Top 25 Startup Investors in Ethiopia (June 2026)

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• Bosso — Bosso projects and realizes automation and robotic solutions for the growth of your business.
• Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
• Level Africa — Digital Investment Marketplace for Africa

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• Igloo — As a top insurtech company, Igloo makes insurance easy across Southeast Asia by working with reputable insurers and distribution partners.
• Mobisol — We transform lives through solar energy access. Our solar home systems and mini-grids benefit millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Cassava Technologies — Cassava Technologies is an innovative technology company encompassing fiber networks, data centers, renewable energy, cloud & cybersecurity.

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• Silk — Hong Kong-Style Milk Tea
• Light Mind Studio — Light Mind Studio is committed to creating high-quality, in-depth, and meaningful hit games.
• Zhulong Technology — The “Anti-Fraud Hub” of the AI era

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• Soko — SOKO produces innovative, ethical jewelry and accessories from sustainable materials in Nairobi, Kenya
• Ignitia — Ignitia provides hyper-local weather updates, via SMS, based on GPS location. Since our commercial launch in 2015, we have established partnerships to work with small-scale farmers. We send daily, monthly and seasonal rain forecasts to help farmers avoid adverse impacts of an ever-changing climate.Unlike other regions, rain in the tropics isproduced by small-scale systems where convection is a driving force. These convection forces can appear much more quickly and without seemingly any notice to the untrained eye. Ignitia's technology is specifically designed to predict this kind of weather.
• Moniepoint — Moniepoint provides an all-in-one payments, banking and operations platform for businesses and their customers.

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• Etana — PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia (Etana) is an emerging producer of high-quality, affordable and innovative biopharmaceuticals to treat a range of metabolic, autoimmune and other major life-threatening diseases, including cancer. Nathan Tirtana. Legend Capital. UOB Venture Management. Innovent Bio
• IPT PowerTech — IPT PowerTech coverage, coupled with our extensive expertise in supply chain management, field implementation, and power systems, has made us one of the most capable companies in handling the most complicated and versatile projects in the MEA region and its neighboring countries.
• Fourth Partner Energy — Top renewable energy company in India offering solar, wind, and hybrid solutions for commercial & industrial sectors.

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• 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

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• beU delivery — Food delivery service
• beU delivery — O2O service in Africa

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• Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
• Kinderpass — With Kinderpass you can skip the travel, and access therapy online. KinderPass has a large team of specialists who can help a child across areas of development all under the same roof. Their holistic approach ensures that they focus on building not just academic skills but also essential life skills. Sessions are designed to make learning enjoyablefor the child, in a language they are comfortable in. With online sessions, you can access therapy from the comfort of your home and at a time of your convenience.

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• Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.

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• Icosagen Group — Icosagen is an end-to-end Contract Research, Development & Manufacturing Organization. A science-driven partner for antibody, protein & biologics solutions.
• Wandercraft — Self- balancing and hands free movement with the innovative self-balancing feature, Atalante allows for multi-tasking and cognitive involvement as part of treatments.
• IPT PowerTech — IPT PowerTech coverage, coupled with our extensive expertise in supply chain management, field implementation, and power systems, has made us one of the most capable companies in handling the most complicated and versatile projects in the MEA region and its neighboring countries.

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• Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
• TANAAKK — TANAAKK provides “HITSERIES”, Growth-as-a-Service especially for Fortune Global 500 in-house startups to migrate R&D fruits into cloud-native scalable SaaS. HITSERIES delivers reference architecture, platform and related DevOps, RevOps, EquityOps services. There is annually US$190 R&D expenditure solely in Japan. TANAAKK find growth optionin R&D, selecting right cloud business scheme and enabling liquidity for discounted intellectual assets. Usually supporting conglomerate to achieve new $100M SaaS revenue in 5 years.
• Monarch Tractor — Monarch Tractor offers a tractor platform that combines mechanization, automation, and data analysis to enhance farmer’s existing operations, alleviate labor shortages, and maximize yields.The company is dedicated to eliminating diesel fuel and replaces harmful chemicals with mechanical solutions, so its tractor impacts the environment exactly asintended, without side effects. Its platform utilizes hardware and machine learning to identify and eliminates plant ailments and estimate yields.

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• SAYNA — Sayna is to provide high-quality training in the digital sector and provide professional chances to young people by bridging the gap between the growing demand and supply for digital talent in Africa.
• Traace — Traace is a software that allows companies to measure and manage their carbon footprint. Carry out your carbon assessment. Follow your action plan easily and precisely.
• Gebeya — Gebeya is building a-self-sustainable ecosystem that trains, hires, and nurtures the best of African talent. Our mission is to be the premier software engineering and IT training academy in Africa, while becoming the number one global IT services workplace that matches African IT talent with clients across Africa and the rest of the world.

