Top 50 Marketplace VC Funds & Investors in South Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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7 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund
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7 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | $1.9M–$15M |
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Maven 11 Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency | $1.3M–$43M |
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E4EAfrica
VC Fund
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4 | South Africa, The Netherlands, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management | $1M–$7.5M |
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1kx
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $1.8M–$34M |
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Kleiner Perkins
VC Fund
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3 | United States, China, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $5M–$120M |
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Scalar Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Software, Financial Services | $1.5M–$30M |
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Knife Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Education | $2M–$15M |
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Invenfin
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, Chad, Egypt | Seed, Series B | FinTech, Food and Beverage, Wellness | $2.6M–$31M |
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AECI
VC Fund
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3 | Luxembourg, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Chemical, AgTech, Farming | $1.3M–$1.4M |
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Sound Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, Israel | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $2.2M–$110M |
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Flourish Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $2M–$65M |
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Oui Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Finance, Apps | $40k–$4.9M |
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Savannah Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $25k–$8M |
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Vumela Fund
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, Brazil | Seed, Debt Financing | Education, Hospital, Software | $600k–$1.4M |
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Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, Luxembourg, United States | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Internet | $570k–$11M |
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $250k–$25M |
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Reciprocal Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $2M–$50M |
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UW Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | $456k–$31M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | $527k–$47M |
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The LAO
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Switzerland, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $100k–$30M |
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Enza Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech | $120k–$31M |
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Untapped Global
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Transportation, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.2M–$30M |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$40M |
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Hustle Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $100k–$25M |
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Alumni Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.5M–$79M |
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Newtown Partners
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United States, Ghana | Seed, Series A | Logistics, Health Care, Transportation | $1M–$30M |
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Wintermute
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $3M–$50M |
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IDF Capital SA
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa | Seed, Series A | Retail, FinTech, Internet | |
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Allan Gray
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Series C | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | $456k–$100M |
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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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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$10M |
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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–$68M |
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Zip
VC Fund
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2 | India, South Africa, Czech Republic | Series C, Seed | FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce | $22M–$50M |
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Soma Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $125k–$35M |
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Ignition Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS | $1.8M–$54M |
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elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Logistics, Health Care | |
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Presight Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services | |
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Flori Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | |
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AngelHub Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Mexico, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Education | $300k–$2.3M |
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Icon Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Canada | Series C, Series B, Series D | Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software | $6M–$90M |
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Investec
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, South Africa | Debt Financing, Series A | Software, Financial Services, Energy | $1.1M–$550M |
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $300k–$4.5M |
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Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | The Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $1.1M–$25M |
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Strattech Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa | Seed, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, B2B | |
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J.P. Morgan Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Private Equity, Series B | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $19M–$200M |
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PUSH Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Austria, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, Health Care | |
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Crossfin Technology
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Private Equity | Payments, Financial Services, Software | |
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Naspers Foundry
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, Farming, Software | $854k–$15M |
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Alitheia IDF
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana | Series A, Seed | Logistics, E-Commerce, Retail | $3M–$13M |
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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.
TLCOM finds and funds exceptional founders building technology companies across Africa. Seed to Series C. Lagos, Nairobi, London.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$8.5M; Series A $3.8M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
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
- 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.
- Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
Maven 11 is a global blockchain and digital asset investment firm. The teams we partner with are on a rigorous quest to solve most exciting problems and make the necessary shift towards decentralised tomorrow.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 132
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$3.1M; Series A $5M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Range — The financial control layer for companies operating across stablecoins, crypto and fiat rails.
- THEA-AI — AI that amplifies human performance
- Adjacent Markets — Event indexing and @AdjacentNews
E4E Africa Backing category-defining emerging market businesses. We invest in businesses that drive economic opportunity and sustainable growth.Learn MoreE4E specializes ... Read More
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- Industry: Logistics, Internet, Supply Chain Management
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2M; Series A $1M–$5.4M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Yebo Fresh — Yebofresh is a new online shopping service, delivering popular groceries straight into areas that are generally unserved by most formal retailers. Our unique business model and partnerships with manufacturers allow us to deliver top quality products and A-brands at extremely competitive prices. Yebofresh serves Imizamo Yethu, Langa, Khayelitsha,Mfuleni and Gugulethu and following recent seed funding, is rapidly expanding across the greater Cape Town area.
- Conservio — Discover and Book South Africa's best nature accommodations with Conservio. Book vetted accommodations, easy and safe to book online.
