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Top 50 Startup Investors in Tanzania (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Tanzania startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Tanzania startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Launch Africa
VC Fund
6 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $200k–$4M
Raba Partnership
VC Fund
3 United States, South Africa, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $635k–$32M
Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund
3 Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon Pre-Seed, Grant Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Hohle Gasse
VC Fund
2 Tanzania, Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed Energy, Power Grid, Online Portals
Nyca Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Software $2.3M–$65M
FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Seed, Grant, Series A Financial Services, Agriculture, FinTech $40k–$4.2M
Acasia Ventures
VC Fund
2 Egypt, Nigeria, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile $50k–$2.5M
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $2.5M–$100M
Vlad Tenev
Angel
2 United States, India, Tanzania Seed, Series A, Series B Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $2.5M–$70M
elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
VC Fund
2 India, Kenya, Mexico Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage $100k–$4.5M
Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics $1.7M–$553M
Amplo
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Kenya Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, FinTech $3M–$70M
NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
2 Japan, United States, Tanzania Series B, Series A Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology $3.1M–$184M
SICTIC
VC Fund
2 Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $302k–$3.4M
Andrew Vigneault
Angel
2 United States, India, Mexico Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1.5M–$32M
Musha Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $100k–$10M
EDFI Agrifi
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Belgium, Tanzania Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Agriculture, Fruit, Beauty $1.5M–$3.2M
Hustle Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Financial Services $100k–$25M
Catalytic Africa
VC Fund
2 Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Online Portals, Financial Services $22k–$2M
Goodwell Investments
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown FinTech, Financial Services, Banking $200k–$26M
J-POWER
VC Fund
2 Japan, Tanzania, United States Corporate Round, Series A, Series B Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology $2.9M–$62M
Alex Bouaziz
Angel
1 United States, Mexico, Finland Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Financial Services, FinTech $2.8M–$100M
NEC Corporation
VC Fund
1 United States, Japan, Israel Series B, Series A Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $7.7M–$553M
Japan International Cooperation Agency
VC Fund
1 India, Japan, Vietnam Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy $3M–$500M
Sajid Rahman
Angel
1 India, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $150k–$6M
Aaron Fu
Angel
1 Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Internet, Software $100k–$4M
Warioba Ventures
VC Fund
1 Tanzania Seed Health Care
Laura Spiekerman
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Tanzania Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $4.1M–$24M
The Continent Venture Partners
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Tanzania, The Netherlands Pre-Seed, Seed Finance, Banking, Shipping
International Finance Corporation
VC Fund
1 India, Brazil, United States Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt Financial Services, Finance, Banking $20M–$420M
Beyond Capital
VC Fund
1 India, United States, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Health Care, Financial Services, Medical Device $357k–$44M
Microtraction
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Ghana Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Financial Services, FinTech, Software
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $1.5M–$184M
Ryan King
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B FinTech, Finance, Software $13M–$40M
GMC coLABS
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Tanzania Seed, Pre-Seed B2B, Mobile, Consumer
HOF Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services $385k–$57M
British International Investment
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, Nigeria Debt Financing, Series B Financial Services, Banking, Finance $9M–$130M
Acacia Venture Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Mexico, Colombia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Software, FinTech, E-Commerce $125k–$8.2M
Jonas Huckestein
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Tanzania Seed, Pre-Seed Banking, Internet, Logistics $3.6M–$10M
AXIAN
VC Fund
1 Egypt, Kenya, Mali Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $1M–$12M
Pontem Ventures
VC Fund
1 Tanzania Seed Health Care
DST Global
VC Fund
1 United States, China, India Series B, Series C, Series D FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
DCG Expeditions
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
Norrsken22
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria Series B, Series C, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Banking, B2B
Acrew Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Mexico, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
AAIC Investment
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce $450k–$51M
9Yards Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Ireland Series A, Series B, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $1.3M–$130M
Shine Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Spain, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $3.5M–$71M
Planet N Group of Companies
VC Fund
1 Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services $850k–$5M
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Grant, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $500k–$85M
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Launch Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 6 investments in Tanzania startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 217
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Zazu — Zazu is a neobank for African SMEs, offering seamless banking tools, cash flow automation, and real-time insights. Zazu simplifies finance management in one all-in-one solution.
  • Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
  • Udu Technologies — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in Tanzania startups

