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Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in South Africa

Last updated: Aug 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Internet startups based in South africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Internet companies from South africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Internet Startup Investors in South Africa

Investor	Internet South Africa investments
Kalon Venture Partners	5
LoftyInc Capital	5
SEEK	4
Vinny Lingham	4
Future Africa	3
Oui Capital	3
Newtown Partners	3
E4EAfrica	3
Musha Ventures	3
Knife Capital	3
Raine Ventures	2
Riot Games	2
Imvelo Ventures	2
Konvoy	2
4Di Capital	2
Yossi Hasson	2
Launch Africa	2
Justin Stanford	2
TTV Capital	2
Wayne Gosling	2
AngelHub Ventures	2
Daniel Guasco	2
Alumni Ventures	2
CRE Venture Capital	2
Hustle Fund	2
4 Decades Capital	2
Sebastian Stoddart	2
Soma Capital	2
Breega	2
IBM	1
4DX Ventures	1
Legziel Family	1
HAVAÍC	1
Andreessen Horowitz	1
Naspers	1
Tritech Global	1
Atreyu	1
Polo Leteka	1
Alpha Private Capital	1
E3 Capital	1
Connectivity Ventures Fund	1
Gewape Capital	1
Sunu Capital	1
Tekton Ventures	1
to.org	1
Network Society Ventures	1
Perivoli Innovations	1
Maijid Moujaled	1
Will Herman	1
Fireball Capital	1

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

GoMetro — See All Your Vehicles, All The Time | Go Metro
Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

SEEK is a diverse group of companies that have a unified purpose to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organizations succeed. The Group encompasses a strong portfolio of employment, education, and volunteer businesses which span across Australia, New Zealand, China, South East Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, andBangladesh. SEEK makes a positive impact on a truly global scale, operating in a total of 18 countries with market-leading positions in 14 countries. It creates world-class product technology solutions to address the needs of job seekers and hirers and facilitate the matching between job seekers and hirers across our online employment marketplaces. Online Education Services (‘OES’) offers leading online education and SEEK Learning offers trusted advice in relation to career-related education. SEEK’s commitment to having a positive impact on society is reflected through the diverse range of initiatives which its businesses across the globe partake in to support the communities they operate within. In Australia and New Zealand SEEK Volunteer is each country’s largest single source of volunteering opportunities offering not-for-profit organizations free access to post volunteer opportunities. This free marketplace is something SEEK is exceptionally proud of. Over its 20 years of operation, SEEK continues to innovate within the markets it operates in. It provides a culture of excellence and acceptance in our workplaces and celebrates the diversity of employees that contribute to the success of the organization.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Recruiting, Software
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Go1 — GO1 provides a platform that allows companies to upscale their workforce with on-demand training and a dynamic content-driven platform for companies that are Open to Learn. The funding follows an integration with Microsoft Teams, which enables organizations using Teams to learn directly within their workplace ecosystem. Individuals can now find,consume, share, and discuss learning resources from its library of online learning resources.
Employment Hero — Employment Hero is Australia's top cloud-based HR, payroll and benefits platform for employers & employees. FREE trial for...
Talespin — Talespin is building the XR platform to power knowledge transfer and skill alignment for the future of employment

Vinny Lingham is Co-Founder & CEO at Civic. He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device. He is also the founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to developwebsites. Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006. He has previously served on marketing advisory boards for Nasdaq listed Valueclick and Yahoo, was also selected as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006. Vinny studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at the University of Cape Town.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Internet, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Glif — Interoperable tools for the Filecoin network
Afterparty — Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships
Collectibles.com — Collectibles is the Home of Collectors: Cards, Comics, Coins, Stamps and more. Connect with Likeminds, Trade and Showoff your Collection for free

Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership globally. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analyticsof mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
Itana — Talent City’s mission is to build a network of charter cities that focuses on creating technology-enabled jobs within a free trade zone with its own regulation and bylaws.
Filmmakers Mart — FilmmakersMart is Africa’s first film and entertainment marketplace where entertainment businesses and creatives find verified services seamlessly for their video productions while democratizing entry into the film and entertainment industry for emerging creatives. We’re building the operations system for the film and entertainment industry inAfrica.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
Ndovu — Secure your investments in both local and global financial markets on ndovu - a secure, affordable, hassle-free online investment platform in Africa designed to work your money
Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans

Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startups.

