Top 50 Marketplace Angel Investors in Africa (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Bhavik Bajaj
Angel
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4 | United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Information Technology, Software, FinTech | $15k–$3M |
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Idris Ayodeji Bello
Angel
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4 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $100k–$5.1M |
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Vinny Lingham
Angel
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4 | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Blockchain, Internet, Software | $125k–$5.6M |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $50k–$5M |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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3 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $625k–$7.5M |
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Allen and Ollys International Limited -
Angel
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3 | Nigeria | Seed, Convertible Note | FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain | $1k–$4k |
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Justin Mateen
Angel
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3 | United States, Mexico, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $400k–$26M |
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Cem Garih
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $460k–$38M |
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Yves Guillemot
Angel
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3 | Nigeria | Seed, Series A | Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms, Location Based Services | $500k–$1.7M |
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Peter Sandberg
Angel
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2 | Denmark, Kenya, Estonia | Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market | Internet, SaaS, FinTech | $150k–$212k |
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Robby Hilkowitz
Angel
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2 | Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore | Series A, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $1M–$4M |
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Youcef Es-skouri
Angel
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2 | United States, France, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | |
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Mato Perić
Angel
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2 | Germany, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $2M–$100M |
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Cristina Santin
Angel
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2 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain | $1k–$2k |
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Daniel Guasco
Angel
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2 | South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Rental, Internet, Analytics | $60k–$110k |
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Bashar Hamood
Angel
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2 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $5k–$5M |
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Rus Newton
Angel
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2 | Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | IaaS, SaaS, Mining | $285k–$1.5M |
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Sebastian Stoddart
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, South Africa | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Rental, Internet, Analytics | |
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Leonard Stiegeler
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, B2B | $1.3M–$6M |
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Michael Lahyani
Angel
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2 | Egypt, Morocco, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Series B | B2B, SaaS, Beauty | $5M–$42M |
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Tayo Oviosu
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, Brazil, United States | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, SaaS, Credit | $1.4M–$3.6M |
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Wayne Gosling
Angel
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2 | South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Rental, Internet, Analytics | |
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Bunmi Akinyemiju
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $10k–$1.5M |
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Manuela Raith
Angel
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2 | Kenya | Seed | Communities, Point of Sale, Social Impact | |
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Patricia Ithau
Angel
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2 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Beauty, Retail, Fashion | |
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Justin Stanford
Angel
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Angel, Series A | FinTech, Security, Financial Services | $3.4M–$6.4M |
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Kevin Ambrosini
Angel
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2 | United States, Egypt, Kenya | Seed, Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion | $2.5M–$60M |
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Olumide Soyombo
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $260k–$2.1M |
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Adii Pienaar
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria | Seed | E-Commerce, Apps, FinTech | |
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Cheikh Brahim Sidi Mohamed Sidi Ali
Angel
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1 | Mauritania | Angel | EdTech, E-Learning, Content Marketing | |
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Samson Larsson
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Pre-Seed | Delivery, Logistics, E-Commerce | |
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Abdo Achkar
Angel
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1 | United States, Lebanon, Japan | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Software | |
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Vidit Aatrey
Angel
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1 | India, Kenya, Sweden | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Internet, Education, E-Commerce | |
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Lawko Juste Davy DALA
Angel
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1 | Burkina Faso | Pre-Seed | Logistics, E-Commerce, Incubators | |
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Shola Akinlade
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Education, Financial Services | |
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Miki Kuusi
Angel
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1 | Finland, Kenya, Lithuania | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Gaming, Privacy | |
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Adebowale Martins
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Retail, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Ilkka Paananen
Angel
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1 | Finland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | |
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Echukwudi Daniel
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Angel | Drones, Energy, Delivery | |
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Andre Pienaar
Angel
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1 | Luxembourg, South Africa, United States | Series F | Information Technology, Cyber Security, Delivery | |
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Tom Blomfield
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | |
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Jonathan Shipman
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | eSports, Beauty, Internet | |
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Jeremy Cai
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | |
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Andrea Bohmert
Angel
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1 | South Africa, United States | Series A, Angel | Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile | |
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Sanjeev Barnwal
Angel
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1 | India, Kenya, Vietnam | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Internet, Apps, Financial Services | |
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Peter anker
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Beauty, Retail, Consumer | |
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Bas Hochstenbach
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Angel, Seed | B2C, Shopping, Software | |
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Juan Pablo Ortega
Angel
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1 | Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia | Seed, Series A | Restaurants, Financial Services, Banking | |
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Peter Kenevan
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Automotive, Marketplace | |
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Matt Sutton
Angel
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Consumer Goods | |
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Bhavik Bajaj
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Angel $15k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $43k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Asepha — Asepha is an AI clinical decision support (CDS) tool to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions.
