Top 50 Mobile VC Funds & Investors in South Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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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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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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6 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $250k–$25M |
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HAVAÍC
VC Fund
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4 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $100k–$15M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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4 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | $527k–$47M |
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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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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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IDF Capital SA
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa | Seed, Series A | Retail, FinTech, Internet | |
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FMO
VC Fund
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2 | India, Kenya, The Netherlands | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B | Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy | $4.5M–$420M |
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FSD Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Ethiopia, United States | Grant, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Financial Services, Energy, Finance | $10k–$10M |
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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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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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Goodwell Investments
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $200k–$26M |
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AngelHub Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, Mexico, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Education | $300k–$2.3M |
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Bose Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Denmark | Series B, Series A | Software, Mobile, Hardware | $1.5M–$80M |
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Ground Squirrel Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Kenya, Zambia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $125k–$48M |
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Chandaria Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $200k–$37M |
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Futuregrowth Asset Management
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, France, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Transportation, Financial Services | $1.8M–$11M |
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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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Riot Games
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, China | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Video Games, Software | $2M–$55M |
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Raine Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Gaming, Mobile | $2.3M–$62M |
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Industrial Development Corporation
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, Australia, Luxembourg | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A | Renewable Energy, Mining, Mobile | $6M–$509M |
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Perivoli Innovations
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, Kenya, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device | $1.4M–$26M |
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Quona Capital
VC Fund
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2 | India, Brazil, Indonesia | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $3M–$87M |
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Ayre Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Bitcoin, Video Streaming | $363k–$8.7M |
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TTV Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, Ireland | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $3M–$45M |
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Konvoy
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, Sweden | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Video Games, Software | $1M–$25M |
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Lateral Frontiers
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Energy | $500k–$15M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $100k–$10M |
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AlphaCode Club
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates | Grant, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Apps | $26k–$17M |
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International Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | India, Brazil, United States | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | |
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Avenir
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, France | Series A, Series C, Series B | Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech | |
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Enza Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Finance, E-Commerce | |
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CIG Spectrum Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Farming, Blockchain | |
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Andreessen Horowitz
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.7M–$112M |
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Sphere Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Series A | Software, Web Apps, Health Care | |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$4M |
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Virgin Group
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, FinTech | $5M–$92M |
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Globivest
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Biotechnology | $1M–$16M |
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AET Fund
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Internet, E-Commerce, Gaming | $1.3M–$10M |
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Yield Guild Games
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, Australia | Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Series A | Gaming, Blockchain, Web3 | $2M–$20M |
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TotalEnergies Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Series B, Series C | Energy, Renewable Energy, Transportation | $9.3M–$175M |
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Skywell Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Israel, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning | $250k–$35M |
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Bloc Smart Africa Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon | Seed, Series B | Apps, Retail, Women's | $329k–$2.7M |
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Accion
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Mexico | Series A, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $397k–$9.8M |
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Calculus Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Series A, Seed | Biotechnology, Software, Medical | $2M–$18M |
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Smollan
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Series A | SaaS, Mobile, Software | |
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Google
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Grant, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $50k–$9.3M |
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LeapFrog Investments
VC Fund
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1 | India, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Private Equity, Series C | Financial Services, Finance, Insurance | $9.3M–$110M |
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E2 Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, The Netherlands | Seed | Mobile Apps, Automotive, Telecommunications | |
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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.
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.
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.
HAVAÍC is an investment and advisory firm that specialises in early-stage, high-growth African businesses with proven concepts and global prospects, offering investment opportunities to sophisticated investors and international venture capital companies with an interest in Africa. As a complementary offering, HAVAÍC provides corporate advisory andcapital raising services to emerging, internationally scalable businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- MPost — MPost means Mobile Post office.It enables any mobile phone user to have his or her phone act like a mobile post office. It allows you to make your mobile number be a formal postal address. With it, you get access to Postal Services through your mobile phone.
- AURA — A South African cloud-based security and safety startup .
- Digital Cabinet — Digital Cabinet makes your business paperless. Security is the topmost priority for the Digital Cabinet, so save time and money with the Digital Cabinet.
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
A growing number of South Africans are investing in venture capital companies that operate under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act. Contact us now.
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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.
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.
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.
FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 194
- Round size: Series B $4.5M–$46M; Post-IPO Debt $25M–$420M; Debt Financing $5M–$195M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SolarSaver — We provide customised rooftop solar PV solutions to corporate, industrial customers in Namibia & SA through its proprietary zero-capital financing model.
- Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
- Yednist' Group — Yednist’ Group is one of the largest agri-processing holdings in Ukraine operating in the following segments: production of bulk feed, packaged feed, premixes and concentrates; veterinary drugs distribution; pet goods distribution. Yednist’ Group operates five production facilities with a total annual capacity of 600 thousand tonnes, including 30thousand tonnes of premixes and concentrates.
Created in 2012, FSD Africa is a £30 million financial sector development programme or ‘FSD’ based in Nairobi. It is funded by UK aid from the UK Government. FSD Africa aims to reduce poverty across sub-Saharan Africa by building financial markets that are efficient, robust and inclusive.FSD Africa is a market facilitator or catalyst. It appliesa combination of resources, expertise and research to address financial market failures and deliver a lasting impact. FSD Africa has a mandate to work across sub-Saharan Africa on issues that relate to both ‘financial inclusion’ and ‘finance for growth.’FSD Africa is also a regional platform. It fosters collaboration, best practice transfer, economies of scale and coherence between development agencies, donors, financial institutions, practitioners and government entities with a role in financial market development in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, FSD Africa provides strategic and operational support to the FSD Network.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
- Stage:Grant, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Ethiopia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $4M–$6M; Grant $10k–$134k; Venture - Series Unknown $4.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Miarakap — Miarakap is the first impact investment company dedicated to financing and supporting Small and Medium Enterprises with high potential in Madagascar.
- Dhamana Guarantee — An East African focused credit guarantee company whose principal business is to guarantee local currency debt obligations in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda.
- Africa Renewables Katalyst — ARK (Africa Renewables Katalyst Ltd) a Kenyan based company focused on helping Africa realize its full renewable energy potential through I-RECs
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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.
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.
Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$12M; Series B $2M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
- Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
- Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.
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
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- 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.
Bose Ventures is looking for startups that are pushing the envelope of AR to help build some of these new experiences. They are investing in startups that are developing apps, services, and technology that leverage and extend the Bose AR platform. If you are one of these innovative startups
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Hardware
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$10M; Series B $2M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Vesper — Vesper is an electrical and electronic manufacturing company that specializes in microphones, piezoelectric, and audio. The company is driven by a mission is to deliver voice-powered products to every market, around the world. Vesper was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Medrhythms — Pioneering Next-Generation Digital Therapeutics to Improve Walking
- Noise — Buy latest Noise smart watches, wireless earbuds, BT neckband earphones, wireless headphones, speakers and smart watch accessories online at best prices in India.
Seed round investment in frontier markets and clean energy
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $400k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $125k–$48M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.
- Untapped Global — Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.
- Necessary Ventures — We invest in what the world needs.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $250k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$3M; Series A $2M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klub — India's leading Revenue Based Financing platform with a vision to revolutionize growth capital. Join the Klub for fast, fair & flexible funding.
- Savannah Brands — Savannah Brands is a food & beverage company.
- African Originals — African Originals food and beverage company that offers authentic African craft beverages using traditional reciepies.
Futuregrowth manages the full range of fixed interest and developmental impact funds on behalf of our clients. We are committed to managing and investing our clients' funds in a responsible manner.
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- Industry: Software, Transportation, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5.3M; Series A $3.4M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- CubeSpace — Industry-leading modular attitude determination and control (ADCS) products and solutions. Laser-focused on our customers' success. Your global ADCS partner.
- 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.
- Happy Pay — Happy Pay is a credit scoring system developing company. The company integrates an autonomous artificial intelligence technology system with the merchant's platform to increase their average basket size and customer conversion metrics, providing users with buy now, and pay later services.
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.
Riot Games is the most player-focused game developer and publisher in the world. We published League of Legends in 2009, and have since released Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends: Wild Rift.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Series A $6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Curse — The entertainment site where fans come first. Your daily source for all things TV, movies, and games, including Star Wars, Fallout, Marvel, DC and more.
- Stoke Games — Stoke Games operates as an independent gaming studio.
- Liminal Experiences — Liminal is a new UGC game for creating narrative action role-playing games with the vision of making the world a more creative place. By fusing two interconnected game modes—a joyful creation experience and socially immersive adventure gameplay—they hope to inspire creativity and storytelling.