Investment focus

Logistics, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
South Africa, Ghana, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
Complete Farmer — We are providing cutting-edge technological farming protocols and innovations with a unique business model and logistics that are revolutionizing...

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

Investment focus

Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management
Seed, Series A, Series B
South Africa, France, The Netherlands

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.
TUNL — TUNL | Unlocking Exports
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.

Seed capital for technology startups globally.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
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.
Startbutton — We help multi-national businesses sell products and get paid in African countries in a compliant and tax-efficient manner, without the need to register locally.

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Raine Ventures is an early stage fund managed by The Raine Group. The firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and Shanghai. With a global reach, Raine focuses on investment and advisory opportunities where its deep industry experience and unique network of strategic relationships can create value for portfolio companies andclients.

Investment focus

Gaming, Mobile, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Israel, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Castore — Castore has been created to bring a new level of performance to men’s sportswear. They are the world’s first premium sportswear brand specifically for men, targeting only the most discerning athletes who value the attention to detail and precision performance features that underpin all garments. The Castore brand DNA lies in an unrelenting focus ontechnical innovation to create the most advanced products for those individuals who simply cannot settle for second best.
Rock The Bells — Rock The Bells is an online store for hip-hop culture merchandise.
East Asian Super League — East Asia Super League's (EASL) founding mission is to create Asia's premier basketball league while elevating the sport in the region.

Riot Games is the most player-focused game developer and publisher in the world. We published League of Legends in 2009, and have since released Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends: Wild Rift.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Mobile Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Germany, China

Portfolio highlights

Stoke Games — Stoke Games operates as an independent gaming studio.
Wicked Saints Studios — We used behavioral technology to create interactive media that is wickedly fun and actively good. Wicked Saints emerged from Niantic’s incubator last fall (CNBC article) with a prototype of the world’s first adventure activism game, World Reborn. At its simplest, World Reborn is an interactive story game with real-life quests facilitated byaugmented reality (AR). It not only defies genres between narrative and AR games but blends the digital and real world. Wicked Saints sees AR as a bridge between fantasy and reality, with untapped potential to offer players immersive experiences that change them and their world for good.
The Believer Company — Join the journey We are building a world-class team to serve players for years to come. If you believe in games, we believe in you.

Imvelo Ventures is a venture capital and growth equity firm in South Africa managed by Capitec Bank.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

BancX — bancX is a modular, as-a-service platform for banks, fintechs, lenders, and retailers to build or extend their offering to meet market demand.
Lipa Payments — Lipa [ lee-puh ] Payments is a payment software solution for banks and fintech's that allows small merchants to perform digital transactions using NFC and Bluetooth technology (Tap on Phone). We remove the need for additional payment terminal hardware. Start transacting in less than hour with our SDK.
The Cape Town Stock Exchange — The Cape Town Stock Exchange is a south Africa’s stock exchange for small- and medium-sized businesses.

Konvoy Ventures is a thesis driven venture capital firm. We invest in the platforms and technologies at the frontier of gaming.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

k-ID — At k-ID, we specialize in integrating safety and privacy by design compliance solutions for digital platforms, focusing on creating a safer, more responsible online environment for children and teenagers.
Pok Pok — Pok Pok is a low-stimulation app for kids 2-7 filled with Montessori-inspired digital toys that offer a calmer way to learn through screen time play.
Afference — Powering the sense of touch in the digital world. Feel digital objects in AR, VR, and XR with our groundbreaking haptic feedback device, the Phantom.

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

Investment focus

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

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 — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.
Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.

Yossi Hasson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metaversal and a Venture Partner at 2048 Ventures. He is also a Non-Executive Director of WeThinkCode_. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Techstars. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Blockchain, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
South Africa, United States, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

Ozow — Easy, fast, safe online payments and bank API solutions for merchants and consumers across South Africa. Secure instant EFT directly from bank to bank.
Howler — Howler, is the powerful event technology platform designed at the uppermost benchmarks of service and technology to help consumers and event organisers to make moments that matter.
The Sun Exchange — The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar leasing marketplace. We leverage financial innovation and the power of the crowd to drive sustainable energy development and make the environmental, social and economic benefits of solar accessible and affordable for all. Through the Sun Exchange online platform, anyone, anywhere in the world, can buyremotely-located solar cells and then lease them to power businesses and organisations in sunny emerging markets. Solar cell owners earn income from the electricity that’s generated, while schools, businesses, clinics and other organisations gain access to affordable clean energy, reducing electricity costs and carbon emissions.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Bosso — Bosso projects and realizes automation and robotic solutions for the growth of your business.
Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
Wahu Mobility — Wahu Mobility is an open e-mobility platform that connects drivers, passengers, and goods in a simple, inclusive, transparent, nationwide, and multimodal manner.