The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $9.2M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Thndr — Thndr is a financial services company that operates an app-based investment platform.It comes with 0% commission, no account minimum, access to market data, easy account setup, and funding processes. Users can also get access to the latest news, market data, and other educational tools. Seif Amr established the company in 2020 in Cairo, AlQahirah, Egypt.
  • Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
  • Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
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Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 3 investments in Tanzania startups

Women Entrepreneurship for Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ORIKI — A wellness + farm to skin brand that creates pampering experiences and luxurious natural personal grooming products. Sharing Africa!
  • Mukuru Clean Stoves — Earthshot Prize Winner 2022. We use recycled metal to manufacture improved, efficient and affordable cookstoves.
  • Loom Craft Chocolate — Loom Craft Chocolate is a artisanal cocoa processor with a strong focus on the quality of our products and the sustainability of our processes.
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Hohle Gasse
VC Fund · Immensee, Schwyz, Switzerland · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Hohle Gasse is a provider of office spaces and commercial centers with rental options suitable for different company sizes and needs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Power Grid, Online Portals
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Tanzania, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Anevo — Anevo helps real estate companies eliminate tedious backoffice work. Saving up to 90% of your time, Anevo lets you focus on what truly matters.
  • Menon Skills — Menon Skills is an information technology firm that develops digital tools to enhance organization team skills through feedback and reviews.
  • Waka Payments — Waka Payments is a mobile application that allows user to access, transfer, and manage cross border financial transactions.
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Nyca Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Nyca is a leading venture capital firm focused on connecting innovative companies to the global financial system.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 206
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$10M; Series A $8.5M–$30M; Series B $15M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $210M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Forage — Forage is a third-party payment processor (TPP) and a pin provider that authenticates and processes EBT recipients and transactions. Forage makes it easier for grocers to accept SNAP EBT payments online. Forage guides merchants through the USDA application process and tech integration for merchants, taking most of the burden off retailers.Foragedemocratizes access to government benefits and helps underserved Americans easily access their benefits online. Forage works with multiple grocers and platforms such as Shopify and Flashfood to accept SNAP EBT payments online.
  • Findigs — Simplify every step of tenant screening with airtight fraud protection. Meet the screening and decisioning system built to get renting right.
  • Tandems — Tandems enhances the way financial advice is delivered by equipping advisors, bankers, and agents with data-driven insights and personalized recommendations. Tandems focuses on improving institutional operations through automation and intelligent decision-support tools that streamline workflows and client engagement. The company’s technology isdesigned to augment human expertise, allowing financial professionals to allocate more time to strategic guidance and relationship building.
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in Tanzania startups, 7 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Agriculture, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Grant $40k–$100k; Series A $1.1M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
  • Silo Africa — Silo Africa is a Grain Storage & Logistics Startup Company.
  • Affinity — Join over 125,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage their banking needs, from savings to payments, as well as instant loans
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Acasia Ventures
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $532k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

