Convergence Partners
VC Fund
Johannesburg, South Africa
Convergence Partners is a VC fund in Johannesburg focused on Information Technology and Software. Convergence Partners, invests as value-adding partners into private equity and infrastructure opportunities in technology and digital sectors across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
- Fund size:
- $296M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Convergence Partners invests in
Stages Convergence Partners invests in
Countries Convergence Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $3M–$47M
- Private Equity
- $5M–$34M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $5M–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 7 (23%)
- Software 6 (19%)
- Telecommunications 5 (16%)
- Mobile 4 (13%)
- Financial Services 4 (13%)
Stage
- Private Equity 7 (23%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (16%)
- Series A 4 (13%)
- Series C 4 (13%)
- Seed 3 (10%)
Country
- United States 9 (29%)
- South Africa 4 (13%)
- United Kingdom 3 (10%)
- Mauritius 2 (6%)
- United Arab Emirates 2 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andile Ngcaba
Chairman and Founding Partner
|
Chairman and Founding Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Brandon Doyle
CEO & Founding Partner
|
CEO & Founding Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Russ Irwin
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Craig Beney
Chief Operating Officer
|
Chief Operating Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Envir Fraser
Head: Research, Regulatory & Policy
|
Head: Research, Regulatory & Policy | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comsol is South Africa's premier layer 2 open access solution partner, enabling major Telcos, Carriers and Service Providers to answer the demand for high speed, reliable carrier grade access solutions. Comsol understands the need for choice, offering the freedom to choose, without compromising on quality and dependability. Comsol offersSouth Africa's first medium agnostic, enterprise grade, Layer 2, open access network, delivering guaranteed, dedicated, high speed carrier grade solutions to over 200 South African metropolitan areas and towns, creating a business grade foundation for people to connect, anywhere, any time.Together with Comsol's partners, Comsol is committed to enabling limitless connectivity for South Africa and beyond. | Secondary Market / Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Yellow is an Africa-focused fintech. | Series C / Aug 17, 2026 | ||
| Prosoma was born out a need to provide more comprehensive care for cancer patients. We have found a fundamental lack of access to psychological care for patients who not only have to face a life-altering disease and treatment, but also crucially have a different set of needs than other psychological patients. Barriers to accessing psychologicalcare often include low numbers of therapists and clinicians in the area, financial or geographical limitations, and the general wellbeing of patients preventing them from attending meetings. All of these issues can be solved by modern technology.By using VR as part of, or when necessary, an alternative to traditional psychological treatment, we can reach patients that would otherwise be left without any support. They can use our tool at home or in the clinics whilst undergoing pharmacological treatment and chemotherapy.We hope to provide patients with a tool that will help them manage stress, cope with the burden of cancer, and eventually improve their quality of life. | $4.6M / Seed / Jan 20, 2025 | ||
| CSquared builds metro fiber and Wi-Fi networks to help local providers connect more people to the Internet and each other. The company was formed from Project Link of Google in 2013. CSquared operates as an independent company located in Nairobi, Kenya. | $25M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 13, 2023 | ||
| 42Markets Group is a financial services company that nurtures and reinvests in companies with deep capital and financial markets competence. | $10M / Private Equity / Apr 24, 2023 | ||
| Yellow is an Africa-focused fintech. | $14M / Series B / Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Clerkenwell Health is an innovative mental health company offering clinical research support services and psychedelic-assisted therapies. By providing independent psychedelic-specialist CRO services, Clerkenwell will accelerate the adoption of these treatments across Europe. The team are passionate about putting patients at the centre ofclinical trial design and delivering gold standard therapy protocols. | $2.3M / Seed / Oct 10, 2022 | ||
| Our Dream is to empower everyone to delay aging, optimize your health, harness more energy, reduce the probability of disease, and understand why and how your body is changing, right now! It is in your power to be your biologically younger self.Our Missions is to enable consumers to make better decisions to live healthier lives through optimizinghealth, and be in a position to make smarter, informed, health decisions.We will do this by giving you a 360-degree personalized health mirror, along with the tools, tailored recommendations, and business partners that cover every aspect of your health. | $47M / Series A / May 26, 2021 | ||
| The premium Fintech provider of Mobile Financial Services, Airtime Credit & Airtime Advance Services, Handset Loans and Big Data Analytics | $5M / Private Equity / Dec 07, 2020 | ||
| Optasia is a financial technology company. They develop airtime credit and mobile value-added services for mobile operators and financial institutions. They also provide financial solutions that utilize proprietary analytics tools, including micro cash loans, handset loans, credit services for pre-paid utilities, dynamic feed trends, big dataanalytics, and other related services. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| See all 31 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Convergence Partners invest in?
Convergence Partners invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Telecommunications startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Convergence Partners invest in?
Convergence Partners typically joins rounds of $3M–$47M at Series A, $5M–$34M at Private Equity and $5M–$25M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Convergence Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Convergence Partners took part in.
How do I contact Convergence Partners?
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Who are the partners at Convergence Partners?
The team at Convergence Partners includes Andile Ngcaba (Chairman and Founding Partner), Brandon Doyle (CEO & Founding Partner) and Russ Irwin (Co-Founder), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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