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Browse database — It's Free!Raine Ventures is an early stage fund managed by The Raine Group. The firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and Shanghai. With a global reach, Raine focuses on investment and advisory opportunities where its deep industry experience and unique network of strategic relationships can create value for portfolio companies andclients.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$7M; Series A $5M–$20M; Series B $10M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2017
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- Filed — Meet your new AI tax preparer. Filed helps firms process more returns in less time by cutting prep, reducing review, and freeing teams for higher-value work.
- MusicInfra — Organizing connections between recordings, compositions, and rightsholder claims to reduce friction and enable monetization. AI-powered recognition and matching solutions for the music industry.
- Willow Wealth — Willow Wealth is an alternative investment platform focused on generating income streams for investors. Get exclusive access to private market investments.
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) is a national development finance institution set up to promote economic growth and industrial development.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Mining, Mobile
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
- Geography: South Africa, Australia, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Series A $6M–$26M; Post-IPO Debt $11M–$49M; Debt Financing $30M–$509M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Fedgroup — Fedgroup offers financial solutions in South Africa & abroad, providing investments, asset-backed lending, group risk & fiduciary services
- AMEA Power — Founded in 2016, AMEA Power has assembled a leading team of global industry experts to deliver clean energy projects across Africa, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
- Minbos Resources — Minbos has to build a nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security. They provide nutrient supply and distribution business that stimulates agricultural production and promotes food security.
Perivoli Innovations is a venture investment Trust established in 2016 by the Perivoli Trust. It donates profits to the Perivoli Foundation, a UK Charity, whose principal focus is Africa.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, Kenya, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.3M; Series A $1.4M–$12M; Series B $2.8M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
- African Originals — African Originals food and beverage company that offers authentic African craft beverages using traditional reciepies.
- Downforce Technologies — Downforce Technologies is a pioneering leader in science-led, data-driven land management solutions focused on optimising soil health, soil organic carbon levels and biodiversity. With over 30% of the world's soil already degraded, urgent action is needed to address this pressing global challenge. Our platform offers a complete,high-resolution view of the land's carbon profile, enabling precise analysis and site-specific strategies for optimizing carbon levels.
Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing financial inclusion around the globe. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: India, Brazil, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $8M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $332M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Jusfy — Jusfy offers legal services and consulting for individuals and business organizations.
- AllLife — AllLife is the only South African insurer of people living with HIV/AIDs. Sadly, prior to AllLife, many HIV patients would be told their lives were un-insurable. Now AllLife tells that they can lead long, productive lives – so much so that they’ll insure it.
- Cordant — A single operational picture across every system money moves through. Your team acts on what's happening, not what already happened.
Ayre Group is a venture capital firm that has been disrupting industries and creating iconic brands for decades, from technology, real estate, and Bitcoin, to media & publishing.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Bitcoin, Video Streaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $363k–$8.7M
- Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Libraro — Libraro operates on blockchain technology to modernise the book publishing sector.
- Gate2Chain — Research lab phase in data integrity and tokenization completed.
- Rad — Monetize content with AI upscaling, multilingual subtitles, viral prediction tools. Stream content on PS5/PSVR2. Built for creators who want more revenue.
TTV Capital is a venture capital firm that funds and supports the businesses that shape the financial future of the world.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 182
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $5M–$28M; Series B $5M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $250M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- eWise — eWise is a leading international provider of Personal Financial Management and Account Aggregation solutions. eWise Money Manager is used by many of the worlds most innovative banks including HSBC, Westpac and First Direct. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Switzerland, eWise has operations in Europe, Asia, America and Australia.
- SamCart — Create an eCommerce storefront with SamCart, an easy shopping cart software and 1-page funnel system, making it simple to sell online.
- Exactuals — Optimizing the payments of residuals, royalties and other complex payments. Exactuals' suite of products optimizes metadata, calculates and processes payments ensuring money gets sent quickly and accurately.
Konvoy Ventures is a thesis driven venture capital firm. We invest in the platforms and technologies at the frontier of gaming.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8.3M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$4.5M; Series A $4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- GoSats — Earn bitcoin rewards when you shop online at your favourite brands in India.
- Seasats — Missions completed for defense, science, and commercial customers around the world.
- Lux Aeterna — New Album Echoes From Silence out September 2013
Lateral Capital is a mission driven venture fund investing in early and growth stage opportunities in Africa. We back companies that provide foundational technologies for the continent. We make debt and equity investments technology-enabled businesses that profitably solve significant pain points across financial services, healthcare, education,energy, agriculture, housing, logistics, mobility and more.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.5M; Series A $558k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
- Wattnow — Wattnow's smart meters and AI show every machine's consumption live and flag waste in time to stop it. Plants cut energy costs by up to 30%.
