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Top 50 Startup Investors in Mauritius in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in startups based in Mauritius. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from Mauritius. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Startup Investors in Mauritius in February 2025

Investor	Mauritius investments
Launch Africa	4
Future Africa	3
Christian Faes	2
Enza Capital	2
Jai Mahtani	2
Kepple Africa Ventures	2
Acumen	2
SunFunder	2
Partech	2
Christian Angermayer	2
Charles Delingpole	2
KFW DEG	2
Compass Venture Capital	2
Richard Aseme	2
Sudeep Ramnani	2
U.S. International Development Finance Corp	1
Ceniarth	1
Foreign & Commonwealth Office - UK	1
Groove Capital	1
Shell Foundation	1
Accion Venture Lab	1
Sagemcom	1
Norfund	1
Mercy Corps Ventures	1
Leonard Stiegeler	1
Greenhouse Capital Partners	1
CDC Group	1
African Capital Alliance	1
Inspired Evolution Investment Management	1
Persistent	1
International Finance Corporation	1
Norrsken VC	1
Youcef Es-skouri	1
Leo Stigler	1
AAIC Investment	1
Five35 Ventures	1
Lundin Foundation	1
MAPE Advisory Group	1
FINCA Ventures	1
AlphaCoin Fund	1
French Partners	1
Manuel Coser	1
AV Ventures	1
Shakti Capital	1
Newfund	1
Mercure International	1
YUYANG INVESTMENT CO., LTD. (Ma's Family)	1
Acasia Ventures	1
Proparco	1
Bonfire Ventures	1

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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.
Kredete — Kredete is a digital lending platform that provides free credit scores and reports to underserved individuals and small businesses in Africa to help them gain access to formal credit and improve their financial health. The platform connects borrowers with lenders and enterprises in Africa and is designed to simplify the lending process and makecredit more accessible by leveraging cutting-edge technology. Kredete offers a user-friendly platform that guides borrowers, lenders, and enterprises through the process of offering loans, making it simple for them to provide the right loan products for their needs.One of the key features of Kredete is its instant approval process, which is made possible by advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence. The platform offers flexible lending options by partnering with a variety of lenders and enterprises, enabling borrowers to choose the best option for their specific situation.Kredete is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all users' personal and financial information. It uses robust encryption and security measures to ensure that sensitive data remains safe and secure. Additionally, the platform maintains transparency throughout the loan process, providing lenders, enterprises, and borrowers with clear information about loan terms and associated fees.Kredete believes in empowering its users with the knowledge and resources they need to make informed financial decisions. To this end, the platform offers financial education, tools, and resources to help users better understand and manage their finances. Kredete also works closely with businesses and institutions to provide tailored financial solutions for their unique needs.Through its focus on accessibility, convenience, and transparency, Kredete is transforming the lending landscape in Africa and helping to bridge the financial inclusion gap. The platform remains dedicated to its mission of empowering lenders, enterprises, and borrowers across the continent to access the funds they need to achieve their financial goals.
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.

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.
Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
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.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Knoma — Search hundreds of courses from leading schools and bootcamps. Learn now and pay later with Knoma and spread the cost with ethical finance
Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

MNZL — MNZL is on a mission to expand access to capital for Egyptians.Every person who owns an asset has accumulated wealth in it. When they want liquidity for their projects and needs, they should be able to tap into it as easily as withdrawing from a bank.With an innovative digital platform and products, we are working on making digital access tocapital a reality, and building the future of asset-backed financing in Africa.
Hub2.Io — Welcome to HUB2, the leading FINTECH startup in interoperability and payment infrastructure in Francophone Africa. We are proud to work with all financial industry players in Africa who need stable and high-performing infrastructure, and contribute to their success.
EarthAcre — Community Led, Holistic Climate Action

Jai Mahtani

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

Investment focus

Health Care, Agriculture, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, India, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

BioMassters — Biomassers aim to replace charcoal production and charcoal cooking by providing modern, affordable, and low-carbon pellet fuel production and cooking solutions based on locally produced fuel from waste materials.
Reema Health — Transforming the way people navigate the gaps between health care and social care. Reema combines a 24/7 AI-based confidant with in-person community guides to help people meet their social needs.
Raino Tech4Impact — Raino Tech4Impact is a social enterprise that leverages technology as an enabler to empower African communities. We have been deploying technology-driven solutions in agriculture and health, powered by renewable energy to achieve sustainability.

