Top 15 Platforms VC Funds & Investors in Africa (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $575k–$30M |
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The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Zambia, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $500k–$30M |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$37M |
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Microtraction
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Ghana | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $30k–$1.3M |
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Emerge VC
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, EdTech, Software | $33k–$22M |
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CapitalOven
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $250k–$6M |
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LocalGlobe
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1M–$30M |
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Base Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Australia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | $2M–$200M |
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Audrey Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Australia | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, Wellness | $578k–$36M |
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CSC Upshot
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $775k–$52M |
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Level39
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Norway, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $400k–$1.5M |
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Liquid 2 Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $125k–$48M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $100k–$10M |
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Core Vision Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Internet | $150k–$5M |
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Wayfinder Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $120k–$27M |
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Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1121
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $575k–$5M; Series A $5M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Benford — Benford is a modern, licensed audit firm that provides technology-driven statutory audit services using its custom software, AuditOS.
- Primo — A birdseye view of your IT.
- sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
Backed by 110+ world-class founders and operators. We help you find product/market fit faster, supercharge your distribution, and raise from the best investors.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Zambia, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $3M–$30M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.8M; Series A $6M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $29M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Vulture Labs — A small team in San Francisco building AI products: Pilot Protocol, Pilot Cloud, shell.online and Moonlit.
- TRIC Robotics — TRIC Robotics develops an autonomous, non-chemical pesticide alternative for strawberry farms. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Newark, DE.
- Pilot Protocol — Pilot is an open-source networking stack for AI agents. Connect trusted peers, communicate over encrypted tunnels, and install tools designed for agents.
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 187
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $43M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
- Nucleon Security — Nucleon Smart Endpoint, AI and Zero-trust powered EDR platform.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $30k–$1.3M; Angel $30k–$50k; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Growwr — Tell Growwr who you need. Our AI hiring agent finds relevant talent, evaluates candidates, and helps you move from hiring brief to interview.
- Paycrest — Unifying fiat and stablecoin payments globally, with speed, transparency, and built-in compliance.
- Cr3dentials — Cr3dentials lets neobanks offer credit inside their app. We handle income verification, underwriting, capital, and collections. You keep the customer.
Emerge is a $75M pre-seed fund for human capital development: consumer learning, careers and AI diffusion at work. First cheques of $500k to $2.5M, UK and Europe.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $41k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $33k–$3.2M; Series A $5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $73M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
- 5U AI — 5U AI gives freight teams an AI workforce that's connected across multiple communication channels to understand, reason and act on data.
- Kinfolk — Resolve 70% of employee requests, run lifecycle programs on autopilot, gain visibility into service delivery and unlock capacity to scale Workforce Ops.
CapitalOven is a venture capital firm backing early-stage AI & GenAI founders from Seed to Series A.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $420k–$3M; Pre-Seed $250k–$800k; Series A $2.5M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $60M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Aktwist — AI-Powered Battle Royale Platform , Experience next-generation gaming with AI-driven combat, immersive environments, and competitive gameplay.
- Sahinov — Generate launch-ready visuals from a simple prompt
- SocheraAI — Turn your ideas into professional videos, realistic voiceovers, and high-quality content, all from a single AI-powered platform. No editing skills required.
Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 443
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1M–$5.1M; Series A $4M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Noah — API-first stablecoin payments, enterprise-grade compliance and real-time settlements, powered by stablecoin technology.
- Resolutiion — Resolutiion provides AI-powered software for managing commercial conflict, delivery risk, and business relationship performance. The platform supports organizations with dispute detection, workflow automation, contract monitoring, issue resolution, and operational risk management across customers, suppliers, workforce teams, and commercialpartnerships. Its system uses AI-driven analysis to identify relationship friction, monitor delivery performance, and support structured resolution processes. Resolutiion also provides commercial intelligence tools, reporting, and collaboration features for enterprise delivery and governance management.
- Maven Robotics — Maven Robotics is building the world's leading general purpose AI robots.
Base Capital is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $2M–$8M; Series A $5.1M–$200M; Series B $12M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kapu — Your favorite supermarket on every street.
