Top 50 InsurTech Startup Investors in Africa (June 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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5 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$4M |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$20M |
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Goodwell Investments
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya | Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $1.6M–$26M |
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Jai Mahtani
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $1.3M–$20M |
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Sudeep Ramnani
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Sports | $1.3M–$20M |
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Tencent
VC Fund
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3 | China, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $3.5M–$400M |
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Lireas Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, InsurTech, Security | $4.6M–$47M |
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Dr Kiran C Patel
Angel
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3 | India, Botswana, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Medical, InsurTech | $400k–$500k |
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Consonance Investment Managers
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $50k–$10M |
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $300k–$4.5M |
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Allan Gray
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | $456k–$100M |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $625k–$7.5M |
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Christian Faes
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Australia, United States | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $357k–$20M |
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Charles Delingpole
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $382k–$20M |
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BluePointe Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Mexico, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.2M–$290M |
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $100k–$4.4M |
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Richard Aseme
Angel
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2 | Egypt, United States | Seed, Angel | FinTech, Credit, InsurTech | $8.3M–$20M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Christian Angermayer
Angel
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2 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain | $549k–$125M |
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Babs Ogundeyi
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $780k–$5M |
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UW Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Payments, Insurance | $456k–$31M |
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Atlantica Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Internet | $450k–$3.7M |
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Spartan
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Italy, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Web3 | |
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Tangerine Life
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Apps | |
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Lionel Dorie
Angel
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1 | Mali | Seed | AgTech, InsurTech, Mobile Payments | |
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Hannover Re
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Private Equity | Insurance, FinTech, InsurTech | |
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Picus Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | |
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AAF Management Ltd.
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | |
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Chris Adelsbach
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | |
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Old Mutual Investment Group
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Malawi, Australia | Private Equity, Series A | Retail, FinTech, Finance | |
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Pioneer Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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DEG
VC Fund
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1 | India, South Africa, Ghana | Debt Financing, Grant | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | |
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Partech
VC Fund
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1 | United States, France, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | |
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Blue Point Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, France, Nigeria | Private Equity, Seed | B2C, Retail, FinTech | |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, Uganda | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | |
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Guillaume Leenhardt
Angel
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1 | Mali | Seed | AgTech, InsurTech, Mobile Payments | |
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Orbs
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Gaming, Internet | |
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Olive Tree Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series C | FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services | |
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TrustGro
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed | InsurTech, Insurance | |
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E4EAfrica
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, France, The Netherlands | Seed, Series A, Series B | Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management | |
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Finclusion Group
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed | InsurTech, Insurance | |
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Henry Allard
Angel
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1 | Mali | Seed | AgTech, InsurTech, Mobile Payments | |
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Amandine Lobelle
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Credit, FinTech, InsurTech | |
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Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | |
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Oliver Jung
Angel
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1 | United States, Germany, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet | $770k–$160M |
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Target Global
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Israel, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $2.2M–$100M |
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Greenlight Reinsurance
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Australia | Seed, Series A | Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services | $1.5M–$14M |
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AAIC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce | $450k–$794M |
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Acuity Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Togo, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $500k–$1.8M |
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AAIC Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, Kenya, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | AgTech, Drones, Medical | |
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $40k–$4M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- mTek — mTek is a digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry.
- 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.
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: 88
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Edves — Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation.
- Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
- Nexford University — Transform your career with affordable, flexible degrees and job skills designed for today's workforce. Skip debt and learn at your own pace with Nexford.
Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Series A $1.6M–$12M; Series B $2M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
- Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
- Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.
Jai is an entrepreneur and investor based in the UAE. He has a track record of building and scaling sports and digital businesses, including Sporty Group and PalmPay.At 885 Capital, he backs ambitious founders and ideas at the intersection of sports and technology - diversifying into other high-impact fields, with a specific interest in realestate.Jai holds a BSc in Management Studies from Nottingham University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alaan — Take control of your business spend.
- Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Sudeep Ramnani is the Founder & Managing Partner of 885 Capital. He previously worked at PalmPay as Co-Founder, Board Member, and Investor. Sudeep attended the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he studied economics.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
- Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 539
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$140M; Series B $15M–$283M; Series C $34M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
- Phytech — Helping the world's top growers to optimize production by connecting them to their plants. Welcome to the Plant-based Farming Revolution
- Rocketwerkz — RocketWerkz aims to create interactive experiences that challenge players to reach for the stars.