SunFunder is a specialist financing company dedicated to pioneering and scaling clean energy and climate investments in emerging markets.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
Debt Financing, Series C
The Netherlands, Kenya, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

BioLite — BioLite designs off-grid personal scale energy products for cooking, charging, and lighting. Perfect for camping, fishing, tailgating, power outages, and more.
Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
Quibim — Leading radiomics company pioneering quantitative imaging biomarkers and medical applications in precision medicine.
Shippeo — A global leader, and European specialist, in supply chain visibility, giving companies instant access to predictive and real-time information for all their deliveries.

Christian Angermayer - Founder & CEO @ Apeiron Investment Group

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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.
Enhanced Games — Welcome to the Enhanced Games, the ultimate demonstration of what the human body is capable of. The world's best athletes, enhanced.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

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.
Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
Juniper — Juniper is a reproductive healthcare insurance provider.

KFW DEG offers financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries. Their customers can rely on their expertise: They can benefit from their market knowledge, their 21 locations worldwide, and their international network. For entrepreneurial success and development.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Grant
India, Kenya, United States

Portfolio highlights

ACWA Power — ACWA Power is a developer, investor, co-owner and operator of a portfolio of power generation, renewable energy and desalinated water production plants.
AXIAN — AXIAN is a pan-African group that specializes in real estate, telecom, financial services, energy, and innovation.
CreditAccess Grameen — CreditAccess Grameen provides micro financial products and services for women from rural poor and low income households in India. It offers microcredit loans for income generation, family welfare, emergency, and home improvement, as well as micro insurance services covering life insurance, health insurance, and national pension scheme.CreditAccess Grameen also provides non-financial services, such as enterprise development, financial literacy promotion, basic health/nutrition education, basic medical services, special medical services for women and children, and training for women and women's rights/gender issues education. Vinatha M. Reddy founded Grameen Koota Financial Services in 1999. It became CreditAccess Grameen in January 2018, with its headquarters in Bengaluru in India.

Compass is a venture capital fund. We invest in start-ups with scalable business models and strong growth potential. We work with companies based in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean region and the African continent. Compass is wholly owned by and benefits from support from the ENL Group, one of Mauritius’ largest business conglomerates. Alongside theTurbine, our sister organisation and the region’s leading incubator and start-up accelerator, Compass is working to create a vibrant, sustainable start-up ecosystem in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Financial Services, Big Data
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Mauritius, India, France

Portfolio highlights

Omnisient | Collaborative Consumer Intelligence — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
FCB.ai — Boost business success with proven AI chatbot solutions. Enhance sales figures, customer satisfaction, improve premium collections & more.
Shortlist — Shortlist works in India and East Africa to help growing enterprises hire based on skills and potential, rather than pedigree. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments, letting employers skips the most time-consuming and bias-prone phases of hiring.

Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.

Investment focus

FinTech, Credit, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
Egypt, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axis — axis for Business enables small businesses to seamlessly manage employee payroll, salary advances, and expenses - all from one place.
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.

Sudeep Ramnani is a Technology Entrepreneur and Investor

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
Cassava Technologies — Cassava Technologies is an innovative technology company encompassing fiber networks, data centers, renewable energy, cloud & cybersecurity.
Institut Pasteur de Dakar — The Institut Pasteur de Dakar Foundation (IPD) is a non-profit association of public utility, concerned with promoting public health and well-being in West Africa. Since its founding in 1896 by one of Louis PASTEUR's disciples, Émile Marcoux, the IPD has been at the forefront of the fight against infectious diseases. Since 2009, the InstitutPasteur de Dakar has been a Senegalese foundation, jointly managed by the government of Senegal and the Institut Pasteur (Paris).

