Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Kenya (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Antler
VC Fund
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7 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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Chandaria Capital
VC Fund
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6 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $200k–$37M |
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DOB Equity
VC Fund
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5 | Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda | Private Equity, Seed | Food and Beverage, Farming, Agriculture | $1M–$4M |
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Adanian Labs
VC Fund
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5 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Developer Platform, Financial Services, Gaming | $60k–$100k |
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FrontEnd Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Kenya | Pre-Seed, Seed | Travel, Software, Marketing | $675k–$1.3M |
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Firstminute Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $650k–$30M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $100k–$10M |
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FirstCheck Africa
VC Fund
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4 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Consumer, Payments, Financial Services | $100k–$4.5M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Egypt, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics | $50k–$40M |
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund
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4 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $100k–$15M |
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Savannah Fund
VC Fund
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4 | Kenya, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $25k–$8M |
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Kua Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | EdTech, Retail, Grocery | $58k–$94k |
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1776 Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Kenya, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Education, EdTech, Software | $500k–$23M |
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Talanton
VC Fund
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4 | Kenya | Debt Financing, Seed, Series A | Shoes, Retail, Sports | $3M–$5M |
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EQ2 Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Retail, Sales | $1.1M–$15M |
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JAM Fund
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Mexico, India | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, FinTech, Software | $2M–$47M |
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EDFI Agrifi
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, Belgium, Tanzania | Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Agriculture, Fruit, Beauty | $1.5M–$3.2M |
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Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon | Pre-Seed, Grant | Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | |
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Grenfell Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, Uganda, Senegal | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Internet, Logistics | $1.8M–$2.1M |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$4M |
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services | $200k–$22M |
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Esas Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Kenya, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Software, E-Commerce | $700k–$30M |
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $125k–$31M |
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Saviu Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $165k–$5M |
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Logos Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, B2B, Fashion | $750k–$4.5M |
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Cem Garih
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $460k–$38M |
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Consonance Investment Managers
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, B2B | $50k–$10M |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$40M |
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Mercy Corps Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture | $100k–$35M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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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–$27M |
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U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund
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3 | India, Kenya, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $1M–$1B |
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Founder Collective
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $1.1M–$20M |
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Golden Palm Investments
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Financial Services, Payments | $100k–$15M |
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Giant Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $1.2M–$56M |
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Golden Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.5M–$49M |
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FJ Labs
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Brazil, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $1.4M–$65M |
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $250k–$25M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $3.1M–$85M |
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Chui Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Retail, E-Commerce, Beauty | $250k–$5M |
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Right Side Capital Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, SaaS, Health Care | |
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Kevin Ambrosini
Angel
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2 | United States, Egypt, Kenya | Seed, Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, Logistics, Supply Chain Management | |
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Artha Group
VC Fund
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2 | India, United States, Kenya | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software | $71k–$2.8M |
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Blue Haven Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, United States, Ghana | Series A, Series B, Seed | Solar, Energy, Financial Services | $2M–$22M |
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Beyond Capital Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, India, Ghana | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Retail, Health Care | $2M–$12M |
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Creadev
VC Fund
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2 | France, United States, Kenya | Series B, Series C, Series A | Health Care, Food and Beverage, Agriculture | $5M–$55M |
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Outlierz Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Egypt, Morocco, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Logistics, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management | $1M–$5M |
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Seedstars Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, France, Rwanda | Seed, Series A, Series C | Energy, ISP, Credit | $1.1M–$9.1M |
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Apis Partners
VC Fund
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2 | India, Singapore, South Africa | Private Equity, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $10M–$120M |
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Village Global
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $355k–$23M |
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2216
- Round size: Seed $159k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$645k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Praktiki — Praktiki is building the "Decision Layer" for medicine.While medical knowledge doubles every 73 days, frontline clinicians struggle to translate guidelines into practice. Current AI search tools excel at surfacing public data from clinical trials, but fail to capture "how" experts apply that evidence in real-world scenarios.Praktiki fills this gap. We utilise an AI Agentic Creator Engine to capture tacit specialist reasoning and fuse it with public evidence. This feeds a proprietary Expert Knowledge Graph that powers: 1) Microlearning: Case-based modules created 10x faster and which are 170% more effective than traditional education 2) AI Expert Guidance: Real-time decision support synthesising evidence with expert implementation strategies.2025 Traction - our MVP proved that solving the expertise gap drives high engagement: - Registered >10% of UK GPs - 60,000+ modules completed with an 85% completion rate - 51% month-over-month growth - Market-leading NPS of 83We are building a compounding data moat to expand beyond education into clinical intelligence and healthcare data solutions.