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 — Grow your wealth with Egypt's leading fintech platform. Earn up to 2x traditional bank returns with FRA-licensed security.
  • Bluworks.io — Transform workforce operations with Bluworks. Manage scheduling, attendance, payroll, and teams from one platform with complete visibility.
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 195
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$35M; Series A $2.8M–$64M; Series B $2.8M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
  • TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
  • Startbahn — Startbahn aims to realize a richer society by providing the technology needed by artists and people involved with art all over the world. We are developing Startbahn Cert., a service that issues blockchain certificates for artworks, and promoting the development of Startrail, a blockchain infrastructure that is the basis for Startbahn Cert. We alsorun joint projects with other companies.
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Vlad Tenev
Angel · Palo Alto, California, United States · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Vlad Tenev is based out of Menlo Park, California, and is the Co-Founder, CEO, President, and Chair of Board of Director of Robinhood.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$13M; Series A $9M–$50M; Series B $21M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Cowboy Space — Earth's energy grid can't run at the pace of AI. We are building a space-based power grid with solar-powered GPU data centers in Low Earth Orbit.
  • Pensieve — AI Grading Assistant that reduces grading time, generates rubrics, and give students timely feedback.
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elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
VC Fund · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, Kenya, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$4.2M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BukaPO — BukaPO is a food and beverage company that provides pulses, rice bowls, and various other snack food services.
  • Toroto — Toroto neutralizes greenhouse gas emissions through nature-based solutions and carbon management. They provide a science-based way for companies and organizations to move closer to carbon-neutral operations. They support companies by measuring and reducing their environmental footprint. They also design forestry and regenerative agricultureprojects that make carbon offsetting possible.
  • MazaoHub — AI-first SaaS connecting soil, farmers, inputs, agronomy care, field operations, traceability and markets through real last-mile intelligence.
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Tanzania startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. They will support sustainability management that balances economic and social value and will help to realize a sustainable society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Series A $1.7M–$57M; Series B $4.7M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SEED — SEED accumulated technologies and gained customer trust through development of contact lenses.
  • Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
  • Tokyu Corporation — Tokyu introduce the list of executives, business organization, year map, head office map and company information (e-BOOK).
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Amplo
VC Fund · Spring, Texas, United States · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Amplo is a global venture capital firm helping build companies that matter. It specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital and financial exchanges.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$13M; Series A $5.5M–$40M; Series B $14M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Hint — Homeownership without the guesswork. Human expertise. An app that knows your home.
  • Osmo — Giving computers a sense of smell.
  • Tradespace — Connecting companies with innovators to get intellectual property from lab to market. Tradespace provides powerful tools and expertise to commercialize your IP and scout for innovation.
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

NEC Capital Solutions Limited provides financial services in Japan. It's Main Business is Leasing for Information and Communication Equipment, Office Equipment, Industrial Equipment and Installment Sales, Business Loans, Factoring Services, Business Outsourcing and Sales of Used Equipment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Series A $5.1M–$142M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • GITAI — GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
  • Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
  • Idea Record — Idea Records provided various business support solutions since its founding as a company promoting digital transformation in the restaurant industry. Among them, the SaaS platform GATE, released in 2018, has many functions that are particularly suited to the needs of restaurants, and is being introduced in many stores.
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SICTIC
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

SICTIC is the leading angel investor network in Switzerland with the largest Swiss seed-stage startup dealflow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 289
  • Round size: Seed $537k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $302k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Agrinorm — Agrinorm is a Swiss deep tech company leveraging cutting edge machine learning techniques for the optimization of fruits and veg supply chains.
  • hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
  • Carewell — Carewell is influencing the way people work in healthcare by providing flexible digital solutions tailored to their specific needs.
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Andrew Vigneault
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Andrew is a successful entrepreneur as well as investor and advisor to more than 100 early-stage startups across enterprise SaaS and fintech. He founded and served as CEO of ClearGraph (acquired by Tableau (NYSE: DATA)). Andrew is a top .5% contributor to Stanford StartX (2k+ entrepreneurs). Earlier in his career, he served multiple roles inventure and investment banking, and holds a B.S. in Finance, summa cum laude, from the Gabelli School of Business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$2.5M; Series A $13M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Synthpop — Streamlining healthcare, one workflow at a time. Automate 80% of your healthcare business processes with AI. Learn more.
  • Telgorithm — Telgorithm is a messaging platform that allows businesses (particularly SaaS providers) to build messaging services into their applications while ensuring compliance and message deliverability. We are also a hosted messaging provider, meaning that businesses who have numbers that share both voice & messaging services have the ability to(quickly & seamlessly) migrate the messaging services on those numbers to Telgorithm while retaining the voice services (on those very same numbers) with their current legacy provider (this lowers the cost to switchover).
  • Workr — Workr Labs enables manufacturers in industries like aerospace and automotive to unlock the potential of high-mix, low-volume production automation. Our intuitive robotic machine tending solution combines advanced AI-driven learning with seamless integration into existing CNC machines and robots. With Workr, manufacturers can train robots to handlenew tasks in under two minutes, ensuring consistent reliability, increased machine utilization, and reduced dependency on skilled labor. Our flexible SaaS model and scalable hardware make automation accessible, empowering teams to boost productivity and adapt to dynamic production demands.
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Seed capital for technology startups globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 203
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
  • Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
  • Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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EDFI Agrifi
VC Fund · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

