Top 30 Machine Learning VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in May 2026

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• Billboxx — Manage payables, receivables, financing and banking in one platform.
• mTek — mTek is a digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry.
• REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.

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• Logidoo — Logidoo is a digital logistics marketplace-designed company that markets shuttles through smart logistics. The company's platform, which provides rapid, dependable, secure, and economical logistics, allows users to compare offers for sending and receiving items and to track parcels in real-time.
• ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
• Upfund — Upfund is a real estate company that provides reliable data on office, retail, and business premises. Upfund is a digital solution designed to respond to most commercial real estate business issues. They develop tools perfectly adapted to clients' requests in a remarkable time. Founded in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.

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• AMEA Power — Founded in 2016, AMEA Power has assembled a leading team of global industry experts to deliver clean energy projects across Africa, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
• Pele Energy Group — Pele Energy Group owns and runs renewable energy infrastructure in addition to providing economic and community development consulting services.
• Pele Green Energy — Pele Green Energy is an Independent Power Producer that develops, owns, procures, builds, and operates renewable energy power projects, including Small Scale Embedded Generation and utility scale power plants, and is the leading South African Independent Power Producer in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement, REIPPPProgramme.

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• WeMove — WeMove is a fitness marketplace for daily gym passes. They develop innovative solutions that meet your sports issues.
• Bako Motors SAS — Bako Motors SAS is a motor vehicle manufacturing company that develops solar electric vehicles. manufacturer of electric vehicles with the goal of creating long-term fixes for rural areas' transportation issues with regard to people, cargo, and machinery. The business makes electric cars as well as solutions for clean energy generation andstorage that are infinitely scalable, providing users with inexpensive and environmentally friendly e-mobility.
• Insight Plus — Insight Plus is a foreign exchange platform that specializes in interconnecting global exchanges into one eco system.

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• Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance
• CompariSure — Custom, built-for-purpose service and sales chatbot solutions for financial services providers.
• Happy Pay — Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services.

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• Accrual Software — We are a Software Development Company
• Venture Capital Studio — 36 Followers, 31 Following, 1 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Black Silver Capital (@blacksilvercapital)
• Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.

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• Octiv — Turbocharge your fitness business, grow your community and build your brand with Octiv's leading Gym Management Software.
• Outsized — Independent talent for enterprise clients and consulting firms in Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East.
• Simera Sense — Simera Sense develops camera control electronics for optical payload and Cubesat imager solutions.

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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

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• AI Lean — Simplify your lien compliance with the only fully automated solution.
• Aikium Inc. — Protein therapeutics
• Groma — We use technology to make properties work better and enable everyone to own a stake in their community. Join Groma in transforming real estate. Rent modern homes, invest in multifamily buildings, or become part of our resident investor community.

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• Apollo Agriculture — BRINGING COMMERCIAL FARMING TO EVERYONE Andrew, 3 acre maize farmer and Apollo customer

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• Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
• Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
• Herconomy (Ex AGS Tribe) — Herconomy is a platform that allows women build their finances, capacity, collaborate and access opportunities.

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• SteamaCo — Discover SteamaCo: the advanced IoT smart metering platform revolutionising energy in emerging markets
• Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
• SHYFT Power Solutions — SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids.

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• Synnefa — We provide an online farm record-keeping software as a service and integrate this platform with IoT solar-powered soil sensors to give farmers a 360-degree view of their farm and eliminate any guesswork. We leverage AI and ML technologies to analyse IoT data and agronomy data to increase production by 60% while reducing farm input costs by 40%.
• Oorja Development Solutions — Oorja is a project developer of solar PV systems to power livelihoods in emerging markets.