- ORA Technologies — E-Commerce, Super App
- THIRUMALS PAPER ARIZONA PVT. LTD. — TRADING PLATFORM OF PULP , PAPER & PACKAGING
The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $700k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bypa-ss — Bypa-ss is working on creating a world-class SaaS healthcare environment and revolutionizing healthcare in Egypt, Join Us
- Simulon — Studio-quality VFX on a mobile. Sign up to the Simulon beta.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Vinny Lingham is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rumi.ai(Waitroom). He previously worked at YPO as a Member. Vinny Lingham attended Harvard Business School Executive Education.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$5.6M; Angel $125k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Glif — Interoperable tools for the Filecoin network
- Decent Labs — We are rebuilding trust in technology. Decent Labs is developing a more transparent and equitable society by creating startups at the cross-section of financial technology and digital rights.
- Spexi — An intuitive and collaborative platform for drone-based data
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 625
- Round size: Seed $53k–$2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
- System Ghana Limited — System Ghana Limited is a Ghana-based telecommunications startup headquartered in Accra, focused on delivering reliable.
- Manufacturing Electronics Cards — it is a startup built on the idea of putting advanced electronics engineering expertise at the service of local and regional businesses.
Olugbenga Agboola is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave. Olugbenga previously worked at Access Bank as a Head of Digital Factory and Innovation. Olugbenga Agboola attended EC-Council University. Olugbenga Agboola has been a Certified Ethical Hacker and a Security Analyst.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klump — Use Klump to buy now and pay later in instalments for up to 12 months! Businesses accept payments, increase conversion rates, and boost revenue. The Easy Life! Try it now.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- Lorum Finance —
Allen and Ollys International Limited -
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- Industry: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1k–$4k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Justin Mateen is the Cofounder and former CMO of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. In 2021, and 2022 Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on the top 100 list of US Seed Investors both years. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 144
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $400k–$3.9M; Series A $6.8M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Whop — Create a business or unlock new streams of income.
- Slash — Tens of thousands of online businesses use Slash to track their profits, earn cash back, and get faster payouts from platforms like GOAT and Amazon. No LLC required, no account fees, no minimum balance, and no credit checks.
- Somethings — Somethings connects teens with a Certified Peer Specialist Mentor who provide a safe, trustworthy space to feel their best and combat loneliness.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$6M; Pre-Seed $460k–$1M; Series A $5M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TuMeke Ergonomics — Computer vision joint tracking for ergonomic risk assessments. Automate assessments so you can focus on implementing solutions.
- Troop — Troop is an app for retail investors to vote, organize shareholder resolutions and activist campaigns. Sign up for early access today.
- Moment — Engineering the future of fixed income with the world's leading financial institutions.
Fresh out of business school, Yves Guillemot and his brothers embarked on an adventure in the nascent video game industry and founded Ubisoft in 1986. Early on, Yves understood that creating original content in-house and growing proprietary brands would be key to Ubisoft’s success. His vision to use technological breakthroughs as an opportunity toinnovate, create brands and win over market share proved hugely successful over the years. With a strong focus on organic growth and efficiency, he has developed an organization recognized for its unrivalled collaborative mindset and for being highly competitive, with over two thirds of production based in cost-competitive countries.Yves has led Ubisoft’s evolution over the years with player engagement at the core of the company’s development. Ubisoft is one of the pioneers and a leader of the open world genre, which has become one of the industry’s most popular gaming segments. Ubisoft also develops successful multiplayer games and delivers state-of-the-art live operations that engage fans in the long term.Under Yves’ tenure, Ubisoft launched three of the world’s four best new videogame brands of all time ─ with Tom Clancy’s The Division leading the way ─ a remarkable achievement. The company’s unique capacity as a creator of blockbuster entertainment franchises has created massive value for Ubisoft’s shareholders.As the owner of its brands, Ubisoft today is in a unique position to broaden its franchises’ reach to a much wider audience through movies, TV shows, theme parks and consumer products. Under Yves’ direction, the company is taking an innovative approach by keeping creative control over its major projects ─ a first in the industry ─ to ensure consistency with the franchises’ DNA.Over the past 30 years Yves has led Ubisoft in its evolution from a local video game distributor, to a global entertainment leader. Yves has grown alongside the industry and has a deep understanding of what it takes to survive in a fast-moving, high-risk environment, at the crossroads of creation and technological disruption. His strong business acumen is sought out by multinationals such as Lagardère and Rémy Cointreau whose boards he sits on. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2009, and Glassdoor elected him one of the Top 3 most beloved CEOs in France in 2015.