AgriFi is financed by the European Union and managed by the EDFI Management Company. Responding to the lack of financing mechanisms it is adapted to smallholders with limited market orientation, vulnerable groups, women and youth, farmers and entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Fruit, Beauty
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, Belgium, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Debt Financing $1.5M–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alterfin — Belgian co-op investing in microfinance and sustainable agriculture in the South since 1994. Tweets in English, French and Dutch.
  • Shamba Pride — Revolutionizing Rural Agriculture Trade Ecosystem for Africa Farmers Traditional farming methods across Africa often depend on synthetic inputs, degrading so...
  • East Africa Fruits — EA Fruits Farm is a business that engages in the large production and distribution of fruits and vegetables. As fruits are an essential part of a human's diet for maintenance of good health and wellbeing, the business will take part in providing the opportunity for Tanzanian citizens and other people overseas to get such fruits and motivatemore people to increase their intake of fruits whereby the company will strive to increase the supply to match the increased demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. The business envisions to be among the leading producers, distributors, and exporters of the fruits within the Country and overseas. The company is a highly profitable and viable business that expects to rise to about 5,000 USD from its current small-scaled operations, while more than 450,000 USD will be raised as a result of further expansion within a period of 2-4 years.
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Hustle Fund
VC Fund · San Carlos, California, United States · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 503
  • Round size: Seed $808k–$6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BON Credit — BON Credit's free AI helps you find money you're missing, pay less interest, improve your credit, and always know what to do next.
  • EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
  • Orbital Sentry — Orbital Sentry delivers real-time wildfire detection and continuous geostationary monitoring to protect communities, reduce losses, and power next-generation risk intelligence. Our persistent infrared data helps insurers, governments, and first responders act faster and build true climate resilience
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Catalytic Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Co-matching fund platform supporting startups and angel networks across Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Online Portals, Financial Services
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $65k–$2M; Angel $22k–$90k; Pre-Seed $60k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Figorr — Figorr is your go-to, for accessing reliable information on temperature, humidity, and location. Experience the next generation of data-driven insights with Figorr today.
  • Sumet Technologies — Sumet is a transforming the distribution of essential goods across the african continent.
  • TileGreen — TileGreen transforms plastic waste into eco-friendly circular building materials. Our innovative technology creates sustainable solutions for construction industry.
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Goodwell Investments
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$12M; Series B $2M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
  • Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
  • Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.
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J-POWER
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Tanzania startups

