Newtown Partners
VC Fund
Cape Town, South Africa
Newtown Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startup businesses. Founded and run by internationally successful entrepreneurs, Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen, Newtown Partners has an entrepreneurial focus that goes beyond investment. The team operates out of offices in Cape Town,South Africa and Sunnyvale, California (Silicon Valley).The firm has a strong track record of investing in successful technology startups at the forefront of innovation and has successfully invested in and nurtured a number of early-stage companies from ideation to market-leading businesses.Newtown Partners has a strong executive team with a proven track record in technology entrepreneurship. The team has successfully launched, grown and sold technology startup businesses as entrepreneurs themselves and know what is required to succeed locally and internationally.
- Total investments:
- 37
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Newtown Partners invests in
Stages Newtown Partners invests in
Countries Newtown Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $600k–$5.5M
- Series A
- $3.3M–$30M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $2M–$2.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Logistics 10 (27%)
- Software 7 (19%)
- Health Care 6 (16%)
- Transportation 5 (14%)
- SaaS 4 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 21 (57%)
- Series A 5 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (11%)
- Funding Round 1 (3%)
- Corporate Round 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 10 (27%)
- South Africa 5 (14%)
- Ghana 2 (5%)
- Kenya 2 (5%)
- Nigeria 2 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Llew Claasen
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Vinny Lingham
Co-Founder and General Partner
|
Co-Founder and General Partner | Total investments: 40 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDaaS Global operates tech-enabled diagnostic centers in clinically-underserved communities. MDaaS Global connects low-income and middle-income patients with modern, convenient, and affordable diagnostic services, helping patients to identify health issues earlier, gain access to medical specialists and treatment options, and ultimately, livehealthier, happier lives. | $3M / Seed / Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning | $5.3M / Seed / Dec 17, 2023 | ||
| Waspito is a healthcare platform and app that offers services like online consultation, medicine delivery, specialist doctors, and others. | $2.5M / Seed / Nov 22, 2023 | ||
| Complete Farmer is an end-to-end digital agriculture platform that provides industries with an easy way to cheaply source for quality farm produce and individuals anywhere in the world with a convenient way to own a farm by eliminating middlemen and farm produce aggregators. | $7M / Seed / Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Waspito is a healthcare platform and app that offers services like online consultation, medicine delivery, specialist doctors, and others. | $2.7M / Seed / Mar 28, 2023 | ||
| Fulfillment Bridge is a leading global logistics and order fulfillment solutions provider. We offer comprehensive, fast, and affordable supply chain management solutions to facilitate your e-commerce business. From packing and picking to the management of inventory and final delivery, our simple yet powerful order fulfillment solutions give youre-commerce business an edge over your competitors. As we have developed a global warehousing and logistics network across more than fourteen countries, you can easily connect your multiple shops even at different marketplaces, like Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Prestashop and others by using our logistics software. Our client-centered solution provides a complete logistics solution from warehousing to last-mile shipping of products to end-users.We are also the first 3PL to enable payment on delivery in Morocco and to facilitate market expansion in the region. By partnering with key stakeholders Cronodiali & Cashplus in Morocco, our custom-made solution announces the beginning of a new era in the African leading country in terms of customer demand. Additionally, our MEA Bridge solution fosters selling across the region mainly in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait & Egypt by offering non-biding marketplace listing, so e-commerce sellers can start selling on Amazon or Noon without having an obligation to open a local bank account or legal entity! Multiple Sales Channels: Integrate your sales channels hassle-free, import your orders, and start selling worldwide. IOR & Custom Clearance: We take care of IOR & customer clearance, including handling VAT, Tax obligations, and compliance! Warehousing Network: Leverage the power of a global network with more than 15 strategically-located fulfillment centers. Order Management System: Sync and manage orders across multiple channels seamlessly from one central portal. Inventory Management: Streamline, monitor, and automate most of the tedious time-consuming inventory tasks. Shipping: Save time and money, earn better margins, and expand your business with comprehensive global shipping options. Fulfillment By Merchant: Save time, cut shipping costs, and speed up your Amazon deliveries with Fulfillment Bridge Amazon FBM service. Returns Management: Handle returns with ease. Inspect, evaluate, and repurpose sellable items to active inventory. Shopify Fulfillment: Integrate your Shopify store to Fulfillment Bridge. Get all the tools you need to ship out your goods swiftly and efficiently. Prestashop Order Fulfillment: Reduce operational complexity and sell to international customers effortlessly with Fulfillment Bridge Prestashop fulfillment. | Seed / Nov 10, 2022 | ||
| Lami is an end-to-end digital insurance platform and API that enables companies across sectors to offer insurance products. Its API allows underwriters to connect with consumer-facing companies that can provide embedded insurance as a value add for existing customers, many of whom are uninsured. | $3.7M / Seed / Aug 02, 2022 | ||
| Vertical SaaS | $4M / Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| BeyondTrucks is redefining real-time operations of large private and specialty fleets with a configurable and connected platform for process automation and optimization. Fleets turn to BeyondTrucks to replace legacy software and analog methods to become more efficient and make better decisions. BeyondTrucks is a deeply transformational technologyfor an industry that has traditionally taken time to adopt innovation, but has arrived at a technological inflection point. | $4M / Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Build for the age of eCommerce. We are empowering sellers to successfully compete & grow in the booming e-commerce market. | $1.7M / Seed / May 01, 2022 | ||
| See all 37 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Newtown Partners invest in?
Newtown Partners invests primarily in Logistics, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Newtown Partners invest in?
Newtown Partners typically joins rounds of $600k–$5.5M at Seed, $3.3M–$30M at Series A and $2M–$2.5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Newtown Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Newtown Partners took part in.
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Who are the partners at Newtown Partners?
The team at Newtown Partners includes Llew Claasen (Managing Partner) and Vinny Lingham (Co-Founder and 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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