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- Industry: Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms, Location Based Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kwik — Your parcels delivered on-demand, safer, cheaper - Soon in Lagos
Peter Sandberg is a Co-Founder of Nordic Secondary Fund, and a venture partner at Startup Wise Guys. He has extensive experience as a Business Angel, Asset Management and Wealth Management
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- Industry: Internet, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed, Secondary Market
- Geography: Denmark, Kenya, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Pre-Seed $150k–$212k
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TRAPMINE — TRAPMINE Endpoint Protection Platform provides fool-proof defense against malware, exploit attempts, file-less malware, ransomware and other forms of targeted attacks.Unlike traditional detection-based approaches like legacy antivirus, TRAPMINE combines proven and innovative technologies such as deep learning, behavior monitoring, endpointdeception and anti-exploit techniques to block cyber threats dead in their tracks. TRAPMINE's easy-deploy and lightweight solution comes with a comfortable built-in security console, at a price/performance ratio unmatchable even by the biggest names in Palo Alto.Why TRAPMINE?Cyber criminals target companies of all sizes from every industry, seeking anything that might be of value. Antivirus and other traditional security solutions are no longer efficient to protect organizations from attacks by today’s modern cyber threat actors. That’s why we founded TRAPMINE. TRAPMINE is created to solve the malware problem for all organizations at a reasonable price.
- Colibo A/S — Use Colibo's intranet software as your enterprise collaboration platform to increase productivity, drive employee engagement and better internal communications.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $1M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neat — Built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneursAs entrepreneurs our businesses are always in motion: starting from an idea, to making a first sale, to expanding globally. We need a financial experience that evolves with us – an experience that’s still stable and secure, but adaptive too. Banks were built for a different era of business, not for thenew economy – where borders are disappearing and it’s easier than ever to start a global business. Neat believes in making international business a reality for entrepreneurs around the world. Today, Neat is a modern alternative to a bank, designed to support you wherever you go. Tomorrow, we’re a platform for doing business: building a dynamic and frictionless economy.
- Bambu — Bambu is a leading global digital wealth technology provider for financial institutions. We enable companies to make saving and investing simple and intelligent for their clients. The cloud-based platform is powered by our proprietary algorithms and machine learning tools. The company serves over 20 financial institutions globally. Founded in 2016,Bambu is headquartered in Singapore with a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and the United States and EMEA representatives.
- Moneyhub — Moneyhub is a data and payments fintech that provides open banking, open finance, and open data solutions.
Youcef Es-skouri
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tana — Tana is a software development company that reinvents how humans, teams, and computers work together. Tana was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
- Journify — Activate trustworthy data for your business with Journify - the leading data activation platform for top data-driven companies. Sign up free!
- SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis
Mato invests in technology companies globally. His portfolio companies have raised over US$ 5 billion in capital, employ >15,000 people and have operations in 35 countries across six continents.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $3.3M–$6M; Series A $7.7M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
- Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.
- Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
Cristina Santin
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- Industry: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1k–$2k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Innovation. Leadership. Technology. Africa.
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- Industry: Rental, Internet, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $60k–$110k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 8bit — Shop a wide selection of domains at HugeDomains.com. Find the right domain name today.
- Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
- intelworld —
Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 326
- Round size: Seed $10k–$780k; Pre-Seed $5k–$500k; Series A $15k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring services.
- G Super Races — G Super Races aims to revolutionize the global horse racing scene with its premier league.
- ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
Co-Founder of Global Advisors & CoinShares. Previously JP Morgan, Salomon Brothers & Shell International
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- Industry: IaaS, SaaS, Mining
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $285k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mintgreen — MintGreen specializes in heat recovery from Bitcoin mining. Our proprietary Digital Boilers heat communities sustainably.