- Octavia Carbon — Reversing Climate Change | Ending the Fossil Fuel Age | In Kenya.
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 203
- Round size: Seed $125k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.2M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
We are an African venture capital fund, for world-class African entrepreneurs run by seasoned African investors.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $57k–$7.2M; Grant $26k–$114k; Series B $2.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% 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.
- AgrigateOne — Shining a light on every stage of the fresh produce supply chain, ensuring transparency for growers & buyers. Agritech | Software | Technology
- Moment — Africa is entering a transformative period of economic and technological growth driven by rapid digital adoption, expanding mobile connectivity, and a young, increasingly connected population. With approximately 1.5 billion people and one of the world’s fastest-growing youth demographics, the continent is experiencing a significant shift towardelectronic payments, mobile-first services, and broader digital transformation.Although widespread internet access and traditional banking infrastructure developed later in many African markets compared to other regions, this delayed adoption has accelerated innovation in mobile technology and financial services. Mobile money platforms, digital banking solutions, fintech ecosystems, and e-commerce adoption are reshaping how consumers and businesses interact across the continent.This youth-driven wave of innovation is creating substantial opportunities in sectors such as fintech, telecommunications, logistics, e-commerce, renewable energy, education technology, and digital services. Both global corporations and emerging local enterprises are actively investing in Africa’s rapidly evolving digital economy, competing to unlock new markets and address underserved populations.The continent’s ongoing transformation is expected to play a major role in global economic growth over the next two decades, positioning Africa as a significant center for innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital commerce.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 379
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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.
A future-focused growth equity firm backing category-defining companies.
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- Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Air — From raw file to final deliverable, Air is the command center of your creative process. More than a digital asset manager (DAM), Air is a visual workspace where creative and marketing teams collect, approve, and share content.
- Inspiren — Transform senior care with Inspiren's AI ecosystem. Reduce falls by 68%, increase occupancy 22%, and improve care planning. Trusted by leading communities.
- Kargo — Command your freight.
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, Finance, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- MNZL — MNZL is on a mission to expand access to capital for Egyptians.Every person who owns an asset has accumulated wealth in it. When they want liquidity for their projects and needs, they should be able to tap into it as easily as withdrawing from a bank.With an innovative digital platform and products, we are working on making digital access tocapital a reality, and building the future of asset-backed financing in Africa.
- Hub2.Io — Welcome to HUB2, the leading FINTECH startup in interoperability and payment infrastructure in Francophone Africa. We are proud to work with all financial industry players in Africa who need stable and high-performing infrastructure, and contribute to their success.
- Affinity — Join over 100,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage their banking needs, from savings to payments, as well as instant loans
CIG Spectrum is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Gaming, Farming, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Uviquity — Uviquity is a firm that wants to encourage safety for their clients. The company is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States.
- Oasys — The Dedicated Gaming Blockchain. Oasys is an eco-friendly blockchain built for the gaming community, offering the best user experience with fast transactions and zero gas fees.
- Avalanche — Avalanche is the fastest smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry, as measured by time-to-finality, and has the most validators securing its activity of any proof-of-stake protocol.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1910
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$20M; Series A $9M–$55M; Series B $17M–$112M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Mux — Mux helps teams ship high-performance and cost-effective video in minutes, not months. Build better video into anything from websites to platforms to AI workflows.
- Slack — Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams. It allows users to exchange messages, share files, and integrate with various business tools and services. Slack is commonly used across various industries, from tech startups to large enterprises.
- Bigscreen — Founded by Darshan Shankar in 2014, Bigscreen is a venture-backed startup creating an immersive virtual reality platform that aims to revolutionize the way people work, play, hangout, and collaborate.Use cases of Bigscreen include both entertainment and productivity. Users love using Bigscreen as a "VR movie theater" to watch movies andTV shows. It's also used to play videogames, browse the web, and hangout with friends. It's can also be used for productivity as a tool for remote teams to collaborate together in virtual offices.Since the beta launch in March 2016, Bigscreen has become one of the most popular and highest rated VR apps on the Oculus Store and has an incredible 93% positive rating on Steam. Power users spend 20-30 hours per week in Bigscreen, making it one of the most widely used "killer apps" in the industry.Bigscreen is now the most popular non-gaming VR application in the world.Bigscreen is a fully distributed remote company with employees based around the world in the US & UK.