J-POWER Group believes that energy production and the environment can coexist in harmony. In light of this corporate philosophy, our environmental management aims to promote greater environmental responsibility while enhancing the economic value of our operations in order to further contribute to the development of a sustainable society. TheJ-POWER Group Environmental Management Vision is made up of a Basic Policy and an Environmental Action Program that defines specific tasks and goals and the means to achieve them. The Environmental Action Program brings together Corporate Targets, which define midterm targets for environmental initiatives, and Environmental Action Guidelines, which orient the initiatives to be implemented each fiscal year. J-POWER Group is working as a whole to realize environmental management in accordance with these targets and guidelines.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Tanzania, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Series A $2.9M–$62M; Series B $7M–$29M; Corporate Round $32M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Morgenrot — Morgenrot provides Earth-friendly, high-power distributed cloud computing solutions worldwide. GPU/CPU servers, Render Pool
  • Active Surfaces — Active Surfaces is commercializing MIT-developed ultra-thin-film solar technology.
  • Japan GX Group — Shibuya Blend Green Energy platform analyzes company processes and resources, recommends and plans improvement initiatives, and addresses corporate ESG challenges, assisting companies in balancing business and environmental protection.
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Alex Bouaziz
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Alex Bouaziz co-founded Deel in 2018 where he now currently serves as chief executive officer. Earlier in his career, Alex has helped build startups such as Sarona Ventures, Lifeslice, and Cryptofighters.Alex is an MIT alumnus holding a master's degree in civil and environmental engineering. He also holds a BSc in civil and environmentalengineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$7.4M; Series A $12M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nowports — Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that helps companies improve the import process. It serves as a platform through which companies and individuals can manage their imports and exports in real-time. The company uses AI to make the import process easy, secure, and transparent. The platform allows users to request a quote, register the productsand providers that the company mostly uses, and book shipments from any port.
  • Slope — We handle the lending, underwriting, debt collection and fully pay out to you immediately once the product or service ships.
  • Luminai — DigitalBrain helps you get through your support tickets twice as fast.
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NEC Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

NEC is driving AX (AI Transformation) throughout society and industry. With cutting-edge technologies such as AI and cybersecurity, we are realizing our purpose of promoting a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Japan, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Series A $7.7M–$209M; Series B $10M–$553M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SWAT Mobility — SWAT Mobility is a smart mobility company that provides demand-responsive, ride-sharing technology in high capacity vehicles. We work with corporates, transport operators and government agencies to improve transport services. Learn more about how we can help you leverage technology for your transport.
  • Sakana AI — We are creating a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence.
  • Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
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Japan International Cooperation Agency
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Tanzania startups, 7 in the past 12 months

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency and speed.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C
  • Geography: India, Japan, Vietnam

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Series C $3M–$40M; Post-IPO Debt $20M–$350M; Debt Financing $13M–$500M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Coelba — Coelba is an energy distribution company.
  • Infinity Power — Infinity Power is the largest African renewable energy company, offering innovative solutions in solar power, wind energy, and low-carbon hydrogen technologies. Discover our projects and commitment to sustainable energy solutions.
  • ANSA McAL — ANSA McAL specializes in automotive, beverage, manufacturing, financial services and retail.
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Sajid Rahman
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $385k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
  • EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
  • 10 Minute School — 10 Minute School is the largest online educational platform in Bangladesh. Through our website, app, and social media, more than 10 Million+ students are accessing quality education each day to accelerate their learning.
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Aaron Fu
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Aaron Fu is based out of New York, New York and is the Head of Venture Investments of DCG. Aaron previously worked at Catalyst Fund as a Partner. Aaron Fu attended the University of Oxford. Aaron Fu has received the LEAD Certificate: Corporate Innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$280k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OkHi — Smart addressing for emerging markets. Enabling businesses to collect an accurate address, navigate to it without getting lost and verity it remotely.
  • Ongair — Carry out great customer service and support via WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, WeChat and Line. Get your business on Instant Messaging today. Enjoy a 14 day free trial.
  • Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
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Warioba Ventures
VC Fund · Dar Es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Warioba Ventures is an investment and advisory firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dawa Mkononi — Dawa Mkononi (DM) is a registered company that mainly focuses on innovations to improve pharmaceutical supply chain. The app is run by DM Pharmacy located at Kariakoo in Dar es Salaam. The app currently serves for wholesale business only to pharmacies, ADDOs, and health facilities such as Hospitals and Clinics.
  • Tunzaa Fintech — A save-now-buy-later secure savings and payments infrastructure for the unbanked African consumers who save to buy from a curated marketplace of trusted merchants.
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Laura Spiekerman
Angel · Berkeley, California, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Laura Spiekerman is the Co-Founder of Alloy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $4.1M–$19M; Series A $15M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vergo — Vergo is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by Blue Ridge Bank, N.A.; Member FDIC.
  • Meanwhile — The world's first regulated Bitcoin life insurance. Tax-efficient wealth planning for long-term Bitcoin holders.
  • Keep — Keep has higher credit limits, the highest cash back rewards in Canada, and absolutely no fees! Join the thousands of Canadian business owners making the switch to Keep.
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The Continent Venture Partners
VC Fund · Potomac, Maryland, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