- Arcube — We make sure all travellers, frequent and infrequent, make the most of travel loyalty programs, using our data-driven approach, airlines can understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention.Arcube uses a data-driven approach to make the most of airline loyalty programs for both frequent andinfrequent flyers. Our software allows airlines to understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention at no extra cost to the airline.
- UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
Sebastian Stoddart after working for 10 years as a product design consultant for top design consultancies in the US, Netherlands and UK, working for clients such as Samsung, Philips, Smith & Nephew, Compaq and Hewlett Packard, Sebastian formed his own company, albooto.com, to bring innovative products to market.
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- Industry: Rental, Internet, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 8bit — Shop a wide selection of domains at HugeDomains.com. Find the right domain name today.
- Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
- Boost Technology — Enabling informal small businesses to thrive in Africa's emerging digital economy
Leonard Stiegeler is an entrepreneur & investor in projects unlocking potential. Educated in Europe, he founded companies across EMEA and is now investing globally. He is passionate to develop opportunities with & for others. The companies he co-founded include Jumia, now a leading eCommerce company in Africa and Pulse, now a leading mediacompany in Africa. His investments include Paystack, Flutterwave, Scalable Capital, Conversion and many more. Dedicated to creating trusted connections to enable potential, he founded two networks - Africa Collective, focused on elevating the continent's role globally, and Counder, focused on enabling visionary leaders embrace emerging trends & regions collectively.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bamba — Bamba is an android application allowing micro-merchants across Africa to run their entire business utilizing their phones. It focuses on simple tools for merchants to manage their customers, get paid, payout as well as takeout cash advances against their future cash flow.
- Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
- Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
Michael Lahyani is based out of Dubai, Dubai, and is the CEO and Founder of Property Finder. Michael Lahyani attended HEC Lausanne.
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- Industry: B2B, SaaS, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Egypt, Morocco, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $5M–$5.1M; Series B $42M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Swvl — Swvl | Book Your Daily Ride or Make Money Driving Now
- Aptuno — Aptuno - Busco apartamento o casa en arriendo
- Fresha — Find the best salons and spa in your area with Fresha salon booking software. Book now!
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Browse database — It's Free!Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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- Industry: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RELAYTO Content Experience Platform — RELAYTO converts your PDFs & presentations to interactive web experiences with instant branding, analytics & more
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
Wayne Gosling - COO @ Twangoo South Africa
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- Industry: Rental, Internet, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 8bit — Shop a wide selection of domains at HugeDomains.com. Find the right domain name today.
- Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
Bunmi is a graduate of Computer Science from the Michigan State University, USA. An execution focused executive with over 16 years entrepreneurial experience in high-tech sales, solutions development and management, Bunmi has developed over 20 proprietary technologies in Aviation, Government, Education, Oil & Gas and Banking sector globally.Bunmi has built more than five companies till date – each a potential billion dollar company and has substantial experience/relationships in the areas of Software development, Technology Consulting, Revenue Collection Strategies, Software Project Management, Business Startups, Internet Technology & Business Development. Bunmi is the Founder, MD/CEO of Venture Garden Nigeria.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $10k–$425k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GetEquity — GetEquity is a NASDAQ for venture capital. We provide an exchange and liquidity for private companies, and an infrastructure for different cadres of venture capital around investing, founder liquidity, and shareholder management
- SureGroup — Commerce in Africa is deeply facilitated by cash, but cash-based transactions are expensive, unsafe, and difficult to track. Suregifts identified an opportunity to take advantage of the growth and adoption of the internet and all things digital in Africa by creating a simple, yet safe alternative currency to be utilised for specific purposes;Vouchers.At the core of what SureGifts does, is selling and maintaining an inventory of vouchers, which can be exchanged between two or more parties, and spent at a closed but extensive network of merchants across Africa for a near-unlimited assortment of goods and services.
- Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
Manuela Raith
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- Industry: Communities, Point of Sale, Social Impact
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Patricia Ithau
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
Justin is a 31-year old entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist from Cape Town, South Africa. He is founder, MD, board member, advisor, or investor to a wide variety of companies in the global technology sector.Having grown up on a farm, he decided not to complete high-school and instead made the move to the city of Cape Town, topursue his dreams of being an Internet entrepreneur.Despite years of struggles and false starts in the wake of the dotcom crash in 2001, he ultimately went on to successfully launch and grow a pan-African Internet based software company from a garage in the suburbs of Cape Town.Have founded his first startup attempt at the age of 18, Justin has been involved in tech startups and entrepreneurial endeavours ever since.He is today the co-founder and MD of 4Di Group, a diversified investment management group and family office, and co-founding General Partner of early-stage technology venture capital firm 4Di Capital, as well as an active angel investor.As co-founder and Steering Committee Chairman of the Silicon Cape Initiative in 2009, designed to highlight and foster South Africa's nascent emerging tech startup ecosystem, Justin fully believes in South Africa’s potential as a global technology innovation hub.In 2011, he was listed by the Mail & Guardian for the 'Top 200 Young South Africans', and in 2013, listed by Forbes for '30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs'.