1kx is a research-driven global investment firm making trust instant, open, and programmable, with 160+ investments since 2018 across DeFi, stablecoins, and onchain infrastructure.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Germany, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 177
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Series A $5M–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EarnOS — EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3.
- KOR Protocol — KOR Protocol is a decentralized intellectual property (IP) infrastructure designed to empower creators, protect rights, and enable seamless collaboration and monetization of IP assets across various industries, including music, film, TV, gaming, and art. Backed by notable entities like Animoca Brands, Republic, Niantic, Sfermion, Solana, andprominent creators such as Black Mirror, Disclosure, deadmau5, and Richie Hawtin, KOR leverages blockchain, AI, and DeFi to offer a transparent, efficient, and scalable environment for IP expansion.
- Freehand — AI Teams for Complex Spend Management
Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1197
- Round size: Series A $5M–$50M; Series B $11M–$71M; Series C $12M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Athos — Athos uses EMG real-time biofeedback to help you go from guessing to knowing if you are performing at your best. #BuildBetterAthletes
- Telogis — Telogis provides a comprehensive cloud-based Mobile Enterprise Management (MEM) software platform for companies that require dynamic routing, real-time work order management, navigation, telematics and mobile integration services for their mobile workforces. Telogis’ consistent innovation drives its ability to provide near-instant return oninvestment while improving driver safety and efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of commercial vehicles. Founded in 2001, Telogis is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif. and has development and support centers in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, Europe and throughout North America. Its products and services are used and distributed in more than 100 countries worldwide.
- Miaozhen Systems — Beijing second hand information company (秒针信息) is a provider and evaluator of digital advertising solutions through cloud computing, cloud storage, and artificial intelligence technology. It is also the first digital advertising effect evaluation enterprise specializing in target audiences in China.Founded in 2006, Beijing second handinformation company solves the problem of contact effect of online advertisement by arrival rate, effective frequency, internet gross rating points, audience features, and provides an inter-media effect evaluation and optimization tool.
Crypto investment firm. Austin, TX.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $7.5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sound — Sound is a suite of music and economic tools powering the next generation of artists and their communities, starting with listening parties for new releases
- Stack — Stack's consumer products are shutting down. Withdraw remaining funds from the Stack app.
- Stackr Labs — Micro-rollups to scale web3 applications
Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, Knife accelerates the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. Knife have offices in Cape Town andLondon.Knife invests via a consortium of funding partnerships, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company KNF Ventures and select family offices. Knife facilitated lucrative exits of local technology companies to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin and Uber.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Series A $2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cue — Cue is a customer service software company that empowers you with WhatsApp Business solutions to boost customer satisfaction, and drive growth.
- Pura Soda — Discover PURA's refreshing beverages and live a little PURA.
- Optique Optometrists — Optique Optometrists provides comprehensive eye care services, including eye tests, prescription glasses, and contact lenses. The company offers affordable eye care solutions and has multiple branches across South Africa. Customers can book appointments online and access a wide range of eyewear options. Optique Optometrists focuses on deliveringquality vision care and ensuring customer satisfaction through professional services and convenient booking options.
Invenfin is a growth capital investor operating in the technology, food & beverage sectors.
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- Industry: FinTech, Food and Beverage, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, Chad, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$3M; Series B $4.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OfferZen — On OfferZen, Dutch tech companies reach out to you with upfront role and salary info so you can make the right career move.
- Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
- Float — At Float, we believe in a world where credit works for shoppers and not against them.Float offers shoppers a smarter way to pay with their credit card – by splitting big purchases in up to 24 bite-size, interest-free monthly payments. It’s all the perks of credit cards, but none of the cons. No extra debt, no applications, no credit checks – andno catch. Just shopping joy on their terms.At the same time, Float merchants enjoy more than 80% bigger orders and radically improved conversions. They also get direct access to 5 million pre-approved shoppers. Float’s instalment offering is fully customisable, giving merchants more control and flexibility than ever before. It’s all made possible by Float’s innovative technology, built on what we call ‘head-in-the-sky, feet-on-the-ground’ thinking.By giving their shoppers the most flexible, frictionless and financially responsible way to shop, merchants are partnering with us to build a new economy - where buying BIG, means paying small.Welcome to Float.
