, and subscriptions. Plugins for Wix, Shopify, WooCommerce.
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Browse database — It's Free!PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 375 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 market to join and thrive in the global economy.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States, Ireland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $45k–$18M; Grant $15k–$110k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RICE — RCIE is a co-working ecosystem that connects entrepreneurs to a customized curriculum, corporate partners, and access to capital. It is designed to connect the next generation of multi-cultural and women entrepreneurs to the tools and relationships required to turn dreams into reality.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered inAtlanta, Georgia.
- PopID — PopID offers a facial recognition platform that enables users to authenticate identity and process payments through biometric verification. Its core service, PopPay, allows customers to link their facial image to a payment method, facilitating transactions at participating businesses without the need for physical cards or mobile devices. The systemsupports various retail formats, including kiosks, drive-thrus, and counter services, and integrates with loyalty programs to personalize the customer experience. PopID's technology has been adopted by merchants such as Whataburger and Steak 'n Shake, aiming to streamline ordering and checkout processes. The company emphasizes user consent and data security, storing encrypted biometric data and allowing users to opt-in or out at their discretion. PopID has also expanded internationally, partnering with entities like SoftBank's Japan Computer Vision to introduce its services in markets such as Japan.
- Shopware — Shopware is a trendsetting ecommerce platform to power your online business. Our ecommerce solution offers the perfect combination of beauty & brains you need to build and customize a fully responsive online store.
E4E Africa Backing category-defining emerging market businesses. We invest in businesses that drive economic opportunity and sustainable growth.Learn MoreE4E specializes ... Read More
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- Industry: Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2M; Series A $1M–$5.4M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
- Conservio — Discover and Book South Africa's best nature accommodations with Conservio. Book vetted accommodations, easy and safe to book online.
Lionpride Investment Holdings is a premier South African impact investment firm focused on driving sustainable economic returns and social impact. Our experienced team partners with high-growth businesses, utilizing private equity and venture capital to invest today for a better tomorrow.
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- Industry: Internet, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BusyMed — BusyMed connects independent local pharmacists to their communities using the BusyMed App. Get your medication delivered to your door in 60 minutes. Shop. Pay. Delivered.
- Docline — Connecting Patients with Doctors
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 971
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M; Series A $5M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
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- sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
- Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
- Arrakis Technologies — Arrakis partners with ambitious companies to deploy secure AI in production, taking them from experimentation to real-world impact at warp speed.
Norrsken Foundation is non-profit organization solving problems such as poverty, famine, environmental issues and mental health.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Rwanda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RYE — RYE is a members-only, low-cost green energy supplier built for businesses with no time to deal with energy suppliers. Always accurate energy or it's free
- Eden Care Medical — Eden Care Medical is a mobile application that provides medical and health insurance as well as financial services.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Youcef Oudjidane is the Founder and Managing Partner of BYLD and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Elevate (YC W22).
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $200k–$10M; Pre-Seed $120k–$5M; Series A $23M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
- FloatPays — Floatpays help your employees achieve financial wellbeing by giving them early access to earned wages.
- KarmaCheck — Speed up placements with innovative tech, live expert support, and a mobile-first candidate experience. Run every check you need in KarmaCheck.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $600k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cekura AI — Cekura AI is an AI based Software Development firm offering Developer Tool to observe and test AI voice agents.
- Mentra — Exploring ideas with @Mentraglass. Follow for future updates.
- Cosmoserve Space — Cosmoserve Space is developing autonomous robotic spacecraft to mitigate the rapidly growing problem of orbital debris.
Tofino Capital is an early stage investor in emerging market technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$22M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $25M–$140M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Vultron — Compress proposal production timeframes from weeks into days with Generative AI.
- Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
- Irreversible — Irreversible designs next-generation analog AI chips that enable meaningful intelligence anywhere — from sensors to robots.
Creating disruptive and sustainable businesses to positively impact 1 Billion lives.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Fitness
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $400k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pumpkn — Need reliable funding? We provide quick loans and capital tailored for Agriculture businesses in South Africa. Grow your business with Pumpkn. Apply now!
- Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
- The Awareness Company — We use data to tell stories that are useful to humans.
ASISA Enterprise Development Fund
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- Industry: Medical, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- RecoMed — Find the best doctors and dentists. Search by location or by speciality, and find the right doctor for you.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $300k–$8M; Series A $5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aanaab — Aanaab offers online courses in Arabic for teachers and educators to help them improve their skills in different areas including self-development, educational strategies, education techniques, and educational tools and techniques.