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'.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Security
Seed, Angel, Series A
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

FitKey — FitKey is about helping you find and manage the fitness life that makes you happy, through discovering new classes, studios, and fitness activities. With easy online and mobile booking, FitKey keeps your routine interesting.
TaxTim — Originally funded by Google in 2011, TaxTim is Africa's answer to Making Tax Easy. Answer simple questions one-by-one, in a friendly automated chat, and your tax return is done in minutes. TaxTim has 40% market share of the tax base in South Africa (~4.5m), and has deployed localised versions in Namibia and Nigeria as JVs with PwC previously.TaxTim is integrated with the local revenue service (SARS) for instant electronic tax submissions, and partners with some of SA's largest consumer brands - Airbnb, Momentum, Sanlam, Old Mutual, FNB eBucks - to provide tax services for free or at discount. TaxTim has several business models including B2C, B2B and B2B2C. TaxTim is a compelling and popular consumer brand, with a fully-developed, profitable broker/financial product leads ecosystem.
Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.

TTV Capital is a venture capital firm that funds and supports the businesses that shape the financial future of the world.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Flossy — Don't have insurance? Perfect. Book an appointment with Arizona and New Mexico's top dentists without breaking the bank. We offer up to 50% off dental treatments like fillings, extractions, bridges, implants, teeth whitenings, veneers, crowns, root canals and dentures. Call us right now!
Carputty — Carputty is a superior way to finance a car. Buying new, used, or refinancing? Carputty's flexible line of credit simplifies the process. Get started now!
Mia Share — Connecting students and schools to the future of fair education payments through income-based payment plans, zero-interest payment plans, hybrids, and more innovative tuition solutions.

Wayne Gosling - COO @ Twangoo South Africa

Investment focus

Rental, Internet, Analytics
Seed, Angel
South Africa, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Innovation. Leadership. Technology. Africa.

Investment focus

Rental, Internet, Analytics
Seed, Angel
South Africa, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
intelworld —

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Kudos — Kudos is a retail company that offers natural disposable baby diapers with cotton liners. The company's chemical-free diapers are made of plant-based renewable materials, providing parents with natural diapers that suit babies' sensitive skin. It was founded by Amrita Saigal in 2019 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
teachme.to — Teachme.to is a community of learners discovering lessons for everything.
Savvy Wealth — Savvy is the next-generation wealth management firm that pairs world-class advisors with modern software to help clients achieve their financial goals.

Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
South Africa, Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sabi Am — Sabi is Africa's largest B2B company, & we are digitising informal trade via our platform. We access markets hard to reach and ensure ease of distribution, & are the No 1 FCMG supplier in Africa.
Sukhiba — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
Stitch — One API integration for all online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto. Orchestrate + reconcile digital payments across methods and send payouts

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Hemster — Hemster is an on-demand tailoring service that empowers customers to create their own size no matter where they shop. It offers and provides alteration and tailoring services to brand name retailers across the country. Hemster eliminates the most frustrating part of shopping: finding that perfect size. Instead of making shoppers look for theirperfect size, retailers can now create a tailored size from off-the-rack inventory using Hemster’s Perfect Fit Platform.It was founded in 2015 and operates in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York.
BitBrand — Introducing Digital Watch Faces From Top Luxury Brands
Kidsy — Shop discounted open-box baby and kids items from all the top brands

4 Decades Capital is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Investment focus

Apps, Travel, Big Data
Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

GoMetro — See All Your Vehicles, All The Time | Go Metro

Sebastian Stoddart after working for 10 years as a product design consultant for top design consultancies in the US, Netherlands and UK, working for clients such as Samsung, Philips, Smith & Nephew, Compaq and Hewlett Packard, Sebastian formed his own company, albooto.com, to bring innovative products to market.