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- Industry: FinTech, Security, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $3.4M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FitKey — FitKey is about helping you find and manage the fitness life that makes you happy, through discovering new classes, studios, and fitness activities. With easy online and mobile booking, FitKey keeps your routine interesting.
- TaxTim — Originally funded by Google in 2011, TaxTim is Africa's answer to Making Tax Easy. Answer simple questions one-by-one, in a friendly automated chat, and your tax return is done in minutes. TaxTim has 40% market share of the tax base in South Africa (~4.5m), and has deployed localised versions in Namibia and Nigeria as JVs with PwC previously.TaxTim is integrated with the local revenue service (SARS) for instant electronic tax submissions, and partners with some of SA's largest consumer brands - Airbnb, Momentum, Sanlam, Old Mutual, FNB eBucks - to provide tax services for free or at discount. TaxTim has several business models including B2C, B2B and B2B2C. TaxTim is a compelling and popular consumer brand, with a fully-developed, profitable broker/financial product leads ecosystem.
- Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
Kevin Ambrosini is Chief Strategy Officer at Payoneer, a publicly-traded fintech with $80bn volume (+21% year-over-year), $1bn revenue and 28% adj EBITDA margins [2024]. Previously, Kevin was the Head of Global Strategy & GM, North America at Alibaba.com, where he helped take the business from revenue of $800m and 4% annual growth to $3bn and30% annual growth over 4 years. Kevin join Alibaba through its acquisition of OpenSky, where he was Co-founder and CFO. Kevin graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Logistics, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$7.5M; Series B $39M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MaxAB — The Region's Leading Retailer Super App At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food & grocery e-commerce platform At MaxAB, we change how the supply chain works through our B2B food
- buywith — buywith is a video commerce platform enabling retailers and brands to transform their e-commerce into engaging shoppable videos and dynamic video-led experiences, including an AI-powered digital studio for creating video ads for retail media at scale.
- Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
Olumide Soyombo holds a BSc in Systems Engineering from University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MSc (Distinction) in Business and Information Technology from the Aston Business School, Birmingham, England; earning membership into the Beta Gamma Sigma Society for his high scholastic achievement.Olumide co–founded Bluechip Technologies Ltd in 2008 andhas grown the organisation from an organization with two employees to an organization with over 80 consultants spread across Lagos, Accra and Lusaka, Zambia.In 2014, Olumide setup Leadpath as a seed fund investing in local tech startups. He has invested in startups like Pushcv.com, Paystack, Piggybank.ng, Fashpa, Heels.com.ng , Delivery Science, Gloo.ng, and Cosign.co.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.3M; Angel $260k–$1M; Pre-Seed $260k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wealth8 — Wealth8 is a black-owned investment platform that provides a simple and affordable way for the black community to save & invest in globally managed funds.
- JADA — JADA focuses on both technical expertise and soft skill development and is designed to upskill experienced professionals in data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI.
- 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.
Adii Pienaar Founder at Conversio. Previously co-founded WooThemes / WooCommerce.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, FinTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Buffer — Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you have more time for your business. Join 160,000+ small businesses today.
- Plasso — Plasso is a powerful all-in-one e-commerce platform. Setup recurring / subscription billing in minutes. Plasso manages your payments, customers and user authentication all automatically.Sell products, services, subscriptions, physical and digital goods. Send invoices. Collect donations. The list goes on.Do it all from your own websitewithout writing any code..
- Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
Cheikh Brahim Sidi Ali is the founder of Help Writers and Ultimate Guide. English language teacher, writer and a web developer. When it comes to founding businesses online and thriving in this business model, Cheikh Brahim is the one.