Lireas is a leading investment company with a specific focus on insurance and insurance technology investments. We have a track record of over 35 years investing in start-ups and existing businesses requiring growth funding or new partners. We invest in people and not just elaborate business plans a
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- Industry: FinTech, InsurTech, Security
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $4.6M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LifeQ — We empower everyone to delay aging, optimize your health, harness more energy, reduce the probability of disease, and understand why and how your body is changing, right now! It is in your power to be your biologically younger self.
- Pineapple — In short, Pineapple see the traditional insurance model, user journey and products as lacking and set out to remedy these by doing the following: 1) Changing the business model to align incentives, show people how premiums are used and award members leftover premium back 2) Making insuring as easy as snapping a picture where AI does the rest andcover is issued in under 60 seconds 3) Allowing per-item insurance and new product innovation to address cover not currently offered or accessible to manyPineapple launched in South Africa in 2018 with their "My Stuff" per-item insurance and have since launched their auto offering "My Ride". They have also partnered with Travelers in the US and have white-labeled their platform in the US.
- Investsure — InvestSure is a technology company that uses its software to enable partner investment platforms to sell its unique Investment Indemnity (insurance) product to their clients. InvestSure provides a full set of APIs that trading platform developers can use to integrate the Investure Investment Indemnity product seamlessly and easily into theirwebsites and mobile applications. Once InvestSure technology is added to a trading platform, it enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. The full process from buying to insurance to settling claims is fully automated.The Investment Indemnity product itself is a unique innovation; it is designed to protect to protect shareholders against any losses in share value caused by actual or perceived fraud committed by management. This enables investors to secure their investments. The cost of the product is low enough to not significantly reduce returns of investors where no insurance event occurs, but to provide significant downside protection where an insured event does occur.
Kiran C. Patel is an Indian-American philanthropist, cardiologist and businessman.
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- Industry: FinTech, Medical, InsurTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, Botswana, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $400k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alpha Direct — Alpha Direct is a Botswana-HQ, Africa-focused risk carrying Insurtech that is focused on using cloud, big data and AI to deliver compelling insurance products for Africa’s growing consumer market.The insurance sector in Africa is underpenetrated vs most of the World. Given affordability, accessibility and inflexibility, insurance is seen asbeing a product “that is only available to the rich”.The company has become the fifth largest short-term insurance underwriter in their home market in under 5 years, and is now focused on regional and continental expansion across Africa as well as entering the long-term insurance market. The company has a strong stable of intellectual property including software, trademarks and patents. The company recently won The African Insurance Award for Innovation of the Year, for their insurance in a box product sold through retail outlets (with a cloud-based activation and policy management platform) where they have acquired thousands of customers and are scaling up rapidly. Over the next 5 years Alpha Direct plans to expand its product offering to include long-term insurance products as well to expand its footprint to include South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria. Alpha Direct plans to license its products and technology in 10 African countries outside those where it has a physical presence.
- Magenta Mobility — Magenta is in business of 'Enabling electric mobility and Making electricity clean'. Magenta has four business divisions: 1. Magenta ChargeGrid - EV Charging Solutions 1. Magenta Power - Clean Energy Systems 3. Magenta Infomatics - Information Technology for clean energy 4. Magenta EVET - Electric Vehicle based transport solutions
- Concept Medical — Discover how Concept Medical transforms ideas into groundbreaking medical devices for cardiovascular interventions.
We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $550k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $450k–$1M; Series A $50k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
- Tripesa — Tripesa offers payment solutions for Africa's travel and tourism industry.
- Plural — Smarter, Faster, Future-Ready Policy Strategy. Plural transforms how enterprises and organizations anticipate and act on legislation. Our AI-powered platform delivers accurate bill analysis, policy insights, and stakeholder intelligence so you can stay ahead of risk, seize opportunity, and shape outcomes. See How It Works Book A Demo Trusted By Deepen Your State & Federal Legislative
We back exceptional founders in and from Africa who are addressing deep gaps between the status quo and the ideal.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Paps — Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016
- Mvxchange — MVX makes freight shipping easier and more coordinated for companies of any size by bringing the whole booking and deployment process online. We simplify Africa’s end-to-end import and export trade transactions by aggregating and organizing 7+ services through 1 digital channel.