Worldwide Reach We invest globally, with exposure across developing, emerging, and developed economies.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Social Entrepreneurship, Energy
Debt Financing, Seed, Series B
Kenya, Ghana, India

Portfolio highlights

Kheyti — Kheyti helps small farmers battle income variability by providing low cost technologies bundled with services.
iProcure — iProcure is a Nairobi-based start-up working to optimize the agriculture input supply chain in rural Kenya. iProcure’s web and mobile technology solution improves agriculture retailers’ operations. It lets them manage ordering based on inventory, point of sale activities, and client profiles along with geo-located purchasing patterns, real-timeagent performance and transaction analysis, and built-in mobile payments. As a result, retailers can better predict demand with business intelligence data, improve inventory management, and streamline distribution efficiency.
Farmerline — The Farmerline vision is to see an Africa where Agriculture NGOâ€™s are not a functioning force in the market. Farmerline provides paid services that allow farmers to have the information and access they need to employ an entrepreneurial method of farming. Input dealers and traders pay for more efficient communication channels to farmers andfarmers pay for information packages and services. In this vision, more food is produce, more food gets to market, and GDP from cash crop export soars.

Foreign & Commonwealth Office is a government organization that provides tourists and travellers with travel alerts, tips, and advice. It promotes the United Kingdom's interests overseas supporting its citizens and businesses around the globe.Foreign & Commonwealth Office has a worldwide network of embassies and consulates thatemploys over 14,000 people in nearly 270 diplomatic offices. It works with international organizations to promote British interests and global security, including the EU, NATO, Foreign & Commonwealth Office was founded on January 1, 1936 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Investment focus

Medical, Logistics, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed
Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Ziada — Ziada is a mobile application that connects you to service providers near you and vice versa. Download Ziada today from the Google Playstore to start experiencing convenience.
HealthDart — Consult with a doctor, nurse or pharmacist, order medicines or get health advice - at a price you can afford
Raino Tech4Impact — Raino Tech4Impact is a social enterprise that leverages technology as an enabler to empower African communities. We have been deploying technology-driven solutions in agriculture and health, powered by renewable energy to achieve sustainability.

Groove Capital is a new investment firm targeting early-stage companies.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Hong Kong, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

GUDEA — Control the narrative.
Roy — Roy is a fan engagement platform that raises and influence team selections, while simplifying fund management for athletes.
Sobrynth — Sobrynth provides 24/7 assistance for employees and their families dealing with substance use issues or exploring sobriety.

Shell Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that enables millions of people in Africa and Asia to increase their incomes with clean energy solutions.

Investment focus

Energy, Solar, Agriculture
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Mufin Green Finance — Mufin Green Finance is an NBFC that specialises in the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Accion Venture Lab is a leading early-stage investor in inclusive fintech, providing seed-first capital and strategic support to innovative startups that are meeting the financial needs of underserved people globally. Our global portfolio and local approach enable us to spot and respond to global trends faster, sharing learnings across geographies. Accion Venture Lab is an investment strategy of Accion and is managed by Accion Impact Management.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Foyer — Saving the American Dream with the "401k" for homeownership
Finfra — From application to decisioning to operations - FINFRA provides the necessary infrastructure and services for technology companies to embed financial services to their environment through a seamless integration.
Agrim Wholesale — Agrim Wholesale is a b2b e-commerce market for manufacturers and retailers.

Sagemcom is a French high-tech group of international dimensions, the group operates on the broadband (digital home, set-top boxes, Internet routers, telephony and multimedia terminals), smart city (smart meter, smart grid, smart infra, smart sites and smart services), and Internet of Things markets (founding member of the LoRa Alliance).Withrevenue of around €1.3 billion, Sagemcom employs 4,000 people on five continents and ships every year more than 23 million terminals. Sagemcom aims to remain a world leader in communicating terminals with high added value.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy
Series A
Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Escotel — Escotel is an energy services company currently focused on Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Escotel provides energy services to mobile tower owners and operators, owning and operating decentralized renewable energy infrastructure across Africa

Norfund is the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries with 24.9 bill. NOK in total commitments (2019).

