Savannah Fund
VC Fund
Nairobi, Kenya
Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects to achieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund. The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies. They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.
- Total investments:
- 46
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
- Fund size:
- $25M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Savannah Fund invests in
Stages Savannah Fund invests in
Countries Savannah Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $25k–$3.3M
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$2.1M
- Series A
- $750k–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (17%)
- E-Commerce 7 (15%)
- FinTech 6 (13%)
- Information Technology 6 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 32 (70%)
- Series A 6 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (9%)
- Angel 1 (2%)
- Funding Round 1 (2%)
Country
- Kenya 14 (30%)
- United States 8 (17%)
- South Africa 5 (11%)
- Nigeria 4 (9%)
- Ghana 3 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mbwana Alliy
Managing Partner & Founder
|
Managing Partner & Founder | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Olufunbi Falayi
Principal, West Africa
|
Principal, West Africa | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Paul Bragiel
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Tommy Chia
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hohm Energy is an online marketplace that connects customers with accredited solar providers, product suppliers, and financiers. It provides clients with an evolving solar purchasing experience by utilizing scalable technology that manages their entire solar transition journey from scoping for the solution, installation, ongoing operations, andmaintenance.The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Gauteng, South Africa. | $8M / Seed / Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Aya Data provides data annotations, data collection, natural language processing, and transcription services. | $300K / Pre-Seed / Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Kubik is an environmental technology company that uses plastic waste to make low-carbon, durable, and affordable buildings. | $3.3M / Seed / Jun 22, 2023 | ||
| Afropolitan is creating a Digital Nation to enable all Africans to build abundant lives. The internet enables people to organize around shared values at scales that were previously unthinkable before the turn of the century. If it were a country, Facebook would be the largest one in the world. With the advent of cryptocurrency, the next Facebookwill not be a social network with a passive online community, but rather a full-blown digital country with its own native currency and shared purpose. We are building the first-ever internet country. | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 20, 2022 | ||
| 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! | $3M / Seed / Jan 25, 2022 | ||
| Root enables companies to embed & sell insurance. Root’s proven low-code platform and strong insurance partnerships make it easy to design, build and integrate insurance at scale.Root is an enterprise-grade solution, with digital platforms, retailers, and insurers building, refining and selling insurance products powered by Root.Rootprocesses more than $32m in active Gross-Written-Premium with 1.7m+ in-force policies on the platform, and a team of 50 people. | $3M / Seed / Nov 11, 2021 | ||
| We are a DLT company based in London and have started our bank authorization process to solve the problem of denial of bank accounts to blockchain businesses. We are building a Utility Bank from scratch & engineering it to leverage DLT. | $2.5M / Seed / Oct 01, 2021 | ||
| The ANDO platform offers an end-to-end technology stack that begins when an order is placed and ends when an order is delivered and guest feedback is collected. The company's technologically advanced commercial kitchens ensure that all food is produced while keeping very sensitive prep times and quality requirements in mind. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| As simple as a smartwatch to clip on, Guidewheel's AI-powered FactoryOps platform empowers manufacturers to swiftly improve productivity and profit across their entire operations—every machine, in every factory. Totally non-intrusive, like a smartwatch measuring a pulse, Guidewheel’s AI and software detect from the machine’s electricalheartbeat how fast any machine is running, the second it started or stopped, and even when it’s starting to get stressed out and might have a problem soon. Then, layers of additional sensors and functionality provide more and more value towards profits and even sustainability goals—while keeping the user experience simple, modular, and scalable. And with every machine, user, and factory added to the system, Guidewheel’s FactoryOps platform gets smarter and more valuable for everyone else. Guidewheel was founded out of Stanford University and is already successful with hundreds of manufacturers—reporting an average of 40% runtime improvement—with results featured in IndustryWeek and selection by the World Economic Forum as a Tech Pioneer, one of the companies most likely to have a significant impact on business and society. Guidewheel’s vision is to become the real-time intelligence layer and platform that empowers all the world’s 10 million factories to reach sustainable peak performance. And by doing so it will not only be a generational, category-defining company, but also have a significant global impact on climate change. | $8M / Series A / Jul 22, 2021 | ||
| RxAll is a Deep Learning-Hyperspectral IoT Platform for instant authentication and real-time global tracking of quality of drugs- prescription & OTC meds., opioids, recreational drugs and cannabis- through mobile phones and a cloud based platform. We deliver authenticated medicines to hospitals, pharmacies and patients. | $3.2M / Seed / Jul 21, 2021 | ||
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FAQ
What does Savannah Fund invest in?
Savannah Fund invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 46 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Savannah Fund invest in?
Savannah Fund typically joins rounds of $25k–$3.3M at Seed, $200k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed and $750k–$12M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Savannah Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Savannah Fund took part in.
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Who are the partners at Savannah Fund?
The team at Savannah Fund includes Mbwana Alliy (Managing Partner & Founder), Olufunbi Falayi (Principal, West Africa) and Paul Bragiel (Founding Partner). 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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