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- Industry: EdTech, E-Learning, Content Marketing
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Mauritania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- HelpWriters — HelpWriters, your content marketing partner! Based in Mauritania, we are your solution for startups and businesses looking to amplify growth without hefty costs or paid advertising.Elevate your brand with our strategic content, bridging gaps and building connections.Why Choose Us? Cost-effective excellence, results-driven approach and smartoutsourcing. Connect with HelpWriters for growth, visibility and of course, saving marketing resources.
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Browse database — It's Free!Samson Larsson is the founder of Ayazona, a high-impact organisation in Kenya, enabling low-income households to access food and household essentials. Larsson is also the founder of Gretol, a startup connecting SMEs in EMEA to the blockchain infrastructure based on Hyperledger technology.
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- Industry: Delivery, Logistics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Ayazona — Are you on a budget? Ayazona delivers affordable breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and more from the best local farmers, brands and stores right to your door.
Abdo Achkar is the Founder & CEO at Sowlutions.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Lebanon, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- GoBEBA — GoBEBA is an on-demand e-commerce logistics platform operating in emerging Africa markets. We bring together local merchants, consumers and logistics service providers to enable efficient discovery and ordering of frequently purchased products and services in one platform. This combination delivers an asset-light convenient, multi-categoryon-demand ordering service for everyday essentials. We do this by aggregating demand for merchants through a curated digital marketplace which connects merchants directly to consumers and logistics service providers in an on-demand basis . GoBeba is an ‘everything’ app’ for a wide range of services including grocery shopping, food delivery, cargo, and many other on-demand services.
- uPaint — Discover uPaint, premium paint by numbers kits for all ages. We craft all components in-house, ensuring top quality. Customize any image to create your own masterpiece. It's the perfect, thoughtful gift idea that's stress-free and easy for everyone. Experience a relaxing and joyful activity with stunning results.
- Ur My Type — Ur My Type is an app that uses personality types to make dating and finding friends online more meaningful.
Vidit Aatrey is Founder and CEO at Meesho. He previously worked at InMobi as a Strategy. Vidit Aatrey attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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- Industry: Internet, Education, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Kenya, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
- Medbikri — Medbikri provides a free pharmacy app for managing inventory and repeat orders. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
- Mesa School of Business — Mesa School of Business is a business school for entrepreneurs and startup executives. Mesa School of Business prepares young professionals for leadership roles in companies while also altering them.
Lawko Juste Davy DALA
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- Industry: Logistics, E-Commerce, Incubators
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Burkina Faso
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- NAYAMAX — NAYAMAX is a pan-African e-commerce ecosystem empowering SMEs to thrive in the digital economy through integrated solutions. Combining a SaaS platform for easy online store creation, OUCEST (a geolocation and digital addressing system for optimized logistics), and E-commerce Connect (an advocacy network for regulatory harmonization), NAYAMAXbridges the gap between informal commerce and modern digital infrastructure.Key Offerings: 1- SaaS Platform: Enables SMEs to build and manage online stores without technical skills. 2- OUCEST: Streamlines last-mile delivery with AI-powered addressing, adopted by multinationals. 3- E-commerce Connect: Advocates for standardized e-commerce policies across Africa via partnerships with institutions like the Association of e-commerce actors of Burkina FasoBacked by Founder Institute.Vision: Democratize e-commerce access for 100,000 African SMEs by 2030 and position OUCEST as the continent’s addressing standard.Key Differentiators: 1- All-in-One Ecosystem: Unifies SaaS, logistics, and policy advocacy. 2- Offline-First Approach: Mobile app with SMS sync for low-connectivity regions. 3- Community-Driven: Locally adapted solutions co-built with SMEs.
Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.
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- Industry: FinTech, Education, Financial Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
- Earnipay — Earnipay simplifies business operations with a single dashboard. From high-yield accounts and flexible credit options to efficient payments, payroll processing, and on-demand pay, streamline your financial operations and drive your business growth.
- 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.
Miki Kuusi is the Co-Founder and CEO at Wolt. He previously worked as the Founder, Creative Director and Board Member of the Helsinki-based tech conference, Slush. In 2011-2014, he led the event’s growth as its CEO from a local, 150-person event to become one of the leading startup events in the world, reaching 14,000 attendees from 80 countries in2014. Kuusi has been a driving force in the Nordic startup ecosystem. Prior to Slush, he served as the Founder & CEO of Startup Sauna, which was awarded as the leading young accelerator program in the world by UBI Index in spring 2013. Aside from Slush, Kuusi currently focuses on his new company Wolt, which raised half a million in seed funding in fall 2014.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Gaming, Privacy
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Kenya, Lithuania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Droppe — Order work equipment directly from manufacturers. Support small businesses and source more responsibly from local and European manufacturers. Order from several suppliers at the same time with one shopping cart. Test samples for free and order products for your workplaces without extra hassle. Find nitrile gloves, protective clothing, work gloves, work accessories, disposable gloves, disinfectants, sanitizers and other supplies in one place.