- Mast — Mast is the cloud-native, fully configurable loan origination platform empowering lenders to process applications faster and smarter. We make lending better, smoother and faster.
- Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $250k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$3M; Series A $2M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klub — India's leading Revenue Based Financing platform with a vision to revolutionize growth capital. Join the Klub for fast, fair & flexible funding.
- Savannah Brands — Savannah Brands is a food & beverage company.
- African Originals — African Originals food and beverage company that offers authentic African craft beverages using traditional reciepies.
DOB Equity is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital and buy-and-build strategies in small and medium companies.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Farming, Agriculture
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kentaste — Virgin coconut oil, Coconut Cream, and Coconut Milk
- MazaoHub — AI-first SaaS connecting soil, farmers, inputs, agronomy care, field operations, traceability and markets through real last-mile intelligence.
- Moringa School — Moringa School is a full-time, immersive coding school in Nairobi, Kenya.
Adanian Labs Africa, is a venture building studio with a mission to build tech powered impact driven startups across Africa. We are a smart tech hub powered by smart technologies like blockchain and AI to ensure that the solutions built are scalable and sustainable. www.adanianlabs.io
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- Industry: Developer Platform, Financial Services, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Pre-Seed $60k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SeraPay — We are revolutionizing social commerce in Africa with SeraPay, ensuring the seamless buying and selling of goods on social media platforms. Our innovative service empowers businesses to access markets beyond their geographical borders, making social retail easier and more efficient.
- Savabyte — A pan-African women-led platform that connects career advancement opportunities to quality tech talent & women in technology. #ConnectingTechTalent
- Jungopharm — Jungopharm is a developer of a pharma and healthcare platform that aims to make health care understandable, accessible & affordable for all.
FrontEnd Ventures backs early-stage African founders with strategic capital, hands-on guidance, and long-term partnership to build lasting companies.
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- Industry: Travel, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Pre-Seed $675k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buupass — BuuPass is Kenya's market leader for online bus booking. We enable travelers to reserve seats and make payments in a convenient and timely way. Try BuuPass today!
- Lukhu Inc. — Lukhu provides merchants with tools to manage and grow their businesses such as inventory management, customer management, secure payments, analytics, and fulfilment while enabling consumers to discover, purchase, and get their clothing and footwear delivered in a convenient and affordable manner.
- OKOA Rescue — Solving one of East Africa's greatest challenges for road users. The largest network of Quick, Efficient, and Trustworthy roadside assistance operators.
firstminute is a seed fund backed by over 130 unicorn founders and a world-class community.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 213
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$10M; Pre-Seed $650k–$5M; Series A $6M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Intropy AI — Intropy increases distributor profitability by automating inventory and pricing decisions, at scale, across your distribution network.
- Reimagine Robotics — Show the robot what to do, correct it where it fails, and adapt it as the process changes.
- Frontier Health — Frontier Health develops artificial intelligence tools that help healthcare administration teams manage repetitive and high-volume tasks within existing clinical workflows. Its primary product, Juno, functions as an AI coworker that supports care coordination by processing information across multiple patient pathways and software systems. Theplatform is designed to work with a wide range of healthcare applications, enabling organizations to use their current systems while reducing manual administrative work. Frontier Health emphasizes clinical safety, data security, and compliance with healthcare standards, including NHS guidance and information security certifications. The company brings together technology specialists and healthcare professionals with experience working across numerous hospitals to address operational challenges in healthcare delivery.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 203
- Round size: Seed $125k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
FirstCheck Africa is an early believer for a generation of African women in tech. We invest early, with high conviction, in high-growth female-led startups with category-leadership potential.
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- Industry: Consumer, Payments, Financial Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jumba — Jumba is the trusted digital partner for hardware stores. Through tech, we support hardware stores to grow. Get cement at unbeatable prices. Access cement LPOs even at midnight. Get inventory on credit through Jengwa.
- Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
- Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.
4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $456k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
- Aether Bio — Aether uses its state of the art platform to rapidly engineer enzymes, enabling our customers to manufacture complex and novel products at fractional cost.
- Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- MPost — MPost means Mobile Post office.It enables any mobile phone user to have his or her phone act like a mobile post office. It allows you to make your mobile number be a formal postal address. With it, you get access to Postal Services through your mobile phone.
