Top 5 Platforms VC Funds & Investors in Africa (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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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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Emerge VC
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, EdTech, E-Learning | $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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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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LocalGlobe
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1M–$33M |
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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.........
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- 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.
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- 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.
Emerge is a $70m pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best edtech and future of work founders and executives. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders re-designing the future of learning and work.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $53k–$8M; Pre-Seed $33k–$3.2M; Series A $5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
- MyEdSpace — MyEdSpace offers high-quality online courses created by experts with tailored resources for KS2 (Year 5/6), KS3 (Year 7-8), GCSE, and A-level students.
- 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 — fund raised 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.
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: 42
- 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.
- Moneymoon — Moneymoon is the first peer-to-peer (P2P) lending app in Saudi Arabia, offering a one-month, salary-tied loan model that connects individual borrowers and lenders directly—without intermediaries or paperwork.Borrowers can request small, short-term loans—typically between SAR 1,000 and SAR 5,000—repaid in a single installment upon their nextsalary. With no long-term debt, no paperwork, and no friction, the process is entirely digital and remarkably fast. From request to disbursement, funds are typically received in minutes—showcasing a user experience built for today’s pace of life.Lenders, meanwhile, gain access to a new asset class of short-duration lending. With transparent borrower scoring (A, B, C, D) and one-month maturity, Moneymoon offers clarity, liquidity, and control. Auto-Lend allows lenders to reinvest automatically based on risk preferences, further simplifying portfolio management.Licensed under the Saudi Central Bank’s Regulatory Sandbox in 2024, Moneymoon has seen viral adoption across the Kingdom—driven by the platform’s simplicity, ethical structure, and intuitive user experience.Moneymoon is personal finance, reimagined.
- 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.
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: 337
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.3M; Series A $3.5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $500M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Dataform — Develop and operationalize scalable data transformations pipelines in BigQuery using SQL.
- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- Circular — Developers-focused job platform for Software Developers, DevOps, Data Science & more. Sign up now and get access to successful hiring processes in Spain, Remote.
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