Top 5 Platforms Startup Investors in Africa (June 2026)

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

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, B2B, DIY
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.

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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

Industry: EdTech, Facebook, Education
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.

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

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt

Investor stats

Total investments: 147
Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Aku — Aku is a financial technology to drive financial inclusion on one mobile device. They provide payments and bring financial services to the doorstep. They support the new business owner in need of the right tools. They offer low-cost, accessible financial services that serve their customers. They radically democratized access to banking and digitalpayment channels.
AlumUnite — AlumUnite is a purpose-built platform to connect all educated Africans to develop Africa's human capital through alumni groups. We crowd-resource education.
Reliance Health — Reliance Health Global. Improve the lives of your staff with innovative company healthcare benefits fit for any business. You can rely on us.

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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

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

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.
Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
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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