Renew Capital
VC Fund
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Renew Capital is an Africa-focused investment firm that addresses critical gaps for Africa’s growing businesses and connects them to a global network of impact investors.
- Total investments:
- 54
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Renew Capital invests in
Stages Renew Capital invests in
Countries Renew Capital invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 11 (20%)
- FinTech 7 (13%)
- Mobile Apps 6 (11%)
- Finance 5 (9%)
- E-Commerce 5 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 20 (37%)
- Pre-Seed 12 (22%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (17%)
- Funding Round 6 (11%)
- Angel 2 (4%)
Country
- Kenya 9 (17%)
- Uganda 9 (17%)
- Ethiopia 5 (9%)
- Ghana 3 (6%)
- France 2 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Diana N Njuguna
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Matthew Davis
Partner & CEO
|
Partner & CEO | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Nicholas Carl Clerk
Executive
|
Executive | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Nihal GRII
Investment Ecosystem Development Manager
|
Investment Ecosystem Development Manager | Total investments: 3 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiprazor is an innovative shipping aggregator that revolutionizes the logistics industry by providing seamless solutions for businesses. | $250K / Seed / Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| Oze brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an Oze Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOze to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 150,000 registered users, Oze is the largest online community of SMEs in West Africa. The most exciting thing is that Oze works; 97% of businesses that have used Oze for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both! | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| Hypeo AI provides end-to-end campaign workflows with smart matching, price insights, and real-time performance tracking, while eliminating influencer marketing obstacles such as manual processes and disparate tools. | Pre-Seed / Aug 17, 2025 | ||
| Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 06, 2025 | ||
| Tendo is an online platform that connects independent resellers to businesses.It enables anyone to start their online business without investing any capital. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 29, 2025 | ||
| Created in 2016 by Ameni Mansouri, Ghazi Ketata, and Osama Mahjoub, Dabchy is a localized fashion marketplace where women can buy and sell their new or used fashion items online. Dabchy is headquartered in Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia. | Seed / Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Affinity is a financial solutions company that provides financial inclusion, advisory, and literacy services. | $8M / Seed / Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Sevi offers financial services by lending loans to help entrepreneurs to grow their business with low interest rates and easy payment modes. | Jan 21, 2025 | ||
| Talaty uses deep AI to halve SMBs credit default rate while cutting operational cost by 90%. | Seed / Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Enakl, is a tech mobility company providing bus sharing solutions for commute rides in Africa. Our technology allows us to collect data to predict demand for commute rides, pool users per destination and create routes that will be operated by professional drivers. Our innovative business model enables affordable pricing, promoting socialinclusion. By offering flexible, safe and convenient transport options, Enakl is helping to solve the problems of congestion and access to transport in Africa. | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Dec 03, 2024 | ||
| See all 54 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Renew Capital invest in?
Renew Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 54 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
How do I contact Renew Capital?
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Who are the partners at Renew Capital?
The team at Renew Capital includes Diana N Njuguna (Investment Manager), Matthew Davis (Partner & CEO) and Nicholas Carl Clerk (Executive). 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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