Investment focus

Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Private Equity, Debt Financing
Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Miniplast — Miniplast Limited is one of the leading manufacturers of Industrial and Household products in Ghana with over 25 years of experience in the sector.
Hela Clothing — Hela Clothing is a clothing manufacturer. From design to delivery, the firm collaborates closely with brands in the intimate, sleepwear, and children's product lines. With design centers in major markets, they can watch and predict customer preferences. This enables us to provide their customers with unique design options that fit theirrequirements.
OH Ecosystems — OH Ecosystems is a confectionary company that produces and operates cocoa processing and confectioneries.

Our impact investing arm, Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV), invests in and fuels high-impact enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
Pivo — Pivo is an all-in-one financial services platform for businesses in the supply chain. Set up accounts, access credit and manage your finances in one simple application.
Open Forest Protocol — With Open Forest Protocol (OFP), measure, report, verify and fund forestation projects with digital transparency

Leonard Stiegeler is the Founder of Pulse, the leading innovative media company in Africa. He is backing & investing in media-/art-/technology- & -enabled ventures/assets. Some of his interests include Business Insider Africa, Art News Africa and Digital News Africa. Prior, he was the General Manager of Swiss Ringier AfricaAG since 2016 – responsible for buiding up the group's business on the continent. Ringier is today active in 8 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and through its ROAM-holding leads brands such as Jobberman, Cheki, Private Property, BuyRentKenya, Pigiame, ZoomTanzania, and many more. Prior to his work with Ringier since 2013, Leo helped to establish Rocket Internet and other German investors in Africa. Leo is originally from Germany and has been based in different African countries since 2011.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Credit
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bamba — Bamba is a small software development house building Android applications
Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

Greenhouse Capital Partners invests in B2B technology solutions that improve resource efficiency, drive climate change resiliency and unlock new value streams across legacy industrial supply chains and infrastructure.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Manufacturing
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Nigeria, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
Fido Tech — FIDO AI provides innovative water leak detection and management solutions using cutting-edge technology to drive sustainability and efficiency in water systems.
Bitmama — Bitmama is the best cryptocurrency trading platform that lets you buy, sell Bitcoin, ETH, Celo, USDT, XRP, and more. Available in Nigeria & over 100 countries.

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Banking, Finance
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Series B
India, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Paymob — Paymob runs millions of transactions for different business sizes across the Middle East and Africa. Start using Paymob’s solutions and API’s to accept and send payments for your online business now.
Ecom Express — Get express delivery courier services from Ecom Express, the best courier companies in India, and deliver your packages safely and on time to your customers.
Jingsil Intelligent — Jingsil Intelligent is dedicated to digital power distribution switches and intelligent power distribution management software systems.

African Capital Alliance is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, equity, equity-related investments, and buyout investments in small and medium sized companies. It also aims at investing in growth companies, as well as turnaround situations and regional cross-border expansion opportunities. The firm prefers to invest in oil andgas, media, healthcare, electric power supply, business services, power, infrastructure, logistics, energy sector, technology, telecommunications, manufacturing for export, financial services, internet retail, online services, publishing, outsourcing services sectors, FMCG, agriculture/agribusiness,

Investment focus

Construction, Telecommunications, Financial Services
Private Equity, Funding Round
Nigeria, Mauritius, United States

Portfolio highlights

WIOCC — WIOCC is Africa's leading provider of comprehensive, integrated core digital infrastructure solutions and managed network services in Africa...
Food Concepts Plc — Food Concepts Pioneer Limited owns and operates bakeries which produce baked goods.
Accelerex Holdings — Accelerex Holdings specializes in the fields of financial services and investments.

