Top 5 Platforms Startup Investors in Africa in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Platforms startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Platforms companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Platforms Startup Investors in Africa in January 2025

Investor	Platforms Africa investments
Odunayo Eweniyi	1
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji	1
Isaac Oates	1
LocalGlobe	1
LoftyInc Capital	1

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Investor list

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.

Investment focus

EdTech, Facebook, Education
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
South Africa, United States

Portfolio highlights

Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Klas — Free Online Teaching Tool: Live Classes, Community | Klas

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.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

FoondaMate — Foondamate brings the internet through messaging applications so students with limited internet access can study online.
Rapport — The smart solution for building superhuman teams. Rapport distills decades of research on high performing teams down to a few smart, simple steps that integrate seamlessly into your workflow.
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.

Isaac Oates is the Founder and Executive Chair at Justworks. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Cornell University.

Investment focus

Health Care, B2B, Telehealth
Seed, Grant
United States, France, South Africa

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.

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Clock Bio — Clock Bio operates as a biotech company, that develops novel regenerative medicines.
Keel — Keel is a London-based startup offering modern businesses a much-needed third choice between off-the-shelf and no-code tools. Keel has developed a powerful programmable operations platform which offers all the benefits of bespoke tooling without the need to build from scratch.Keel was founded in 2022 by Benoit Machefer, Tom Frew and Jon Bretman,who directly experienced the frustration of being underserved by off-the-shelf software when scaling the fastest growing online pharmacy in Europe to over $130m revenue. The company represents a compelling vision of a future without legacy ERP, where ops teams and engineers work more closely together building bespoke tools on the robust and secure Keel platform.
ERS - Ecosystem Restoration Standard — Wildsense monitors forest health using satellite imagery to help foresters better adapt to climate change-related risks like insect outbreaks and drought.

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........