# Convergence Partners

> Convergence Partners is a VC fund in Johannesburg backing Mobile and Software. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/convergence-border-management-so
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/convergence_
- Website: http://www.convergencepartners.com

Convergence Partners is a VC fund in Johannesburg focused on Mobile and Software. Convergence Partners, invests as value-adding partners into private equity and infrastructure opportunities in technology and digital sectors across sub-Saharan Africa.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$47M |
| Series B | $14M–$18M |
| Series C | $8M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 4 | 18% |
| Software | 4 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 18% |
| FinTech | 3 | 14% |
| Wireless | 3 | 14% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 5 | 23% |
| Series A | 4 | 18% |
| Series B | 3 | 14% |
| Series C | 3 | 14% |
| Seed | 2 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 14% |
| South Africa | 2 | 9% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 9% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andile Ngcaba | Chairman and Founding Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andile-ngcaba |
| Brandon Doyle | CEO & Founding Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-doyle-2 |
| Russ Irwin | Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russ-irwin |
| Craig Beney | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-beney |
| Envir Fraser | Head: Research, Regulatory & Policy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/envir-fraser |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prosoma | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| 42Markets Group | 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 | Yellow is an Africa-focused fintech. | $14M | Series B | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Clerkenwell Health | 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 |  |
| LifeQ | 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 |  |
| Optasia | 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 |  |
| Snapt | Snapt specializes in developing solutions for application delivery. It provides load balancing, web acceleration, caching, and security for critical services. Its products and services are designed to improve and protect the clients’ virtual infrastructure while providing fast delivery and stellar customer experience. | $3M | Series A | Dec 06, 2018 |  |
| Csquared | 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. | $100M |  | May 17, 2017 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Information Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/information-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Morgenthaler Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgenthaler-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sanari Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanari-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Dain Rauscher Wessels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dain-rauscher-wessels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [International Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/international-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nedbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nedbank1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Convergence Partners invest in?

Convergence Partners invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Convergence Partners's check size?

Convergence Partners typically joins rounds of $3M–$47M at Series A, $14M–$18M at Series B and $8M–$47M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Convergence Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Convergence Partners?

Public channels for Convergence 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 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 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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