# J.E. Berman Associates

> J.E. Berman Associates is a VC fund backing B2B, Business Development and Information Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/jonathan_berman
- Website: http://jonathanberman.net/

J.E. Berman Associates is a VC fund focused on B2B and Business Development. J.E. Berman Associates invests in young companies focused on Africa with extensive growth potential. We also advise a small number of Fortune 200 companies and major investors with African interests.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| Business Development | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asoko Insight | Asoko Insight is Africa’s leading corporate information platform, providing market mapping solutions to investment firms, banks, corporates and governments looking for research on Africa’s key private sector landscapes. Users can access industry reports, supply chain analyses, and a database of companies to help with origination, businessdevelopment and due diligence. The company's local research analysts, based out of several regional offices, work with executives and data partners to monitor corporate data from key companies in the region. As Asoko consolidates their footprint in the largest economies, they are also expanding data collection operations to surrounding countries across the continent. | $1.4M | Seed | Nov 17, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lateral Frontiers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lateral-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [North Base Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-base-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does J.E. Berman Associates invest in?

J.E. Berman Associates invests primarily in B2B, Business Development and Information Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did J.E. Berman Associates last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for J.E. Berman Associates closed in Nov 2015. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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