- 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.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $456k–$4M; Series A $1.6M–$7M; Series C $70M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mobiz — Supercharge your SMS marketing with dynamic, high-converting landing pages sent directly into the hands of your customers.
- 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.
Olugbenga Agboola is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave. Olugbenga previously worked at Access Bank as a Head of Digital Factory and Innovation. Olugbenga Agboola attended EC-Council University. Olugbenga Agboola has been a Certified Ethical Hacker and a Security Analyst.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klump — Use Klump to buy now and pay later in instalments for up to 12 months! Businesses accept payments, increase conversion rates, and boost revenue. The Easy Life! Try it now.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- Lorum Finance —
Christian Faes was previously co-founder and CEO of LendInvest, which is a technology driven mortgage lender and a leading Fintech company. The company has over £3.5 billion of Funds Under Management, and is one of the largest non-bank mortgage lenders in the UK. Now building Faes & Co.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $357k–$20M; Series A $4.5M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Knoma — Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning. The business is tackling the digital skills gap as the global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution. We help people looking to future proof their career or move into new areas of work by reducing the barrier of payment and removing the pain point of sourcingtechnical courses.The business is built upon the firm belief in the importance of lifelong education to drive improvements in our customers’ future prosperity. We believe education should be accessed in a short, but frequent manner; at a lower price point and a focus on gaining technical, digital and data skill-sets. All users can gain access up to £10,000, where the cost of a course can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments. The product is completely free to all end users with no interest or fees applicable. Knoma works with leading coding and tech schools. We are a fun and driven team, ready to make an impact!
- Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $382k–$2.3M; Series A $6.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
- Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
- Isembard — Isembard has experience from the military, government, large enterprises, and a successfully exited technology business.
We look for enablers of change that could have a meaningful impact to the Human Experience.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6M; Series A $3.9M–$25M; Series B $15M–$290M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Groq — Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
- Accio3D — Accio3D is a company that develops AI agents to analyze material requirements and optimize the additive manufacturing process.
- Prezent AI — Presentation productivity platform for enterprise teams. Add zen to your presentations!
We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $325k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
- Brass — Get started with a modern current account
- LemFi — Send money to India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and 30 other countries. Receive and manage your money without stress
Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.
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- Industry: FinTech, Credit, InsurTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $8.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Axis — With axis, you can send money to friends instantly and for free, buy anything online, request money from anyone, earn rewards and cashback, and understand your spending habits so that you can budget.
- Octo — Experience infinite possibilities with financial solutions tailored to fit your lifestyle. From swift payments to personalized credit options, Octo is here to make every transaction seamless.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 162
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Fixit45 — Fixit45 also provides fleet management, auto parts sourcing and delivery, auto care, refurbishment and upgrades, repair financing, and mechanic workshop software as well as pre-purchase inspections, underlying these with moderation for compliance and accountability.
- Gigmile — Gigmile provides financial services. They provide gig workers with core services and an affordable lease on productive assets that is tailored to their earnings to enable them to succeed in the mobility industry as entrepreneurs.
- HomecomingEx — Homecoming Revolution is a pan-African recruitment firm for global African professionals. We specialise in headhunting & placing global African talent.
Christian Angermayer is based out of London, England and is the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Enhanced Games. Christian Angermayer attended the University of Bayreuth.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $549k–$20M; Series A $8M–$45M; Series B $4.4M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Upmin — Upmin is an online platform for Real estate management and works as a Digital property manager
- TRIP — TRIP is the UK's most trusted CBD Oils and CBD Drinks Supplier. Shop the UK's best CBD oils available online with FREE UK Shipping.
- Plasma — Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin.
Cofounder and CEO of Kuda
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $2M–$5M; Pre-Seed $780k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- 24SEVEN — 24seven.pk is using tech and data to digitize and disrupt the fresh food and FMCG verticals in one of the fastest-growing and rapidly evolving consumer markets in the world.