- AURA — A South African cloud-based security and safety startup .
- Digital Cabinet — Digital Cabinet makes your business paperless. Security is the topmost priority for the Digital Cabinet, so save time and money with the Digital Cabinet.
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Browse database — It's Free!Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $25k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.1M; Series A $750k–$8M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Aya Data — Aya Data provides high-quality data annotation, AI training data, 3D annotations, machine learning solutions and also specialises in geospatial, NLP and computer vision projects.
- Kubik — Kubik makes low-carbon buildings from plastic waste. Bringing environmental dignity to how countries grow.
- Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Kua Ventures provides inexpensive finance, mentoring, and community to faith-driven, social entrepreneurs that are creating great employment and changing lives while simultaneously demonstrating Christ's love.
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- Industry: EdTech, Retail, Grocery
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $58k–$94k
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Twiva — Twiva is a creator-first, tech-enabled platform that serves as an end-to-end ecosystem. Our purpose is to equip creators with the skills, tools, resources, and access they need to succeed as online entrepreneurs.
- Taimba Limited — Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
- Seven Twenty Holdings — Seven Twenty Holdings specializes in the manufacturing of curtain rods and curtain rods accessories and manufactures paints.
1776 Ventures is a global seed fund investing in companies in the following sectors: education, energy, smart cities, transportation, food/agriculture, fintech, and healthcare.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Seed $750k–$4M; Series A $2.2M–$23M; Convertible Note $500k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Swiftly — Harness your public transit data with Swiftly's urban mobility solutions to make your city's mass transportation move more efficiently.
- HopSkipDrive — Arranging safe, dependable transportation or children ages 6+ with qualified caregivers
- Clarametyx Biosciences — Clarametyx Biosciences is a late preclinical stage biotechnology company developing targeted, immune-enabling biologic therapies to counter persistent infections associated with biofilms.
Talanton helps you combat poverty in developing countries by creating jobs. You can free those in poverty by coming alongside them through investments in growth-stage businesses.
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- Industry: Shoes, Retail, Sports
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Debt Financing $3M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
- Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
- MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver
Evergreen venture capital investing in Seed to Series A startups across MENA and Africa. 27 active investments, $71.8M portfolio NAV, 17% IRR.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Sales
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Coraly — Coraly helps real estate teams create listing-ready content, qualify leads, manage transactions, and share client-ready Packs from one AI-powered platform.
- Flowcart — Sukhiba is a decentralized community-based commerce platform.
- 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.
JAM Fund operates as a venture capital firm investing in visionary founders disrupting large spaces. It is Tinder Founder Justin Mateen's venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Mexico, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $8M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Curative — Get on-the-go COVID-19 testing and other essential health services, wherever you are.
- Fun — Fun offers the highest converting rails to execute blockchain actions. Optimize your funding rails, reach new customers, and reduce costs.
- Last Energy — Last Energy develops and delivers micro modular nuclear power plants designed to provide decarbonized, reliable energy through a full-service delivery model that spans design, construction, and operations. The company offers factory-produced modular plants, like its 20 MWe PWR-20 units, that can be deployed rapidly to serve energy-intensiveindustrial customers and utilities with baseload electricity and heat. Its services include long-term power purchase agreements that eliminate upfront capital for customers while enabling flexible siting and minimal resource requirements. Last Energy’s solutions support both behind-the-meter applications for industries and grid-scale energy projects for broader power delivery. The company integrates established reactor technology with its delivery process to help clients access consistent, carbon-free energy.
AgriFi is financed by the European Union and managed by the EDFI Management Company. Responding to the lack of financing mechanisms it is adapted to smallholders with limited market orientation, vulnerable groups, women and youth, farmers and entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Fruit, Beauty
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Belgium, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Debt Financing $1.5M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alterfin — Belgian co-op investing in microfinance and sustainable agriculture in the South since 1994. Tweets in English, French and Dutch.
- Shamba Pride — Revolutionizing Rural Agriculture Trade Ecosystem for Africa Farmers Traditional farming methods across Africa often depend on synthetic inputs, degrading so...