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• Clau — Clau is a leading real estate platform that simplifies buying, selling, and remodeling properties. It acts as a real estate superapp combining a property marketplace with CRM tools for brokers, mortgage brokerage services, renovation connections, and a data platform for market insights. It serves homebuyers, brokers, sellers, and investors seekingstreamlined property transactions and market data.
• Cariqa — Cariqa: An all-in-one app for EV drivers. It makes charging, trip planning & battery management easy, with personalised recommendations based on your usage.
• Maxwell Financial Labs — Hi, we're Maxwell. We’re on a mission to revolutionize the $8.5T residential mortgage market by reimagining how mortgage lenders collaborate with homebuyers and real estate agents to buy a home. We connect our hundreds of lenders onto one seamless, intuitively-designed platform, so the focus isn’t the paperwork, it’s the place to call home.Today, hundreds of lenders across the United States use Maxwell’s digital mortgage platform to originate billions in mortgage loans each month at a cycle time 45 percent faster than the national average.

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• Amatera — Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
• Root AI — At Root, we are on a mission to create the intelligent robots that will help growers build the farms of the future.
• Bear Flag Robotics — Safe, productive and efficient farming operations for the next generation of growers. Customize, Orchestrate, Automate,and Scale your fleet to your needs.

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• CurbWaste — A software by haulers, for haulers
• Reserv — We are a premier claims platform, born from state-of-the-art data intelligence and talent management technology.
• CipherOwl Inc — CipherOwl delivers AI-powered digital asset intelligence and automation tools for institutions, helping banks, exchanges, and crypto teams manage risk, ensure compliance, and operate with confidence.

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• Lulalend — Meet Lula. Meet Opportunity. We provide SMEs with all-digital business funding to make cash flow.
• NOW Money — NOW Money is the UAE's first digital payroll and mobile bank service developed specifically for low income workers.
• Apollo Agriculture — BRINGING COMMERCIAL FARMING TO EVERYONE Andrew, 3 acre maize farmer and Apollo customer

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• fija Finance GmbH — Fija offers high-yield, regulated DeFi products without its own token. MiCA-compliant, transparent & secure.
• Mycel — Mycel is a decentralized cross-chain asset management platform with an intent-based token transfer layer.
• Reppo Labs — Blockchain Network that connect Data Owners with AI Developers and AI agents through Programmable IP Co-ownership

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• Kodak — A global technology company providing industry-leading products and services for commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.
• Bayport Management — Bayport Management Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides retail financial services in the Republic of Mauritius and internationally.
• Freshtohome — Freshtohome is an online grocery store that sells a range of seafood and meat to its users.The website’s range of products include fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and fillet. Fish consists of shell, freshwater, and marine. Furthermore, it enables suppliers to supply their seafood and meat to the website.Freshtohome was launched in 2015 by ShanKadavil and is based in Bangalore.

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• 88i Seguradora Digital S.A. — 88i is a digital platform for blockchain-based protection, insurance, and assistive services, connecting brokers and customers in a much simpler, more transparent and faster way.Founded by an ex-KPMG partner with more than 20 years of experience in the insurance market and supported by the application of the newest technology of blockchain andcryptocurrency, the company presents a new way to distribute and sell insurance. The interface is intended to be simplified by the use of a digital platform (app) that gives full transparency to the consumer to guarantee a faster path to contract and acquire insurance. The digital platform would work also as an insurance service market place, enabling different service providers linked to the insured item to offer their service. For example, home repair companies would be able to offer their services linked to a house insurance.
• BriteCo — Their cloud-based BriteCo Appraisal Management System is the gateway to making the jeweler’s life easier and more productive—-and customers happier and more secure with immediate insurance coverage of their fine jewelry and watches.
• Viridium Group — Viridium Group is the leading specialist in the efficient management of life insurance portfolios in Germany. The foundation of its activities is a customer-focused service organisation combined with efficient portfolio management. As of mid-2017, the companies of Viridium Group administered a combined total of about one million insurance policiesand about €15 billion in assets. The Group's shareholders are Cinven, a leading international private equity firm, and Hannover Re, the world's third-largest reinsurance company.

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• Roam — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
• Ferntech — Take control of your decentralized power system with Odyssey's FernTech software and hardware. Get real-time insights and automate operations with our reliable data collection, system automation, and range of controllers and IoT gateways. Explore the FernTech product suite and see how it works in action. Contact us to learn more.
• 60Hertz Energy — Unify asset management with asset monitoring, enhance scheduling, and facile communication. Book a Demo Now!