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Browse database — It's Free!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, Insurance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $456k–$2.5M; Series A $1.6M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% 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.
- Synatic — Synatic is a unified platform that enables your business to integrate and automate systems and services without sacrificing enterprise features and security.
- 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.
Are you looking for start-up funding for your business? Get in touch with Atlantica Ventures to get the kick-start your start-up needs.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $450k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Figorr — Figorr is your go-to, for accessing reliable information on temperature, humidity, and location. Experience the next generation of data-driven insights with Figorr today.
- OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
- 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.
Spartan is an oilfield management company that offers labor support, technology, engineering, construction, and project management services.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Web3
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Italy, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Symmio — Symmio is a platform that facilitates the clearing of derivatives transactions by focusing on the specific intentions of users. It provides easy, permissionless access to both traditional and emerging assets.
- Uptopia — Uptopia is the Base Chain ecosystem game startup platform.
- Optimum — Optimum constitutes a decentralized, high-performance memory infrastructure tailored for use across various blockchains.
Tangerine Life is a financial technology company that consistently goes the extra mile to improve the financial security of our consumers.With innovation and ingenuity as our guiding principles, we provide a range of avenues through which our consumers can access secure financial services that enable them improve their lives.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
- OmniBiz — Omnibiz is a digital platform for small businesses willing to attract new customers.
- ETAP — ETAP is a digital insurance application that allows you to set up your car insurance in just 90 seconds.
Lionel Dorie founding partner of Augusta Energy Group.
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- Industry: AgTech, InsurTech, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Mali
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- OKO — New generation crop insurance designed for emerging markets Droughts and flood insurance available from any mobile phone in Mali
We stand as one of the leading global reinsurers, offering comprehensive coverage in both property and casualty reinsurance across every continent worldwide
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- Industry: Insurance, FinTech, InsurTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: United States, Germany, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 88i Seguradora Digital S.A. — 88i is a digital platform for blockchain-based protection, insurance, and assistive services, connecting brokers and customers in a much simpler, more transparent and faster way.Founded by an ex-KPMG partner with more than 20 years of experience in the insurance market and supported by the application of the newest technology of blockchain andcryptocurrency, the company presents a new way to distribute and sell insurance. The interface is intended to be simplified by the use of a digital platform (app) that gives full transparency to the consumer to guarantee a faster path to contract and acquire insurance. The digital platform would work also as an insurance service market place, enabling different service providers linked to the insured item to offer their service. For example, home repair companies would be able to offer their services linked to a house insurance.
- BriteCo — Their cloud-based BriteCo Appraisal Management System is the gateway to making the jeweler’s life easier and more productive—-and customers happier and more secure with immediate insurance coverage of their fine jewelry and watches.
- Viridium Group — Viridium Group is the leading specialist in the efficient management of life insurance portfolios in Germany. The foundation of its activities is a customer-focused service organisation combined with efficient portfolio management. As of mid-2017, the companies of Viridium Group administered a combined total of about one million insurance policiesand about €15 billion in assets. The Group's shareholders are Cinven, a leading international private equity firm, and Hannover Re, the world's third-largest reinsurance company.
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 301
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
- terralayr — At terralayr, we're not just offering storage and batteries; we're pioneering a new era of energy flexibility. In a world where renewable energy is on the rise, the need for flexibility in energy storage has never been more crucial. That's where we come in.
- Morada Uno — Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.
Leading early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stage technology companies in North America.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 125
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Caden — Caden is the world's first Zero-Party Data platform. We allow users to own and control their own personal data, make money off it, and share it with trusted consumer brands, while maintaining their privacy.
- AnthologyAI — AnthologyAI is the breakthrough Artificial Intelligence Consumer Insights & Predictions Platform with billions of real-time data sourced directly and ethically from consumers. Access previously unavailable levels of intelligence about retail spending, geolocation, media consumption, travel, ride sharing and more — in realtime, at scale.
- Vero Technologies — Vero Technologies is a Financial Services based company.
Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 216
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
- Capsa AI — Capsa AI helps private equity firms to take data-driven investment decisions using AI to transform due diligence process.
- Camion — Empowering real estate to lead the energy transition with data and insights.