The Continent Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that offers investing in early-stage and growth capital for startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Banking, Shipping
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Tanzania, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MVX — MVX is a freight forwarding business and logistics platform that offers freight financing, tracking, and shipping services to help trade.
  • Kosa — Domain name KOSA.ai is a powerful tech-driven brand with a sleek, modern appeal. The name KOSA conveys a sense of intelligence and sophistication, making it perfect for AI-focused startups or businesses in the technology sector. As a short,
  • Credable — Credable is the Digital Banking Platform that is driving the future of banking by embedding financial services in businesses across emerging markets.
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International Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Banking
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: India, Brazil, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 642
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $45M–$420M; Debt Financing $20M–$400M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kuku FM — Discover the most popular audiobooks & podcasts on Kuku FM. Listen to trending shows, most-played content, and viral audio series everyone is loving.
  • Vicentin — Vicentin S.A.I.C., through its subsidiaries, operates as an agroindustrial company that manufactures and exports cereals and oilseeds.
  • Cube Highways Trust — Cube roadways Trust is utilizing the public-private partnership (PPP) model in the roadways sector to operate and manage highway projects in collaboration with the federal and state governments.
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Beyond Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Beyond Capital Fund is an evergreen impact investment fund that invests in for-profit, early-stage companies in East Africa and India. The fund invests in companies that aim to improve access to health care, sanitation, clean energy, agriculture and food security, and financial inclusion, all of which can help consumers at the bottom of theeconomic pyramid live better lives. Despite the fact that the fund seeks market-rate financial returns, Beyond Capital is structured as a nonprofit, allowing the organization to emphasize fidelity to its social mission alongside its financial mandate.Beyond Capital, headquartered in New York, was established in 2009.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Financial Services, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: India, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $357k–$4M; Pre-Seed $800k–$1.5M; Series B $20M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wellth — Improve quality scores, reduce high cost utilization, address health equity, and improve member satisfaction by using the right incentive at the right time to create life-changing healthy habits through Wellth.
  • Floworks AI — Deploy AI agents that prospect, personalise emails, handle replies and book meetings 24/7. Floworks AI replaces repetitive SDR work so your team closes more deals.
  • Haqdarshak — Made with Framer
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Microtraction
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Accounteer — Choose to Automate your business' finances with smart accounting software or Pair it with one-on-one real human expert accounting and support.
  • LemFi — Send money to India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and 30 other countries. Receive and manage your money without stress
  • ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 584
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$106M; Series B $3.1M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Ryan King
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Ryan is the Co-founder and CTO of Chime. Previously, Ryan was the VP of Engineering of Plaxo, an early professional social networking pioneer which was acquired by Comcast Interactive Media. Prior to Plaxo, Ryan worked at Liberate Technologies and Microsoft.Ryan earned a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.S. in ComputerScience & Engineering from UCLA.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Series A $13M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unit21 — Unit21 helps protect businesses against adversaries through a simple API and dashboard for detecting and managing money laundering, fraud, and other sophisticated risks across multiple industries.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Parafin — Parafin provides you with an end-to-end solution to offer one-click financing to your sellers.
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GMC coLABS
VC Fund · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, Mobile, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Taimba Limited — Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
  • WomenChoice Industries — WomenChoice Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of low-cost, affordable, reusable sanitary towels.
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HOF Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

