Top 5 Recruiting VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in May 2026

Our ticket size ranges from $100-500k for Pre-seed/Seed and $1-4M for Series A companies. We're in search of promising-founders with product-driven mindsets who have a passion for building. Those who've fallen in love with data. For we believe in fit---both product and with the team here. Got a great idea? Come to TheVentureCity and give it the expertise to help it grow.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Count — Explore, refactor, and share your data at warp speed.
Tansley — Tansley is a group of companies (Guaw, Milbby, Brand Story, Bookish) focused on fostering consumer ecosystems around hobbies and passions.
Passport — Passport is the modern shipping carrier for international ecommerce that helps direct-to-consumer brands ship their products internationally.

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Jozi Angels is an angel network based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We exist to grow the startup ecosystem and facilitate the growth of innovative startups.

Investment focus

B2B, Medical, Wellness
Pre-Seed
South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Jobox — Jobox is a student recruitment platform, built to connect employers, students and graduate career offices. Our focus is to improve graduate employability by ensuring all students have the skills they need to enter, stay in, and progress in the world of work.Jobox’s ecosystem provides employers with access to the best diverse & youthfultalent, students with more employment opportunities and universities with data-driven insights aimed at driving graduate employability forward.
Contro — Get your health and confidence products prescribed online and delivered to your door for free without the waiting rooms!
TUNL — Ship globally with ease. TUNL offers affordable, transparent international shipping built for South African brands. Up to 91% cheaper. No surprises.

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Investment focus

Logistics, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
Seed
Morocco, France

Portfolio highlights

Agenz — Agenz was founded to deliver credible real estate market data that is updated in real time, allowing individuals to make faster and more informed real estate decisions at the right time.
Jobop — Jobop connect companies with qualified employees with temporary work contracts.
CloudFret — Cloud Fret is a transport and logistics startup that connects loaders to transporters, optimizing every route and fleet resource between the two ends of the Mediterranean using artificial intelligence technology to detect empty cargo trucks and directing them to cargo which needs to be transported.

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Zedcrest Capital is a full-service capital management firm, with core interests in fixed income securities trading, asset management and proprietary investments

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Credit
Pre-Seed
Nigeria, Kenya, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
Pade HCM — Hire, manage and pay your global team Hire anyone in Africa and automate onboarding, team management, payroll, compliance and much more.
Salus Cloud — Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security.

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