# Innovest Afrika

> Innovest Afrika is a VC fund in Houston backing Finance, Lending and Telehealth. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovestafrika/?viewAsMember=true
- Website: https://x.com/InnovestAfrika

Innovest Afrika is a VC fund in Houston focused on Finance and Lending. Innovest Afrika's purpose is to develop a thriving ecosystem of African innovators driving good change through entrepreneurship and technical innovation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Lending | 1 | 50% |
| Telehealth | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Mental Health | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 50% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jahazii | Jahazii provides an online platform for workforce management. The company offers tools for storing and organizing employee records in one system. It manages scheduling, attendance tracking, and timesheets for different types of workers. The platform connects attendance and payroll functions to support salary processing. It allows employers toautomate payroll calculations and salary disbursement. The company also provides earned wage access, letting employees receive part of their pay before payday. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Blueroomcare | Blueroomcare is Africa’s fastest growing mental health telehealth platform that provides solutions for the B2C and B2B Space. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 02, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DEG Impulse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deg-impulse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [eha Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eha-impact-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jozi Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jozi-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Technovision Communications](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technovision-communications) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Innovest Afrika invest in?

Innovest Afrika invests primarily in Finance, Lending and Telehealth startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Innovest Afrika last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Innovest Afrika closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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