Top 50 Startup Investors in Tanzania in May 2026
Top 50 Startup Investors in Tanzania in May 2026
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Find investors — It's Free!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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
- Gigmile — Gigmile provides financial services. They provide gig workers with core services and an affordable lease on productive assets that is tailored to their earnings to enable them to succeed in the mobility industry as entrepreneurs.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
Nyca is a leading venture capital firm focused on connecting innovative companies to the global financial system.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
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- Intrinio — Intrinio is a financial data company that offers platform consists of an application programming interface. Intrinio's mission is to help investors save money and make time so they can live more meaningful lives. We believe investors waste time on data collection, data entry, and data analysis because traditional financial data providersstifle innovation through high prices and restrictive technology. The Intrinio Fintech marketplace solves this problem by making financial data affordable and easy to access for developers, unleashing their creative potential to build the next generation of financial analytics products.Dozens of data feeds are currently available at disruptively low prices, providing data types such as FDIC bank data, real time IEX stock prices, fundamental US 10Q and 10K data, and insider transactions. Dozens of applications built with that data are also available, applications that free up investors to focus on what really matters- testing assumptions, conducting research, and generating insight.By uniting data providers, developers, and investors around a new model for financial innovation, the Intrinio Fintech marketplace promises to refocus the financial data industry on the developers and investors that make meaning out of data.
- Cape AI — The easiest way to get warm intros. Use AI to unlock the highest ROI sales channel on the planet: your networks.
- Loop AI - Delivery Intelligence Platform — Fully automated delivery intelligence platform. Loop AI is your co-pilot to manage your food brand. Empower your team to minimize errors, stay ahead of food trends and boost revenue through data driven smart workflows.
Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
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.
The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, South Africa, Egypt
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- Cloudline — Cloudline leverages lighter-than-air technology and the latest developments in unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver essential goods and services to the 1 billion people without direct access to roads and runways.
- Cloudline — The all-in-one cloud platform helping leisure businesses sell more, reduce costs & personalize experiences.
- Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.
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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- Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- Japan, United States, Tanzania
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- GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
- Luup — Luup is an Internet Company.
- S-Mat — Smartmat is an eco-friendly IoT purchase system for on-demand, no-hassle grocery with cost-effective shipping.
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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- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, Kenya
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- Axion — AI platform & predictive digital thread for engineering program management. Currently in stealth mode until public launch in Q4 2021. Axion enables leaders to help their teams do what they do best: creative work.
- Nodal — Nodal is a platform that efficiently connects vetted surrogates and intended parents, offering transparency, equity, education, and support for all parties on their journey.
- Flume — Gigabit internet you deserve with the reliability and service that you need.
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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- Robotics, Renewable Energy, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Tanzania
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- BW LPG — BW LPG is a logistics and transportation company that uses a fleet of maritime ships to carry liquefied petroleum gas. In houses, agriculture, transportation, and the chemical industry, liquefied petroleum gas is employed. The business is divided into two primary divisions: shipping and product services. Both buy and sell liquid petroleum gas andprovide delivery to consumers.
- Tenchijin — Tenchijin is optimiz human civilization using space big data.
- Cellid — Cellid developing the waveguide-architecture display module for AR glasses and high-performance spatial recognition software.
Vlad Tenev is the current Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of HarmonicHarmonic. Vlad Tenev attended Stanford University.
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- Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, Tanzania
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- Ezra AI — Ezra provides full-body MRI screening for potential early cancer and abnormalities in up to 13 organs. Book a scan today.
- 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.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya
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- 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 — Smart HR system for Smart Businesses | Start Today Automate payroll, shift scheduling, and attendance for your blue-collar workforce. Bluworks is the HR system trusted by all.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Education
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, Mexico, Sweden
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- 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 — Get the best affordable eyeglasses in Africa with Lapaire. Book your free vision test today at our locations across Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya & Uganda. Quality glasses, professional optometrists, unbeatable prices.
