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 intheir chosen markets.
- Total investments:
- 183
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3.3M–$19M
- Series A
- $10M–$37M
- Series B
- $15M–$104M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 22 (12%)
- Financial Services 18 (10%)
- E-Commerce 16 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 16 (9%)
- Information Technology 14 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 36 (20%)
- Series A 32 (17%)
- Seed 21 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 13 (7%)
- Series C 12 (7%)
Country
- India 29 (16%)
- United States 19 (10%)
- Singapore 8 (4%)
- Brazil 7 (4%)
- Australia 7 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sachin Bhanot
Head of Investments, SEA & ANZ
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Head of Investments, SEA & ANZ | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
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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: 8 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
QOSMIC
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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 AI
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Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform. | $30M / Series B / Jun 12, 2026 | |
|
Equal AI
|
Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform. | $30M / Series B / Jun 12, 2026 | |
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Equal AI
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Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform. | $30M / Series B / Jun 12, 2026 | |
Deccan AI
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Deccan AI specializes in providing high-quality, human-labeled data for AI model training and evaluation. | $25M / Series A / Mar 25, 2026 | |
Zapia AI
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Zapia, an AI personal assistant that uses WhatsApp to complete tasks, is how Latin Americans get through the day. | $7M / Seed / Mar 03, 2026 | |
BeConfident
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Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling | $15.8M / Series A / Feb 05, 2026 | |
Qureos
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Qureos is a UAE-based AI recruitment and career-matching platform that helps employers automate candidate sourcing, screening, and hiring while providing job seekers with personalized job matching, resume feedback, and career support tools. Founded in 2021, the company operates across the GCC and MENA regions and has expanded into internationalmarkets. Its platform combines recruitment automation, AI-driven candidate matching, and talent management features through its AI recruiter assistant, Iris, which streamlines hiring workflows for businesses and recruitment teams. | $5M / Seed / Feb 03, 2026 | |
Emergent
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Emergent is a platform for agentic vibe-coding. | $70M / Series B / Jan 20, 2026 | |
EtherealX
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EtherealX designs develops, and manufactures next-generation launch vehicles and spacecraft. | $20.5M / Series A / Dec 21, 2025 | |
| See all 183 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Prosus Ventures invest in?
Prosus Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 183 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Prosus Ventures's check size?
Prosus Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$19M at Seed, $10M–$37M at Series A and $15M–$104M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Prosus Ventures participates 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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