# Renew Capital

> Renew Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 54 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Total investments: 54
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/renew-llc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/RenewLLC
- Website: https://www.renewstrategies.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RENEWLLC/

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Renew Capital. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Renew Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/renew-19eb?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 11 | 20% |
| FinTech | 7 | 13% |
| Mobile Apps | 6 | 11% |
| Finance | 5 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 9% |

72 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 37% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 11% |
| Angel | 2 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 9 | 17% |
| Uganda | 9 | 17% |
| Ethiopia | 5 | 9% |
| Ghana | 3 | 6% |
| France | 2 | 4% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Diana N Njuguna | Investment Manager | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diana-n-njuguna |
| Matthew Davis | Partner & CEO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-davis-2827 |
| Nicholas Carl Clerk | Executive | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-carl-clerk |
| Nihal GRII | Investment Ecosystem Development Manager | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nihal-grii |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shiprazor | Shiprazor is an innovative shipping aggregator that revolutionizes the logistics industry by providing seamless solutions for businesses. | $250K | Seed | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Oze | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Dabchy | 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 | Affinity is a financial solutions company that provides financial inclusion, advisory, and literacy services. | $8M | Seed | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Sevi | 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 |  |
| Sevi | 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 | Talaty uses deep AI to halve SMBs credit default rate while cutting operational cost by 90%. |  | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |

10 of 54 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Buko Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buko-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [54 Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory-africa) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Artha Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artha-india-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Catalyst Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Change Com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/change-com) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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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?

Public channels for Renew Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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.

### 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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