Prosus Ventures
VC Fund
Cape Town, South Africa
Prosus Ventures is a venture investing arm of Prosus that invests in technology startups. They identify companies and founders with high potential and the ambition to scale globally correctly. Their goal is to help companies quickly impact the communities where they operate and provide them with tailored support that enables them to be leaders in their chosen markets.
- Total investments:
- 190
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 46%
Last updated:
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Industries Prosus Ventures invests in
Stages Prosus Ventures invests in
Countries Prosus Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $3.3M–$19M
- Series A
- $10M–$37M
- Series B
- $15M–$104M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 21 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 20 (11%)
- Financial Services 19 (10%)
- E-Commerce 16 (8%)
- Information Technology 15 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 37 (19%)
- Series A 34 (18%)
- Seed 21 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 14 (7%)
- Series C 12 (6%)
Country
- India 31 (16%)
- United States 20 (11%)
- Singapore 8 (4%)
- Brazil 7 (4%)
- Australia 7 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sachin Bhanot
Head of Investments, SEA & ANZ
|
Head of Investments, SEA & ANZ | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
|
Apoorve Goyal
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Carolyn Ryan
VP, Global Head of Strategy and Business Development
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VP, Global Head of Strategy and Business Development | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Eoin Ryan
Head Of Investor Relations
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Head Of Investor Relations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Fabricio Bloisi
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 13 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| CosmoChute develops reusable robotic infrastructure and modular logistics platforms for operations on the lunar surface. The company designs and manufactures standardized, CubeSat-style rover platforms that transport and host scientific and commercial payloads. Its offerings include lunar environment shielding to manage thermal extremes and abrasive regolith, payload power and downlink systems, and PSR-capable payload hosting for missions into permanently shadowed regions. CosmoChute focuses on enabling surface interaction, optical science, and resource access by handling night survival, dust mitigation, and mobility challenges. Its systems are intended for use by space agencies, defense organizations, commercial enterprises, and research institutions seeking sustained lunar operations. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Oct 15, 2026 | ||
| Arivihan is an AI-powered automated virtual learning environment that puts a personal tutor right in each student's pocket. | $10M / Series A / Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Ema is developing next-generation AI technologies to help every employee in the workplace be their most creative and productive. Ema is a seamless, accurate, and secure Enterprise Generative AI system that simplifies complex tasks using enterprise tools. | $77M / Series B / Sep 23, 2026 | ||
| Emilia Vision offers AI-powered solutions to enhance restaurant service, boost sales and efficiency through monitoring and analytics. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Navi is building consumer-centric and technology-driven businesses in the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services & Insurance) space. | $100M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| QOSMIC designs and deploys optical ground stations that use laser beams to communicate with satellites, enabling data rates that the company advertises as “100x faster than RF” for satellite downlink, at a target cost of around $1 per gigabyte. | $3.3M / Seed / Jun 24, 2026 | ||
| Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform. | $30M / Series B / Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| Deccan AI specializes in providing high-quality, human-labeled data for AI model training and evaluation. | $25M / Series A / Mar 25, 2026 | ||
| Zapia, an AI personal assistant that uses WhatsApp to complete tasks, is how Latin Americans get through the day. | $7M / Seed / Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling | $15.8M / Series A / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| See all 190 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Prosus Ventures invest in?
Prosus Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 190 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Prosus Ventures invest in?
Prosus Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$19M at Seed, $10M–$37M at Series A and $15M–$104M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Prosus Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Prosus Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Prosus Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Prosus Ventures?
The team at Prosus Ventures includes Sachin Bhanot (Head of Investments, SEA & ANZ), Apoorve Goyal (Managing Director) and Carolyn Ryan (VP, Global Head of Strategy and Business Development), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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