Inspired Evolution established in 2007 as a specialised investment business to lead sustainable clean energy and resource efficiency investments across sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired Evolution offers a dedicated, multi-disciplinary, professional investment team with a deep track record targeting superior returns with measured development outcomes.Inspired Evolution’s investment focus is centered on clean energy and resource efficiency assets. We have demonstrated that capital deployment to investments in this specialised asset class, can generate exceptional returns at the nexus of social equity, ecological integrity and responsible economic growth. This lies at the heart of sustainable investing.Inspired Evolution’s view is that sustainability is not only everybody’s business as citizens of a rapidly globalising world, but that it will define the future of business and investment decisions.Inspired Evolution manages Evolution One Fund – its first dedicated, closed-ended third party investment fund. Evolution One Fund makes early stage, expansion and development stage, and later stage or mature equity and equity-related investments primarily for control or significant minority positions in market-leading growth businesses located principally in South and southern Africa.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, PaaS
Series A, Funding Round, Series E
Nigeria, Mauritius, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Escotel — Escotel is an energy services company currently focused on Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Escotel provides energy services to mobile tower owners and operators, owning and operating decentralized renewable energy infrastructure across Africa
d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.
Red Rocket South Africa — Red Rocket is a renewable energy integrated power plant (IPP) that designs, develops, and distributes clean energy.

Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.

Investment focus

Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ghana, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

EcoNetix — EcoNetix leads high-integrity carbon projects with a focus on Africa, fostering transparency in the carbon market and reducing global CO2 emissions. Discover our sustainable initiatives and AI-backed solutions for accurate carbon measurement and a greener future.
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.
Circadian Technologies GmbH — Circadian Technologies accelerates the energy transition in frontier markets with a SaaS business model, empowering solar developers & energy service companies to reduce operating costs and grow revenue with a data driven platform and proprietary IoT hardware.Circadian transforms the entire value chain of its customers by uniquely providingan end-to-end solution to better design, finance, operate and maintain decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial & industrial sites.

IFC fosters sustainable economic growth in developing countries by financing private sector investment, mobilizing capital in the international financial markets, and providing advisory services to businesses and governments.IFC helps companies and financial institutions in emerging markets create jobs, generate tax revenues, improve corporategovernance and environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities. The goal is to improve lives, especially for the people who most need the benefits of growth.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

SteinCares — SteinCares is a supplier of specialty healthcare products, such as complex generics, biosimilars, and cutting-edge pharmaceuticals.
Veritas Finance — Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation.
Mahindra Last Mile Mobility — Mile Mobility is a division of M&M that is in charge of the company's well-known mix of petrol, CNG, diesel, and electric last mile mobility 3- and 4-wheelers - passenger and freight vehicles.

We are a venture capital fund investigating in Start-Ups solving the worlds biggest problems while building massive businesses.

Investment focus

Software, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kapu — We are an online shopping community that helps you save even more on your everyday essentials when you buy together with your friends.
1Komma5° — KOMMA5 ° offers all owners of electric vehicles free electricity, which we refinance through trading with so-called GHG quotas. 1KOMMA5 ° encourages to lead a self-determined and CO2-neutral life.
Beans — Beans is on a mission to help the planet by reducing food waste, saving products, and offering them through an online grocery platform at discounted prices.

Youcef Es-skouri

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, France, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Tana — Tana is a software development company that reinvents how humans, teams, and computers work together. Tana was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
Journify — Activate trustworthy data for your business with Journify - the leading data activation platform for top data-driven companies. Sign up free!
SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis

Leo Stigler is an investor.

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria

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.
Zanifu — The zanifu platform, allows small retailers in Sub Saharan Africa, to procure inventory from their suppliers & pay later.
Credable — Credable is the Digital Banking Platform that is driving the future of banking by embedding financial services in businesses across emerging markets.

With a decade-long track record of venture building alongside some of the smartest female-led founding teams in Africa, we back female-focused startups across

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Wellness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
Zuri Health — .ts-banner-image-1:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} .ts-banner-image-2:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} Popular categories Pharmacy Doctor at home Covid Labs & Diagonstics Wellness Telemed Show all Our Services PharmacyBuy both OTC and prescription medication and have it delivered to your doorstepLabs & DiagnosticsBook labs and Diagnostic tests and get your samples collected from the comfort of your home, hotel

The Lundin Foundation is a philanthropic organization founded originally by the Lundin family. The Foundation is currently supported by a number of publicly traded natural resource companies committed to the highest standards of corporate responsibility. The Lundin Foundation embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of the Lundin family. TheFoundation provides risk capital in the form of investments into high potential small- and medium-sized businesses, with a view to generating wealth and employment needed to alleviate poverty on a sustained basis. It also provides strategic grants to early stage innovations and for technical and managerial assistance.