- Logexa — We are the first Saudi on-demand warehousing platform that provides different storage options within multiple locations. With Logexa’s services, warehouses can increase their utilization rate. On the other hand, businesses can benefit from flexible, dispersed storage and not worry about scalability issues with their inventory.
- HealTec — HealTec provides B2B healthcare rehabilitation manufacturing facility that enables the local production of medical prosthetics and other devices to serve Long-Term Care and rehabilitation patients.
Jaza Rift Ventures invests in the most innovative and invention-based healthcare firms at the pre-seed, seed, and series A stages. Jaza Rift Ventures is a healthcare venture capital firm that invests in innovative early-stage entrepreneurs including healthtech, medtech, and biotech businesses.
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- Industry: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plateaumed — Level up your medical practice with our world-class EHR
- Kena Health — Talk to a nurse, doctor or mental health professional on your smartphone with the Kena Health App. Affordable primary healthcare for South Africans. Download Now.
- Intron Health — Voice AI Built for How Africa Speaks Our next-generation intelligent voice model built from the ground up for AfricaUnlike Global systems retrofitted for the continent Sahara v-2 understands how Africa actually sounds Build with Sahara Try Sahara Built for African SpeechFrom Lagos Call Centers, to Hospitals in Nairobi, Boardrooms in Cape Town, and Courtrooms in
UW is a multi-stage investor that provides growth and replacement capital across the equity-cycle. Its activities span from high-growth venture to mid-market private equity opportunities.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $456k–$2.5M; Series A $1.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pargo — Pargo is a convenient logistics solution that lets you collect and return parcels at Pargo parcel points throughout the country when it suits you best.
- Rather.chat — Rather.chat offers a platform that facilitates meaningful connections between businesses and their customers through WhatsApp. This service is designed to make customer interactions more personal and efficient, allowing for real-time communication. By leveraging the widespread use of WhatsApp, Rather.chat aims to enhance the customer serviceexperience, making it easier for businesses to address inquiries, resolve issues, and maintain engagement with their audience. The focus is on creating a seamless bridge for dialogue that respects the convenience and preferences of the modern consumer, who increasingly favors instant messaging over traditional forms of communication.
- Manholes 4 Africa — m4a (Pty) Ltd specializes in the manufacturing of composite and plastics products designed for the utilities networks industry. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the company offers a comprehensive range of products including access chambers, microducts, bundled microducts (multiducts), sub ducts, corrugated pipes, axsCHAMBERS™,cnktCLOSURES™, fibreDUCT™, and fibreCABLE™. These products cater to the telecommunications sector, providing end-to-end solutions for infrastructure needs. m4a (Pty) Ltd is recognized for its innovative approach in developing polymer and composite civil infrastructure solutions. The company holds ISO9001 certification, ensuring high standards in quality management systems.
Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $120k–$4M; Series A $3.6M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Yakeey — Yakeey is an end-to-end transactional marketplace that radically simplifies the experience of buying, selling and renting real estate.We leverage on data and technology to connect all real estate market players through a state of the art platform, create a chain of trust and powerful network effects and accelerate transactions.Yakeey is builton a community of real estate advisors, YakeeyPRO, to deliver a continuous professional and tailored service at every step of the transaction.
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
- Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Continuing Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Poland, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $578k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Strove — Healthier people. Stronger businesses. Your employees are your greatest asset. Taking care of their physical and mental health has never been more important.
- EnviSync — EnviSync is a Large Language Model Operations (LLMops) platform specifically designed to empower global enterprises, particularly in regulated sectors such as finance, healthcare, and legal tech. The platform facilitates the deployment, monitoring, and optimization of LLM applications with high precision. Developed by experts from technology andinstitutional finance, EnviSync addresses critical challenges, including regulatory compliance with standards like GDPR and MiFID II, performance drift detection, and managing inference costs that can impact operational efficiency.
- InfiniNest — InfiniNest is an innovative Adaptive Learning Companion designed to revolutionize education for special children. Leveraging advanced Large Language Models and deep learning, InfiniNest tailors learning materials to each child's unique needs, from dyslexia to autism spectrum disorder. It offers interactive, multimodal content and real-timefeedback, making learning accessible and engaging. InfiniNest also integrates assistive technologies and provides continuous assessment, helping educators and parents track progress and identify areas for support. By fostering collaborative learning and emotional well-being, InfiniNest ensures every child has the tools to succeed and thrive in their educational journey.