- East Africa Fruits — EA Fruits Farm is a business that engages in the large production and distribution of fruits and vegetables. As fruits are an essential part of a human's diet for maintenance of good health and wellbeing, the business will take part in providing the opportunity for Tanzanian citizens and other people overseas to get such fruits and motivatemore people to increase their intake of fruits whereby the company will strive to increase the supply to match the increased demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. The business envisions to be among the leading producers, distributors, and exporters of the fruits within the Country and overseas. The company is a highly profitable and viable business that expects to rise to about 5,000 USD from its current small-scaled operations, while more than 450,000 USD will be raised as a result of further expansion within a period of 2-4 years.
Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
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- Industry: Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ORIKI — A wellness + farm to skin brand that creates pampering experiences and luxurious natural personal grooming products. Sharing Africa!
- Mukuru Clean Stoves — Earthshot Prize Winner 2022. We use recycled metal to manufacture improved, efficient and affordable cookstoves.
- Loom Craft Chocolate — Loom Craft Chocolate is a artisanal cocoa processor with a strong focus on the quality of our products and the sustainability of our processes.
Grenfell Holdings is an investment company based in Hong Kong.
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Uganda, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2M; Pre-Seed $2.1M–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Badili — Badili is a one-stop shop for buying and selling used and refurbished phones. Founded in 2021 and is based in Nairobi.
- KaliSpot — KaliSpot is a 24/7 automated network of ATMs servicing Mobile Money, Bank and Fintech consumers in West & Central Africa. Combined with a mobile app, we provide a PhyGital transformative solution to Financial Services access in WCA.
- Rocket Health Africa — Rocket Health is a bundled service of The Medical Concierge Group, a licensed and registered clinic, laboratory, and pharmacy. Rocket Health offers telemedicine healthcare services such as doctor consultations, laboratory sample pickups, and medicine delivery.
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $40k–$4M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LipaLater — LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
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Browse database — It's Free!EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.
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- Industry: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.2M; Series A $1.2M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $8M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Printivo — Design & print Business Cards, flyers, mugs and other print products online and we will deliver your doorstep. Get instant quotes.
- S&T Media — AdPump The Best Digital Platform to advertise your products and services
- Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
Esas Ventures is the venture capital arm of Esas Holding, one of the largest family-owned investment firms in Turkey and is backed by the first and second generation family members of Şevket Sabancı, one of the founding members of Sabancı Holding, a leading Turkish conglomerate.With offices in Istanbul and London, Esas Ventures invests in earlystage companies globally.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $700k–$9M; Series A $5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RubiBrands — Established in 2021, RubiBrands is a beyond Amazon roll-up business that acquires and partners with e-commerce native brands. It then grows these brands into global powerhouses through investments, centralizing and optimizing operations, focusing sourcing to Turkey, brand building and introduction to new markets and channels.
- River — Easily buy Bitcoin in minutes. Zero fees on recurring buys. Invest in Bitcoin with confidence with world-class security.
- GoWit Technology — Unlock your retail media potential with GoWit's omnichannel Retail Media Advertising platform. Expand your audience reach, optimize bidding, and leverage first-party data for maximum conversions and privacy protection.
Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 876
- Round size: Seed $850k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.1M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaon — Chat with AI characters for free on FlowGPT! More than 1 million characters and bots to chat with, AI boyfriend, girlfriend, uncencored chat and AI tools.
- RedotPay — Where Crypto Meets Real Life | Trusted by 8M+ | Accepted at 130M+ merchants | Pay with BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT & more
- Pure — Pure Poker is a privately held fintech and software company that develops a legal, compliant, rake-free real-money online poker platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company replaces the traditional casino "house" model with a trusted, identity-verified social gaming network.
Saviu is a venture capital fund focusing on African early-stage startups.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $550k–$5M; Pre-Seed $165k–$817k; Series A $2M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- POZI — POZI app is an innovative tracking and geolocation solution primarily designed for fleet monitoring and management.
- Agenz — Agenz was founded to deliver credible real estate market data that is updated in real time, allowing individuals to make faster and more informed real estate decisions at the right time.
- Userguest.com — Userguest is a Travel SaaS company that provides technology to hotels in order to improve their online revenue. Our smart tool applies RevMarketing Automation to hotel website, by matching a user’s booking intent with the hotel’s inventory priorities. We display personalized incentives to boost hotel revenue where it counts.
Logos Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, B2B, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $750k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Chargel — Chargel is a freight brokerage platform that connects shippers and carriers with available loads.
- 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.
- Jumba — Jumba is the trusted digital partner for hardware stores. Through tech, we support hardware stores to grow. Get cement at unbeatable prices. Access cement LPOs even at midnight. Get inventory on credit through Jengwa.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$11M; 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.
