Top 15 SaaS Startup Investors in Tanzania (July 2026)
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Tanzania | Series B, Series A | Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $5.1M–$184M |
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J-POWER
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Tanzania, United States | Corporate Round, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology | $7M–$62M |
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Robotics, Aerospace, Manufacturing | $1.7M–$553M |
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund
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2 | United States, South Africa, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $635k–$32M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $3.1M–$78M |
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Japan International Cooperation Agency
VC Fund
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1 | India, Japan, Vietnam | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C | Financial Services, Finance, Energy | $3M–$415M |
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NEC Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Israel | Series B, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $7.7M–$553M |
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Microtraction
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Ghana | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $25k–$1.3M |
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Planet N Group of Companies
VC Fund
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1 | Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $850k–$5M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $125k–$10M |
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Flexcap
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Tanzania | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $2.6M–$7.2M |
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Andrew Vigneault
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.5M–$32M |
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Jared Schrieber
Angel
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1 | United States, Hungary, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $227k–$4.2M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $2.3M–$269M |
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Grant, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $500k–$85M |
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NEC Capital Solutions Limited provides financial services in Japan. It's Main Business is Leasing for Information and Communication Equipment, Office Equipment, Industrial Equipment and Installment Sales, Business Loans, Factoring Services, Business Outsourcing and Sales of Used Equipment.
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- Industry: Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Series A $5.1M–$142M; Series B $7.1M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- A*QUANTUM — A*QUANTUM is an quantum computer software.
- AI Samurai — AI Samurai specializes in the development and sales of artificial intelligence technology. It also supports patent research and technical research. The company was founded in 2015.
- Liberaware — Liberaware is a machine learning and artificial intelligence company.
J-POWER Group believes that energy production and the environment can coexist in harmony. In light of this corporate philosophy, our environmental management aims to promote greater environmental responsibility while enhancing the economic value of our operations in order to further contribute to the development of a sustainable society. TheJ-POWER Group Environmental Management Vision is made up of a Basic Policy and an Environmental Action Program that defines specific tasks and goals and the means to achieve them. The Environmental Action Program brings together Corporate Targets, which define midterm targets for environmental initiatives, and Environmental Action Guidelines, which orient the initiatives to be implemented each fiscal year. J-POWER Group is working as a whole to realize environmental management in accordance with these targets and guidelines.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Tanzania, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Series A $7.7M–$62M; Series B $7M–$29M; Corporate Round $32M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morgenrot — Morgenrot provides Earth-friendly, high-power distributed cloud computing solutions worldwide. GPU/CPU servers, Render Pool
- Active Surfaces — Active Surfaces is commercializing MIT-developed ultra-thin-film solar technology.
- Japan GX Group — Shibuya Blend Green Energy platform analyzes company processes and resources, recommends and plans improvement initiatives, and addresses corporate ESG challenges, assisting companies in balancing business and environmental protection.
Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. They will support sustainability management that balances economic and social value and will help to realize a sustainable society.
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- Industry: Robotics, Aerospace, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$57M; Series B $4.7M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SEED — SEED accumulated technologies and gained customer trust through development of contact lenses.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
- Tokyu Corporation — Tokyu introduce the list of executives, business organization, year map, head office map and company information (e-BOOK).
The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Africa, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $9.2M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Thndr — Thndr is a financial services company that operates an app-based investment platform.It comes with 0% commission, no account minimum, access to market data, easy account setup, and funding processes. Users can also get access to the latest news, market data, and other educational tools. Seif Amr established the company in 2020 in Cairo, AlQahirah, Egypt.
- Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
- Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 182
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$48M; Series A $3.6M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
- Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency and speed.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C
- Geography: India, Japan, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series C $3M–$40M; Post-IPO Debt $125M–$350M; Debt Financing $13M–$415M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Coelba — Coelba is an energy distribution company.
- Infinity Power — Infinity Power is a renewable energy company that offers solar, battery storage, and grid infrastructure solutions.
- Ambiental MS Pantanal — Ambiental MS Pantana is Brazil’s largest private sanitation enterprise.
NEC Group under the Solution for Society principle delivers safety, security, fairness and efficiency to our society with our partners around the globe.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $7.7M–$209M; Series B $10M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SWAT Mobility — SWAT Mobility is a smart mobility company that provides demand-responsive, ride-sharing technology in high capacity vehicles. We work with corporates, transport operators and government agencies to improve transport services. Learn more about how we can help you leverage technology for your transport.
- Sakana AI — We are creating a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $25k–$1.3M; Angel $30k–$50k; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Spring in Africa — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.
- Allpro Technologies — Their mission is to Facilitate the free flow of finance and data in the school ecosystem.
- ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.
