Top 20 Marketplace Startup Investors in Ghana in January 2026
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Ghana. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Ghana. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Marketplace Startup Investors in Ghana in January 2026
| Investor | Marketplace Ghana investments |
|---|---|
| GreenTec Capital Partners | 2 |
| Good Soil VC | 2 |
| 54 Collective | 2 |
| Savannah Fund | 2 |
| The AgriTech Challenge | 1 |
| Standard Bank | 1 |
| Wuri Ventures | 1 |
| Ashley Thompson- MacCarthy | 1 |
| ARK Holdings | 1 |
| LoftyInc Capital | 1 |
| Adlevo Capital | 1 |
| THE WORLD BANK | 1 |
| Microtraction | 1 |
| Jua Fund | 1 |
| Intel Capital | 1 |
| Happy Wishy | 1 |
| Rio Technology Partners | 1 |
| Unpopular Ventures | 1 |
| Investisseurs & Partenaires | 1 |
| Jorn Lyseggen | 1 |
GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success.
Show more
Investment focus
- Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco
Portfolio highlights
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
- ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
We are a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build global, market-defying companies. We fund diverse teams across Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.
Show more
Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Ghana, United Kingdom, Rwanda
Portfolio highlights
- Livoh — Livoh is a software firm offering live streaming platform so the content can reach its target market.
- Zeepay — Zeepay Ghana Limited is a wholly Ghanaian owned Mobile FinancialServices company focusing on providing integrated mobile payments services with mobile wallets targeting the unbanked and banked population with the objective of bringing the unbanked into the financial stream and easing payments and collections for the banked population.Zeepayfacilitates the processing of multiple mobile phone payment transactions, and operates as a aggregator that brings transaction of all players together on one single platform. The company’s core application runs on open source technology, and is designed to integrate all types of payment platforms, banks, merchants, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), and other companies with subscriber based transactions.
- STEELO STYLE LTD — Join The Steelo Community
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
Show more
Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Billboxx — Empowering SMEs to pay and get paid on time, every time.
- mTek — mTek is a digital online insurance platform that provides an entirely paperless ecosystem for the insurance industry.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
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.
Show more
Investment focus
- E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Kenya, United States, South Africa
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.
The AgriTech Challenge seeks to develop agri-food tech solutions for resilient, sustainable, and efficient agrifood systems as well as to spark scientific innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in gifted individuals who want to take on challenging agricultural problems.
Show more
Investment focus
- Cosmetics, Manufacturing
- Seed
- Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- McHan Cosmetics — McHan Cosmetics is a pioneering agribusiness that converts cocoa pod husk waste into eco-friendly cosmetic goods.
Open a bank account, get a personal or business loan, make offshore investments and sign up for Internet Banking.
Show more
Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile
- Debt Financing, Seed, Pre-Seed
- South Africa, Ghana, India
Portfolio highlights
- Oryx Energies — Oryx Energies provides oil and gas products and services.
- Westfalia Fruit — Westfalia Fruit is a multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related processed products to international markets. Part of the Hans Merensky Holdings Group, Westfalia grows, sources and ripens, packs, processes and markets sustainably-grown avocados year round. Its vertically-integrated supply chain enables Westfalia to market quality fruit fromacross the globe.
- Grit — Grit is a London-listed specialist in African Impact Real Estate. We invest in, develop and create smart solutions in resilient property sectors across the continent.
Wuri Ventures focuses on innovating the spectrum between market-based solutions and pure public goods. It realizes that much successful innovation in Africa has occurred in this space, where innovation around market failures such as information asymmetry (data), fragmentation (platforms) and public goods (electricity, mobility) can solve previouslyintractable problems. Its unique mathematical properties, from cellular automata and emergence to numerical methods, studied by researchers, links ancient African culture to modern technology. It supports world-class entrepreneurs in solving Africa’s biggest challenges using innovation.
Show more
Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Kenya, Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- Kwely — Kwely is a dynamic and fast-growing startup. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, fun and hard-working individuals to join our team.
- Cauri Money — Cauri Money specializes in financial technology with a wide range of digital banking solutions via app for fund transfer.
