# GIIG Africa Fund

> GIIG Africa Fund is a VC fund in Port Louis backing Health Care and Environmental Engineering. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Port Louis, Mauritius
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/giigafrica/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GIIGAfrica
- Website: https://giig.africa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GIIGAfrica

GIIG Africa Fund is a VC fund in Port Louis focused on Health Care and Environmental Engineering. GIIG invest in seed, growth and late stage companies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$3.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 29% |
| Fuel | 1 | 14% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |
| Travel | 1 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 3 | 43% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## 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. | $3.3M | Seed | Jun 22, 2023 |  |
| EnvisionIt Deep AI | Envisionit Deep AI is an innovative medical technology company that utilizes AI to streamline and improve medical imaging diagnosis for radiologists. | $1.7M | Seed | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| BioBuu | BioBuu focuses on the development of manufacturing capacity and environmentally sustainable production. | $200K | Seed | Feb 21, 2023 |  |
| Treepz | Treepz is using technology to help people move efficiently in Africa. Be it for daily, inter-city or corporate commutes, users can book predictable, reliable and comfortable trips through a world-class, demand-responsive app all at the tap of a button.Treepz was founded in 2019 and operates in 4 African countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Ugandaand Kenya. It is headquartered in Ontario, Canada. | $1.2M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Kubik | Kubik is an environmental technology company that uses plastic waste to make low-carbon, durable, and affordable buildings. | $100K | Seed | Dec 20, 2022 |  |
| My 1Health | My Health Africa allows users to book doctors for consultation offline as well as video consultation with specialists. | $1M | Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| ScarabTECH | ScarabTECH is a startup company that develops plastic-to-energy machines for plastic waste. It builds cost-effective pyrolysis machines that turn the plastic problem into a green energy solution that turns waste plastic into fuel. In 2018, Jeffrey Barbee established the company in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. |  | Seed | Dec 09, 2022 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BKR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bkr-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DEG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First circle capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-circle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [George Weston](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-weston-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does GIIG Africa Fund invest in?

GIIG Africa Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Environmental Engineering and Fuel startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GIIG Africa Fund's check size?

GIIG Africa Fund typically joins rounds of $100k–$3.3M 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 GIIG Africa Fund participates in.

### When did GIIG Africa Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for GIIG Africa Fund closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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