Founded in 2003, Sphere is a high performing investment holding company driven to create value for funders, shareholders and business partners. With a solid track record shaped over a decade, They actively seek out investment partnerships with high quality privately owned businesses across a range of strategic sectors.Their success is drivenby an experienced team, Their own capital, a disciplined investment process, and broad business networks. Passionate about partnerships, They commit for the long term and actively work with Their portfolio companies to build great businesses.Majority black controlled and managed and boasting 71% black ownership, including 31% women ownership, Sphere has the necessary credentials to advance the broad based Black Economic Empowerment goals of South African businesses. As the focus turns to the rest of the continent, They actively support Their investments in their pan-African ambitions.Their strong belief in the principles of broad based empowerment means that approximately 15% of the shares in Sphere are held by charitable organisations. Over the years, more than five million worthy beneficiaries in nine provinces across South Africa have benefited from Their track record of delivery.
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- Industry: Software, Web Apps, Health Care
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- hearX Group — hearX is an award-winning start-up with the mission of providing affordable access to hearing healthcare using smart digital solutions. With a strong research and engineering background, we aim to democratize and decentralize hearing care, obliterating the traditional audiology model and market, which was never built to scale, instead providinghearing care to millions by leveraging our smart tech, big data and artificial intelligence expertise.The hearX Group four categories of solutions: Lead Generation and Remote Care solutions, Clinical solutions, Preventative Solutions as well as Direct to Consumer intervention solutions.We have had more than 1 000 000 tests and screenings done using our products across 39 countries. Our innovative solutions are as accurate, but faster, cheaper and easier to use than traditional methods. We pride ourselves in offering a fully managed service, providing an entirely new way to overcome traditional barriers to the detection and diagnosis of disabling hearing loss.
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $40k–$4M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
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- LipaLater — LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
Learn about the Virgin Group, the home of Virgin, supporting the Branson family and growing of the brand by developing and nurturing valuable Virgin businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Series A $5M–$47M; Series B $14M–$92M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OOVA — OOVA is a fertility diagnostic company that spun out from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Using patent pending biochemistry and artificial intelligence, OOVA learns a woman’s fertility profile by accurately measuring key hormones over time through daily urine samples. By monitoring this critical balance of hormones, OOVA can help a woman getpregnant, identify reasons she is having trouble getting pregnant, and even expose reproductive health issues like PCOS.
- Virgin Voyages — Ahoy Sailor! Welcome to Virgin Voyages: our adult only cruise ships redefine luxury cruise vacations to the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Europe, and beyond.
- Marker Learning — Marker is the trusted platform for special education teams to manage their caseloads and write high quality psychoeducational reports, in a fraction of the time.
Globivest is a private investment firm with a diversified portfolio of assets. Our primary focus is on innovative and scalable early stage start-ups. We seek to establish long-term relationships with visionary entrepreneurs while adding clear value in strategy and execution.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $2M–$3M; Series A $1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Qureos — Level up with the best mentors and apprenticeships from businesses.
- Goodvest — Goodvest is an investment app (life insurance) that builds a better world, in line with your values and promoting performance.
- BioSapien — BioSapien is a pre-clinical biotech company developing novel biodegradable implantable products that deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for oncology indications with reduced systemic side effects. The applications for this technology are currently under investigation for pancreatic cancer and lung cancer. The intended pipeline ofindications is expected to expand into other cancers such as colorectal, breast, and stomach cancers. BioSapien's 3D-printed MediChip delivers FDA-approved toxic high-dose systemic therapies in a localized slow-release biodegradable mesh which is able to target tissues while improving patients' quality of care and life.
AET Fund envisions a Heart Driven World by making the world a colorful place through entertainment.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4.2M; Series A $2M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2019
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- Questt — School homework app by Questt helps teachers to assign homework to students. Download today on your smartphone.
- 3DC — 3DC develops and manufactures a new carbon material, graphene meso sponge (GMS), for electrodes in next-generation batteries, capacitors, fuel cells and other energy storage and generation devices.
- Stream Captain — Captain.tv makes games for streamers to play live with their viewers! Streamers are the hosts, and viewers play alongside them and each other live on sites like Twitch!
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Browse database — It's Free!Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for investing in non fungible tokens (NFTs) used in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games. The organization’s mission is to create the biggest virtual world economy, optimizing its community-owned assets for maximum utility, and sharing its profits with its token holders.