We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4M; Pre-Seed $450k–$1M; Series A $50k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% 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 — Control what AI coding assistants can install. Approve libraries, MCP servers, and extensions before they enter your codebase.
- EMTECH — Cari pragmatic slot gacor? Cek info RTP slot Pragmatic Play terupdate di AkongCuan. Mulai modal slot depo 5K sekarang, mainkan, dan raih cuan maksimal!
Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
- Juicyway — The new shape of money? Fluid. Access global currencies with Juicyway. Buy, sell, hold, and pay globally using our fast APIs, web, or mobile apps. Download now.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
Mercy Corps Ventures invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities. Founded in 2015 as the impact investing arm of global development agency, Mercy Corps, supports over 57 early-stage ventures to scale and raise over $515 million in follow-on capital. Their portfolio centersaround resilience-building solutions in adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and climate-smart technologies so that those living in frontier markets can withstand disruption and plan for the future. Through capital and support, piloting new approaches, action-oriented insights, and rigorously managing impact, they catalyze the ecosystem toward smarter, more impactful investments.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $330k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$7M; Series A $2.5M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
- Meridia — De-risk the sourcing, procurement, trading & compliance of commodities under the EUDR.
- ReForest Latam — ReForest Latam is an biotech company restoring ecosystems and creating forests to fight climate change.
Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 217
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Zazu — Zazu is a neobank for African SMEs, offering seamless banking tools, cash flow automation, and real-time insights. Zazu simplifies finance management in one all-in-one solution.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
- Udu Technologies — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: 170
- Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $400k–$3.9M; Series A $8M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mason America, Inc. — Mason is the device innovation platform for product leaders who dare to deliver the next innovation in their field.
- Estate Media — Real Estate's Biggest Personalities Under one Roof
- Subquadratic — AI lab leading the subquadratic LLM revolution.
U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: India, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $5M–$468M; Debt Financing $6.7M–$390M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$1B
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Kodak — A global technology company providing industry-leading products and services for commercial print, packaging, publishing, manufacturing and entertainment.
- Bayport Management — Bayport Management Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides retail financial services in the Republic of Mauritius and internationally.
- Harena Rare Earths — Harena Rare Earths is a mineral exploration company. It focuses on the Ampasindava Ionic Clay Rare Earths Project in Madagascar, which contains 606,000 tonnes of Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO). The company explores and develops critical magnet metals like neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium for use in clean energy, electronics, anddefense sectors.
Each Founder Collective partner has founded and sold a technology company. The company we wish had existed when we first started out is what we hope to create with Founder Collective. We offer a user guide for managing the risky commodity known as venture capital. The company believes that in order to advance their firms and maintain control,entrepreneurs should aim to raise the least amount of money possible.Founder Collective was established on May 22, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 374
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7M; Series A $1.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $85M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Pagaleve — pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit.
- Ficus — Ficus helps life insurers modernize retained asset accounts with digital beneficiary accounts that improve account clarity, access to funds, and beneficiary experience.
- Ranger — Stop worrying about testing; automate it with Ranger.
Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Talstack — Talstack is an all-in-one platform for employee growth and development
- MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
- Renda — At Renda, we are passionate about revolutionizing the logistics and mobility sectors with cutting-edge technology that enables businesses and operators to seamlessly scale in emerging markets.
Giant backs purpose-driven founders building companies that matter.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 103
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$6.3M; Series A $10M–$56M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Radiant — Clean. Portable. Safe. Energy
- Matta — Creating AGI to manufacture the impossible.
- Haven Energy — Haven Energy is a climate technology company that is accelerating home energy storage adoption. Haven walks homeowners through the process of selecting, quoting, and financing a home battery system, and then connects them with vetted, qualified electricians to complete the installation. Haven works with homeowners after installation to integratetheir batteries into an aggregated virtual power plant, allowing customers to monetize grid participation and significantly reduce their electricity costs.
Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 189
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Series A $6.7M–$32M; Series B $14M–$49M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.
- Terminal — Easily add 30+ telematics integrations to your application with a single API. Connect your application to the services you need, without worrying about the underlying details
- Dominion Dynamics — Dominion Dynamics is building the interoperable command layer for the Arctic
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 898
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $4.4M–$30M; Series B $12M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Fresha — Find the best salons and spa in your area with Fresha salon booking software. Book now!
- Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
- POC Pharma — POC Pharma is a SaaS company helping the stakeholders in the Pharmacy Channel to digitally manage their go to market strategy.
Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sabi Am — Sabi is Africa's largest B2B company, & we are digitising informal trade via our platform. We access markets hard to reach and ensure ease of distribution, & are the No 1 FCMG supplier in Africa.
- Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
- Asoko Insight — The most comprehensive database of African private companies for due diligence and business development
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 175
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$54M; Series A $5.2M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
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- ImmunoScape — ImmuniScape discovers and develops novel TCR-based therapeutics against solid tumors
- Metcela — Cells hold endless possibilities. Through science, we will unlock these potentials and harness them to improve the lives of patients worldwide.
- Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.
Investing in Africa | Chui Ventures is an investment company that seeks to back exceptional African companies at the early stage of their growth.
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- Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $250k–$5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
- Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
- Tuteria — Get Home Tutoring Matched to Your Child's Needs. Prepare for IELTS, Common Entrance, IGCSE, GRE & JAMB. Book Lessons in 150+ Subjects Including Music, Coding & Languages.
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Browse database — It's Free!Systematic Pre-Seed Startup Capital
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 614
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Vidrovr — Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video. It processes videos with specific domain constraints, such as in sports, government, and media verticals. Its technology enables its users to search an indexed video corpus and retrieve content inside videos and link it to other media likephotos and text.The company Integrates social media to enable direct interactions between multimedia content. Vidrovr was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
- Lab Symplified — Lab Symplified provides software for lab inventory, quality management, maintenance logs, and communication automation.
- Naviday Health — Naviday Health is building personalized, AI-guided care pathways—starting with menopause—to help individuals confidently navigate complex health transitions. Our platform empowers daily decision-making through tailored insights, symptom tracking, and holistic support, bridging the gap between traditional care and real-world needs. We’re redefiningwhat it means to stay well every day.
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, Supply Chain Management
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Artha India Ventures' league of member Angel Investors mentor and invest in nascent ventures with business ideas that create value by participating in the entrepreneurial process. AIV have invested in more than 47 start-ups and has diversified portfolio ranging from last minute hotel bookings (HotelsAroundYou.com), to classes aggregators(FindUrClass.com), cosmetic ecommerce (Purplle.com) and at home salon services (The Home Salon). From microfinance credit rating platforms (Inventure) to online interview platforms (Talview), electronic repair & insurance companies (PickMeIndia.com), Cloud Telephone (Exotel.com) and Cab Aggregators (BookMyCab.com) the portfolio has it all.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $141k–$2.8M; Angel $71k–$652k
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $47M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Futwork — With Futwork, learn for free and get a telecaller job. Find Work from Home jobs in India. Flexi hours & work suitable for freshers and women. Earn from home now!
- GetWork — Looking to hire top talent for your organization? GetWork is the platform for you! With a candidate pool of 1.9M+ job seekers, you can easily post your job and find the perfect candidate for your needs. Sign up today and start hiring with GetWork.
- KarmaLifeAI — KarmaLifeAI is an AI-powered digital solution for the financial well being of blue-collar gig workers and micro-business. The company allows the user to pay directly for key expenditures and smoothen their consumption patterns. It offers real-time access to credit for gig workers, based on their payroll account, through partnerships with thedigital platforms they work for. It operates an interest-free subscription model in which the platform or the gig worker can pay a flat fee and access credit equalling up to one-third of their monthly income. The company analyzes alternative data points and payment behavior over time to unlock higher credit lines for the workers.
Blue Haven Initiative is an innovative family office dedicated to putting wealth to work for market returns and positive social and environmental change.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $12M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- M-KOPA — M-KOPA is the global leader for “pay-as-you-go” energy services for off-grid customers. M-KOPA was established in 2011. Following 2 years of piloting and development, M-KOPA began commercial sales in Kenya in October 2012. M-KOPA expanded to Uganda in 2013 and commences operations in Tanzania in late 2014. Their team includes over 500 staff andwe sell our product through more than 1000 retail agents and shops. The founders of the company are experienced mobile technology innovators who believe in the huge potential of transformative, affordable products designed for underserved consumers. While excellent technology is a pre-requisite, technology alone does not solve for customer needs. Success comes when smart technology is combined with a commitment to on-going, on-the-ground delivery. To that end, M-KOPA is beginning to license its technology to experienced and reputable third parties in markets outside of East Africa (licensing queries should be sent to licensing@m-kopa.com). M-KOPA has developed a proprietary, patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM + mobile payments to revolutionize asset financing in emerging markets. The M-KOPAnet platform has been designed and built from the ground up by our talented team of software engineers, who continue to innovate and improve the system every day. It offers the powerful combination of accounting + customer relationship management + inventory tracking in one complete system. Aside from enabling our business operations to scale at record speed, the M-KOPAnet™ platform captures and processes huge volumes of data, enabling us to improve our proposition, customer service, and security in real-time.
