Top 10 Platforms Angel Investors in Africa (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Immad Akhund
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $500k–$22M |
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Conor Walsh
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Banking, FinTech | |
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Odunayo Eweniyi
Angel
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1 | South Africa, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | EdTech, Chatbot, Facebook | $115k–$1M |
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Isaac Oates
Angel
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1 | United States, France, South Africa | Seed, Grant | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, B2B | $570k–$4.2M |
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Faisal Alabdelsalam
Angel
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1 | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps | $150k–$2M |
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Ankur Nagpal
Angel
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1 | United States, India, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, FinTech | $400k–$21M |
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Karim Atiyeh
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $2.2M–$250M |
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Saad Rizvi
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Apps, Banking, Operating Systems | |
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Frank Fumarola
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Colombia | Pre-Seed, Series A | Apps, Banking, FinTech | |
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, FinTech, Software | $172k–$30M |
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Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.5M; Series A $9M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vorflux — Cloud agents that ship production code. An opinionated harness that runs the full SDLC on dedicated machines.
- Aseon Labs — Robotic pitstops for self driving cars. A depot in a box for charging, cleaning & inspecting AVs directly in operating zones. Backed by @ycombinator
- Axiom Trust — Axiom Trust is an AI-powered trust startup that modernises professional trust administration during the "Great Wealth Transfer" of over $100 trillion in assets.
Conor Walsh
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- Industry: Apps, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LiveFlow — The easiest way to bring financial data into your spreadsheet. Automate your finances, consolidate your accounts and collaborate in real-time. Try LiveFlow for free today!
- Prospa — Prospa is a technology company building the operating system for African entrepreneurs and businesses.
Odunayo Eweniyi is the Co-founder and COO at Piggybank and PushCV. Odunayo is a Co-Founder and General Partner at FirstCheck Africa and a Board Member at Village Capital. She was also a Writer atTechCabal. Odunayo attended SOAS University of London, freeCodeCamp, and Covenant University.
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- Industry: EdTech, Chatbot, Facebook
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $115k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
- Norebase — Norebase knows that there's an opportunity to grow successful businesses in Africa. It also understands the complexities of the market, and so is using technology to make doing business in Africa worthwhile. With Norebase get to operate in Africa with no hassle and with minimum risk.
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Isaac Oates is based out of New York city, New York and is the Founder & Director of Justworks. Isaac previously worked at Etsy as a VP, Special Projects. Isaac Oates attended the Cornell University. Isaac Oates has received Henry Crown Fellow award.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: United States, France, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $570k–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Osium AI — Speed up your materials and chemicals innovation with AI.
- Lately — Lately uses AI to create your social media content and manage your social media marketing and social selling programs.
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Faisal Alabdelsalam is the Founder and CEO of Zetta Technologies. He previously worked at STC as a Database Manager. Faisal Alabdelsalam attended King Saud University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bekia — We are proud to say that Bekia is the most flexible company when it comes to recycling.
- SIDEUP — SIDEUP provides you with all the necessary tools to grow your business through a hassle-free experience from local and global logistics support, storage services, and innovative and real-time dashboards.
- T7D Gaming — Gaming infrastructure for 600M+ players across MENA. Home of Pulse.
Ankur Nagpal Founder of Fedora and Co-Founder of Vibe VC. He attended University of California, Berkeley in 2006.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $400k–$3.8M; Series A $5.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enki — Enki is the most effective way to learn Looker, Tableau, SQL, Excel, and other data skills. Training fully customized by role and team. Use data in the highest impact way for your role.
- Oxygen — Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure.
- Willow Voice — Willow Voice is a technology company that develops voice input solutions using artificial intelligence. Its primary product is a dictation tool that converts spoken language into text in real time. The platform is designed to support everyday digital tasks by reducing reliance on manual typing.
Karim Atiyeh is the Co-Founder and CTO of Ramp, the fastest growing spend management platform and corporate card. Launched in 2020, Ramp gives Finance leaders an edge with powerful software that helps them save time and control spend before it happens. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold YCombinator-backed Paribus to CapitalOne in 2016.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$9.8M; Series A $8.5M–$88M; Series B $43M–$250M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 1001 AI — 1001 is the AI-powered intelligence layer helping enterprises transform decisions, orchestrate actions, and accelerate outcomes.
- Augustus — Building the clearing bank for the AI era
- Prime Intellect — Prime Intellect democratizes AI development at scale. Our platform makes it easy to find global compute resources and train state-of-the-art models through distributed training across clusters. Collectively own the resulting open AI innovations, from language models to scientific breakthroughs.
Founder at Mentat and Delivery Associates. Author of An Avalanche is Coming and Oceans of Innovation.
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- Industry: Apps, Banking, Operating Systems
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Prospa — Prospa is a technology company building the operating system for African entrepreneurs and businesses.
Frank Fumarola is Chief Product Officer at He was formerly a VP of Product & General Manager at banking. Prior to Nubank, he was the VP of Product and Product Marketing for ads and shopping at
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- Industry: Apps, Banking, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Treinta — Treinta powers 7 million SMBs across the US and Latin America with simple finance, inventory, and sales tools.
- Prospa — Prospa is a technology company building the operating system for African entrepreneurs and businesses.
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the Founding Partner of Future Africa. He previously worked at Oby Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign as a Deputy Director General. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji attended the University of Waterloo - St. Jerome's University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $600k–$20M; Pre-Seed $172k–$2.1M; Series A $14M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
- Rapport — Rapport understands how your people are doing, coaches everyone in your company's own language, and shows you it's working. Launches in Slack or Teams in days.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
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