- Fig Finance — We're closing the credit gap. We connect global and local lenders, with the strongest emerging market businesses.
Ashley Thompson-MacCarthy is the CEO at Obsidian Achernar. Ashley Thompson-MacCarthy attended Middlesex University.
Show more
Investment focus
- Mobile, Retail, FinTech
- Series A
- Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- Zeepay — Zeepay Ghana Limited is a wholly Ghanaian owned Mobile FinancialServices company focusing on providing integrated mobile payments services with mobile wallets targeting the unbanked and banked population with the objective of bringing the unbanked into the financial stream and easing payments and collections for the banked population.Zeepayfacilitates the processing of multiple mobile phone payment transactions, and operates as a aggregator that brings transaction of all players together on one single platform. The company’s core application runs on open source technology, and is designed to integrate all types of payment platforms, banks, merchants, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), and other companies with subscriber based transactions.
ARK Holdings is a privately held family investment portfolio firm.
Show more
Investment focus
- Mobile, Retail, FinTech
- Series A
- Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- Zeepay — Zeepay Ghana Limited is a wholly Ghanaian owned Mobile FinancialServices company focusing on providing integrated mobile payments services with mobile wallets targeting the unbanked and banked population with the objective of bringing the unbanked into the financial stream and easing payments and collections for the banked population.Zeepayfacilitates the processing of multiple mobile phone payment transactions, and operates as a aggregator that brings transaction of all players together on one single platform. The company’s core application runs on open source technology, and is designed to integrate all types of payment platforms, banks, merchants, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), and other companies with subscriber based transactions.
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
Show more
Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Salus Cloud — Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security.
- Nucleon Security — Nucleon Security is a cybersecurity software company that develops advanced, AI-powered endpoint protection solutions based on Zero Trust principles. Our mission is to help organizations of all sizes detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats in real time—without compromising performance, usability, or sovereignty.At the core of our offeringis Nucleon EDR, a next-generation Endpoint Detection & Response platform designed to provide deep visibility, proactive defense, and automated response capabilities. Complemented by our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) services and Malprob, our malware detonation sandbox, we deliver a comprehensive security stack that adapts to evolving threat landscapes.Headquartered in France with operations across Europe and Africa, Nucleon Security partners with critical infrastructure, governments, and enterprises to strengthen their cyber resilience and accelerate secure digital transformation.
- 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.
Adlevo Capital is a private equity firm that finances technology-enabled companies across sub-Saharan Africa. It develops market intelligence through a local presence and an understanding of the dynamics of the local market.
Adlevo Capital maintains active local presence via its base in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded by Yemi Lalude in 2009.
Show more
Investment focus
- Mobile, FinTech, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Ghana, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Paga — Paga is a mobile payment company. We are building an ecosystem to enable people to digitally send and receive money, and creating simple financial access for everyone. Our mission is to make it simple for one billion people to access and use money. Our first market is Nigeria where Paga is the leading mobile payment company.
- Interswitch — Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organisations on a timely and consistent basis. The company started operations in 2002 as a transaction switching and electronic payments processingcompany that builds and manages payment infrastructure as well as deliver innovative payment products and transactional services throughout the African continent.
- Rancard — Developer of Rendezvous social recommendations engine for online retail and places with an AI-powered Messenger bot. Rancard Inc., DE & CA (incorporated October 2016) is a startup subsidiary of Rancard Holdings, focused on Rendezvous, with its website socialrecommendations.com
With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership fighting poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions.
Show more
Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Grant, Seed, Series B
- United States, South Africa, China
Portfolio highlights
- Zepz — Zepz is an online service that lets people send money to friends and family living abroad, using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. It is a convenient, low-cost alternative to traditional money transfer companies that use high street agents and charge high fees. Money can be received as a bank deposit, cash pick-up, Mobile Money, or mobile airtimetop-up.Zepz's service is available to senders in 50 countries. They offer transfers to more than 140+ destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
- Salomatic — Salomatic is an innovative tech startup based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, revolutionizing healthcare through AI-enhanced solutions. Our platform empowers doctors by automating clinical documentation, integrating preventive care recommendations, and optimizing workflows. By reducing administrative tasks, Salomatic enables physicians to focus onpersonalized patient care, enhancing efficiency and satisfaction. With proven health impact and localized adaptability, we aim to redefine modern healthcare globally.
