Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Kaleo Ventures is an investment firm that invests in pre-seed companies across Africa.
- Total investments:
- 58
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
- Fund size:
- $1.1M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Kaleo Ventures invests in
Stages Kaleo Ventures invests in
Countries Kaleo Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $25k–$2.7M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$1M
- Series A
- $100k–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 12 (21%)
- Information Technology 8 (14%)
- Software 7 (12%)
- FinTech 6 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (9%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 38 (66%)
- Seed 10 (17%)
- Series A 3 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (2%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (2%)
Country
- Nigeria 18 (31%)
- United States 9 (16%)
- Kenya 6 (10%)
- South Africa 4 (7%)
- United Kingdom 4 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Firman
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 41 | Find email | |
Ife Oyedele
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Iretimipo Kukoyi
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeon is a cybersecurity company focused on securing cloud, code, runtime, and AI environments,Aeon platform appears to help organizations identify and manage security risks across modern, cloud-native technology stacks.AeonSec positions itself around integrated security visibility and protection for rapidly evolving software and AI infrastructure | $1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| ChipMango is a semiconductor company that provides chip design and pre-manufacturing engineering services. | $1.9M / Seed / Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| PowerLabs is an energy and climate technology research and implementation company whose goal is to use intelligent energy to build a world where human output is boundless. | Pre-Seed / Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Cuoral is an AI-native platform that helps businesses proactively detect and resolve customer issues before they escalate. We unify support, feedback, and engagement tools into one intelligent layer, transforming reactive customer service into a proactive growth engine. With real-time diagnostics, actionable insights, and automation, Cuoralempowers teams to deliver exceptional experiences at scale. | Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants. | $15.4M / Series A / Aug 11, 2025 | ||
| Cr3dentials provides a verification platform for digital earners, confirming income, reputation, and work history. The service links user accounts from marketplaces, creator networks, ecommerce systems, and crypto exchanges, including Upwork, YouTube, Shopify, and Binance. Aggregated data is transformed into verifiable credentials that captureearnings, activity, and tenure. These credentials are designed for sharing with platforms or institutions that need evidence of online work and revenue. The approach reduces manual document exchange and supports consistent proofs for digital workers. Offerings include account linking, data aggregation, and shareable verification profiles. | $25K / Seed / Jul 24, 2025 | ||
| SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans. | $1M / May 30, 2025 | ||
| Robinhood of Africa. Trade all African Stocks from one app. | $25K / Pre-Seed / Apr 01, 2025 | ||
| Enabling businesses pay and get paid twice as fast | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| Lingawa is a fast growing edtech company making quality education accessible to all. Through an online tutoring platform and machine learning-driven learning app, Topset provides affordable, personalized solutions to supplement children’s schooling and for African language learning. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| See all 58 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kaleo Ventures invest in?
Kaleo Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 58 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Kaleo Ventures invest in?
Kaleo Ventures typically joins rounds of $25k–$2.7M at Seed, $100k–$1M at Pre-Seed and $100k–$15M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kaleo Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kaleo Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Kaleo Ventures?
Public channels for Kaleo Ventures 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 Kaleo Ventures?
The team at Kaleo Ventures includes Andrew Firman (Co-Founder and Managing Partner), Ife Oyedele (Partner) and Iretimipo Kukoyi (Partner). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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