Investment focus
- Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adbot — Adbot makes Google ads easy. Start a Google Ad Campaign and get results!
- Kena Health — Talk to a nurse, doctor or mental health professional on your smartphone with the Kena Health App. Affordable primary healthcare for South Africans. Download Now.
Claudius Boller is a visionary Leader and Investor with over 20 years of experience in building, scaling, and transforming digital businesses across 70 markets. He focuses on co-launching businesses that transform ecosystems, leveraging AI, tech and fantastic people. Mr. Boller holds several exec and non-exec board positions in media, mentalhealth, insuretech, proptech, adtech and audio. Furthermore he consults to the Dubai Future Foundation. Previously Mr. Boller was Managing Director for Middle East, Africa and South Asia at Spotify and oversaw new market launches and operations for the world's biggest music streaming subscription service in 70 markets. Prior to his engagement at Spotify, Claudius headed Digital Business, Business Development and Brand Partnerships as Vice President at Universal Music MENA for 7 years. He developed and executed Universal Music's MENA strategy and brought the Dubai operation and business to life. Before joining Universal Music, Claudius was Vice President Business Development at Arvato/Bertelsmann in Dubai and Hamburg for 4 years developing digital content solutions for mobile operators, technical service providers, media companies and brands.
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- Industry: Health Care
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ollie AI — Mental Health partner for leading remote companies. Who uses Ollie? Teams that look after talent. 200+ companies in 16 countries. Big, small, remote or hybrid.
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: 58
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $9.2M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% 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.
We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Grant, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 352
- Round size: Grant $500k–$14M; Series A $8.1M–$60M; Series B $8M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Immunocore — Immunocore is focused on the discovery and development of novel T cell receptor-based drugs to treat diseases with a high unmet need, including cancer and viral disease. The company’s expertise in engineering T Cell Receptors (TCRs) and linking them to an antibody fragment (scFv) known as anti-CD3, has led to its first product candidate, IMCgp100,entering clinical trials in patients with metastatic melanoma. The proprietary T Cell Receptor technology platform is well validated and can easily be manufactured for clinical and commercial supply in microbial systems. Immunocore is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of TCR bispecific immunotherapies.
- SeamlessHR — Africa's Leading HR & Payroll Software - Empowering African Businesses for Productivity and Profitability Through Technology.
- BioNTech — BioNTech is a next-generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. It contains several classes of drugs, including mRNA-based drugs to encode antigens, neoantigens, cytokines, and antibodies; cell therapies; bispecific antibodies; and antibody-drug conjugates.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Electronics
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $46k–$1.3M; Grant $22k–$1M; Pre-Seed $50k–$188k
- Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ann-Connect — Ann-Connect is an EdTech SaaS for learning, teaching, exams and assessments rolled into an all-in-one education platform.Founded in 2021 by Bonginkosi Mabaso, Nexa was born from a real problem: students missing exams and learning opportunities because of unreliable internet. Our mission is simple: make online education accessible to everystudent, regardless of connectivity or background. Today, Nexa is trusted by universities, training institutions, and professional bodies across South Africa, with partnerships that give access to more than 450,000 learners. One workspace. All your education tools: - Nexa ExamCore: Offline exam tool where students can access, write, and submit online exams even without internet. - Nexa Invigilator: Invigilation tool designed to monitor for online exams. - Nexa Invigilator Venue-based – Proctoring for physical/venue-based exams for schools, corporates & teams. - Nexa Room – Low-bandwidth video conferencing just like MS Teams but designed for teaching and learning, with AI-driven student engagement tracking. - Integrations – Seamless connection with Learning Management Systems (LMS), plagiarism checkers, and other education tools — all in one place. Recognised with awards from TIA, ABSA, and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Nexa is shaping the future of global education by making it inclusive, resilient, and accessible everywhere. Ready to experience THE platform for inclusive learning? Visit ann-connect.com and join us in building education without limits.
- Aviro Health — We believe that empowering and supporting people to manage their own health benefits everybody.We built the Aviro Pocket Clinic to support self-care and provide access to services. We give people what they need to perform important health checks like regular HIV self-testing and connect them to experts and services who can offer hands-on and supported care when needed.
- All Weather Roads Engineering — All Weather Roads Engineering is a building material manufacturing firm also offering supply of construction material.
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