AECI is an explosives and specialty chemicals group domiciled in South Africa. Group businesses service the mining and manufacturing sectors both locally and internationally.The focus for growth is on Africa, South East Asia and South America. AECI’s businesses are characterised by application know-how and service delivery.They often operate inniche markets and are supported by leading technologies which are developed In-house or are sourced from international partners.AECI IS A SOUTH AFRICAN-BASED EXPLOSIVES AND SPECIALTY CHEMICALS COMPANY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CUSTOMERS IN THE MINING, MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS. IT HAS REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES IN AFRICA, SOUTH EAST ASIA, THE USA AND AUSTRALIA. OTHER MARKETS OF INTEREST ARE IN LATIN AMERICA.
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- Industry: Chemical, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Luxembourg, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Khula! — Trade smarter, fund faster, and grow bigger with Khula.
- Origin Materials — Origin is a new kind of chemical company, focused on the future of materials science.
- Clariter — WE END THE LIFE OF PLASTIC. Our unique upcycling technology transforms plastic waste into 3 industrial ingredients; oils, waxes, and solvents that make 1000+ plastic-free end products.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 226
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $10M–$30M; Series B $15M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $243M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Knit — Knit is an AI-Native Research Agency that combines the rigor and expertise of a traditional agency with the speed and efficiency of AI.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Arcade — Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate.
We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 199
- Round size: Seed $2M–$8.5M; Series A $5.2M–$33M; Series B $10M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- Akua — Transformative payments infrastructure, Akua's cloud-native platform offers acquiring-as-a-service for all payment rails
- Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
- Herconomy (Ex AGS Tribe) — Herconomy is a platform that allows women build their finances, capacity, collaborate and access opportunities.
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.
Vumela was established in 2009 by FNB Business Banking and Edge Growth. The objective was to create an innovative model for the development of a sustainable and a financially and operationally independent investment business which invests in high growth small, medium and micro size enterprises with good economic and impact returns.Vumela wascapitalised in 2010. Within the first four years, we’d invested R90 million into eight high growth SMEs, and created a total of 400 jobs. They launched their second fund in 2015, after a further investment of R100 million from FirstRand and R127 million from the Jobs Fund. Within the first year of launching this second fund, we’ve committed R43 million to five investments that are expected to create over 1800 new jobs.The first fund of its kind in South Africa, Vumela’s main goals are to invest in and develop entrepreneurial companies in order to help alleviate poverty in South Africa by creating jobs, and to generate a return for its beneficiaries: the Shalamuka Foundation and the FirstRand Group.
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- Industry: Education, Hospital, Software
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: South Africa, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $600k–$910k; Debt Financing $854k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Trade Shield — Trade Shield's aim is to increase access to trade credit facilities for those companies that most need them and will benefit the most from them.
- Mia Healthcare — Clear aligners, mobile clinics, fixed practices, practice services and lab products designed to work better together than apart.
- Breaze Delivery — Optimize your last-mile delivery in SA. Breaze offers same-day delivery, easy Shopify/WooCommerce integration, and live WhatsApp tracking for your brand.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Luxembourg, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $570k–$4.6M; Series A $2.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GoMetro — Fleet management simplified with GoMetro. Integrate telematics, gain real-time visibility, and optimize operations with a secure, scalable platform,
- Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
- visionAI — Discover how AI MES software enhances factory efficiency and reduces blindspots to minimize equipment downtime and boost productivity.
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: 63
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5M; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
- Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
- Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.
Partnering with crypto founders from day 0. Here investments == partnerships.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $2M–$9M; Series A $6M–$30M; Series B $12M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Coinflow Labs — Tech-driven payments solutions for your business
- CEA Industries — CEA Industries (NASDAQ: BNC) is a publicly traded company pursuing a BNB-focused digital asset treasury strategy.
- Blockworks — Blockworks is a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Our editorial content, newsletters, podcasts and events provide investors with the critical analysis and information they need to make smarter decisions about digital assets.
UW is a multi-stage investor that provides growth and replacement capital across the equity-cycle. Its activities span from high-growth venture to mid-market private equity opportunities.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $456k–$2.5M; Series A $1.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pargo — Pargo is a convenient logistics solution that lets you collect and return parcels at Pargo parcel points throughout the country when it suits you best.