- Good Nature Agro — Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income.
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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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Japan, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Triorb — Triorb is a technology company that specializes in robot mobility development with the help of software and hardware solutions.
- Aerem — Make the switch to rooftop solar effortlessly with Aerem solution's innovative solar finance and technology solutions. Discover how we're making solar adoption easier than ever before and start saving on your energy costs.
- Power Wave — Power Wave seeks a carbon-neutral world using wave technology for wireless power, tackling global warming and fuel depletion.
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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- Renewable Energy, Water, Energy
- Series A, Corporate Round, Seed
- Japan, Tanzania
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- GITAI — GITAI is a robotics startup for space development. The company aims to replace astronauts with robots that can work for a long time while being remotely controlled from earth while in low earth orbit space stations to decrease the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space, and reduce costs.
- Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
- Kyoto Fusioneering — Kyoto Fusioneering is a research & development, design, and manufacture of parts related to fusion reactors.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Nigeria, United States, Ghana
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- 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.
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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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, India
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- Cassidy — Create customized AI-assistants to streamline tasks, enhance productivity, and adopt AI across your entire organization.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Motion — Automatically prioritize tasks, schedule meetings, and resolve calendar conflicts. Used by over 10k CEOs and professionals to improve focus, get more done, and streamline workday.
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, Kenya
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- Regfyl — Powered by AI, Regfyl is the all-in-one fraud and compliance platform for financial institutions and fintechs. Regfyl allows these businesses to reduce costs and focus on higher value activities.
- Flowcart — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
Laura Spiekerman is a co-founder and serves as CRO at Alloy. Prior to Alloy, Laura served as the head of business development and strategic partnerships at a payments company and a research/investments analyst in emerging markets at Imprint Capital Advisors.Laura holds a degree in political science from Barnard College and ColumbiaUniversity.
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- SaaS, Banking, Software
- Seed, Series A
- United States, Tanzania
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- Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
- Vergo — Vergo is a financial technology company and is not a bank. Banking services provided by Blue Ridge Bank, N.A.; Member FDIC.
- LaunchNotes — Thousands of leading companies use LaunchNotes to launch new products, announce new features, share product roadmaps, collect customer feedback, and more.
VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. VSQ manages thematic funds, with a current focus on FinTech and ClimateTech.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
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- Inovat — Travellers have to stand hours in the queues and get charged hidden fees to receive Tax refund that they are entitled to. They change that. With Inovat, get the best Tax Free experience that you deserve.
- Tradoor — Tradoor protects traders, LPs, and the protocol against unforeseen market fluctuations by using clever math and safety measures to enable traders to trade with confidence.
- Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
Jared Schrieber - Co-Founder & Board Member @ Numerator
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- Software, Hospitality, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Hungary, United States, Spain
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- PastPay — Give your customers the opportunity to purchase now, but pay later with PastPay's payment solution, tailored to the needs of B2B merchants!
- Captiwate — Drive more qualified demos by leveraging video calls with high-value prospects. Capture intent at the opportune moment to enhance effectiveness and optimize conversions. Empower your SDRs.
- Loop Golf — Search less, golf more with Loop Golf. We make it effortless to search and book tee times at popular local golf courses near you. Used by golfers across the nation, we're committed to simplifying your golf experience. Discover a range of golf courses and effortlessly secure your ideal tee time. With Loop Golf, embracing the joy of golfing has never been more accessible.
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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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Mexico, Colombia
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- Truora — Connect with your users via WhatsApp Optimize your onboarding process using WhatsApp.
- Winden — Winden is a business bank designed to help you make more money. Earn unlimited cash-back, free wire transfers, zero fees, and more.
- Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
AXIAN is a pan-African group that specializes in real estate, telecom, financial services, energy, and innovation.
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- Lending, Health Care
- Seed
- Kenya, Tanzania
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- Workpay — Looking for the best payroll software in Kenya? Workpay provides the best payroll software and hr software for your business in Kenya, Nigeria and for Africa
- LipaLater — LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments.
