# Pule Taukobong

> Pule Taukobong is a seed investor at CRE Venture Capital backing Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network)
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pule-taukobong-7b112b76
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/puletaukobong

Pule Taukobong is a seed investor at CRE Venture Capital in Johannesburg focused on Software and Information Technology. Pule is a Co-founder and Senior Advisor at CRE Venture Capital. He previously founded Africa Angels Network, the first angel investment group to focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to that, he held several investment roles at Investec in Johannesburg, Cape Town and New York. He is graduate of the Durban University of Technology and is a KauffmanFellow.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| PaaS | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Series D | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Croatia | 1 | 13% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 13% |
| South Africa | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rensource Energy | Rensource is a new type of energy company built as a financial services business.Rensource offers a turnkey business opportunity that allows qualifying companies throughout Nigeria and West Africa to start selling Power-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) to their customers. Rensource generates electricity using small solar-hybrid systems that are installedin the premises of the final customer. At the heart of Rensource lies an internal “bank”: a balance sheet financing the solar-hybrid systems, and a credit operation underwriting and servicing the monthly collections from final customers. Rensource´s mission is to make Nigeria the first country in the world relying predominantly on distributed renewables-based power generation. | $20M | Series A | Dec 18, 2019 | http://www.rensource.energy |
| Andela | Andela operates the world’s largest private marketplace of skilled digital talent. Its adaptive hiring model gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy skilled talent based on need. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, optimizes the process of finding the right talent and getting projects started fast.Clients can select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster at 30-50% less cost than traditional approaches. Andela’s seasoned hiring professionals manage all the groundwork associated with borderless hiring, from compliance and payroll to talent management. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, including untapped markets like Africa and Latin America, and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development,Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and more. | $100M | Series D | Jan 23, 2019 | https://andela.com |
| Rensource Energy | Rensource is a new type of energy company built as a financial services business.Rensource offers a turnkey business opportunity that allows qualifying companies throughout Nigeria and West Africa to start selling Power-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) to their customers. Rensource generates electricity using small solar-hybrid systems that are installedin the premises of the final customer. At the heart of Rensource lies an internal “bank”: a balance sheet financing the solar-hybrid systems, and a credit operation underwriting and servicing the monthly collections from final customers. Rensource´s mission is to make Nigeria the first country in the world relying predominantly on distributed renewables-based power generation. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 30, 2018 | http://www.rensource.energy |
| Andela | Andela operates the world’s largest private marketplace of skilled digital talent. Its adaptive hiring model gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy skilled talent based on need. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, optimizes the process of finding the right talent and getting projects started fast.Clients can select individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster at 30-50% less cost than traditional approaches. Andela’s seasoned hiring professionals manage all the groundwork associated with borderless hiring, from compliance and payroll to talent management. Andela’s diverse talent ecosystem spans over 135 countries, including untapped markets like Africa and Latin America, and is highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development,Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and more. | $40M | Series C | Oct 10, 2017 | https://andela.com |
| Rensource Energy | Rensource is a new type of energy company built as a financial services business.Rensource offers a turnkey business opportunity that allows qualifying companies throughout Nigeria and West Africa to start selling Power-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) to their customers. Rensource generates electricity using small solar-hybrid systems that are installedin the premises of the final customer. At the heart of Rensource lies an internal “bank”: a balance sheet financing the solar-hybrid systems, and a credit operation underwriting and servicing the monthly collections from final customers. Rensource´s mission is to make Nigeria the first country in the world relying predominantly on distributed renewables-based power generation. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 01, 2016 | http://www.rensource.energy |
| Rensource Energy | Rensource is a new type of energy company built as a financial services business.Rensource offers a turnkey business opportunity that allows qualifying companies throughout Nigeria and West Africa to start selling Power-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) to their customers. Rensource generates electricity using small solar-hybrid systems that are installedin the premises of the final customer. At the heart of Rensource lies an internal “bank”: a balance sheet financing the solar-hybrid systems, and a credit operation underwriting and servicing the monthly collections from final customers. Rensource´s mission is to make Nigeria the first country in the world relying predominantly on distributed renewables-based power generation. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 01, 2016 | http://www.rensource.energy |
| Oradian | Oradian is a fin-tech company serving financial institutions in emerging markets. Oradian offers a core banking platform which is delivered as Software as a Service, allowing financial institutions to easily digitise their products and operations in order to scale efficiently. Our global community is made up of over 80 financial institutions in 12countries serving several million end-clients.Oradian is a dedicated team of experts and practitioners, from a unique combination of industries: fin-tech, banking, financial inclusion, and technology, who have joined together to deliver best practice and technology solutions to support financial inclusion. |  | Seed | May 20, 2015 | http://www.oradian.com |
| SweepSouth | Online home services platform that connects homeowners with trusted service professionals. SweepSouth aims to modernize home services and to be the African pioneers in bringing technology to the industry. With over seven thousand service provider and thousands of satisfied customers being served monthly across 4 countries, company is barely scratchthe surface when it comes to the addressable market. The mission is to create happy homes by providing dignified, flexible work at decent pay to their service providers. |  | Seed | May 06, 2015 | https://sweepsouth.com/ |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aera VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aera-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blue Rinc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-rinc-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chan-zuckerberg-initiative) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Credo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DBL Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbl-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About CRE Venture Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

5 contacts available at CRE Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Devon Tomb | Finance and Reporting | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/devon-tomb-503e |
| Pardon Makumbe | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pardon-makumbe |
| Ahunna Ogunedo | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahunna-ogunedo |
| David Eddyabasi | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-eddyabasi |
| Robel Chiappini | Investment Professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robel-chiappini |

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## FAQ

### What does Pule Taukobong invest in?

Pule Taukobong invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Croatia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Pule Taukobong's check size?

Pule Taukobong typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Pule Taukobong participates in.

### How do I contact Pule Taukobong?

Public channels for Pule Taukobong include LinkedIn and X (Twitter). 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.

### When did Pule Taukobong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pule Taukobong closed in Dec 2019. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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