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
- BlueMark — BlueMark is the leading provider of impact intelligence and independent verification for the sustainable and impact investing market.
Beyond Capital Ventures is a venture capital firm, offering a diversified portfolio of companies in "need-to-have" sectors, led by conscious leaders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, India, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fasal — Fasal offers smart irrigation automation and fertigation automation system, soil moisture & temperature sensors, weather stations for precision irrigation
- Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
- Lapaire — Get the best affordable eyeglasses in Africa with Lapaire. Book your free vision test today at our locations across Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya & Uganda. Quality glasses, professional optometrists, unbeatable prices.
Creadev is an evergreen investment company believe that shareholders' timing should match with the entrepreneur's vision, up to an unlimited amount of time. Creadev invest in and support companies able to scale-up and become worldwide best players in their sector.
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- Industry: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Agriculture
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Series A $5M–$44M; Series B $5.5M–$37M; Series C $10M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nxtfood — Nxtfood offers a range of food products, including vegetarian irish pie, vegetarian shepherd's pie with sweet potato, vegetarian meatballs, vegetarian mushroom pie, vegetarian pithiviers, welsh vegetarian, vegetarian stuffed cabbage, vegetarian stuffed butternut, and more.
- InnovaFeed — InnovaFeed is a biotech company that produces a new source of protein from insect rearing (Hermetia illucens) for animal feed and aquaculture in particular.Their model is based on a unique technological expertise that allows us to place the insect at the heart of their agri-food system and restore it to its natural place in their ecosystem: thatof recycling nutrients to then feed fish, birds or small mammals.In the context of a fast-growing world population, InnovaFeed’s activity responds concretely and competitively to an increase in protein demand while contributing to the development of a more sustainable food system, in particular through the development of quality aquaculture.
- DAMAE Medical — Damae Medical is a Paris, France-based medtech company. It has developed a medical device capable of seeing biological tissues in depth, at a cellular level and in vivo. This innovative optical imaging technology will especially allow dermatologists to evaluate in a precise, efficient and rapid way malignancy of tumors by a simple contact with thesurface of the skin. DAMAE Medical’s mission is to put the great power of bio-photonics at the service of opening new opportunities in medical imaging and diagnosis.
We provide smart capital to grow investable startups in Africa
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- Industry: Logistics, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, Morocco, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Terraa — Terraa is a B2B distribution platform in Moroccan.
- Wattnow — Wattnow's smart meters and AI show every machine's consumption live and flag waste in time to stop it. Plants cut energy costs by up to 30%.
- Socium — Socium these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
Seedstars Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in high-growth companies active across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Industry: Energy, ISP, Credit
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: Kenya, France, Rwanda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.5M; Series A $8.2M–$9.1M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
- Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
Apis Partners LLP backs growth financial services innovators who create transformative impact in their communities.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B
- Geography: India, Singapore, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Series B $10M–$110M; Private Equity $10M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $550M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- BIPO — Streamline your global workforce with BIPO's award-winning HR solutions. HRMS, payroll outsourcing & EOR services across 170+ countries. Get a free demo today!
- Tutuka — Paymentology's card issuing & processing platform helps banks & Fintechs to launch innovative, secure, and flexible card payment products in weeks.
- Moneybox — Moneybox is the simple way to save, invest, buy your first home, and combine your old pensions - all with one award-winning app. Download now.
Early stage venture capital backed by some of the world's best entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 418
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Pre-Seed $355k–$3.8M; Series A $7.7M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $125M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- microagi — Accelerating embodied AGI
- Mesh — Business entity identity verification radically simple, trusted, and portable, ensuring seamless interactions in the B2B Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Real Estate Technology, Construction | Mesh.
- Cast Insights — Cast Insights is an AI-powered platform that turns global spoken content—TV, radio, podcasts, livestreams—into structured, searchable real-time intelligence for investors, policy teams, strategists, and newsrooms.
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