- 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.
Flexcap is a venture capital investment firm based in New York, New York. The firm focuses on early stage investments in enterprise SaaS and financial services.
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- Software, SaaS, Sales Automation
- Seed, Series A
- Tanzania, United States
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- Ramani — Ramani is an application for salespeople to track their inventory, register their customers and record their sales transactions.
- Synthpop — Streamlining healthcare, one workflow at a time. Automate 80% of your healthcare business processes with AI. Learn more.
- Kindo — Kindo brings AI-native security and automation to DevOps, SecOps, and ITOps. Streamline operations, cut alert fatigue, and resolve incidents autonomously with intelligent agents.
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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- Financial Services
- Pre-Seed
- Tanzania
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- Credable — Credable is the Digital Banking Platform that is driving the future of banking by embedding financial services in businesses across emerging markets.
Warioba Ventures is an investment and advisory firm.
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- Health Care
- Seed
- Tanzania
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.
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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- FinTech, Finance, Software
- Series A, Series B
- United States
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- 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.
Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Spain, Canada
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- Octup — Elevate your e-commerce business with our comprehensive E-commerce Operations Platform. Streamline processes, boost efficiency, and drive sales growth!
- Rose Rocket — Rose Rocket's transportation management software (TMS) helps trucking companies and freight brokers improve visibility, collaboration, and efficiency.
- Turnout — Turnout Technologies is a technology related company.
Accion Ventures is an investment strategy that today pursues early-stage investments as part of Accion Impact Management.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Mexico
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- Lami — Lami is an end-to-end digital insurance platform and API that enables companies across sectors to offer insurance products. Its API allows underwriters to connect with consumer-facing companies that can provide embedded insurance as a value add for existing customers, many of whom are uninsured.
- Agrim Wholesale — Leading B2B platform for agricultural input retailers and suppliers.
- Cashinvoice — Cashinvoice connects supply chain stakeholders and digitises invoice-to-cash processes to unlock working capital trapped within supply chains and accelerate business growth
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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- Health Care, Medical Device, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- India, United States, Egypt
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- 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
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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- Financial Services, Banking, Finance
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- India, Kenya, United Kingdom
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- 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.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Singapore
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- Opt Fit — Opt Fit is a fitness industry that provides fitness, wellness and health-care services.
- Monochrome — Monochrome is creating a home operating system in order to power the next generation of energy-producing homes and roofs. The company is based in Chuo Ward, Tokyo.
- Bluefield Energy — Bluefield Energy redefines Japan's electricity sector through technology-driven renewable energy solutions. Its mission centers on liberating people and society from energy constraints by tackling high costs, environmental impact, and supply instability.
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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- Banking, Internet, Logistics
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Tanzania
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- 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.
Aaron has 10+ years of global experience building, scaling and investing in technology products in corporate and startup environments. He has co-founded both B2B & B2C businesses, in Africa - he has led seed stage equity investments in 20+ startups (totaling $2m+), driven the exit of 3 startups in Africa, he also sits on the board of ofstartups ranging from AgriTech to Transport and has worked with 100s through partners like Visa, MTN, Airbus, Société Générale and the World Bank.Prior to the Catalyst Fund, he was the Managing Director of MEST, Africa’s Largest Pre-Seed Incubator, and Managing Partner for Africa at Nest.vc, a Hong Kong based fund, which he joined after a career in financial services.
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- Financial Services, Software, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt
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- OkHi — Smart addressing for emerging markets. Enabling businesses to collect an accurate address, navigate to it without getting lost and verity it remotely.
- Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
- 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.
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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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Mexico
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- Caplight — Caplight is a platform that enables institutional investors to buy and sell derivatives of private equity.For the first time in the private markets, institutional investors can hedge positions, generate income on assets, and access true liquidity with public settlement-like mechanics.Caplight serves a broad range of QIBs including hedge funds,VC funds, family offices, pensions, endowments, mutual funds, and insurance firms.Securities are offered by North Capital Private Securities, member FINRA/SIPC, a partner of Caplight Markets LLC.