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• instaHOP — We inspire you to craft personal travel plans... and create unforgettable experiences. Adventure awaits - lets make it happen!
• Herd Security — Herd Security is a cybersecurity company focused on protecting banking customers from the rising threat of AI-driven voice phishing (vishing) and social engineering scams. Leveraging advanced voice detection and AI technologies, Herd Security provides banks with real-time insights into potential vishing attacks, including those targeting high-risktransactions like wire fraud and elderly fraud. Designed to defend against the growing sophistication of AI-generated deepfake voice fraud, Herd Security offers security teams the tools and intelligence they need to safeguard customers’ sensitive information and financial assets. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing security infrastructures, empowering organizations to stay one step ahead of evolving social engineering threats.
• Hyperbound — Hyperbound AI analyzes thousands of calls, uncovers why your top reps win, and builds AI roleplays to help you scale fast and reinforce your playbooks.

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• Farm Trust — Farm Trust is an E-commerce platform for fruits and vegetables that provide traceability through blockchain.
• GreenPath Food — Greenpath Food is a worldwide food supplier of the highest quality organic, regeneratively-grown produce from small-scale East African Farms.

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• Xurya — Xurya is a renewable energy platform in providing commercial and industrial rooftop owners access to solar lease product on one side. And investors access to a stable and safe investment in rooftop solar plants on the other side. Both are achieved by maintenance service which enables both parties peace of mind.
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• mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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• Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
• 3DC — 3DC develops and manufactures a new carbon material, graphene meso sponge (GMS), for electrodes in next-generation batteries, capacitors, fuel cells and other energy storage and generation devices.
• FiscalNote — The #1 most trusted partner for government relations & public affairs software. Track policy, manage stakeholders, act fast.

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• Loggi — Loggi is connecting Brazil, using technology to reinvent logistics with a fast, cost-efficient, and reliable network across e-commerce, wholesale food delivery, and courier services. Loggi is unlocking the growth of the on-demand economy, supporting new commerce for Brazil’s large, young, urban population.The company was founded in 2013 and isbased in São Paulo, Brazil.
• Coursera — Coursera is an online education company that serves over 20 million registered learners by partnering with 140 of the world’s best universities and education institutions. On Coursera, anyone, anywhere can access over 1,000 online courses and Specializations in dozens of fields in order to achieve meaningful career, educational, and personalenrichment goals throughout their lives.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
• TradeDepot — TradeDepot is an end-to-end distribution platform that connects the world's top consumer goods companies directly to retailers on the streets of Africa's cities. With its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, TradeDepot’s aim is to build the largest retail distribution network in Africa. The company was founded in 2016, with a mission toimprove milk distribution to smaller retailers on the continent, using technology. Today, the company is scaling the same technology to improve the distribution of food, beverages and personal care products to retailers, and to improve livelihoods for these retail store owners.

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• SantéPhone — SantéPhone is a mobile-based health prevention platform founded in partnership with leading health insurance companies across West Africa. The application was powered by 4Afri Mobile.
• Nextbillion.ai — Nextbillion.ai aims to deliver a wide range of AI-powered hyperlocal solutions starting with the area of mapping. Nb.ai is working on building the geospatial infrastructure needed for enabling location-based experiences for the next billion users. The complexities in markets like India, Indonesia, and Nigeria are far greater than the traditionaldeveloped countries and we are building the future of location technology. Underdeveloped infrastructure, the rise of megacities, complex addresses, and an ever-changing road network make things even more challenging and we are trying to solve these extremely complex problems using a combination of data, AI, platform, and people.
• Cambridge Industries — Cambridge Industries pioneers sustainable waste-to-energy, recycling, and urban mining solutions worldwide.

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• Deliver Addis — Ethiopia's #1 online delivery service featuring some of the best spots in town.

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• Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
• Privitar — Informatica is an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader that brings data to life by empowering businesses to realize the transformative power of their most critical assets.
• Jaspersoft — Enterprise reporting platform for delivering pixel perfect reports. Build custom reports and dashboards in minutes.

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• AgDevCo — AgDevCo is a social impact investor and agribusiness project developer, incorporated as a non-for-profit distribution, limited companyin.
• Wecyclers — Wecyclers gives households a chance to capture value from their waste while providing a reliable supply of materials to the local recycling industry.Wecyclers works in partnership with the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and collects recyclable waste, including plastic bottles, plastic bags, and aluminum cans, at the household levelusing low-cost bicycle-powered collection vehicles called “wecycles”.Wecyclers rewards households with redeemable points based on the volume and quality of recyclables that they give us. Wecyclers sort and aggregate the materials and then sells it to Nigerian recyclers.
• CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.

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• Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
• Zeraki — Zeraki is to use technology to address some of the obstacles learners encounter in accessing quality education. We use technology to enhance the quality of education students get at each level of education and use technology to help students transition from one level of education to the next, and ultimately from education into employment.
• Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.

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• beU delivery — Food delivery service

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• Ethiopian Securities Exchange — Ethiopia's first organized securities exchange.

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• Menou — MENOU specializes in AI technology and sensing technology. It features a graphical image identification modeler software.
• Castee — Castee provides social collaboration services and also helps with a tool for job requests and overseas projects for creators.
• 3S — 3S is a SaaS developer platform that provides and operates 24-hour home nursing care services through technology.