# Clifftop Colony Capital Partners

> Clifftop Colony Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Audio and Podcast. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/clifftop-colony-capital-partners
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/clifftopcolony
- Website: http://clifftopcolony.com

Clifftop Colony Capital Partners is a VC fund focused on Audio and Podcast. Clifftop Colony is an independent principal investment advisory firm focused on private and illiquid assets in emerging Africa. They develop and raise capital for private equity franchises, individual companies and venture projects.Their goal is to create wealth-generating opportunities for their investment partners, shareholders and employees byseeking out the most promising investment prospects in Africa. They help investors develop and implement their African investment strategies and deliver opportunities and solutions. Their network of local advisors, entrepreneurs, business owners, financial service professionals, fund managers and corporate veterans provide knowledge, expertise and an active on-the ground presence in Southern Africa.Clifftop Colony offers fund solutions as well as direct investment opportunities to its clients. Their target investments include buy-outs, growth & venture capital financings, and speciality strategies.They are constantly on the look out for exceptional investment opportunities, either for individual investors, corporate M&A or private equity funds.They only select companies and funds they themselves are also prepared to invest in before presenting any opportunities to their clients and partners.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audio | 1 | 33% |
| Podcast | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Advertising | 1 | 33% |
| Crowdsourcing | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oliver Drews | Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-drews |
| Premysl Trojan | Co-founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prem-trojan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iono.fm | iono.fm is an online audio platform providing podcasting, radio live-streaming, audio advertising and ancillary value-added audio services to radio stations and other content providers. The company has developed it’s own unique device-agnostic technology catering for both developed and emerging markets, allowing audio content providers and ownersof audio content to migrate into the digital age.iono.fm’s proprietary technology package is changing the way people access audio entertainment, moving from traditional analogue to digital, allowing for more efficient and targeted programmatic advertising campaigns.In developed markets, iono.fm offers a fully enabled platform for the latest PC’s and iOS and Android tablets and mobile phones whereas in emerging markets iono.fm is the only platform accessible on feature phones, a popular method of accessing radio content in Africa and other emerging countries. As such the platform is globally unique in that it does considered to be both market- and device-agnostic.Founded in Cape Town, iono.fm has achieved a dominant position in the South African market hosting and distributing audio content from radio stations, educational content providers, interest groups, professional associations and religious organisations. Having proven the business model and consolidated the home market, iono.fm is now well-positioned to drive its global expansion into other markets. | $314.1K | Seed | Dec 20, 2017 | https://x.com/ionofm |
| iono.fm | iono.fm is an online audio platform providing podcasting, radio live-streaming, audio advertising and ancillary value-added audio services to radio stations and other content providers. The company has developed it’s own unique device-agnostic technology catering for both developed and emerging markets, allowing audio content providers and ownersof audio content to migrate into the digital age.iono.fm’s proprietary technology package is changing the way people access audio entertainment, moving from traditional analogue to digital, allowing for more efficient and targeted programmatic advertising campaigns.In developed markets, iono.fm offers a fully enabled platform for the latest PC’s and iOS and Android tablets and mobile phones whereas in emerging markets iono.fm is the only platform accessible on feature phones, a popular method of accessing radio content in Africa and other emerging countries. As such the platform is globally unique in that it does considered to be both market- and device-agnostic.Founded in Cape Town, iono.fm has achieved a dominant position in the South African market hosting and distributing audio content from radio stations, educational content providers, interest groups, professional associations and religious organisations. Having proven the business model and consolidated the home market, iono.fm is now well-positioned to drive its global expansion into other markets. | $174.9K | Angel | Nov 16, 2016 | https://x.com/ionofm |
| Wyzetalk | Wyzetalk is the secure social business platform that accelerates the performance of organizations that believe in the power of engaging communities to collaborate. A cloud-based software solution developed by a South African team, Wyzetalk enables companies and communities to speed up the decision-making process, enable large-scale collaboration,improve all-round communication, encourage idea generation and facilitate an open innovation environment to drive critical business success.Available as a web service, desktop, mobile and tablet app, Wyzetalk is more feature-rich than other products and offers unrivaled pricing, branding, and integration capabilities suited to local companies.The system does not restrict community participation on the basis of domains and conversations can be triggered from events created from a company's internal systems (financial, production, customer, sales) and public triggers (news sites, customer queries). | $750K | Series A | Jun 02, 2014 | http://www.wyzetalk.com/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Savannah Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savannah-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Clifftop Colony Capital Partners invest in?

Clifftop Colony Capital Partners invests primarily in Audio, Podcast and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Clifftop Colony Capital Partners?

The team at Clifftop Colony Capital Partners includes Oliver Drews (Founder) and Premysl Trojan (Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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