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Top 10 Publishing VC Funds & Investors in Africa (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Africa Publishing startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Africa Publishing startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
SOSV
VC Fund
2 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Artha Group
VC Fund
2 India, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel Information Technology, Internet, E-Commerce $71k–$2.5M
Grenfell Holdings
VC Fund
2 Kenya, Uganda, Senegal Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Internet, Logistics, Consulting $850k–$2.1M
Inflection Point Ventures
VC Fund
1 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Renew Capital
VC Fund
1 Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia Pre-Seed, Seed Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Finance
Niche Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $10k–$5.7M
AR/VR Africa
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Marketing, Publishing
CDG Invest
VC Fund
1 Morocco, France, United Arab Emirates Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Apps, SaaS $200k–$19M
UNCOVERED FUND
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce $1.5M–$20M
E3 Capital
VC Fund
1 Kenya, United States, Mali Seed, Series A, Series B Solar, Energy, Financial Services
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SOSV
VC Fund · Princeton, New Jersey, United States · 2 investments in Africa Publishing startups, 75 in the past 12 months

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1482
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
  • unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
  • Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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Artha Group
VC Fund · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in Africa Publishing startups

Artha India Ventures' league of member Angel Investors mentor and invest in nascent ventures with business ideas that create value by participating in the entrepreneurial process. AIV have invested in more than 47 start-ups and has diversified portfolio ranging from last minute hotel bookings (HotelsAroundYou.com), to classes aggregators(FindUrClass.com), cosmetic ecommerce (Purplle.com) and at home salon services (The Home Salon). From microfinance credit rating platforms (Inventure) to online interview platforms (Talview), electronic repair & insurance companies (PickMeIndia.com), Cloud Telephone (Exotel.com) and Cab Aggregators (BookMyCab.com) the portfolio has it all.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: India, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $141k–$2.5M; Angel $71k–$652k
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $47M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Futwork — With Futwork, learn for free and get a telecaller job. Find Work from Home jobs in India. Flexi hours & work suitable for freshers and women. Earn from home now!
  • KarmaLifeAI — KarmaLifeAI is an AI-powered digital solution for the financial well being of blue-collar gig workers and micro-business. The company allows the user to pay directly for key expenditures and smoothen their consumption patterns. It offers real-time access to credit for gig workers, based on their payroll account, through partnerships with thedigital platforms they work for. It operates an interest-free subscription model in which the platform or the gig worker can pay a flat fee and access credit equalling up to one-third of their monthly income. The company analyzes alternative data points and payment behavior over time to unlock higher credit lines for the workers.
  • Himshakti — Bringing power of Himalayas in the form of seasoned salt, pink salt (sourced from India) and various other authentic Himalayan food products such as millets, spices, rice, juice, etc to your home. We are the first company to launch Indian pink salt. We also cater to restaurants and supply our products pan India.
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Grenfell Holdings
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in Africa Publishing startups

Grenfell Holdings is an investment company based in Hong Kong.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Logistics, Consulting
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Uganda, Senegal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $850k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Badili — Badili is a one-stop shop for buying and selling used and refurbished phones. Founded in 2021 and is based in Nairobi.
  • Yobante Express — Yobante Express offers a web & mobile platform that connects retailers, businesses & individuals with carriers for point-to-point delivery.
  • Rocket Health Africa — Rocket Health is a bundled service of The Medical Concierge Group, a licensed and registered clinic, laboratory, and pharmacy. Rocket Health offers telemedicine healthcare services such as doctor consultations, laboratory sample pickups, and medicine delivery.
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Inflection Point Ventures
VC Fund · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · 1 investments in Africa Publishing startups, 41 in the past 12 months

Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 234
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Devnagri — Devnagri provide high-quality translation solutions.
  • LoanKuber — LoanKuber is the lowest cost lender to Yest-to be Bankable - enabling borrowing with trust and confidence.
  • FlexiBees — We are a platform that provides experienced talent for part-time, project-based and remote-working roles after vetting them on multiple parameters to ensure first-time right fitment. So businesses are able to hire great-fit talent quickly and affordably. Our talent pool comprises experienced women professionals who want to work flexibly to balancetheir professional and personal lives.
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Renew Capital
VC Fund · Addis Ababa, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia · 1 investments in Africa Publishing startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bosso — Bosso projects and realizes automation and robotic solutions for the growth of your business.
  • Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
  • Level Africa — Digital Investment Marketplace for Africa
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Niche Capital
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Africa Publishing startups

Venture Capital firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $872k–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $10k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bemi — Bemi is an automatic audit trail for Postgres that tracks data changes reliably without the engineering complexity and costly infrastructure: Bemi Captures and stores data changes with 100% reliability and accuracy.
  • Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
  • Blossom.team — Powered by AI, Blossom's science-backed professional coaching brings together experienced coaches & ML to show actual growth on key topics: productivity, communications, leadership, stress management, career development, interpersonal skills, and more. Subscribe and see why it's the successful professional's secret superpower!
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AR/VR Africa
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Publishing startups

AR/VR Africa is a community of content creators, enthusiasts, creatives, developers, and technologists who are keen on making a difference with Augmented and Virtual Reality. We are changing the narrative here in Africa, as creators and not just consumers of technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Marketing, Publishing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • OmniBiz — Omnibiz is a digital platform for small businesses willing to attract new customers.
  • Badili — Badili is a one-stop shop for buying and selling used and refurbished phones. Founded in 2021 and is based in Nairobi.
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CDG Invest
VC Fund · Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco · 1 investments in Africa Publishing startups

CDG Invest is the investment branch of the CDG group. CDG Invest acts both as an investment manager for its own account following both financial and strategic logic, as well as as a fund manager for third parties. CDG Invest intervenes in various key sectors of the Moroccan economy: industry, agro-food, digital/digital, renewable energy, andterritorial PPP and with various segments of companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Morocco, France, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $306k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$200k; Series A $10M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Klaim — Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.
  • Crealo — Crealo is a smart solution that simplifies copyright management.
  • Userguest.com — Userguest is a Travel SaaS company that provides technology to hotels in order to improve their online revenue. Our smart tool applies RevMarketing Automation to hotel website, by matching a user’s booking intent with the hotel’s inventory priorities. We display personalized incentives to boost hotel revenue where it counts.
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UNCOVERED FUND
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Africa Publishing startups

UNCOVERED FUND is a venture capital firm that leads the creation of industries in Africa and other emerging countries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.7M; Series A $2.2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
  • Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
  • Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.
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E3 Capital
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Africa Publishing startups

E3 Capital invests in growing, entrepreneurial businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa addressing the lack of electrification in the region with new technology and innovative business models. The fund is backed by Schneider Electric, the leading energy management multinational, and a number of public-sector investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, Mali

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Plentify — Plentify connects home appliances with cheaper cleaner energy. It does this with an intelligent residential load management platform which matches demand with clean energy supply for 75% cheaper than batteries. Plentify combines advanced hardware, AI, and user-centric design to create smart home products that delight customers while alsostrengthening electricity systems.
  • YoLa Fresh — At YoLaFresh, our mission is to revolutionize the fresh produce supply chain in Africa by leveraging technology and data to disrupt traditional distribution models. We strive to create a more efficient and transparent system that benefits all stakeholders, from farmers to retailers and consumers. Our vision is to create a world where access tofresh, high-quality produce is a universal right. We believe that by empowering farmers and retailers with innovative technology solutions, we will improve their livelihoods and make a positive impact on their communities.
  • Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
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