Top 20 Marketplace VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Ghana in January 2026
A list of 20 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 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Ghana in January 2026
| Investor | Marketplace Ghana investments |
|---|---|
| 54 Collective | 2 |
| Good Soil VC | 2 |
| Savannah Fund | 2 |
| GreenTec Capital Partners | 2 |
| Standard Bank | 1 |
| Happy Wishy | 1 |
| Symbiotics Group | 1 |
| Unpopular Ventures | 1 |
| Flybridge | 1 |
| Wuri Ventures | 1 |
| Microtraction | 1 |
| Jua Fund | 1 |
| The AgriTech Challenge | 1 |
| THE WORLD BANK | 1 |
| Rio Technology Partners | 1 |
| International Finance Corporation | 1 |
| ARK Holdings | 1 |
| Adlevo Capital | 1 |
| LoftyInc Capital | 1 |
| Investisseurs & Partenaires | 1 |
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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.
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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.
Open a bank account, get a personal or business loan, make offshore investments and sign up for Internet Banking.
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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.
Shop for Video games, gift cards, cryptocurrency, digital games, Fashion, Weddings, beauty products, electronics, and more online.
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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.
Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing. Symbiotics offers investment, asset management and capacity building services.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt
- India, Kenya, Senegal
Portfolio highlights
- Varthana — With the availability of education & school loans, financing education has become easier. Apply for instant education loan with Varthana today.
- Khan Bank — Khan Bank is a universal bank and a customer of FMO.
- AMK Microfinance Institution — Welcome to AMK Microfinance, your trusted partner in financial empowerment. We provide a wide range of accessible financial services, including loans, deposits, insurance, and digital banking solutions, designed to help individuals and businesses thrive across Cambodia.
The best companies, off the beaten path.
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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.
New York and Boston Based Early-Stage Venture Capital Firm Backing Seed Stage AI Companies. Focused on AI Enablement, Developer Platforms, Agentic Business Applications, and Native AI for Human Ingenuity
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Jibo — Founded in 2012, Jibo is widely known for creating the eponymous robot, Jibo: the first social robot for the home. Jibo is built to interact and communicate with the people around him, and he uses advanced Natural Language Understanding (NLU) along with speech and facial recognition to forge relationships with his family. Jibo, Inc. officiallylaunched Jibo to the public in 2017 after nearly three years of intensive development and optimization. The company is privately held and headquartered in Boston.
- Metaphi — Metaphi is the AI agent that gives you superpowers by proactively researching things of your interest, and executing tasks for you.
- MelodyArc — MelodyArc is a platform for building and deploying AI operators - agentic AI systems that work across real-world tools, data and teams.
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.
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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.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership fighting poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions.
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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.
Rio Technology Partners is an investment vehicle and strategic advisory firm.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Shopping, Lifestyle
- Seed
- Ghana, United States
A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
- India, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- WIOCC — Africa's Digital Backbone
- Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service
- An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABBANK) — An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank, a commercial bank, provides consumer and corporate banking services in Vietnam. The company offers consumer banking services, such as term and non-term savings, demand, and accumulated savings deposits; and unsecured consumption, home erection/renovation, secured consumption, business and production, car,home, listed and non-listed securities, overseas study, savings account book/account balance mortgage, and business and production supplementary loans. It provides corporate banking services, including commercial financing, import financing, pre-shipment export financing, SME financing, and co-financing loans; supplementary installment loans for business.
ARK Holdings is a privately held family investment portfolio firm.
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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.
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.
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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
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Egypt
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- 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.
Investisseurs et Partenaires
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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.
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