- Taito.ai — Meet the AI-native performance management software. Turn heavy reviews into continuous feedback, goals, and coaching directly in Slack with Taito.ai.
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Adebowale Martins
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- Industry: Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Hazina — Hazina provides technology and distribution for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands to improve the quality of insights and engagements from their product sampling campaigns. Hazina matches consumers to product samples from CPGs, delivers directly to consumers at home, and aggregates the feedback and engagements as insights back to the brand.
Ilkka Paananen, is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the Helsinki-based mobile games developer behind Clash of Clans, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars. Since its founding in 2010, Supercell's five games have amassed 100m daily players and remain in the global top 10 years after launch. In June 2016, Supercell became thefirst European technology start-up to reach a valuation of $10 billion.In addition to his role at Supercell, Ilkka helps other entrepreneurs as both an investor and as an active member of the Nordic startup community where he mentors and coaches other founders. Alongside his co-founder Mikko Kodisoja, he has established the We Foundation to fight social inequality and help disadvantaged children in Finland.Prior to founding Supercell, he was the CEO & co-founder of Finnish games developer Sumea, which was later acquired by Digital Chocolate, where he worked as President until 2010. Ilkka holds a Master of Science degree from the Helsinki University of Technology.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Gradium — Gradium.ai provides audio language models that enable natural, expressive, ultra-low latency voice interactions at scale, unifying speech generation, transcription, voice transformation, and dialogue in a single neural architecture.The platform acts as an audio-native counterpart to text-based large language models, processing tasks like real-timespeech-to-speech with delays under 200 milliseconds through optimized architectures, efficient tokenization, and hardware-aware deployments. It supports multilingual capabilities in English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, with plans for expansion.
- IXI — Discover adaptive glasses with autofocus lenses that adjust to your viewing needs, providing seamless clarity at any distance.
- Lovable — Lovable is an AI app and website builder that turns ideas into production-ready software without coding. Launch faster with AI.
Echukwudi Daniel
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- Industry: Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Arone pioneers technology that makes the world work more efficiently. In the air, Arone’s infrastructure enables hospitals access essential supplies on-demand for their patients. We also provide this infrastructure to logistics companies to enable a faster courier service for their customers. This infrastructure includes drones, dronedelivery stations (Avports), drone operators and license. For government institutions and organisations, Arone manufactures state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) saving lives and costs. For consumer electronics, Arone’s technology powers homes, offices and shops ensuring millions of people have access to electricity to live better lives.
André Pienaar is Managing Partner, Founder and Executive Chairman of C5 Capital, a specialist venture capital firm focused on cloud computing, big data analytics, artifial intelligence and cyber security. He is also a Mentor for C5 Nebula which aims to empower women aspiring to engage in the tech space.André founded C5 in 2014, to providelong-term support, private equity and venture capital to innovative cyber security companies. The firm is made up of a varied international team of investors and entrepreneurs and has offices in Washington, London, Munich, Luxembourg and Bahrain.A recognised expert on cyber law and cybercrime, André Pienaar started his career with Kroll in 1996 where he went on to hold the position of the company’s youngest ever Managing Director and also built and lead Kroll’s Africa & Natural Resources Division out of London prior to Kroll’s sale in 2004.Following this success, André Pienaar went on to launch G3 (which stands for Good Governance Group), an advisory consultancy which provided advice on regulatory compliance, risk mitigation and cyber security to its global client base.André is also a member of: • USIP (United States Institute of Peace) International Advisory Council • The National Council on White House History
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- Industry: Information Technology, Cyber Security, Delivery
- Stage:Series F
- Geography: Luxembourg, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Parcelninja — ParcelNinja is an outsourced warehousing & fulfilment cloud service, aimed at providing ecommerce business owners a turnkey solution.
- Cassava Technologies — Cassava Technologies is an innovative technology company encompassing fiber networks, data centers, renewable energy, cloud & cybersecurity.