- Champify — Champify tracks job changes to help go-to-market teams turn existing relationships into new business opportunities that go closed-won.
- Workr Labs — 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.
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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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Mexico, Colombia, United States
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- Reacher — Reacher is an AI platform that streamlines creator discovery, outreach, campaign management, and analytics for TikTok Shop affiliates.
- 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.
- Revision Dojo — Thousands of practice questions, study notes, and flashcards, all in one place. Supercharged with Jojo AI.
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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- Energy, Renewable Energy, Water
- Debt Financing, Series A, Series C
- China, Japan, Vietnam
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- Towing — Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services.
- BINH DUONG Water Environment — BINH DUONG Water Environment is a water supply company that provides services such as exploitation, treatment, and supply of clean water.
- Masdar — Masdar is a renewable energy manufacturer that develops utility-scale renewable energy projects. At Masdar, they are staunch backers of the UAE's shift towards a knowledge-intensive economy. The company's goal is to exemplify the commercial adoption of clean technologies and to represent the UAE’s broader dedication to sustainablepractices.
NEC Group under the Solution for Society principle delivers safety, security, fairness and efficiency to our society with our partners around the globe.
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- Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- United States, Japan, Israel
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- 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.
- BostonGene — BostonGene Corporation is pioneering the use of biomedical software for advanced patient analysis and personalized therapy decision making in the fight against cancer. BostonGene’s unique solution performs sophisticated analytics to aid clinicians in their evaluation of viable treatment options for each patient's individual genetics, tumor andtumor microenvironment, clinical characteristics and disease profile. BostonGene’s mission is to enable physicians to provide every patient with the highest probability of survival through optimal cancer treatments using advanced, personalized therapies
We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.
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- Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria
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- Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
- Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
- Lapaire — Get the best affordable eyeglasses in Africa with Lapaire. Book your free vision test today at our locations across Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya & Uganda. Quality glasses, professional optometrists, unbeatable prices.
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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- FinTech, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Pakistan, Oman, Egypt
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- MContent — MContent is a platform that creates direct financing and investments for deserving content creators, film professionals, and media artists.
- myco — myco is a content streaming super dApp that smoothly integrates AVOD and SVOD capabilities into a decentralized ecosystem.
- WoW Health Solutions — WoW Health Pakistan Provides Best Healthcare Solutions In Pakistan. Connect With Doctor via Phone Call Or Call Doctor At Home Anytime.
We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
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- Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
- SEND — SEND manages the entire process of moving freight by air, ocean and road to and from Africa - including customs processes, trucking and warehousing. Our application provides instant quotes & bookings, document management, cost transparency, notifications and tracking for your cargo.
- Remedial Health — We improve business to business access to medicines by providing such medicines from manufactures/registered distributors direct to large and small healthcare retail businesses (large pharmacies and remote chemist/PPMVs (Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors)) using technology to deliver just-in-time stock and provide financing and awide selection of inventory to such retail business.
Luno 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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Nigeria
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- Onmeta — Onmeta
- Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
- Sealance Corp. — Sealance provides financial services, cryptography and other services.
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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- Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- India, Brazil, United States
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- Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
- iyzico — iyzico was founded with the aim of providing a secure payment management platform to online companies of different sizes operating in different industries. Currently it offers iyziPos (secure virtualPOS solution with automated fraud prevention and high authorization-rate bank integrations) , iyziBazaar (manage marketplace payments), iyziLink (payby link, without the need of a shopping site), and Buyer Protection (secure shopping experience) as the flagship products.
- Candela — We build electric hydrofoil boats and ferries for leisure and commercial use. Explore the Candela C-8 and the Candela P-12.
elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
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- Logistics, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- South Africa, India, Kenya
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- RUTOPIA —
- Elucid Social — Elucid Social integrates businesses with the social good movement through a data-driven strategy that yields measurable results. Elucid Social develops and deploys technologies to assess, report, and minimize human rights risks linked with the sourcing of products and services.