- Nitex — Nitex is a B2B platform for sustainable garments supply chain allowing fashion retailers to manage product design, developments, compliance, order tracking, and insurance in one platform.
- Swoop — Food delivery in Lagos. Fast, transparent, and built for how you eat. Order online from restaurants in Lagos with transparent fees and real-time tracking.
Elephants always run on trunk.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $578k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- about.me — Create a free, one-page website in minutes with about.me. Showcase your work, links, and story on a personal homepage that's all about you.
- Flourish Labs — Flourish Labs is a purpose-driven startup combining cutting edge mental health science and technology to foster flourishing and good mental health. Our mission is to mobilize and scale professional peer support with tech to address the mental health crisis.
- Nord Security — Nord Security is the leader in the field of online privacy and security. Our security tools have earned praise from respected experts and tech outlets.
Founded in 2015, CSC Upshot Ventures is an early-stage venture fund focusing on providing seed capital to technology companies at scale. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the enterprise, artificial intelligence, healthcare, Fintech, and the marketplace. In close partnership with AngelList, CSC Upshot Ventures built a new model ofventure investing based on the needs of founders, investors, and startup communities.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 307
- Round size: Seed $775k–$4.5M; Series A $4M–$17M; Series B $13M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $400M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Vivid Vision — VR vision care platform. Digital endpoints for AMD, GA, and glaucoma trials. At-home and in-clinic vision traing for amblyopia, strabismus, and convergence insufficiency.
- AirCare — Mitigating the climate impact of air travel. Forward your booking confirmation to impact@air.care or visit our site to learn your impact.
- Vantage Robotics — Silicon Valley-based Vantage Robotics designs, builds and sells UAVs and UAV components for government and commercial customers.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Norway, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $400k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HOLD Platform — HOLD is a revolutionary card that provides instant cash against cryptocurrency collateral. Leverage the power of your portfolio without having to sell it.
- DecisionForest — We're an innovative technology company with a mission to upskill the global workforce in the rapidly evolving fields of Data Science and AI. We partner with leading corporations and government organisations, providing them with:- The know-how and industry specific best practices required to deliver AI projects from idea to production;-High-quality expert programmes tailored to their needs, helping their workforce leverage new technologies to the best of their abilities;- Flexible team structures capable of successfully implementing end-to-end AI projects;- AI expert hires and/or dedicated cross-functional AI teams;
- RequirementONE Group — Platform to streamline regulatory change and digitise business processes with confidence. Awarded as a RegTech 100, ESG 100 and AI 100 global technology leader. Requirement1, ReqOne, R1
Liquid 2 Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups, primarily at the pre-seed and seed stages. It provides capital, founder guidance, operational support, and access to a network of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry contacts.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1249
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9.1M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.7M; Series A $6M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $12M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Albedo — Aerial quality imagery - from space.
- Hilt — Govern data movement in real time. Kernel-level telemetry and anomaly detection built for environments where traditional security tools fall short.
- Eden — Eden unifies medical imaging operations with clinical AI: PACS, teleradiology, AI-assisted diagnosis and structured reporting, deployed across 2,600+ imaging departments.
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: 215
- Round size: Seed $120k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M; 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.
Core Vision Investments operates as a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $150k–$5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oumla — Secure, scalable blockchain infrastructure for businesses, enterprises, and governments to manage digital assets with ease and compliance.
- Uvera — Long Lasting Fresh Food
- Zetta Technologies — Zetta Technologies is a Device as a Service (DaaS) provider with a unique business model. With us you get a complete service that enables sustainability, increases your flexibility, simplifies your operations, gives financial control, and decreases the total cost of ownership.
Wayfinder Ventures is a San Francisco based early stage venture fund
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$8.7M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3.8M; Series A $11M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Orbital — Orbital is a startup that is creating artificial intelligence data centers for deployment in low-Earth orbit to circumvent terrestrial power and cooling limits. The company specializes in satellite-based compute for AI inference workloads, utilizing continuous solar power and space's inherent radiative cooling.
- Terminal — Easily add 30+ telematics integrations to your application with a single API. Connect your application to the services you need, without worrying about the underlying details
- Greenboard — Greenboard is the modern operating system for SEC and FINRA compliance.
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