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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

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• Zepz — Zepz is an online service that lets people send money to friends and family living abroad, using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. It is a convenient, low-cost alternative to traditional money transfer companies that use high street agents and charge high fees. Money can be received as a bank deposit, cash pick-up, Mobile Money, or mobile airtimetop-up.Zepz's service is available to senders in 50 countries. They offer transfers to more than 140+ destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
• Moniepoint — Moniepoint provides an all-in-one payments, banking and operations platform for businesses and their customers.
• HealthifyMe — HealthifyMe is an application that allows its users to achieve their fitness and weight loss goals from their computers and smartphones.The application enables its users to track their calories, nutrition, and fitness activities; track their weight and determine if they are healthy; set healthy goals and work toward meeting them; share theirdata with experts; and get expert advice and suggestions on their lifestyles.HealthifyMe was developed and launched by a team of doctors, nutritionists, and fitness trainers in 2012. It is based in Bangalore, India.

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• scoutlabs — We're building the world's densest digital trap network to accurately gauge insect pest pressure. This helps millions of farmers in precisely combating crop-eating insects, accelerating a transition to more sustainable methods. Good for the farmer, the environment and for our food security
• Heritable Agriculture — Revolutionary agricultural biotechnology that enables precise genetic programming of plants. Transform how the world grows food through cutting-edge synthetic biology.
• Brilliant Harvest — Brilliant Harvest is the Most Powerful AI Helpdesk For Equipment Dealers.

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• EDITED — Market, competitor, and enterprise retail analysis and automation, empowering buyers, planners, merchandisers, and marketers to grow profits.
• Building Engines, Inc. — Building Engines improves net operating income across the world’s most successful Commercial Real Estate portfolios. Our customers increase their revenue, deliver the best occupant experience, and reduce their operating costs using our innovative building operations software platform, Prism.Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Boston, withoffices in New York City and Scottsdale, Building Engines is developing, acquiring and partnering to address long-standing problems in building operations. Today, more than 850 customers—including Beacon Capital Partners, Cushman & Wakefield and SL Green—rely on Building Engines to manage critical operational needs across more than 2.5 billion square feet and 26,000 properties worldwide.
• Carpool Logistics — We are a technology-driven automotive logistics company redefining how vehicles get transported. We use advanced technology to improve customer experience and reduce emissions. We obsess over efficiency, visibility, and developing smarter tools for our customers.

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• Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
• Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
• Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

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• Pele Energy Group — Pele Energy Group owns and runs renewable energy infrastructure in addition to providing economic and community development consulting services.
• WhereIsMyTransport — WhereIsMyTransport is a leading mobility technology company and central source of complete public transport data for emerging-market megacities. Working on the ground in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Europe and South and Southeast Asia, we digitalise network information from all modes of public transport and maintain data accuracy as thesedynamic systems change. Our products and data services improve the public transport experience, and inform industry-leading clients.
• Sandfire Resources NL — Sandfire has grown to be a global copper producer of significance and continues to make strong progress toward its goal of being a sustainable mining company.

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• Azitra — Azitra is a clinical-stage medical dermatology company that leverages extensive scientific knowledge about the skin microbiome to discover and develop novel products for the treatment of adverse skin conditions and diseases.The Company’s technology platform, developed in collaboration with scientists at Yale University and the Jackson Laboratory,is based on a proprietary strain of the natural commensal bacteria Staphylococcus epidermidis.
• WellTheory — Our programs support autoimmune lifestyle changes with an actionable and supportive membership experience, no matter where you are in your autoimmune journey.
• Soufflé Therapeutics — Soufflé Therapeutics is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of nucleic acid medicines designed for precise delivery and targeting of disease-causing cells. The company's mission is to create potent, precise, and safe medicines that can be tailored for a broad range of diseases by leveraging breakthroughs in genetic medicineand drug delivery technology.

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• Farmcrowdy — Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos.
• Foodlocker — Foodlocker is a retail business that sources foodstuff from farmers, pays them fairly, & sells to customers at decent prices both online and in-store.

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• Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance