Top 15 Machine Learning VC Funds & Investors in South Africa (June 2026)
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Knife Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Series A, Seed | Software, Education, Manufacturing | $2M–$30M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | $441k–$47M |
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Venture Capital Studio
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, FinTech, Finance | $256k–$9.6M |
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Industrial Development Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, Australia, Canada | Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Series A | Renewable Energy, Mobile, Sustainability | $1.1M–$315M |
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Hannover Re
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Private Equity | Insurance, FinTech, InsurTech | $9M–$47M |
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Capaci.Tech
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States | Seed | SMS, Apps, SaaS | $97k–$4M |
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LeapFrog Investments
VC Fund
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1 | India, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Private Equity, Series D | Financial Services, Finance, Insurance | $4.3M–$175M |
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Wavecrest Growth Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Private Equity, Series A | Software, SaaS, Automotive | $10M–$104M |
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Automattic
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $777k–$30M |
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Savannah Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, FinTech, Software | $25k–$8M |
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AgFunder
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology | $100k–$40M |
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Bantam Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $120k–$20M |
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Paper Plane Ventures
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Nedbank
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Australia, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Mining | $2M–$700M |
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BlueOrchard Finance S A
VC Fund
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1 | India, Nigeria, Vietnam | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $3M–$220M |
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Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, Knife accelerates the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. Knife have offices in Cape Town andLondon.Knife invests via a consortium of funding partnerships, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company KNF Ventures and select family offices. Knife facilitated lucrative exits of local technology companies to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin and Uber.
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- Industry: Software, Education, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $2M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- d6 — SCHOOLS Schools Communication Platforms and School Management Software COMMUNITIES Community & Internal Business Communication Platforms MEDIA Let your brand be seen Advertise on
- DataProphet — DataProphet offers production intelligence solutions for manufacturers. By combining human ingenuity with production data, we supercharge manufacturing excellence. Explore our Connect platform and expert services, trusted by industry leaders.
- Stone Three Venture Technology — We combine expert services with the power of machine learning to help our customers increase their productivity and safety.
4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $441k–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $3M–$4M; Series A $2M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lumkani — AFFORDABLE ALARM SYSTEMS & INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS Whether you are in a township, informal settlement, or suburb, we have the right protection for you. AFFORDABLE ALARM SYSTEMS & INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS Whether you are in a township, informal settlement, or suburb ...
- Investsure — InvestSure is a technology company that uses its software to enable partner investment platforms to sell its unique Investment Indemnity (insurance) product to their clients. InvestSure provides a full set of APIs that trading platform developers can use to integrate the Investure Investment Indemnity product seamlessly and easily into theirwebsites and mobile applications. Once InvestSure technology is added to a trading platform, it enables users to buy insurance on their shares with a single click. The full process from buying to insurance to settling claims is fully automated.The Investment Indemnity product itself is a unique innovation; it is designed to protect to protect shareholders against any losses in share value caused by actual or perceived fraud committed by management. This enables investors to secure their investments. The cost of the product is low enough to not significantly reduce returns of investors where no insurance event occurs, but to provide significant downside protection where an insured event does occur.
- CompariSure — Custom, built-for-purpose service and sales chatbot solutions for financial services providers.
36 Followers, 31 Following, 1 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Black Silver Capital (@blacksilvercapital)
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $928k–$9.6M; Pre-Seed $256k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 88% lead, 12% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) is a national development finance institution set up to promote economic growth and industrial development.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Mobile, Sustainability
- Stage:Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Series A $6M–$26M; Post-IPO Debt $1.1M–$49M; Debt Financing $30M–$315M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Ann-Connect — Ann-Connect is an EdTech SaaS for learning, teaching, exams and assessments rolled into an all-in-one education platform.Founded in 2021 by Bonginkosi Mabaso, Nexa was born from a real problem: students missing exams and learning opportunities because of unreliable internet. Our mission is simple: make online education accessible to everystudent, regardless of connectivity or background. Today, Nexa is trusted by universities, training institutions, and professional bodies across South Africa, with partnerships that give access to more than 450,000 learners. One workspace. All your education tools: - Nexa ExamCore: Offline exam tool where students can access, write, and submit online exams even without internet. - Nexa Invigilator: Invigilation tool designed to monitor for online exams. - Nexa Invigilator Venue-based – Proctoring for physical/venue-based exams for schools, corporates & teams. - Nexa Room – Low-bandwidth video conferencing just like MS Teams but designed for teaching and learning, with AI-driven student engagement tracking. - Integrations – Seamless connection with Learning Management Systems (LMS), plagiarism checkers, and other education tools — all in one place. Recognised with awards from TIA, ABSA, and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), Nexa is shaping the future of global education by making it inclusive, resilient, and accessible everywhere. Ready to experience THE platform for inclusive learning? Visit ann-connect.com and join us in building education without limits.
- Minbos Resources — Minbos has to build a nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security. They provide nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security.
- Theta Gold Mines — Theta Gold Mines is an Australian Securities Exchange listed company. Through it’s controlling subsidiaries in the Republic of South Africa, TGM currently controls 62,000 hectares of gold Mining and Prospecting Rights which covers the majority of the Transvaal gold fields approximately 350km East of Johannesburg. The Project is named TGME GoldProject which currently has 5.8Moz of a combination of underground/open-cut gold resources.