Investment focus

Rental, Internet, Analytics
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

8bit — 8Bit is localised content discovery and analytics platform dedicated to the distribution of high-quality content across their network of indie publishers.
Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
Boost Technology — Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

TestParty — TestParty is the most effective solution for organizations to achieve digital accessibility compliance in the WCAG for the ADA, EAA, Section 508, and more.
Volta — Volta provides the security and controls, to future-proof your business for managing digital asset operations; featuring a smart contract multi-sig wallet that bypasses traditional limitations and bottlenecks
Orchard Robotics — We develop advanced camera systems and computer vision software to enable precision crop load management for growers.

VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Malibou — Malibou is developing the first all-in-one payroll and HR software for all French startups and SMBs. Malibou is committed to simplifying complex processes so that you can focus on your business.
Pixmania — Pixmania is an e-commerce website that provides buying and selling of speakers, cameras, headphones, and mobile devices.
Griffin — Griffin is making a bank you can build on. They provide banking-as-a-service solutions for companies that want to offer financial services products. The company is currently seeking regulatory approval from the PRA and FCA to become the UK's first platform bank. It was founded in 2017 and based in London, England.

IBM is a global technology and innovation company. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 400,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development, andsystems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers. Utilizing its business consulting, technology, and R&D expertise, IBM helps clients become "smarter" as the planet becomes more digitally interconnected.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Funding Round, Grant, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Hugging Face — Hugging Face is an open-source & platform provider of machine learning technologies. Hugging Face was launched in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
University of Chicago — University of Chicago is a private research university that focuses on sciences, medicine, economics, law, business, and others. In addition to providing a dynamic education based on critical thinking and interdisciplinary exposure, the university sponsors hundreds of art and cultural events open to the public free of charge. Venues such as theCourt Theatre, the Oriental Institute, and the Smart Museum often host these events for local residents and students. The university’s retail development initiatives also help strengthen the economic health of the city.Academics include more than 50 areas of specialized undergraduate and graduate study, including some interdisciplinary programs like Big Problems, which tackles matters of global and universal concern that do not belong to one discipline or interest group, scientific fields like Biological Chemistry, and more.Experiential programs known as “Chicago Careers In” provide students with research, internships, and advising in fields like business and health professions.
The University of Tokyo — Official website of the University of Tokyo. Features an introduction to UTokyo, its research and international activities, admissions and other information.

4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, Logistics
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

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

Legziel Famliy

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed
Israel, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Zoog — Be part of their story
Pelles.ai — Pells.ai is leveraging generative AI and path-planning algorithms to create a new way to design and produce mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) building systems to save time, money, and materials.
Atlas Invest — A platform for institutional investors to invest in real estate backed bridge loans at scale with reduced risk.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
South Africa, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
FinAccess — FinAccess is a banking software for microfinance organisations.
Right Now Response — Right Now Response is a breakdown management platform.It offers round-the-clock breakdown visibility, including live location tracing and monitoring from acceptance to roadside and workshop repair, allowing businesses to improve productivity by reducing cost.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Klu.ai — Klu.ai is a generative AI platform that simplifies the process of designing, deploying, and optimizing AI applications.The company integrates major large language models (LLMs) such as Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI, GPT-4, and over 15 other models, enabling rapid prompt/model experimentation, data gathering, and user feedback. The platformoffers features like Klu Actions for content generation, business operations workflows, content analysis, and summarization, as well as optimization techniques for A/B testing and fine-tuning support for models like OpenAI's GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4. Klu.ai is committed to data privacy and security, providing data obfuscation and redaction features to protect sensitive information.Klu.ai is founded by Stephen M. Walker II in 2022 and is located in San Francisco, California.
Waymark — Waymark is a company dedicated to improving access and quality of care for people receiving Medicaid.
Gate Bioscience — Gate Bioscience is developing Molecular Gates, a new frontier in protein elimination. Molecular Gates are small molecule drugs that selectively eliminate harmful extracellular proteins at their origin, inside cells, and prevent them from emerging to cause disease.

Naspers is a global internet group that empowers people and enrich communities. Naspers companies operate and invest in countries and markets across the world with long-term growth potential. 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 thegreatest growth potential. The company was founded on May 12, 1915, and is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Retail
Series B, Series A, Private Equity
South Africa, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
The Student Hub — Advancement through technology

Tritech Global is a technology investment holding company spanning a number of market leading business verticals in multiple geographic jurisdictions around the world.