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- Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Web3
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Series A $5.2M–$20M; Initial Coin Offering $3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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- Delabs Games — At Delabs Games, we want to create fun games that last a thousand years.
- PublicAI — PublicAI is a Web3 distributed AI training network that helps people to earn rewards by contributing data work.
- Power Protocol — The ecosystem for blockchain entertainment. Fueled by $POWER. Launch Partner: @Fableborne Power Up Your Play
TotalEnergies Ventures is the venture capital arm of Total.As part of Total's commitment to a better energy future, TotalEnergies Ventures is focused on finding, funding and fostering high-potential start-ups which will contribute to creating a low carbon future.Current areas of interest include Renewables, Distributed Energy, NewMobility, Energy Access, Energy Storage, Bio-Plastics, Circular Economy, Carbon Capture and Hydrogen.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Transportation
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Series B $9.3M–$175M; Series C $12M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
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- Autogrid — AutoGrid Systems organizes energy data and employs big data analytics to generate real-time predictions that create actionable data.The company’s suite of flexibility management applications allows utilities, electricity retailers, renewable energy project developers and energy service providers to deliver cheap, clean and reliable energy bymanaging networked distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time and at scale. AutoGrid applications utilize petabytes of smart meter, sensor and third-party data, along with powerful data science and high-performance computing algorithms, to monitor, predict, optimize and control the operations of millions of assets connected across global energy networks.Established at Stanford University in 2011, they have assembled a team of world-class software architects, electrical and computer engineers, data scientists and energy experts who apply cutting-edge analytics and in-depth energy data science to solve the world’s most critical energy problems.
- 45-8 ENERGY — 45-8 ENERGY is exploring eco-friendly helium for uses in many industries.
- Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
Skywell Capital Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with visionary ideas around the globe. We are looking for entrepreneurs who are building ground-breaking and sustainable businesses that are going to change the world.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Israel, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $250k–$35M; Series A $13M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alta — Alta leverages data and AI to drive business growth 24/7.
- Sedric — Sedric is a compliance excellence platform for next-gen fintech companies. With AI-based real-time monitoring, detection and analysis of all customer interactions, Sedric ensures customer protection, minimizes risks, and expedites business growth. Sedric empowers compliance teams to quickly apply new laws and regulations across their growingbusinesses and enables them to focus on the events with the highest dollar value across all channels: voice, chat, email, social, and more.
- OFFROAD — OFFROAD navigates identity chaos autonomously with AI agents that discover, investigate, and remediate security risks. Deploy in hours across 250+ integrations.
BLOC Smart Africa is a finance technology fund, managed by Bamboo Capital Partners.
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- Industry: Apps, Retail, Women's
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $329k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kasha — Health products and household goods you want, delivered to where you are.
- Afrikamart — Afrikamart is a west African distribution platform for fresh produce that offers its marketing services to producers - suppliers - and operates as a digital purchasing center for retailers, hotels and restaurants - customers.We combine extensive use of digital with its experience in the food value chain to: - Facilitate information exchangebetween suppliers and customers (purchase price, sale price, product availability, harvest and purchase forecasts) - Organize end-to-end logistics with a network of transporters - Optimize financial and product flows according to different purchase and payment termsOur team includes experienced technology driven individuals with a strong experience in food commodity trading. Afrikamart brings pragmatic solutions to solve food value chain inefficiencies in West Africa while empowering hundreds of underprivileged women and young people with economic opportunities.
- TooMuchWifi — TooMuchWifi is known to be the Best and most Reliable Wifi provider. Ideal for your home or business!
Accion is on a mission is to improve the lives of underserved people by building innovative and responsible financial solutions.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $397k–$2.4M; Series A $2M–$9.8M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $159M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- FlexiLoans — FlexiLoans is an online lending platform started with an endeavour to solve the problem that SMEs face in accessing Quick, Flexible and Adequate funds for growing their Businesses. Over 80% of Loan proposals from SMEs currently are rejected by institutional channels on account of inadequate financial history or collaterals. With the fast andubiquitous digital adoption in India and increased avenues to leverage data analytics, they are standing on the verge of Banking transformation in this country which will help us efficiently cater to the large untapped and unserved demand. They wish to make the ‘social and alternative scoring’ of SMEs and Individuals a big opportunity for the economy that will far out place the limited insights that financial bureau provide. They believe our technology-powered online marketplace is the best model to meet the financial requirements of SME’s who do not have credit history and hence cannot avail loans from traditional banking channels.