Planet N Group is a growth markets oriented high-tech investment firm focused on the Greater Middle East and Asia. Planet N’s portfolio spans financial inclusion, fintech, data science & AI, e-media, e-health, blockchain, edutech and e-commerce across Egypt, Pakistan, the UAE, Singapore and the UK
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $850k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fauree — Fauree is a SaaS-based supply chain finance platform that enables automated financing and risk management of payables transactions for large enterprises and financial institutions. By integrating directly with corporate ERP systems, Fauree streamlines invoice management, supplier financing, and dynamic discounting through a fully digital andintuitive platform. The platform allows corporates to optimize working capital by extending payment terms while enabling suppliers — particularly SMEs — to receive early payments at competitive financing rates. Through customizable discounting rules and automated workflows, Fauree simplifies payables finance and improves cash flow management across the supply chain ecosystem. Fauree’s digitized infrastructure also empowers banks and lenders to provide financing against low-value invoices more efficiently. By leveraging historical transaction data and automated verification processes, the platform reduces the time, cost, and operational complexity traditionally associated with invoice due diligence and risk assessment. As an intermediary between large corporates, SMEs, and financial institutions, Fauree facilitates a more efficient supply chain financing model that benefits all stakeholders. Suppliers gain faster access to liquidity, corporate buyers strengthen supplier relationships and preserve working capital, and lenders gain access to a scalable, data-driven financing ecosystem with improved visibility and risk management.
- myco — myco is a content streaming super dApp that smoothly integrates AVOD and SVOD capabilities into a decentralized ecosystem.
- Idealz — Idealz is an e-commerce platform where users purchase products and receive entries into prize draws. The platform includes categories such as electronics, vehicles, and lifestyle items. A portion of transactions supports charitable initiatives, while selected participants may receive prizes through scheduled draw processes conducted by theplatform.
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Seed $125k–$6M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.2M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$7.2M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kindo — Kindo brings AI-native security and automation to DevOps, SecOps, and ITOps. Streamline operations, cut alert fatigue, and resolve incidents autonomously with intelligent agents.
- Mesa — Earn points on your mortgage. With the first ever Homeowner Membership Platform, Mesa makes homeownership more affordable and rewarding. Join Mesa and get rewarded for your home.
- Candid Intelligence — Candid Intelligence is a software company that specializes in AI solutions for engineering and construction projects.
Andrew is a successful entrepreneur as well as investor and advisor to more than 100 early-stage startups across enterprise SaaS and fintech. He founded and served as CEO of ClearGraph (acquired by Tableau (NYSE: DATA)). Andrew is a top .5% contributor to Stanford StartX (2k+ entrepreneurs). Earlier in his career, he served multiple roles inventure and investment banking, and holds a B.S. in Finance, summa cum laude, from the Gabelli School of Business.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$2.5M; Series A $13M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Synthpop — Streamlining healthcare, one workflow at a time. Automate 80% of your healthcare business processes with AI. Learn more.
- Telgorithm — Telgorithm is a messaging platform that allows businesses (particularly SaaS providers) to build messaging services into their applications while ensuring compliance and message deliverability. We are also a hosted messaging provider, meaning that businesses who have numbers that share both voice & messaging services have the ability to(quickly & seamlessly) migrate the messaging services on those numbers to Telgorithm while retaining the voice services (on those very same numbers) with their current legacy provider (this lowers the cost to switchover).
- Workr — Workr Labs enables manufacturers in industries like aerospace and automotive to unlock the potential of high-mix, low-volume production automation. Our intuitive robotic machine tending solution combines advanced AI-driven learning with seamless integration into existing CNC machines and robots. With Workr, manufacturers can train robots to handlenew tasks in under two minutes, ensuring consistent reliability, increased machine utilization, and reduced dependency on skilled labor. Our flexible SaaS model and scalable hardware make automation accessible, empowering teams to boost productivity and adapt to dynamic production demands.
Jared Schrieber - Co-Founder & Board Member @ Numerator
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Hungary, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.2M; Angel $250k–$600k; Pre-Seed $227k–$821k
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PastPay — Give your customers the opportunity to purchase now, but pay later with PastPay's payment solution, tailored to the needs of B2B merchants!
- Loop Golf — Search less, golf more with Loop Golf. We make it effortless to search and book tee times at popular local golf courses near you. Used by golfers across the nation, we're committed to simplifying your golf experience. Discover a range of golf courses and effortlessly secure your ideal tee time. With Loop Golf, embracing the joy of golfing has never been more accessible.
- Deligo Vision Technologies — Simple and effective automation of checkout in contract catering.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 553
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$128M; Series B $3.2M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
- Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Grant, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 337
- Round size: Grant $500k–$13M; Series A $5M–$60M; Series B $8M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Immunocore — Immunocore is focused on the discovery and development of novel T cell receptor-based drugs to treat diseases with a high unmet need, including cancer and viral disease. The Company’s world-leading expertise in engineering T Cell Receptors (TCRs) and linking them to an antibody fragment (scFv) known as anti-CD3, has led to its first productcandidate, IMCgp100, entering clinical trials in patients with metastatic melanoma. The proprietary T Cell Receptor technology platform is well validated and can easily be manufactured for clinical and commercial supply in microbial systems.
- BioNTech — BioNTech is a next-generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. It contains several classes of drugs, including mRNA-based drugs to encode antigens, neoantigens, cytokines, and antibodies; cell therapies; bispecific antibodies; and antibody-drug conjugates.
- Aspen Pharmacare — Aspen is a global specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in both emerging and developed markets
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