Investment focus

Mobile, Apps, Energy
Series A, Series D, Funding Round
Kenya, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Esoko Networks — Esoko is an information and communication service for agricultural markets in Africa. We provide advice directly to farmers (market prices, weather forecasts, and growing tips) to help them increase yields and profits. We also provide solutions to businesses to help them connect with farmers (marketing products, monitoring activities, and sourcinggoods). Esoko uniquely provides an entire ecosystem to make this work; including the content, software and field support.Esoko equips businesses, NGOs, Mobile Operators and Governments with a unique series of specialized apps to help manage information to and from the field. Farmers sell better and grow more. Businesses source differently, and market more effectively. Mobile operators increase market share through bundled services for rural communities, and governments track realtime market trends. No platform connects so many in such a powerful way.Esoko makes communication easier. You can send personalized messages to thousands. You can ask questions and get answers from the field. It?s the first time anyone can affordably and effectively reach people in remote rural communities. Organizations can reduce their operational costs, improve their monitoring of market trends, track field activities -- all for a fraction of the cost of traditional field operations. Esoko can transform African markets into more efficient value opportunities for both the business and the individual, simply by promoting market transparency through mobile devices.
M-KOPA — M-KOPA is the global leader for “pay-as-you-go” energy services for off-grid customers. M-KOPA was established in 2011. Following 2 years of piloting and development, M-KOPA began commercial sales in Kenya in October 2012. M-KOPA expanded to Uganda in 2013 and commences operations in Tanzania in late 2014. Their team includes over 500 staff andwe sell our product through more than 1000 retail agents and shops. The founders of the company are experienced mobile technology innovators who believe in the huge potential of transformative, affordable products designed for underserved consumers. While excellent technology is a pre-requisite, technology alone does not solve for customer needs. Success comes when smart technology is combined with a commitment to on-going, on-the-ground delivery. To that end, M-KOPA is beginning to license its technology to experienced and reputable third parties in markets outside of East Africa (licensing queries should be sent to licensing@m-kopa.com). M-KOPA has developed a proprietary, patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM + mobile payments to revolutionize asset financing in emerging markets. The M-KOPAnet platform has been designed and built from the ground up by our talented team of software engineers, who continue to innovate and improve the system every day. It offers the powerful combination of accounting + customer relationship management + inventory tracking in one complete system. Aside from enabling our business operations to scale at record speed, the M-KOPAnet™ platform captures and processes huge volumes of data, enabling us to improve our proposition, customer service, and security in real-time.
Umati Capital — We specialize in online gaming All games are secure, and the payouts are fast. Everyone will find an experience that fits them here. Read More Top Gaming Community Feel The Thrill Games comprise table and card games that are dominant in today's gambling lifestyle and activity. Play in the palm of your hand.A classic that

MAPE is a leading Indian investment bank focused exclusively on M&A and Private Equity advisory.MAPE has been consistently ranked among the top ten banks in India by Bloomberg in rankings for investment banks (number of transactions) for all years from 2001 to 2013.The team is led by seasoned investment bankers with bulge bracketexperience.They have done marquee deals for all leading Indian business houses and are strongly deal driven, closing one deal every month since inception. They are well known in the industry for closing "difficult" deals.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Financial Services, Health Care
Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Seed
India, Qatar, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Vienova — Vienova is a rapidly growing education company. It currently has six operational schools around Delhi. The company goal is to provide scalable and affordable K-12 education directly to students in semi-urban areas. It operates in the affordable segment of the Indian education system. The company provides private state certified schooling for gradesK -12 in semi urban areas in India. Most children are from families that are considered low income, with some from poor families that qualify for scholarships from the management company.
Century Seeds — HM.CLAUSE is a global vegetable seeds company. We develop and sell high-quality vegetable seeds worldwide. Serving growers, plant raisers, distributors...
HBL Power Systems Ltd — HBL Power Systems Ltd is a listed Indian company, in business since 1977, with a focus on engineered products and services.Our initial business strategy was to identify technology gaps in India that the company could fill by 'indigenous efforts'.The first products selected and successfully developed were Aircraft batteries -eventually leading to HBL offering the worlds widest range of specialized batteries.Our expertise in batteries generated opportunities and ideas to diversify. The company moved into new businesses and markets that utilise our batteries, such as industrial electronics, defense electronics, and railway electronic signaling.Recent diversification, leveraging the companies engineering strengths, has led to new businesses in precision manufacturing, spun reinforced concrete and 'green' technology products.Our success has been built serving some of the world's most demanding customers and applications. We would value your opportunity to serve your business.