- Kee Farms Foundation — The Kee Farms Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to mitigate climate change through regenerative ocean and land agriculture.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
Show more
Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Nigeria, United States, Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- Accounteer — Choose to Automate your business' finances with smart accounting software or Pair it with one-on-one real human expert accounting and support.
- LemFi — Send money to India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and 30 other countries. Receive and manage your money without stress
- ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.
EARLY-STAGE, PAN-AFRICAN, VENTURE CAPITAL FUND INVESTING CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY IN A NEW GENERATION OF AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS.
Show more
Investment focus
- Agriculture, B2B, Farming
- Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Side — Side is an e-commerce distribution channel that leverages the power of “community” or “group buying” to provide goods to end customers more cheaply.
- BRYT Knowledge —
- Powerstove Energy — Powerstove Energy, which uses advanced technology to deliver a superior smokeless, IoT-enabled cookstove that generates electricity.
Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, edge, 5G, autonomy, cybersecurity, client & gaming, enterprise applications, silicon design and manufacturing, and a wide range of other disruptive technologies.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Israel, China
Portfolio highlights
- Xevo — Xevo is the global leader in connected car technology & automotive telematics. Improve driver experience & learn more about our award-winning technologies!
- WebRadar — WebRadar is a Telecom Engineering company focused in quality, performance and optimization management. To achieve these objectives, it develops software systems for wireless and wireline telecom operators and telemetry systems for road transport management and gas station management. The company generates business intelligence by processing largevolumes of unstructured data for companies spread around the world.
- SecureKey Technologies — Deliver high-value online services securely to millions of consumers through federated authentication, regardless of the service, device or credentials.
Shop for Video games, gift cards, cryptocurrency, digital games, Fashion, Weddings, beauty products, electronics, and more online.
Show more
Investment focus
- Gift Card, E-Commerce, Video Games
- Seed
- Ghana
Portfolio highlights
- Happy Wishy Ghana — Buy PSN, iTunes, Xbox, Cryptocurrency, Amazon, Razer gold, Steam, Roblox, PUBG, Fortnite, Nintendo, and Apex gift cards in Ghana.
Rio Technology Partners is an investment vehicle and strategic advisory firm.
Show more
Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Shopping, Lifestyle
- Seed
- Ghana, United States
The best companies, off the beaten path.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Foodology — Foodology creates and operates digital restaurant brands made for delivery.The company aims to be a delivery-focused restaurant group in Latam. With its portfolio of virtual brands operated through cloud kitchens, Foodology strives to create a best in class delivery experience for its customers.The company was founded in 2019 by HarvardBusiness School classmates Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero.
- Kyte — Kyte delivers rental cars straight to your door. We deliver and pick up the vehicle. No lines, no paperwork, freedom to explore. Fully flexible. Book today!
- Omnic.AI — The way to be a professional in esports. Omnic Data uses computer vision and a deep learning network to provide virtual coaching for the aspiring esports gamer.
Investisseurs et Partenaires
Show more
Investment focus
- Financial Services, Health Care, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- France, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire
Portfolio highlights
- iProcure — iProcure is a Nairobi-based start-up working to optimize the agriculture input supply chain in rural Kenya. iProcure’s web and mobile technology solution improves agriculture retailers’ operations. It lets them manage ordering based on inventory, point of sale activities, and client profiles along with geo-located purchasing patterns, real-timeagent performance and transaction analysis, and built-in mobile payments. As a result, retailers can better predict demand with business intelligence data, improve inventory management, and streamline distribution efficiency.
- Trackbit — Trackbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
- Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.