As a leading African investment manager, we aim to deliver sustainable long-term returns for clients via our comprehensive range of investment capabilities.
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- Industry: Retail, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Malawi, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- CoverGo — CoverGo is the ultimate no-code insurance platform helping insurance companies build and launch products for health, life, and P&C.
- Gala Macs — Gala Macs is an agricultural company engaged in the production of macadamia nuts.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 202
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Apriora — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
- Unify — Route your prompts to the best LLM endpoint. Get the best output and optimize for speed, latency and cost to supercharge your LLM applications!
- Founder AI — Discover ready-to buy prospects, break into key accounts and accelerate deal cycles with YC-backed AI sales tool.
DEG, a Merkle Company is a full-service digital agency purpose-built to meet clients in the moment with data-driven marketing, commerce, and collaboration solutions.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant
- Geography: India, South Africa, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- BioBuu — BioBuu focuses on the development of manufacturing capacity and environmentally sustainable production.
- Laprophan — Laprophan gives people access to cutting-edge treatments and therapies. As a result, we are committed to researching, developing, and bringing new, innovative goods to market. dedication to patient-centered care pervades everything we do, from product creation to service delivery.
- SUN Energy — SUN Energy - Pengembang Proyek PLTS Terkemuka untuk Mendukung Perjalanan Keberlanjutan Perusahaan Anda.
Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 465
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- KoRo — KoRo is a fast-growing FoodTech startup - one of the leading brands for healthy, long-lasting and sustainable food.
- Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
- Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
Blue Point is a private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs and management teams investing in and growing lower middle-market companies.
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- Industry: B2C, Retail, FinTech
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- Siffron — siffron provides retail merchandising and custom display solutions.With more than 60 years of retail expertise, siffron has more than 6,000 retail fixtures, store shelving, shelf management systems, and stock displays.
- Europa Eyewear — Europa is an eyewear company which is proud to craft products and policies focused on supporting likeminded, independent eye care professionals
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, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Uganda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Maxe AI — AI investment Assistant for all investors. AI Portfolios tracker of stocks bonds exchanges futures. all in one to track mutual funds.
- Sendmarc — Maximize your email security and domain protection with DMARC to safeguard your business against email impersonation, phishing, and spoofing.
- 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.
Guillaume Leenhardt CEO chez Gentle Finance
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- Industry: AgTech, InsurTech, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Mali
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- OKO — New generation crop insurance designed for emerging markets Droughts and flood insurance available from any mobile phone in Mali
Orbs is a public blockchain infrastructure that enhances the capabilities of existing EVM and non-EVM smart contracts.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Korea, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Symmio — Symmio is a platform that facilitates the clearing of derivatives transactions by focusing on the specific intentions of users. It provides easy, permissionless access to both traditional and emerging assets.
- Harris & Trotter — H&T are chartered accountants and business advisers based in London. General Practice, Digital Assets, Music & Entertainment. 101 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6XH. Tel 020 7467 6300
- TON Strategy Company — VERB Technology Company is a software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, applications platform developer. Its platform is comprised of sales enablement business software products marketed on a subscription basis. The applications are available in both mobile and desktop versions. It includes verbCRM, Customer Relationship Management application, verbLEARN,Learning Management System application, and verbLIVE, its Live Broadcast Video Webinar application.
Olive Tree Capital started as the foreign investment arm of the single member family office. With a diverse mandate, we are able to seek worthwhile global investment opportunities without asset class restrictions; we seek public market opportunities with discrepancies between market perception and fundamental reality, and we enjoy privatelyinvesting in and collaborating with partners who share our passion, dedication, and clarity. More philosophically, we live by the Golden Rule; thus, we especially love entrepreneurs, artists, and businesses that are positively contributing to humanity in parallel with pursuing profitability.
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- Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
- Arva AI — Arva AI makes onboarding onto a bank/fintech as a business 100x faster and significantly cheaper. An end-to-end KYB solution fuelled by AI.
- Hamming AI — Test your AI voice agent against 1000s of simulated users in minutes. Call analytics, monitoring, and governance for AI voice agents.
TrustGro is a non-deposit taking microfinance company incorporated in Kenya. We provide government payroll loans, private company payroll loans, vehicle logbook loans, asset finance loans and salary advance loans.