- Rather.chat — Rather.chat offers a platform that facilitates meaningful connections between businesses and their customers through WhatsApp. This service is designed to make customer interactions more personal and efficient, allowing for real-time communication. By leveraging the widespread use of WhatsApp, Rather.chat aims to enhance the customer serviceexperience, making it easier for businesses to address inquiries, resolve issues, and maintain engagement with their audience. The focus is on creating a seamless bridge for dialogue that respects the convenience and preferences of the modern consumer, who increasingly favors instant messaging over traditional forms of communication.
- Manholes 4 Africa — m4a (Pty) Ltd specializes in the manufacturing of composite and plastics products designed for the utilities networks industry. As an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), the company offers a comprehensive range of products including access chambers, microducts, bundled microducts (multiducts), sub ducts, corrugated pipes, axsCHAMBERS™,cnktCLOSURES™, fibreDUCT™, and fibreCABLE™. These products cater to the telecommunications sector, providing end-to-end solutions for infrastructure needs. m4a (Pty) Ltd is recognized for its innovative approach in developing polymer and composite civil infrastructure solutions. The company holds ISO9001 certification, ensuring high standards in quality management systems.
4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $527k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4M; Series A $2M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FireID — FireID is a venture builder that helps makers, with unique skills and passion, build businesses to solve meaningful problems.
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Aerobotics — Powerful insights for precision growing and crop insurance
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 143
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Series A $6M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$24M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bio.xyz — Biotech's new financial layer.
- Recall Labs — Textile is building new digital experiences by focusing on user privacy, transparency, and decentralization.
- Blackbird — We believe the next great hospitality technology platform should connect restaurants and their customers directly, in meaningful and ongoing ways. Blackbird is founded by a team with a passion for restaurants and a track record of using technology to solve problems.
Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $120k–$4M; Series A $3.6M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Yakeey — Yakeey is an end-to-end transactional marketplace that radically simplifies the experience of buying, selling and renting real estate.We leverage on data and technology to connect all real estate market players through a state of the art platform, create a chain of trust and powerful network effects and accelerate transactions.Yakeey is builton a community of real estate advisors, YakeeyPRO, to deliver a continuous professional and tailored service at every step of the transaction.
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
- Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.
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- Industry: Transportation, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 68% lead, 32% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Elimutab — Elimutab - Find the best learning tablets for children and students, including options for 1-year-olds, studying with pens, and work and study needs.
- OX Delivers — Our objective is to deliver affordable transport in emerging markets, creating a self-reinforcing cycle of economic growth and social impact. To achieve this, we are developing the world's first clean-transport ecosystem that combines goods shipment with financial, trading & marketing services. This OX ecosystem will be enabled by ourunique zero-emissions OX truck; the only purpose-designed electric vehicle for emerging markets.
- Rabbit — Transforming transportion in the region. Rabbit is a micro-mobility sharing platform for short-distance transportation using environmentally friendly vehicles.
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.
Hustle Fund is a seed fund that invests in early-stage startups operating in software, business-to-business, fintech, and digital health sectors.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 503
- Round size: Seed $808k–$6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BON Credit — BON Credit's free AI helps you find money you're missing, pay less interest, improve your credit, and always know what to do next.
- EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
- Orbital Sentry — Orbital Sentry delivers real-time wildfire detection and continuous geostationary monitoring to protect communities, reduce losses, and power next-generation risk intelligence. Our persistent infrared data helps insurers, governments, and first responders act faster and build true climate resilience
Access curated startup investment opportunities and diversified venture capital exposure designed for accredited investors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2214
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $5.5M–$35M; Series B $12M–$79M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Tabs — Tabs provides AI-powered accounts receivable software to save time analyzing contracts, improve cash flow, and avoid billing errors.
- Enact — Enact is a leading solar energy and solar software company serving homeowners, businesses, and installers. Get a free quote or request a demo today!
- Beam — Smarter employee benefits including dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental health. Our plans are easy to understand, implement, and use.
Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startups.
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- Industry: Logistics, Health Care, Transportation
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.5M; Series A $3.6M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
- Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
- Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Cayman Islands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $3M–$18M; Series A $5M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $20M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BULK Trade — One Exchange Infinite Markets
- Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
- Nova Markets — The next billion-dollar market starts here. Powered by @HyperliquidX
IDF Capital is an established financier, investing in high growth SMEs/Entrepreneurial businesses. We invest with a gender lens strategy
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- Industry: Retail, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Carscan — cARscan is an Augmented Reality app with an embedded visual recognition AI to track the visual condition of every motor vehicle during its life-stage.
- SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
- Mortgage Market — Mortgage Market is a fintech startup that has created an online marketplace for home loans. Users are able to access a home loan easily via its online platform.
Allan Gray is Africa's largest privately owned investment management company focused on generating long-term wealth for investors..
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $456k–$4M; Series A $1.3M–$31M; Series C $70M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- onafriq — MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
- Sendmarc — Manage your organization's DMARC, SPF, and DKIM with world-class implementation services and support. All in one easy-to-use platform.
- Peach Payments — Get Peach as your Payment Gateway and Grow your ecommerce. Process online payments with Visa, Mastercard, Debit Orders, EFT payments, and subscriptions. Plugins for Wix, Shopify, WooCommerce.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
- Nucleon Security — Zero-Trust and ML-based Endpoint Detection and Response Platform #EDR #FDR #EndpointSecurity
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: 1441
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $12M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
- Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
- Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
Zip is a leading digital financial services company providing fair and seamless solutions that simplify how people pay.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series C, Seed
- Geography: India, South Africa, Czech Republic
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series C $22M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Payflex — Shop smarter with Payflex's buy now pay later services - enjoy interest-free payments using Pay in 2, 3 or 4 options. Apply now and shop online or in-store.
- ZestMoney — Enjoy the convenience of shopping for electronic gadgets, fashion, travel, education on EMI without credit card. No debit card or credit score required!
- Twisto — Twisto is on a mission to challenge the status quo of everyday finances via exceptional customer experience by being at the forefront in delivering cutting edge technology. Pay simply, fast and securely.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 928
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.8M; Series A $6.5M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% 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.
- Mudafy — Mudafy is a tech-enabled real estate broker for LatAm.
- Gecko Robotics — To collect and make useful physical data in order to protect civilization's most critical infrastructure
Ignition is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping the best entrepreneurs seize opportunity. With over $2B under management, Ignition invests in emerging and future leaders in enterprise software.Ignition brings together an unparalleled combination of domain focus, technical expertise, and global operational experience. Ignition'spartners are proven business leaders who have built some of the world's most successful businesses of the last two decades, including Microsoft Windows and Office, McCaw Cellular Communications, AT&T Wireless and Starbucks.Ignition helps entrepreneurs by turning their early idea into a business, to hiring the right team, providing the right industry and functional insight and connections, to growing the business strategically, globally, financially, to realizing the best ultimate outcome, Ignition is ready to go the distance.
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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Series A $1.8M–$13M; Series B $6M–$25M; Series C $8.5M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Swype — Swype creates text input technology for screens. The patented interface enables users to create words with one continuous finger motion across an on-screen keyboard. This approach provides a faster and easier way to write. Swype delivers single-tap, multi-tap, predictive and "swype" motions for both stylus and finger based input.In addition, the application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more.Seattle based Swype Inc. was founded by Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden in 2003. Cliff is the co-inventor of T9, the standard predictive text-entry solution used on almost 3 billion mobile phones worldwide. Randy is the developer of the onscreen keyboard included in Windows, with an installed base of over 500 million units
- PaxVax — PaxVax is a vaccine start-up company developing candidate oral vaccines for influenza, and key infectious diseases. It has developed a proprietary oral vaccine technology based on a common virus called adenovirus. The technology removes the delivery hurdles of traditional injectable vaccines, namely the need for cold storage, needles, andadministration by medical personnel.PaxVax was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
- Unidesk — Citrix DaaS modernizes IT with a secure, easy-to-manage cloud solution to quickly deliver apps or desktops from any cloud or datacenter worldwide.
elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Logistics, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- RUTOPIA —
- Elucid Social — Elucid Social integrates businesses with the social good movement through a data-driven strategy that yields measurable results. Elucid Social develops and deploys technologies to assess, report, and minimize human rights risks linked with the sourcing of products and services.
- Oorja Development Solutions — Oorja is a project developer of solar PV systems to power livelihoods in emerging markets.
A simple static landing page for Presight Capital.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Divibank — Divibank is a financing platform offering businesses access to growth capital.
- 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.
- General Fusion — General Fusion is developing fusion energy: a clean, safe, abundant and on-demand approach to generating electricity.
More than a seed-stage fund and a portfolio of startups: Our community of founders taps into the power of financial innovation to collaborate around global problems and unlock prosperity for all.
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- Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mento Labs — Mento Labs is a decentralized EVM platform for launching and managing multi-currency stable assets.
- Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android.
- Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.
Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, Mexico, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $2M–$2.3M; Series A $300k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Motai —
- Syscap — Syscap is a financial technology company that offers cutting-edge solutions to financial institutions to have a better administration and management of their funding sources. It connects the leaders of financial and real estate institutions with their funders. For institutions, the company ensures the optimization of their funding source managementprocesses, but also the strengthening of the relationship with their funders. To funders, Syscap guarantees the transparency and timely monitoring of its funds for the safety and growth of its resources.
- Velocity — Velocity is a micro fulfillment dark store that delivers through digital channels.
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Browse database — It's Free!The road to success is long. Re-defining an industry requires passion, perseverance, and true grit. At Icon Ventures, we help entrepreneurs with true grit navigate the journey to become icons of tomorrow.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series C, Series B, Series D
- Geography: United States, Israel, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 180
- Round size: Series B $12M–$45M; Series C $10M–$50M; Series D $6M–$90M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $375M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- TuneIn — From live sports & local radio to news, music & podcasts, TuneIn has the perfect thing to “hear” wherever “here” might be.With 75 million monthly active users, TuneIn is one of the most widely used streaming audio platforms in the world. TuneIn broadcasts over 100,000 owned & operated and partner radio stations, in addition toboasting more than 5.7 million podcasts. TuneIn Premium subscribers unlock exclusive access to live commercial-free news from top networks like CNBC, CNN, FOX News Radio and MSNBC, commercial-free music channels for every mood and activity, and less ads throughout the platform. TuneIn can be accessed in 197 countries and on more than 200 different major platforms and connected devices, including voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, Samsung Bixby and Cortana, and key integrations with Sonos, Bose and Tesla. With venture funding from Sequoia Capital, Comcast Ventures, IVP, Innovation Endeavors, Causeway, General Catalyst Partners, Icon Ventures and Marker LLC, TuneIn is headquartered in San Francisco, California. We are currently working and hiring remotely across the United States, as well as in parts of Europe and South America. Come join us in reinventing radio for a connected world!
- Zephyr Health — Zephyr Health operates as an insights-as-a-service solution built specifically for life sciences companies addressing critical business and patient needs. Zephyr Illuminate™ helps pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies make confident decisions faster across the entire lifecycle with precise and predictive data insights.
- Area 1 Security — Email Security from Cloudflare protects inboxes against phishing, malware, and ransomware. Learn more about our advanced cloud-based email security.
Welcome to Investec. Find out more about us, our businesses, sponsorships and career opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$17M; Debt Financing $72M–$550M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Splend — Change the way you own your rideshare vehicle for good with Splend. All-Inclusive vehicle packages for your Uber journey, in one easy weekly payment.
- Openpay — Openpay is a cutting-edge in-store, in-home and online payments solution that features a buy now and pay later service, interest-free. Openpay allows customers to make in-store and online purchases, and effectively split the payment for these purchases into multiple repayments over time. The company generates revenue from fees charged to merchantsand customers in exchange for the use of its payments platform.Openpay is available across Australia and New Zealand in many industries including retail, medical, automotive, home improvement, and more.
- Master Plastics — Discover innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for protecting and preserving agricultural and food products from farm to table with Master Plastics.
We back exceptional founders in and from Africa who are addressing deep gaps between the status quo and the ideal.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.4M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
- Onboard — Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities.
We are a venture capital firm that invests in fintech companies with unstoppable founders. We provide early stage (no seed) capital funding.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: The Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.2M; Series A $3M–$16M; Series B $5.5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $123M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Yoco — Save time, money and guesswork. Yoco helps 200,000+ SA businesses run point of sale, take payments and access flexible business funding from one account.
- Gotrade — Buy U.S. stocks with Gotrade! Investing is now easier, safer, and hassle-free. Access stocks like Google, Apple, Netflix, and more.
- The Social Handshake — With Payroll Giving you make it easier and more financially attractive for your employees to give to charity. Directly from their salary.
Strattech Partners, located in Devon, PA, is a consulting and venture capital firm that focuses on the development of growth stage companies. We offer CEO and CFO consulting services, operational consulting, and general financial consulting services, including treasury, general and strategic management services. Past engagements have includedacting CFO assignments as well as interim Controller/VP Finance assignments, turnaround and restructuring assistance, and other positions related to implementing change within organizations. Venture Capital investments are done through Strattech Partners I, LP and through our affiliate Zon Capital Partners, an SBIC venture fund.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series C
- Geography: United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qwili — Qwili makes smartphones with a voice-guided, local language onboarding experience for new users.
