Top 5 Marketplace Startup Investors in Ethiopia (June 2026)

We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

Total investments: 31
Round size: Seed $550k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $450k–$1M; Series A $50k–$10M
Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
Tripesa — Tripesa offers payment solutions for Africa's travel and tourism industry.
Plural — Smarter, Faster, Future-Ready Policy Strategy. Plural transforms how enterprises and organizations anticipate and act on legislation. Our AI-powered platform delivers accurate bill analysis, policy insights, and stakeholder intelligence so you can stay ahead of risk, seize opportunity, and shape outcomes. See How It Works Book A Demo Trusted By Deepen Your State & Federal Legislative

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Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: United States, France, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 525
Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $4.2M–$30M; Series B $9M–$55M
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
Privitar — Informatica is an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader that brings data to life by empowering businesses to realize the transformative power of their most critical assets.
Jaspersoft — Enterprise reporting platform for delivering pixel perfect reports. Build custom reports and dashboards in minutes.

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Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.

Investment focus

Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, India, South Korea

Investor stats

Total investments: 488
Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
Kyash — Kyash is a fintech platform providing mobile banking services with full-stack banking technology currently offering digital wallet app. It has built proprietary full-stack banking infrastructure from the ground up to offer mobile-first consumer-facing digital wallets in Japan.The platform offers online payment and personal remittance apps underthe Kyash service name, and issues prepaid cards that can be used at Visa merchants. It also provides a new card that is available in three colors, navy, silver, and pink and adopts a simple design with card numbers and card names placed on the back. The first Visa card in Japan with an IC chip and contactless payment function that has no card number on the front side.Kyash was founded on January 23, 2015, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
Payhere — Payhere is a fintech company that provides card terminals and online payment gateway services for multiple industries.

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Orange Ventures is a venture fund investing in areas of Orange expertise and beyond, with financial objectives in line with VC industry standards. With 350m€ assets under management, Orange Ventures is in the top 10 corporate ventures in Europe with an investment strategy focused on helping future global tech champions, fostering innovation in theMiddle East and Africa, and supporting new sustainable and responsible business models.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 79
Round size: Seed $600k–$5M; Series A $2.7M–$12M; Series B $11M–$33M
Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

SAYNA — Sayna is to provide high-quality training in the digital sector and provide professional chances to young people by bridging the gap between the growing demand and supply for digital talent in Africa.
Traace — Traace is a software that allows companies to measure and manage their carbon footprint. Carry out your carbon assessment. Follow your action plan easily and precisely.
Gebeya — Gebeya is building a-self-sustainable ecosystem that trains, hires, and nurtures the best of African talent. Our mission is to be the premier software engineering and IT training academy in Africa, while becoming the number one global IT services workplace that matches African IT talent with clients across Africa and the rest of the world.

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