- Oorja Development Solutions — Oorja is a project developer of solar PV systems to power livelihoods in emerging markets.
Growth-stage venture capital.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
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- Capitolis — Capitolis is a technology provider addressing capital market constraints in equities and foreign exchange. It connects capital with collaborative solutions to clients all over the world.The company connects market participants and transforms the efficiency frontiers of their businesses. It partners with clients to address their challenges andcreatively build new opportunities around under-utilized capital.Capitolis was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York.
- Judi Health — Capital Rx is a health technology company that engages in managing pharmacy benefit plans. The company is redefining the way prescriptions are priced and administered in the U.S. Through its Clearinghouse Model, it unlocks the pharmacy supply chain and reduces prescription costs for employer groups. By establishing a competitive marketplace fordrug pricing, Capital Rx focuses its resources on deploying actionable strategies that improve plan performance and patient outcomes.
- LuminX — LuminX is an AI-Powered Inventory Visibility for the Modern Warehouse
Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- India, Nigeria, Kenya
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- 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.
Pontem Ventures are a strategic investment vehicle that identifies, vets and invests in industry agnostic growth businesses.
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- Health Care
- Seed
- Tanzania
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- 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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- B2B, Mobile, Consumer
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, Tanzania
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- 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.
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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- FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Series B, Series C, Series D
- United States, China, India
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- 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.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
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- 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.
The MBA Fund is a VC fund and network of founders, executives and investors committed to mentoring and investing in leading early-stage, student and alumni founders. The firm was founded in 2018 by Josh Hoffman-Senn, Hiro Tien, Sieva Kozinsky and Hansae Catlett.
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- Health Care, Food and Beverage, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Ghana, France
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- Vytala — Vytala is a food tech firm focused on improving nutrition through innovative solutions.
- Hue — Hue helps brands and retailers embed TikTok-style shoppable videos on their e-commerce websites to give customers confidence to add to cart. 88%+ of customers seek videos of people trying products (i.e. social proof) before purchasing them. Using Hue’s shoppable UGC video technology, 20+ brands like Credo Beauty, Live Tinted, 111Skin, and more haveachieved a 23% increase in sales, 35% increase in conversion and a 40-50% higher ROAS with Hue UGC. Hue’s comprehensive UGC video solutions allow brands and retailers to showcase authentic video reviews, application videos and tutorials on their e-commerce websites, ads and social channels.
- ThetaWave AI — Turn lectures into notes, mindmaps, quizzes & flashcards in real-time. Trusted by 50,000+ students from Stanford, MIT & more. Free to try.
Peeyush Ranjan is the GM and VP of Google Pay, Fintech, and Next Billion Users at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
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- SaaS, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States, India, Tanzania
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- Koji — Koji is the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform. With hundreds of free apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize.
- Hatica — Hatica aggregates activity from all your work apps to power software engineering dashboards and gen AI-driven insights to help teams drive velocity, alignment and well-being.
- Nala — A new kind of mobile money transfer for Africans worldwide! Make safe, affordable, and reliable international payments to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Grant, Series A, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- Ensoma — Ensoma is expanding the reach of the curative power of genomic medicine by pioneering a next-generation in vivo approach using its Engenious™ vectors. Ensoma’s vectors are designed to deliver a diverse range of gene modification technologies without the need for stem cell collection or prior myeloablative conditioning (e.g., chemotherapy). As aresult, Ensoma’s therapies can be delivered as a single injection in a diverse range of settings, including outpatient and settings where access to sophisticated healthcare systems may be limited.
- Aspen Pharmacare — Aspen is a global specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in both emerging and developed markets
- NILO Therapeutics — A neuronal circuit regulates the immune system. We're targeting it to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
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