We stand as one of the leading global reinsurers, offering comprehensive coverage in both property and casualty reinsurance across every continent worldwide
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- Industry: Insurance, FinTech, InsurTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: United States, Germany, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $9M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
CapaciTech operates as a South African holding company that consists of an advisory business and special purposes vehicles that house shareholdings in various entrepreneurial ventures.
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- Industry: SMS, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $97k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mobiz — Supercharge your SMS marketing with dynamic, high-converting landing pages sent directly into the hands of your customers.
- HomeFarm — Homefarm provides smart, indoor gardens to homes and businesses. It is a group of modern farmers, designers, engineers, and researchers. It breaks new ground and innovates in the agricultural technology space.
- Right Now Response — The future of repairs starts soon. Counting down to smarter tracking in 2025! There are perks to working 24/7, 365 days a year... Like launching the future of repairs ahead of schedule!
Scaling purpose-driven businesses to achieve leaps of growth, profitability and impact.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Insurance
- Stage:Private Equity, Series D
- Geography: India, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Series D $4.3M–$175M; Private Equity $9.3M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- ReNew — ReNew(NASDAQ: RNW),a global renewable company offering clean & green energy with a portfolio of 13.7 GW including Wind, Solar, Hybrid & Hydro Power.
- Neogrowth — Best loan offer for your small business. Apply for Collateral Free Business Loan online & get instant loan disbursal. For more details call us at 18004195565.
- Battery Smart — Battery Smart provides advanced Li-ion batteries to e-rickshaws. Battery Smart develops a retrofittable 48V Li-ion twin battery system that is compatible with all major electric rickshaw (e3w) models.
Wavecrest Growth Partners is a growth equity firm focused on investments in high-growth, profitable B2B technology companies. The firm targets investments in high-growth companies with proven products and business models and brings to bear a differentiated combination of investing and operating experience and networks to help accelerate growth andprofitability. It refers to invest in companies that have over 20% in annual growth and $5 to $30M in bookings or revenue.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Automotive
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series A $10M–$12M; Private Equity $73M–$104M
- Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $290M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- EDITED — Market, competitor, and enterprise retail analysis and automation, empowering buyers, planners, merchandisers, and marketers to grow profits.
- Tier1 Financial Solutions — Tier1 Financial Solutions provides investment banking and capital markets CRM solutions, compliance and fraud prevention software services and more.
- Collage group — Provider of marketing intelligence services designed to better serve and engage the influential consumers through insights, market intelligence and strategy. The company's services provide research, analytics, consumer insights, consulting and marketing strategies for the organizations, enabling businesses to work efficiently.
Making the web a better place
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $777k–$9M; Series A $1M–$30M; Corporate Round $4.6M–$4.6M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- n8n — n8n is a workflow automation platform that uniquely combines AI capabilities with business process automation, giving technical teams the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.
- Openvibe — Interact With Anyone On The Open Internet. All Decentralised Social Networks, Single Timeline.
- Liquid AI — Liquid AI is an MIT spin-off with a presence in Boston, MA, and Palo Alto, CA. Our mission is to build state-of-the-art, general-purpose AI systems from first principles and deploy capable, efficient, highly aligned, and trustworthy AI for all.
Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $25k–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.1M; Series A $750k–$8M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 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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- Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 138
- Round size: Seed $100k–$10M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $4.4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Root AI — At Root, we are on a mission to create the intelligent robots that will help growers build the farms of the future.
- FaunaTech — FaunaTech is an Agtech company that concentrates on the research and development of devices capable of detecting diseases in cattle farms.
- 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.
They are passionate about seeing their portfolio companies become successful.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Round size: Seed $120k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.7M; Series A $1.6M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance
Nedbank is a one of the largest banks in South Africa.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mining
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Series A $2M–$7.5M; Post-IPO Debt $17M–$700M; Debt Financing $2.2M–$195M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Ivanhoe Mines — Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company advancing three principal projects in Africa:1) The Kamoa copper discovery in a previously unknown extension of the Central African Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern Katanga province. Members of the Ivanhoe Mines exploration teamrecently received the prestigious Thayer Lindsley Award from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada for the Kamoa copper discovery, recognized as the year's top international mineral discovery.Qualified Persons under National Instrument 43-101, have reviewed and approved all of the scientific and technical information contained in the Project sections on this website. Ivanhoe Mines has published independent NI 43-101-compliant technical reports for each of the Kamoa, Platreef and Kipushi projects, which are available at www.sedar.com. These technical reports include relevant information regarding the effective date and the assumptions, parameters and methods of the mineral resource estimates on the Kamoa, Platreef and Kipushi projects in these Project sections.
- 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.
BlueOrchard leads in Global Impact Investing, empowering people and protecting the planet through innovative, purpose-driven solutions.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
- Geography: India, Nigeria, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Series A $11M–$46M; Post-IPO Debt $5M–$220M; Debt Financing $3M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- JUMO — Enabling infrastructure for banking. We build enabling technology so that you can reach more customers, save money, achieve higher returns and greater scale.
- Pula Advisors — Pula is an insurance intermediary that implements data driven agricultural insurance. Pula assists hundreds of thousands of small-scale farmers across 6 countries in Africa. Farmers are able to safeguard their crops and invest in their farms through financial tools that take advantage of the rising use of mobile technology.
- Naked Insurance — The new way to cover your stuff: savings & convenience through AI. Naked Insurance offers online insurance for car, home and contents. Get a quote in 90 seconds!
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