FINCA Ventures is an impact investing initiative of FINCA International that provides patient capital and support to early-stage social enterprises.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Kenya, Mexico, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

FloatPays — Floatpays help your employees achieve financial wellbeing by giving them early access to earned wages.
Bamba — We help large companies that want to help their affinity users to solve unforeseen events fast, by minimizing costs, through a smart digital agent embedded in any company’s interface
Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.

AlphaCoin Fund is a venture capital focused on investing blockchain technology and tokens. Since 2017, AlphaCoin has invested in over 80 leading blockchain technology projects both home and abroad, with a total investment amount in exceed of 90 million USD. Our investment team consists of professionals from backgrounds covering traditional andcrypto venture capital investing, blockchain technology and crypto exchange operations. AlphaCoin Fund has founded strategic partnerships with both top-tier venture capital institutions such as Zhen Fund, Sequoia Capital, Danhua Capital, etc and service providers . With its connections in the blockchain industry, AlphaCoin Fund has been long dedicated to building an orbicular industry chain with its partners, so as to provide value-added services such as technology assistance, business development advising, marketing, partnership building and exchange listing consulting.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, Singapore, China

Portfolio highlights

Cowboy Snake — Cowboy Snake is the TvT play-to-earn game inspired by snake on the blockchain. Cowboy Snake is a product of OrenCT Ltd.
Formless — Formless enables gamers, NFT enthusiasts and digital collectors to find their favourite game while helping games find their targeted fans.
Clear Protocol — Clear Protocol, Inc. is a healthcare IT company. Our product, Clear Protocol, is Software-as-a-service for hospitals, clinics, and medical offices.

French Partners is the first co-investment club dedicated to qualified investors wishing to accompany and finance companies led locally by French entrepreneurs. French Partners targets start-ups and growing SMEs with revenues of up to several tens of millions of euros, who already have or wish to accelerate their international presence, as well asinnovative investment funds. French Partners invests from €1 million to €5 million, often on a minority basis, alone or in co-investment, in the capital of companies founded and managed by french entrepreneurs internationally.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Payments
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, China

Portfolio highlights

Greenly — With Greenly's Carbon Management's platform; measure, reduce, report and offset your carbon emissions for a cleaner future!
Reebelo — Reebelo is APAC’s leading marketplace for pre-loved tech devices. Our vision is to reduce e-waste by building the circular economy for refurbished electronics. While doing so, we enable consumers to save up to 70% on their favorite brands and flexibly rent devices instead of buying them. Reebelo is based in Singapore with additional offices inAustralia, New Zeland & Malaysia. Get in touch if you want to be part of a high-growth, disruptive team working to make a positive impact!
GAIA — GAIA is a furniture eCommerce platform for the sale of home products and design accessories. It offers a range of products such as sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, tables, desks, rugs, and textiles that let consumers purchase home furnishing products at affordable prices.

Manuel Coser has an extensive practice in the journalistic, TV, and film industry fields both as director, author, and camera operator; his work is specifically focused on citizens activism, political participation, human rights, and environmental issues.

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

AV Ventures is ACDI/VOCA’s for-profit subsidiary. AV Ventures provides innovative, catalytic financing to agribusiness small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Investment focus

Credit, Travel, FinTech
Seed
Indonesia, Mauritius, United States

Portfolio highlights

Plentina — Plentina is a fintech startup accelerating access to credit in emerging markets. We enable consumers to build their credit history while making easier payments to their favorite merchants.
AgroCenta — AgroCenta is an online platform that connects the smallholder farmer in the staple food (rice, maize, millet and soybean) value chain to a wider online market to trade
Maka Motors — MAKA Motors berkomitmen untuk menghadirkan sepeda motor listrik yang memberikan manfaat terbaik bagi para pengendara di Indonesia

Shakti Capital is a private fund leveraging technology to enable everyday traders to make exceptional returns.