Investment focus

Apps, Travel, Big Data
Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

GoMetro — GoMetro designs deploy and operate flexible mobility platforms. Their proprietary technology stack empowers city leaders, transport managers, corporates, retail centres, property developers, airports and downtown to introduce bold new mobility strategies. Their connected transport digital platform equips transport planners to respond to thechallenges of increased congestion, aged infrastructure, disruptive mobility players, self-driving vehicles and a lack of quality public transport services.

Atreyu identifies and works together with investee companies to build and grow their presence. We do this by sharing our expertise and networks, and by investing our own capital alongside that of selected investors.

Investment focus

Women's, Internet, Wellness
Seed
Germany, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

TooMuchWifi — TooMuchWifi is known to be the Best and most Reliable Wifi provider. Ideal for your home or business!
Femna Health — Femna Health offers virtual access to diagnostics and therapeutic solutions for women's health.
Elucid Social — Elucid Social integrates businesses with the social good movement through a data-driven strategy that yields measurable results. Elucid Social develops and deploys technologies to assess, report, and minimize human rights risks linked with the sourcing of products and services.

Polo Leteka is the Founder and Chairman of IDF Capital SA. She previously worked at Standard Bank of South Africa. Polo Leteka attended the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika.

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, Logistics
Seed, Series B
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

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.

Alpha Private Capital operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

Email, Internet, Information Technology
Series A
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.

E3 Capital invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Kenya, United States, Mali

Portfolio highlights

Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
YoLa Fresh — At YoLaFresh, our mission is to revolutionize the fresh produce supply chain in Africa by leveraging technology and data to disrupt traditional distribution models. We strive to create a more efficient and transparent system that benefits all stakeholders, from farmers to retailers and consumers. Our vision is to create a world where access tofresh, high-quality produce is a universal right. We believe that by empowering farmers and retailers with innovative technology solutions, we will improve their livelihoods and make a positive impact on their communities.
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.

Having collectively spent decades in the investment banking and recruiting industries, the principals of CCP have developed a unique network that has proven vital to the success of many entrepreneurs. They are repeatedly told that their relationships are a true differentiator.In an effort to follow in the footsteps of their favoriteinnovator/entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin, they at CCP also strive to “do well by doing good.” This means that they prioritize working with clients whose goals go beyond commercial means, and tackle big societal issues such as those that encourage biotechnology innovation, entrepreneurship, and the advancement of women as a demographic.Beyond focusing on themes such as these, they apply a highly disciplined selection process that ensures they only work with a small number of teams at any one time. This allows us to apply laser-focus to each one’s needs which translates into a higher potential for success.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Teampay — Empower employees with software that requests, approves, and tracks company spending in real-time. Integrations with QBO, Intacct, Netsuite, Xero & Slack.
LeadMethod, Inc. — LeadMethod is a software company focused on channel partner engagement and sales enablement, two factors that drive the most ROI, and channel partner loyalty. LeadMethod works with more than 23,000 suppliers, reps, and distributors to better align their businesses for growth. LeadMethod clients see between a 10-20% increase in revenue and havestronger communication and collaboration with their channel partners. LeadMethod can be used as a stand-alone system or integration with more than 65 CRM, marketing automation, or ERP systems for a total solution.LeadMethodwas founded in 2014 and is based in Bend, Oregon
TooMuchWifi — TooMuchWifi is known to be the Best and most Reliable Wifi provider. Ideal for your home or business!

Gewape Capital is an innovative capital fund that uses exceptional people and capital to create lasting value.

Investment focus

Consulting, Cloud Computing, Domain Registrar
Pre-Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Megabit Cloud — Get secure, reliable, and scalable cloud hosting solutions for small businesses, non-profits, and academic institutions with Megabit Cloud. Start today.

SUNU Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in companies that are creating a more prosperous, inclusive, and self-sustaining future across the global south.SUNU makes tailored investments to help companies pursue game-changing opportunities and realize their vision. Post-investment, we draw upon our network to offer additionalcapacity and capital that helps businesses grow and prepare to access follow-on investments. We move swiftly and responsively. They commit long-term. We love a good challenge.

Investment focus

Health Care, B2B, Energy Management
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Portfolio highlights

Thepeer — API infrastructure for businesses
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.
Carepoint Hospitals — Carepoint Hospitals is a network of healthcare facilities providing optimized and patient-centered services.