- First Circle — First Circle is an award-winning FinTech company that has been supporting SMEs since 2016. We help businesses increase sales, fund projects, manage payments, and ultimately overcome the biggest barriers to their growth.
- Banco Contactar — Banco Contactar provides a wide range of financial products and services aimed at promoting economic growth and development. The company focuses on offering microcredit solutions to support small businesses, particularly in rural areas. Banco Contactar also provides tools for managing and mitigating social, environmental, and climate change risks.The company is committed to helping customers achieve their financial goals through various channels and contact methods.
At Calculus Capital they are specialists in creating and managing tax efficient private equity funds for the individual. Funds that are ideal for today's market - offering generous tax benefits, and significant growth potential within a sensible risk profile.They look to make £2-5 million investments in established companies with provenmanagement teams and a successful product or service. Their entrepreneurial flair, combined with their experience and sound commercial judgement has resulted in a diversified investment portfolio and an impressive track record. In June 2013 Calculus Capital was top ranked in the prestigious Martin Churchill Tax Efficient Review for the 6th year in a row. The Government has recently shown its support for EIS funds, by maintaining the five generous tax benefits and widening the scope of EIS investments. These changes benefit Calculus Capital's rigorous and proven strategy. As a result they are experiencing their strongest pipeline of prospective investments yet.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $2M–$18M; Series A $3.3M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Edify Systems — The Human-First AI platform for multi-site food and beverage operators. Tighter margins, less waste, more time on the floor.
- Grateful — Grateful provides cashless tipping and trunk management software that integrates QR/NFC, EPOS systems, and compliance reporting.
- Resurrect Bio — Resurrect Bio is a disease resistance trait discovery company. Using AI and our high-throughput in planta screening platform we provide traits for breeders.
Smollan drives retail growth at the point of purchase with expert merchandising, activation, and data solutions. 90,000+ people across 60+ markets. Get in touch.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- wiGroup — Award-winning loyalty and rewards software powering South Africa's largest network. Bank card-linked loyalty, digital gift cards, and vouchers across 27,000+ stores.
Google provides the Android operating system, the Chrome web browser, and a search engine to support global connectivity. Its software suite includes productivity tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Calendar, alongside media platforms like YouTube and Google Play. The firm designs hardware, including the Pixel line of smartphones, tablets, and wearabledevices integrated with Wear OS. Through its research divisions, the company creates generative models and tools such as Gemini 3.1 and Veo 3.1 for image creation, video generation, and conversational assistance. Current features include Agentic Vision for visual reasoning and Personal Intelligence, which utilizes Google Photos for contextual content creation.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 365
- Round size: Seed $300k–$9.3M; Grant $50k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Glance — Glance is the world’s first “screen zero” content delivery platform. It leverages AI to bring users personalized content from across the internet, right to the lock screen of their smartphones and other connected devices. Glance is one of the world’s fastest-growing consumer internet services, having crossed the 100 million user mark in 21 months -the shortest ever for any consumer platform globally. In 2019, Glance acquired Roposo, a hugely popular Indian short video platform. Together, they enable users to discover the latest news, entertainment, games, and unique shopping experiences in 10+ languages. Part of the Indian media and tech conglomerate InMobi Group, Glance is funded by Google and Peter Thiel-backed Mithril Partners.
- Fervo Energy — Fervo Energy delivers 24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal projects.
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems — The fastest path to clean, limitless fusion energy.
Scaling purpose-driven businesses to achieve leaps of growth, profitability and impact.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Insurance
- Stage:Private Equity, Series C
- Geography: India, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Series C $20M–$90M; Private Equity $9.3M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Pharmacity — Pharmacity is a pharmacy. They offer prescription and non-prescription drugs, health, personal, and beauty care products, oriental medicine, functional foods, vitamin supplements, and minerals to consumers through their online web store and physical pharma stores.
- Global Care Medical Center — Global Care Medical Center is a network of hospitals and clinics that provides multi specialty inpatient and outpatient healthcare services.
- ARM Pension Managers PFA — ARM Pension Managers PFA Limited (“ARM Pensions”), a subsidiary of ARM. ARM Pensions is Nigeria’s largest independent pension fund manager.
E2 Ventures is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Automotive, Telecommunications
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% 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.
- Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
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