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- Industry: InsurTech, Insurance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- mTek — mTek is a digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry.
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, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, France, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
- 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.
- Conservio — Discover and Book South Africa's best nature accommodations with Conservio. Book vetted accommodations, easy and safe to book online.
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Browse database — It's Free!Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
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- Industry: InsurTech, Insurance
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- mTek — mTek is a digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry.
Henry Allard CEO of Filhet-Allard Maritime.
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- Industry: AgTech, InsurTech, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Mali
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- OKO — New generation crop insurance designed for emerging markets Droughts and flood insurance available from any mobile phone in Mali
Amandine Lobelle is the Head of Business at Paystack. She attended Harvard Kennedy School.
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- Industry: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 200
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- KINO — KINO is a film production company that brings fans behind the scenes of their favorite hollywood films.
- Renaissance — Renaissance allows artists to amplify their streaming traction and tap into a community of their super fans.
- Virtualtech Frontier — Virtualtech Frontier develops business processes through virtual reality technology. It operates virtual event platforms, metaverse services, and virtual reality solutions. Virtualtech Frontier was founded in 2021 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.
Oliver is a global investor and entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. Oliver is investing in US and China based companies and helps them to go international. Previous projects include airbnb, houzz and hoteltonight.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $770k–$10M; Series A $4.4M–$25M; Series B $19M–$160M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tzafon — Tzafon's vision is to broaden the lightcone of awareness by pushing the boundaries of machine intelligence, striving to extend the frontier of what intelligent systems can perceive, understand, and contribute.
- Corgi Insurance — Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. ("Corgi") is an American technology company that operates an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered insurance carrier based in San Francisco, California. Corgi Insurance develops and operates a fully integrated insurance stack using AI agents to automate traditional carrier operations, becoming the world’sfirst “AI insurance company.” The company owns multiple subsidiaries operating under a dog-themed naming convention.
- Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.
Target Global is a prominent European technology investment firm with a significant presence in the venture capital landscape, boasting over €3 billion in assets under management. The firm operates out of key tech hubs including London, Berlin, Tel Aviv, and Abu Dhabi, and has a rich portfolio featuring some of Europe's most successful techcompanies such as Revolut, Auto1, Copper, Delivery Hero, Docplanner, and Rapyd.Founding and GrowthTarget Global was established in 2015 by Shmuel Chafets and Yaron Valler, who brought a wealth of experience from their tenure at Hasso Plattner Ventures. Their professional partnership dates back 15 years to their time at Giza Venture Capital, a trailblazer in Israel's investment ecosystem, where they honed their investment acumen and industry foresight.Investment Philosophy and ImpactTarget Global stands out in the European tech industry for its diverse team and its ability to identify and capitalize on unique opportunities. The firm's knack for recognizing potential in the early stages of Germany's tech economy led to the emergence of several unicorns in the 2010s. As the European tech industry evolves, Target Global remains at the forefront, seeking out innovative companies like Robovision, Saleor, and Finom. These recent investments reflect the firm's commitment to supporting cutting-edge technology and business models.Fundraising SuccessesTarget Global's fundraising prowess is evident in its six investment funds, which have collectively raised significant capital. The funds range from Early Stage Funds, focusing on nascent startups, to Growth Funds that support more mature companies scaling their operations. The firm's co-investment strategy has led to over €1 billion in capital deployment across a diverse array of partnerships.Backing and AchievementsWith the backing of investors such as FERI, UBS, Allianz X, Mubadala, and Hermes GPE, Target Global has cemented its reputation as a trusted and successful investment firm. Its portfolio spans over 140 companies at various development stages, with a focus on those targeting trillion-dollar markets.Just a few of the many notable companies in the firm’s portfolio include:- Tarabut, MENA’s leading open banking platform, which was recently featured in Forbes Middle East’s list of Top 50 Fintech Companies.- Flo Health, an AI-driven women’s health product, which is the world’s top health and fitness app by downloads.- Robovision, an easy-to-use AI-driven computer vision platform for users to develop their own deep-learning-based solutions.- Enter, a German company that helps homeowners and businesses reduce their carbon footprint.Target Global's track record includes support for 15 unicorn companies, over 20 exits, and 7 IPOs, showcasing its ability to drive growth and success in the European tech ecosystem. The team, comprised of individuals with founder and operator backgrounds, continues to pursue exceptional opportunities to expand the firm's portfolio and influence.Target Global's journey from its inception to its current status as a key player in European venture capital is marked by strategic investments, a commitment to diversity, and a deep understanding of the tech industry's dynamics. With a clear vision for the future, Target Global is poised to continue its role in shaping the next wave of European tech giants.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 201
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$19M; Series A $3.8M–$34M; Series B $11M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Endel — Personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep. Backed by neuroscience.