HOF Capital is a global technology investment firm that leverages its global limited partner network to help founders build massive businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 182
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$15M; Pre-Seed $385k–$5.5M; Series A $10M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Codesphere — Codesphere is your Zeroconfig Cloud. No config - just code and run web apps from your browser. Team work on distributed full stack Typescript, and benefit from our automatic deployments, scaling, tests, and security / privacy audits. We optimize each and every detail to keep things simple for you. Codesphere is next level programming.
  • BillionToOne — We are a team at the forefront of disease detection focused on moving Prenatal Screening and Liquid Biopsy forward.
  • Drop — Join the free rewards app with over 5 million members that lets you earn points by shopping at 500+ brands, investing in crypto, playing games and more.
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British International Investment
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 152
  • Round size: Series B $14M–$50M; Debt Financing $9M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scatec ASA — Scatec is a leading renewable energy solutions provider, accelerating access to reliable and affordable clean energy in emerging markets.
  • Wave Mobile Money — Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network.
  • CLR Facility Services — CLR is a leading Integrated Facility Management (IFM) company with a PAN India presence, providing comprehensive solutions including IFM, Technical Services, Business Support, Aviation Services, Production Support, and Floor Care Services.
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Acacia Venture Capital Partners
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Acacia is a cross border investment manager, specialising in private market investments. The team is composed of a diverse and international group that is primarily based in Shanghai.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $125k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Menza — Menza is a data analytics platform that generates interactive dashboards and proactive insights using AI.
  • Modelence — Build production-ready apps with AI
  • Karumi — Karumi is an AI agent that joins a live video call with your prospects to deliver personalized product demos, 24/7, in any language.
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Jonas Huckestein
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Jonas Huckestein creates great products from scratch. After moving to the US from Germany in 2010 he was the first engineer at Campfire Labs (acquired by Groupon), founding CTO of Ark.com, and is a Director at the StartupBus. He got a Mathematics degree at 18, Computer Science at 21 and is on leave from technology management grad school. Beforemoving here he worked in management consulting.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Banking, Internet, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $3.6M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Packfleet — We serve millions of Londoners, combining a top-notch delivery service with advanced technology to offer a carbon-neutral delivery experience like no other.
  • Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
  • Gradient Labs — Our AI agent resolves complex customer service queries end-to-end. Delivering quality, efficiency and compliance at every step.
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AXIAN
VC Fund · Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

AXIAN is a pan-African group that specializes in real estate, telecom, financial services, energy, and innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Egypt, Kenya, Mali

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Series A $5M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
  • 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.
  • WeLight — WeLight deploys sustainable and accessible solutions to accelerate energy inclusion in rural areas of Africa.
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Pontem Ventures
VC Fund · Dar Es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Pontem Ventures are a strategic investment vehicle that identifies, vets and invests in industry agnostic growth businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dawa Mkononi — Dawa Mkononi (DM) is a registered company that mainly focuses on innovations to improve pharmaceutical supply chain. The app is run by DM Pharmacy located at Kariakoo in Dar es Salaam. The app currently serves for wholesale business only to pharmacies, ADDOs, and health facilities such as Hospitals and Clinics.
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DST Global
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

DST Global is an investment firm that focuses on late-stage ventures in the Internet sector. The firm has invested in several rapidly growing companies. Its offices are in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner, Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series D
  • Geography: United States, China, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 245
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CloudX — CloudX is a supply side platform for mobile and AI publishers. Boost revenue with AI workflows and a liquid marketplace.
  • Console — Console helps IT teams get to Inbox Zero. Auto-resolve over 50% of your support requests directly in Slack and Teams, using AI Agents that understand how your company does work.
  • Flexion Robotics — Founded by scientists, roboticists and engineers, Flexion is for those who refuse to settle for the status quo and dare to venture where others won't. Join us.
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DCG Expeditions
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