Jorn Lyseggen, a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, is the Founder & CEO of Meltwater. Launched in his home country of Norway in 2001 with just a $15,000 investment, Jorn and his team have grown the company to become a global leader in media intelligence. Today, Meltwater has more than 1,500 employees in 55 offices across six continents,with more than 30,000 clients worldwide.Jorn released his first book, Outside Insight: Navigating a World Drowning in Data, in October 2017. The book describes the emergence of a new software category that will leverage insights gleaned from the vast amount of external information available on the web to transform corporate decision-making.
Show more
Investment focus
- Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed
- Ghana, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kudobuzz — Kudobuzz is the all-in-one reviews, UGC and CRO platform that turns customer trust into measurable revenue.
- MeQasa Ltd — Find the home or office you deserve from a wide range at meQasa, your real estate marketplace. Post your property today to reach genuine buyers and tenants
Investors by industry
Community
Artificial intelligence
Hardware
Marketplace
Consumer
FinTech
Energy
Gaming
Impact
Climate
Proptech
Google
Biotech
Health Care
EdTech
Venture Capital
Sustainability
Clean Energy
Web3
Art
Organic Food
Big Data
Video Games
Wellness
Publishing
B2B
Food and Beverage
Android
Payments
Real Estate
Finance
Education
Digital Media
Financial Services
Retail
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
Beauty
Photography
Construction
Biotechnology
Travel
Fitness
Recruiting
Sports
Hospitality
Mobile Advertising
Platforms
Franchise
Cannabis
Automotive
Social
eSports
Wine And Spirits
Medical Device
Crowdfunding
CleanTech
Mobile
Mobile Apps
Transportation
Enterprise Software
InsurTech
Enterprise
Music
Email
LGBT
Social Media
Social Network
Medical
Legal
Local
Internet
Film
Oil and Gas
Fashion
Life Science
Theatre
SaaS
Non Profit
Renewable Energy
Sporting Goods
Restaurants
Software
Celebrity
Social Impact
Cryptocurrency
Agriculture (agtech)
Machine Learning
Media (entertainment)
Facebook
Blockchain
Investors by country
New Zealand
Ireland
Canada
United States
India
Germany
United Kingdom
South Korea
Australia
Middle East
Indonesia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Europe
Qatar
Japan
Singapore
Spain
Ghana
China
Egypt
Belarus
Armenia
Hungary
Finland
Saudi Arabia
France
Croatia
Oceania
Gibraltar
Africa
Barbados
Georgia
Greece
Czech Republic
LATAM
Faroe Islands
Costa Rica
Hong Kong
Asia
Bahrain
Belgium
Denmark
Brazil
Bermuda
Estonia
Algeria
Ecuador
Bulgaria
Belize
Chile
Liechtenstein
Ethiopia
Togo
Rwanda
Panama
Slovenia
Poland
Uganda
San Marino
Myanmar
Sweden
Lithuania
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Thailand
Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Turkey
Uruguay
Tajikistan
Russian Federation
Malaysia
Portugal
El Salvador
Puerto Rico
Senegal
Zimbabwe
Tunisia
Venezuela
Ukraine
Peru
Taiwan
Dominican Republic
Liberia
Bahamas
Iraq
Iceland
Jersey
Azerbaijan
Nigeria
Namibia
United Arab Emirates
Lebanon
Jamaica
Honduras
Norway
Isle of Man
Bolivia
Luxembourg
Pakistan
Albania
Mexico
Italy
Romania
Jordan
Grenada
Argentina
Bangladesh
Mali
Philippines
Israel
Kuwait
Mauritius
Malta
Morocco
Nicaragua
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Cayman Islands
Seychelles
Cambodia
Cyprus
Oman
Latvia
Cameroon
Austria
Switzerland
Colombia
Guatemala
Marshall Islands
Investors in Ghana by industry
Mobile Apps
Big Data
Payments
Software
Internet
Mobile
Biotechnology
Enterprise
Health Care
Energy
Consumer
Sustainability
Proptech
Artificial intelligence
Marketplace
Hardware
Community
Impact
Web3
Transportation
FinTech
Financial Services
SaaS
Manufacturing
CleanTech
Biotech
Climate
Agriculture (agtech)
Retail
Real Estate
Finance