- Casava — Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone.
- Finom — Finom is an online payment solution for entrepreneurs that makes it easy to open a business account and securely manage their finances.
Greenlight Re (www.greenlightre.ky) is a specialist property and casualty reinsurance company based in the Cayman Islands and Ireland. The company provides a variety of custom-tailored reinsurance solutions to the insurance, risk retention group, captive and financial marketplaces. Established in 2004, Greenlight Re selectively offers customizedreinsurance solutions in markets where capacity and alternatives are limited. With a focus on deriving superior returns from both sides of the balance sheet, Greenlight Re's assets are managed according to a value-oriented, equity-focused strategy that complements the Company's business goal of long-term growth in book value per share.
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- Industry: Insurance, InsurTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M; Series A $2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Summit — Summit provides the best Commercial Insurance, Liability, Business, Tech & Cyber Insurance in Canada. We are specialized in custom insurance Solutions.
- Vivere Partners — Vivere is a tech-enabled MGA providing specialty property and management liability solutions for complex risks. We combine industry expertise with advanced analytics to deliver faster quotes, tailored coverage, and competitive terms.
- Bluefields Specialty Insurance — Bluefields Specialty Insurance builds profitable, curated insurance programs for underserved and overlooked specialty markets.
We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $450k–$12M; Series A $3M–$794M; Series B $16M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
- Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
- Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
Acuity Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based family of venture capital funds that provide investment capital and strategic guidance to early stage and emerging growth companies. The Fund currently investing is Acuity Ventures III LP, formed in 2004. Acuity provides capital through convertible preferred debt, direct equity investments and otherinvestment participations.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Togo, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.8M; Pre-Seed $725k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MIA Group — MIA Group is a consumer internet company in Francophone Africa. We are on a mission to make commerce easy through a digital ecosystem fulfilling the everyday needs of consumers online and offline.Our businesses include Miaplenou.com: The largest online retail platform operating in Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Launched 2012.Kiosk: online reselling App that enables anyone to start a business without investment. Launched 2021.MiaPay: QR code payment and lifestyle services
- Brass — Get started with a modern current account
- Baloon Assurance — Baloon is a digital insurance broker. They offer online insurance brokerage services intended to help facilitate the purpose of meeting the insurance demands. Their services include providing insurance in the areas of automobile and health, enabling consumers to reimburse their insurance online.
AAIC Ventures focuses on companies with management, technology, and production in Asia, addressing a global market. AAIC Ventures believes that it is in the midst of a technological revolution and Asia, where it has its connections and experience, will play a pivotal role.At the heart of its AAIC Ventures' involvement in start-ups is thedrive to support their development, innovation process and growth with both advice and hands-on involvement.Developing good ideas into a marketable product and process requires incredible innovation and creativity. AAIC Ventures likes to challenge the status quo and take an active role in finding alternative ways for our companies to achieve their goals.AAIC Ventures combines its work with its portfolio companies with serious capital commitments, often participate in follow-on rounds, and help in all aspects of further capital raising efforts.
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- Industry: AgTech, Drones, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, Kenya, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rology — AI-assisted On-demand Teleradiology Platform
- Lami — Lami is an end-to-end digital insurance platform and API that enables companies across sectors to offer insurance products. Its API allows underwriters to connect with consumer-facing companies that can provide embedded insurance as a value add for existing customers, many of whom are uninsured.
- Insight Robotics — Insight Robotics is a forestry-focused risk management company, empowering forest owners to proactively mitigate threats by making sense of data.
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