Investment focus

Drones, Sensor, Robotics
Seed
Mauritius, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zindi — Zindi is the first data science competition platform in Africa. Zindi hosts an entire data science ecosystem of scientists, engineers, academics, companies, NGOs, governments, and institutions focused on solving Africa’s most pressing problems.Zindi works with companies, non-profit organizations, and government institutions to develop, curate,and prepare data-driven challenges. Solutions are ranked automatically by the accuracy achieved. Whether you are testing the data science waters for the first time or trying to crack a persistent business problem with data, Zindi helps organizations push their creative boundaries at an affordable cost.
Tangram Vision — The Tangram Vision Platform streamlines adding and managing perception for vision-enabled products like robots, drones and autonomy. Sensor fusion, calibration, and remote management of depth sensors, LiDAR, cameras and IMU sensors.

Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
France, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Oplit — Oplit is a production planning platform that provides software and support to help industrials boost operations profitability.
Omnidoc — Omnidoc is a tele-expertise platform for healthcare professionals to exchange medical opinions.
Raidium — Radiology augmented GPT to tackle the complexity of precision medicine

Mercure International specializes in food products, sports goods, and fashionwear industry. It handles both wholesaling as an exclusive distributor and retail sales through its stores and supermarkets.

Investment focus

Apps, Internet, Advertising
Series A
Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

CoinAfrique — CoinAfrique is a mobile application Android classifieds and launching tenders in Francophone Africa. With CoinAfrique find happiness in minutes.

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Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Internet
Pre-Seed
Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

101 financial.app — 101financial.app membantu investor pemula memasuki pasar keuangan dengan teknologi pemrograman yang terbaik dan berbagai fitur sosial. Semua pengguna dapat dengan cepat menjelajahi beragam saham, mata uang Kripto, dan menerapkan perdagangan margin untuk mencapai tujuan keuangan dengan modal kecil.

Acasia Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies throughout the Middle East and Africa. With a focus on being a first believer in innovation and entrepreneurship, the firm strives to support the growth of the next generation of market leaders through their unique and scalable solutions. Its Tech Fund I iscurrently targeting investments in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups at the pre-Seed to pre-Series A stages.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
Menthum — Saving Made Simple
Bluworks.io — Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions.

Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Energy, Finance
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Seed
India, Kenya, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Sonatel — The Sonatel group offers global telecommunications solutions in the fields of fixed, mobile, Internet, television and data serving individuals and businesses. Leader in Senegal, present in Mali since 2002, in Guinea Conakry and Guinea Bissau since 2007, Sonatel is the global and sub-regional operator of reference.Sonatel has built a modernnetwork, fully digitized by transmission loops and international connections using high-speed optical fiber submarine cables. Sonatel has one of Africa's largest Internet bandwidths of 6.5 Gbps.Sonatel is a structuring company for the economy of his country and has made Senegal a hub of traffic and a major player in the development of telecommunications in Africa and in the world.Through its Orange brand, the Sonatel Group provides its millions of consumers with the best opportunities for convergence between mobile, internet and television technologies.
NCBA Group — NCBA Group Plc, is a financial services conglomerate in East and West Africa.
Equator — A venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled, early-stage ventures that are accelerating an equitable climate transition in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Bonfire Ventures leads Seed rounds for business software solutions company founders transforming the industries they target.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, France

Portfolio highlights

Mithrl — Mithrl is a software development company that builds the custom workflows for NGS data on-demand.
CalmWave — Transparent AI for reducing alarm fatigue and nurse burnout. ICU noise reduction via tailored, patient-specific alarm configurations and data-based insights.
Reactiv — Reactiv is an AI-powered mobile app platform to help you sell more and increase retention, without the headache of managing another channel

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