Top 5 Manufacturing VC Funds & Investors in Ethiopia (August 2026)

Portfolio highlights

• Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
• TANAAKK — TANAAKK provides “HITSERIES”, Growth-as-a-Service especially for Fortune Global 500 in-house startups to migrate R&D fruits into cloud-native scalable SaaS. HITSERIES delivers reference architecture, platform and related DevOps, RevOps, EquityOps services. There is annually US$190 R&D expenditure solely in Japan. TANAAKK find growth optionin R&D, selecting right cloud business scheme and enabling liquidity for discounted intellectual assets. Usually supporting conglomerate to achieve new $100M SaaS revenue in 5 years.
• Monarch Tractor — Monarch Tractor designs and manufactures fully electric, driver-optional smart tractors for the agricultural sector. The company integrates robotics, electrification, and data analytics into its equipment to support more sustainable and efficient farming practices. Its flagship product enables autonomous operation and real-time data collection,allowing farmers to monitor field conditions, crop health, and machinery performance. Monarch Tractor's technology stack includes a software platform that supports remote fleet management, machine learning-based insights, and compatibility with third-party farm management systems. The equipment is built to perform standard agricultural tasks such as tilling, mowing, and spraying, while reducing noise and emissions compared to traditional diesel-powered machines. The company targets use cases in vineyards, orchards, and other specialty crop environments where precision and automation can significantly impact productivity and operational costs.

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• M-KOPA — M-KOPA provides connected asset financing solutions for underbanked customers. Its platform combines digital micropayments and IoT connectivity to offer access to products including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones, financial services, and more.
• Liquid Intelligent Technologies — Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies is a pan-African technology group with capabilities across 14 countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Veritas Finance — Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation.

Portfolio highlights

• Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
• Sotas — Sotas provides services to chemical trading companies and bridges the gap between raw material producers and consumers.
• Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.

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• Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.

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• Welyco — Welyco is an information technology company.We operate smart restaurant "solto". Utilize IT to realize efficient and diverse restaurant management.
• Toranotec — TORANOTEC CORPORATION aims to create a world where investment is familiar to everyone by realizing "from consumption to investment" through the services of asset management subsidiaries , utilizing advanced technology.
• Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.