DCG Expeditions is a global early-stage investor supporting fintech & crypto founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Craftt — Craftt is building a frictionless and fairer future of work. It's on a mission to deliver universal benefits that enable financial confidence for the modern workforce.
  • NuConstruct — Software Development. MEV Builder from an alternative timeline. Advanced onchain solving and execution.
  • Space and Time — Space and Time is the first decentralized data warehouse. Powering low-latency queries and tamperproof Web3 analytics. Web3 analytics at scale. A multichain data platform for dapps needing next-gen Web3 analytics. Connect analytics directly to smart contracts. Join on-chain and off-chain data in a single query.
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Norrsken22
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Norrsken22 is a tech growth fund, backed by an international network of tech founders, partnering with exceptional African entrepreneurs in scaling disruptive businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Banking, B2B
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
  • Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
  • TymeBank — TymeBank is a subsidiary of the Tyme Group, which focuses on financial technology and banking solutions. TymeBank focuses on providing accessible financial services to the lower-income market. It emphasizes digital banking and minimal fees. Customers can open secure personal and business accounts online, benefiting from low banking charges and highsavings interest rates through their digital platform.
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Acrew Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Defining the future of venture.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Highbeam — Highbeam is a fintech company that offers an online platform for ecommerce originators to comprehend, invest, and expand businesses. Highbeam is headqaurtered in New York, United States.
  • Afterparty — Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships
  • Canela Media — Tech & innovation driven media company Leader in multicultural video reaching more than 45m uniques
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AAIC Investment
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$11M; Series A $3M–$51M; Series B $16M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
  • Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
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9Yards Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Growth-stage venture capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 136
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$17M; Series A $7.4M–$35M; Series B $17M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Calibre — Shaping the future of testing, inspection and certification. Powered by AI. Built for TIC.
  • LightTable — LightTable uses AI to review construction drawings and specs, catching coordination, constructability, and compliance issues before they become RFIs or delays.
  • Candex — Candex is your tech-based master vendor, enabling enterprises to engage and make purchases from suppliers in a compliant way without onboarding delays.
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Shine Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Spain, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $3.5M–$21M; Series A $12M–$25M; Series B $10M–$71M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Antares — Factory-produced, deployable fission microreactors to provide strategic energy for mission-critical systems across Earth, space, and underseas.
  • Walden Robotics — Walden Robotics is an industrial robotics company that builds and deploys general-purpose, semi-humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics.
  • Turnout — Turnout Technologies is a technology related company.
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Planet N Group of Companies
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

Planet N Group is a growth markets oriented high-tech investment firm focused on the Greater Middle East and Asia. Planet N’s portfolio spans financial inclusion, fintech, data science & AI, e-media, e-health, blockchain, edutech and e-commerce across Egypt, Pakistan, the UAE, Singapore and the UK

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fauree — Fauree has brought a working capital solution in supply chain finance. We are one of the leading fintech companies serving in Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Canada.
  • myco — myco is a content streaming super dApp that smoothly integrates AVOD and SVOD capabilities into a decentralized ecosystem.
  • Idealz — Idealz is an e-commerce platform where users purchase products and receive entries into prize draws. The platform includes categories such as electronics, vehicles, and lifestyle items. A portion of transactions supports charitable initiatives, while selected participants may receive prizes through scheduled draw processes conducted by theplatform.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Tanzania startups

We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Grant, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 352
  • Round size: Grant $500k–$14M; Series A $8.1M–$60M; Series B $8M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Immunocore — Immunocore is focused on the discovery and development of novel T cell receptor-based drugs to treat diseases with a high unmet need, including cancer and viral disease. The company’s expertise in engineering T Cell Receptors (TCRs) and linking them to an antibody fragment (scFv) known as anti-CD3, has led to its first product candidate, IMCgp100,entering clinical trials in patients with metastatic melanoma. The proprietary T Cell Receptor technology platform is well validated and can easily be manufactured for clinical and commercial supply in microbial systems. Immunocore is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of TCR bispecific immunotherapies.
  • SeamlessHR — Africa's Leading HR & Payroll Software - Empowering African Businesses for Productivity and Profitability Through Technology.
  • BioNTech — BioNTech is a next-generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. It contains several classes of drugs, including mRNA-based drugs to encode antigens, neoantigens, cytokines, and antibodies; cell therapies; bispecific antibodies; and antibody-drug conjugates.
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Investor funding in Tanzania at a glance

Stats across 172 deals from 193 investors.

193
investors
in Tanzania startups
172
deals
in Tanzania startups
$750k
median round
in Tanzania startups
44%
lead investors
lead at least one round
24%
Grant
most common funding stage
93/7
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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