- Haven Cyber Technologies — Haven Cyber Technologies is an industrial holding which is focused on creating a European champion in Managed Security Solution Providers (MSSP) for enterprise customers. Haven brings together a network of organisations onto its platform, enabling it to offer a bespoke product suite to each client. Companies within Haven maintain their own brandsand management and benefit from innovation across the platform, which focuses on cloud computing, machine learning and automation and also provides companies with world-class talent and mentorship.
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Browse database — It's Free!Tom Blomfield is based out of San Francisco, California and is currently works as a Group Partner for Y Combinator. Tom previously worked at Monzo Bank as a President. Tom Blomfield attended the University of Oxford.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 166
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 1Bstories — Helping publishers and brands increase engagement and conversions using AI. Mobile, vertical, 60 second video formats made in an instant. Tell your story today!
- Prosper — Prosper's offering includes fee-free investments in public market index funds, including fund fees, as well as SIPP and ISA wrappers.
- Gradient Labs — Our AI agent resolves complex customer service queries end-to-end. Delivering quality, efficiency and compliance at every step.
Jonathan Shipman is a VP, Strategy (Product & Marketing) at Lantronix.
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- Industry: eSports, Beauty, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- NEWNESS — Newness is focused on building differentiated tools and features that work well for the beauty streamer market in particular.
- MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
- Riley — Grapevine AI is the first AI powered personal assistant that captures, organizes, and easily retrieves the details that build better relationships. Learn more!
Jeremy Cai is the Founder and CEO at Italic . Jeremy Cai attended Babson College.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
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- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
- Ellis — Ellis is the first all-in-one solution made for international students.
- Pluto — Unlimited corporate cards with spend controls, petty cash management and automated receipt collection built for businesses in MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia & more).
Andrea has a successful track record in the corporate sector, as entrepreneur as well as investor. She headed up Corporate Strategy for Siemens Southern Africa followed by managing a software sales team for Dimension Data. Starting her own businesses led her into the investment space where she raised the R350m Hass Plattner Ventures Africa Fund.Passionate about developing the ecosystem she is involved in numerous business incubation initiatives, evangelizing Global Companies such as Google and IBM to get more involved in Africa. Andrea's life is a juggling act and she is currently working on the five-ball juggle: Her husband, two children, KnifeCap, Sundays on the beach with the Strand Lifesaving Club and life between two continents.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Angel
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Foundshopping.com — Found (formerly Pashash) is the app that lets you Share Real-World Shopping.Finding a great buy is something worth sharing. Found lets you take a picture, tag your buy and share it on Facebook and Twitter. Express yourself, start a trend, or just help somebody find a great deal.Have it with you when you're out shopping - in the realworld. Discover the best buys at your location and see the Found things your friends have found.
- VoxCroft — VoxCroft is making the world a better, safer place with population-centric intelligence.
- DataProphet — We optimize your manufacturing performance and boost your plant teams' digital skills, achieving best-of-best results via prescriptive AI.
Sanjeev Barnwal is Founder and CTO at Meesho.
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- Industry: Internet, Apps, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Kenya, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
- AlmaBetter — AlmaBetter provides risk-free education to students and helps them realize their potential.
- Wishlink — Wishlink by promoting brands through its storefront enables social media content providers to monetise their influence.
Peter anker
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- Industry: Beauty, Retail, Consumer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Uncover — Learn your skin, Love your skin. K-Beauty Crafted for Melanin
Bas Hochstenbach is the Co-Founder of Conservation Club. He attended Leiden University.
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- Industry: B2C, Shopping, Software
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- DX Digital Africa — DX Digital Africa specializes in automotive intelligence to build capabilities for vehicles of the future. Optimizing processes and reducing maintenance costs throughout the lifecycle of vehicles from the factory floor to scrap yard.
- Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
- Zelda Learning — Zelda provides free online career guidance for students looking to enter university and then links them to bursary and study opportunities.
Juan Pablo Ortega is the Co-founder of Rappi. He previously worked as a Board Member at Viva Air. He attended Cornell University.
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- Industry: Restaurants, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
- Trully — Trully
- Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
Peter Kenevan, VP, Head of Japan at PayPal.
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- Industry: Automotive, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Peach Cars — Buy or sell your car in Nairobi-Kenya with ease. Browse a wide range of vehicles, connect with trusted sellers, and find the perfect car today. Simple, fast, and secure transactions.
Matt Sutton is an entrepreneur-in-residence at INSEAD.
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- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
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