Top 5 SaaS VC Funds &amp; Investors in Rwanda (June 2026)

Imbuto Foundation Mission is to support the development of a healthy, educated and prosperous society.

Investment focus

Industry: EdTech, Education
Stage:Pre-Seed
Geography: Rwanda

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

Rango Library — The Rango Library, which fights teen pregnancies by educating young people in the district about sexual and reproductive health, won this year's iAccelerator as the best start-up.

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Battery Road Digital Holdings is a venture capital and private equity firm that focuses on frontier and emerging markets.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Transportation, Payments
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Egypt, Singapore, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 19
Round size: Seed $200k–$3M; Series A $4.4M–$10M
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

zypl.ai — We help financial institutions, government entities make more accurate decisions
AwanTunai — AwanTunai seek to reinforce Indonesian needs and productivity by providing digital loan for a better financial freedom and capability to micro-entrepreneurs
IMAN — One-stop shop for Halal investing

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Zephyr Management is a global emerging markets investment manager, specializing in the creation and management of highly focused private equity and venture capital funds.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Kenya, India, Uganda

Investor stats

Total investments: 9
Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Series A $2M–$2.5M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Emata — Emata brings digital and affordable financial products to farmers in East Africa.
Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
Power — Putting individuals on the path towards financial health

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They believe that the most successful company in any industry gains a disproportionately higher return for its shareholders. their mission is to help their portfolio companies Leapfrog their competitors and achieve industry-leading levels of competitive and market performance as quickly as possible.They are all experienced operating executivesof technology companies as well as successful venture investors. They can recognize the patterns that signal opportunities or risks in a small, high growth company. They have the resources and relationships to help entrepreneurs create the key alliances that will allow them to achieve victory early and convincingly. Every entrepreneur wants an investor who can help build the business. What does this mean? Certainly it is about advice and experience. These are the intangibles. Then there are the tangibles - the introductions to key customers and strategic partners, the access to distribution channels, the assistance in attracting and recruiting key executives - these are the immediate advantages that help Leapfrog the competition. They have built an extensive network of relationships which can be called upon to accelerate the success of their portfolio companies. When you work with them, you work with all of them, not just a single partner. All the partners work closely with all their companies to ensure that all of their collective resources are being matched to the immediate needs of their portfolio companies.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Analytics, Security
Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 23
Round size: Series A $2.1M–$15M; Series B $7M–$20M; Series C $8M–$32M
Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

exuus ltd — Exuus is a finTech company that inspire resilience and enable communities to achieve their optimal satisfaction.
C9 Inc. — C9 delivers predictive sales and marketing applications that increase revenue, generate more precise forecasts and mitigate pipeline risk. By combining data science with products that improve sales and marketing execution, C9 enables leading companies like Yahoo!, Pitney Bowes and Google to drive predictable growth. C9 is located in San Mateoand is backed by the Mayfield Fund, InterWest Partners and Leapfrog Ventures.
Zebit — Zebit grants a max of $2,500 in credit to consumers without hidden fees. Due to cash constraints or lack of credit access, consumers typically turn to high-cost off-line financing methods (payday loans, rent-to-own, in-store financing) with payments that can total over 3 times the purchase value. Zebit grants credit to shop thousands of productsto buy now and pay over time. By combining consumer income data with sophisticated risk analytics, and allowing members to shop name brand products in a closed marketplace, Zebit provides the benefits of internet commerce (product selection, lower prices, and mobile-shopping convenience) that disrupts a $25 billion high-cost, off-line installment financing industry.

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