# African Renaissance Partners

> African Renaissance Partners is a VC fund backing Agriculture. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/african-renaissance-partners
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AfRenaissanceVC
- Website: https://www.african-renaissance.com

African Renaissance Partners is a VC fund in Washington focused on Agriculture and Financial Services. African Renaissance Partners backs entrepreneurs and innovators that lead the region's economic transformation. The company focuses on renewable energy, payments/fintech, logistics, ag-tech, and health/education.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |
| Environmental Engineering | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 50% |
| Uganda | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Magdi Amin | Founder and Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magdi-amin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kubik | Kubik is an environmental technology company that uses plastic waste to make low-carbon, durable, and affordable buildings. | $1.9M | Seed | Apr 28, 2024 |  |
| Emata | Africa can – and must – help cover our world's growing food needs. We invest in farmers and dare them to dream big. Emata is revolutionising the way smallholder farmers in Africa access financing. Our loans are specifically designed to empower farmers to invest in their farms and increase their revenue. We make this possible by utilisingend-to-end digital processes, AI-powered alternative credit-scoring and partnerships with agricultural intermediaries like cooperatives and aggregators.Emata is a licensed Microfinance Institution. Visit us at our offices in Kampala and Mbarara for a coffee! | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norrsken Evolve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norrsken-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-draper-richards-kaplan-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does African Renaissance Partners invest in?

African Renaissance Partners invests primarily in Agriculture, Financial Services and Environmental Engineering startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is African Renaissance Partners's check size?

African Renaissance Partners typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$2.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds African Renaissance Partners participates in.

### How do I contact African Renaissance Partners?

Public channels for African Renaissance Partners include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at African Renaissance Partners?

The team at African Renaissance Partners includes Magdi Amin (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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