# 54 Collective

> 54 Collective is a VC fund backing Health Care and Information Technology. See 111 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 111
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundersfactoryafrica/
- Website: https://foundersfactory.com/africa/

54 Collective is a VC fund in Johannesburg focused on Health Care and Information Technology. Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $40k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $40k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 22 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 17 | 15% |
| FinTech | 16 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 15 | 14% |
| Supply Chain Management | 13 | 12% |

93 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 49 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 34 | 31% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 7% |
| Angel | 1 | 1% |
| Grant | 1 | 1% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 20 | 18% |
| Nigeria | 15 | 14% |
| South Africa | 11 | 10% |
| United States | 9 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 6% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Shakhovskoy | Advisory Committee Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-shakhovskoy |
| Roger Norton | Head of Product | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-norton |
| Roo Rogers | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roo-rogers-af14 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| REasy | REasy is a B2B cross-border payments platform that eases financial transactions for African SMEs with the global suppliers and partners. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Konnect | Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Yeah | Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Jan 30, 2025 |  |
| Billboxx | Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Konnect | Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way. | $1.3M | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| 8B Education Investments | 8B Education Investments is the first fintech company using innovative guarantees and income-share agreements to facilitate affordable financing for African students at leading global universities. 8B is the only company using an innovative guarantee mechanism in order to facilitate the access of African students to affordable financing, bothdirectly from investors and through third-party lenders. They connect their students to a network of mentors and leaders across a diverse range of global industries. |  | Seed | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| Billboxx | Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast |  | Pre-Seed | May 23, 2024 |  |
| Renda | Renda facilitating the development and operation of e-commerce companies. No part of our physical infrastructure or technological platform that is designed for your e-commerce firm is off-limits. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | May 02, 2024 |  |
| Renda | Renda facilitating the development and operation of e-commerce companies. No part of our physical infrastructure or technological platform that is designed for your e-commerce firm is off-limits. | $600K | Debt Financing | May 02, 2024 |  |
| Tanél Health | Tanél Health develops an integrated tool connecting all stakeholders. The software has inventory management and sales monitoring capabilities. They are healthcare operating systems for pharmacies and payers. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 111 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Chapel Hill Denham](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chapel-hill-denham) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Digital Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Five35 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/five35-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [HOF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hof-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 54 Collective invest in?

54 Collective invests primarily in Health Care, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 111 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 54 Collective's check size?

54 Collective typically joins rounds of $40k–$4M at Seed and $40k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 54 Collective participates in.

### How do I contact 54 Collective?

Public channels for 54 Collective include LinkedIn 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 54 Collective?

The team at 54 Collective includes Matthew Shakhovskoy (Advisory Committee Member), Roger Norton (Head of Product) and Roo Rogers (CEO). 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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