- EcomXML — EcomXML is a leading e-commerce solution provider for business-to-business (B2B) enterprise integration. EcomXML provides companies with enterprise integration solutions to link their buyers, suppliers and e-commerce portals together to streamline their e-business in real-time through the Internet. EcomXML utilizes open XML technology to achieveboth inter-company and intra-company integration regardless their existing technology infrastructure.
- StarCite — StarCite's online business-to-business software and services allow corporations to purchase and manage products and services related to their company meetings and events.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management is a leading asset manager for individuals, advisors and institutions. Their investment professionals are located around the world, providing strategies that span the full spectrum of asset classes.As one of the largest asset and wealth managers in the world, with assets under management of $1.7 trillion (as ofDecember 31, 2014), they provide global market insights and a range of investment capabilities that few other firms can match.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Series B $19M–$105M; Private Equity $50M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1B in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- MioTech — MioTech is an artificial intelligence platform that empowers investment managers to better serve their clients in a world of complex data. By integrating and analyzing data from all types of sources, MioTech streamlines the entire investment process, creating an ultimate data-driven investing experience. MioTech has offices in Shanghai and HongKong.MioTech is backed by Horizons Ventures, ZhenFund, and prestigious individual investors around the world.
- Fruitist — Inspiring enjoyable and nutritious snacking with premium berries and cherries.
- Catalyst Investment Partners — Catalyst Investment Partners is a vertically integrated real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition, management, and leasing of industrial outdoor storage properties.
We are an early-stage Venture Capital Firm investing in outstanding teams with convincing products and high growth potential.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Austria, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- FERNRIDE — Fernride enables automated, sustainable logistics by combining the skills of remote drivers with autonomous technologies.
- Valutico — Valutico is the world‘s leading provider of web-based company valuation tools.Started in 2014 by a team of enthusiastic Corporate Finance professionals and web developers, the concept was born out of frustration with the status-quo in Corporate Finance practice: That professional company valuations used to be the domain of only the mostsophisticated of investors.At Valutico, it has been their mission from the outset to offer cutting-edge valuation tools to a much wider audience. Today they empower everybody to perform company valuations that meet and exceed the standards of even the leading investment banks and advisory firms.The company today is headquartered in Vienna/Austria and has an additional office in Frankfurt/Germany.
- Ohana — Ohana helps you to protect your child in the digital world. Limit screentime, get insights & guidance, block apps & websites and filter inappropriate content.
Crossfin invests in FINTECH solutions to enable growth for economies in Africa and beyond. Crossfin invests in high growth and established cash generative businesses, offering investors a blended exposure to technology investments in Fintech.
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- Industry: Payments, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Private Equity
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
- VantagePay — VantagePay provides white-label payment and technology solutions to the Banking, Telco, Financial Services, and Consumer Product Industries.
- Momint — Momint is the Web3 investment platform of the future. The safest and easiest to use NFT marketplace in the world. Discover the real-world potential of NFTs.
Naspers Foundry is a global internet group and invests in technology-based companies. The company believes in the power of local backed by global scale and they look for opportunities to address big societal needs in markets where they see the greatest growth potential.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Farming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $854k–$6M; Series A $3M–$15M; Series B $940k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Planet42 — Having your own car has never been easier. Planet42 is a vehicle rental company offering rent-to-buy car service for private clients.
- LifeCheq — LifeCheq partners with insurers and advisory firms to deliver AI-enabled distribution, boost adviser productivity, and transform how financial advice is delivered.
- SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
Alitheia IDF is investing in dynamic and growing businesses throughout Africa. By investing in teams that recognize the importance of gender diversity the firm generates superior financial returns and impact.
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- Industry: Logistics, E-Commerce, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $3M–$13M; Series A $3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Lupiya — Lupiya is an online marketplace for microloans. It is a branch-less, innovative digital microfinance platform that leverages technology to make the process of borrowing simpler and easier so that people and businesses located across the country even in rural, remote areas can access financial services.
- SweepSouth — Book a home cleaning online from your mobile, tablet or computer. SweepSouth connects you with a cleaner in minutes. Cleaners are experienced, reliable, efficient and insured.
- Alma Clinics —
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