TEKTON VENTURES is an international seed investment firm that partners at inception with forward looking company builders in leading technology hubs worldwide. The firm’s principals have over three decades of experience as early stage investors. Leveraging an extensive global network of entrepreneurs and investors, Tekton makes early stageinvestments in category defining companies in several strategic geographies around the world.Passionate entrepreneurs exist in many parts of the world. Tekton Ventures focuses its investments in two different places: Silicon Valley and selected technology centers ( London and Israel); and the fast growing mobile/digitally connected markets in Asia (China, Korea and India).Our approach to global investing rests on partnerships with local venture ecosystems: we have built long standing relationships with some of the best local seed and venture investors in our geographies of focus.We see our unique global perspective as important to build transformational companies and make that knowledge available across our entire community of entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, South Korea, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

NG.CASH — NG.CASH is a digital app designed to help Generation Z become financially independent. It allows users to manage their own money with solutions such as PIX (Brazil’s “instant-payment” method), prepaid credit card, allowance management and a virtual card, in addition to features that let users customise the app’s design and a marketplace withdiscounts on Gen Z’s most desired brands. Structured as a financial hub, NG.CASH aims to accompany its clients throughout their lives and increase financial literacy in the region.
Prósperos — Founded in 2023 by Vinay Pai and Salvador Chavez, Prósperos is delivering an innovative financial platform that allows millions of Latinos to manage their finances while taking care of their family in the USA and Latin America.The Prósperos platform provides two bank accounts and two cards– one for the account holder in the USA and one for theirfamily in Mexico, and soon Central and South America. With Prósperos, customers can say goodbye to slow and costly money-transfer solutions, and their families no longer need to wait in line to pick up cash. Within seconds, funds are available to family members in Latin America.
Lhoopa — Making homeownership achievable for every Filipino family.

to.org is a Civic & Social Organization.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
Kenya, Senegal, South Africa

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
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.
Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.

Blockchain Investors Consortium (BIC) is a 50-member strong (crypto funds and a handful of individuals) who have over $1 billion of digital assets under management. The purpose of BIC is to allow its members to share due diligence and to co-invest in the most promising blockchain ventures. BIC is t

Investment focus

Solar, Blockchain, Crowdfunding
Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

The Sun Exchange — The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar leasing marketplace. We leverage financial innovation and the power of the crowd to drive sustainable energy development and make the environmental, social and economic benefits of solar accessible and affordable for all. Through the Sun Exchange online platform, anyone, anywhere in the world, can buyremotely-located solar cells and then lease them to power businesses and organisations in sunny emerging markets. Solar cell owners earn income from the electricity that’s generated, while schools, businesses, clinics and other organisations gain access to affordable clean energy, reducing electricity costs and carbon emissions.

Perivoli Innovations is a venture investment Trust established in 2016 by the Perivoli Trust. It donates profits to the Perivoli Foundation, a UK Charity, whose principal focus is Africa.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, Kenya, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Adaptavate — Our purpose is to help the construction industry adapt to change, by mainstreaming the production, manufacturing and availability of world leading low carbon building materials.
Greenspark — Turn your e-commerce business into a force for good, increase sales and engage your customers in climate action with Greenspark.
Downforce Technologies — Downforce Technologies is a pioneering leader in science-led, data-driven land management solutions focused on optimising soil health, soil organic carbon levels and biodiversity. With over 30% of the world's soil already degraded, urgent action is needed to address this pressing global challenge. Our platform offers a complete,high-resolution view of the land's carbon profile, enabling precise analysis and site-specific strategies for optimizing carbon levels.

Maijid Moujaled is a co-founder and president at Chipper Cash.

Investment focus

Gaming, Mobile, FinTech
Seed, Series A
Nigeria, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

PayHippo — PayHippo is making it easier to finance small and medium sized businesses in Africa. There is a need for financing of $158 bn for SMEs in Nigeria alone. To start, PayHippo helps SMEs access and spend lender capital effectively. During their first full operational year in 2020, the PayHippo co--founders leveraged their domain expertise and foundingexperience to beat their 2020 goal by 50%.
Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.

Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
Pristēm — The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today.
Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.

Fireball Capital operates as a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Email, Internet, Payments
Series A
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.
Ukheshe Technologies — Ukheshe Technologies is a technology company with a single API to integrate our fully digital financial services, including wallets, payment innovations and card issuing.

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