Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
- Total investments:
- 85
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
Last updated:
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Industries Kepple Africa Ventures invests in
Stages Kepple Africa Ventures invests in
Countries Kepple Africa Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$4.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$3.4M
- Series A
- $1.1M–$23M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 19 (22%)
- FinTech 18 (21%)
- Software 13 (15%)
- Information Technology 11 (13%)
- Internet 10 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 36 (42%)
- Pre-Seed 19 (22%)
- Series A 9 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (8%)
- Funding Round 6 (7%)
Country
- Nigeria 21 (25%)
- Kenya 9 (11%)
- Egypt 7 (8%)
- United States 6 (7%)
- South Africa 4 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryosuke Yamawaki
Founder & General Partner
|
Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Satoshi Shinada
Founder & General Partner
|
Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Takahiro Kamisaki
Founder & General Partner
|
Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Takahiro Kamisaki
General Partner and Founder
|
General Partner and Founder | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intmax uses stateless Layer 2 zkRollup to provide cost-effective, private, and interoperable solutions to blockchain applications. | Pre-Seed / Nov 02, 2023 | ||
| Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Amini is a climate tech business that uses artificial intelligence and satellite technology to bridge Africa's environmental data. | $2M / Pre-Seed / May 18, 2023 | ||
| Carry1st is a full-stack publisher of social games and interactive content with a focus on frontier markets like Africa. Founded in 2018 by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, and Tino Mundangepfupfu, Carry1st employs a team of 29 people across 14 countries hailing from top companies like Carlyle, King, Jumia, Rovio, Socialpoint, and Wargaming. Ithas raised over $10m to date including a recent $7m Series A headlined by Riot Games, Konvoy Ventures, Raine, and Akatsuki. Carry1st will use the funding to launch and scale its existing portfolio, secure new partnerships with global gaming studios, and expand its team. | $27M / Series B / Jan 17, 2023 | ||
| Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities. | $2.7M / Seed / Aug 05, 2022 | ||
| Cartona is a B2b marketplace directly connects retailers with suppliers | $12M / Series A / Jul 25, 2022 | ||
| Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products. | $670K / Pre-Seed / Jul 13, 2022 | ||
| Seso Global is a platform for secure real estate management and transactions in Africa.Based in Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana) and Cambridge (UK), Seso Global is a Digital Lands Transactions platform that facilitates secure, trusted, and risk-free Blockchain Land Transactions between, Property Owners, Land Service Agencies and FinancialInstitutions. | Seed / Jul 01, 2022 | ||
| African Valuables Collective is a developer of NFT platform designed to help creators to list NFTs. | Pre-Seed / Mar 24, 2022 | ||
| Sudo is an API platform that allows developers to issue physical and virtual cards at scale with greater control and flexibility. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Barnawa, Kaduna. | $3.7M / Pre-Seed / Mar 02, 2022 | ||
| See all 85 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Kepple Africa Ventures invest in?
Kepple Africa Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 85 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kepple Africa Ventures's check size?
Kepple Africa Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$4.5M at Seed, $100k–$3.4M at Pre-Seed and $1.1M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kepple Africa Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Kepple Africa Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Kepple Africa Ventures?
The team at Kepple Africa Ventures includes Ryosuke Yamawaki (Founder & General Partner), Satoshi Shinada (Founder & General Partner) and Takahiro Kamisaki (Founder & General 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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