Top 10 Social Media VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in September 2025
A list of 10 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social media startups based in Africa. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social media companies from Africa. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Media VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Africa in September 2025
| Investor | Social Media Africa investments |
|---|---|
| Antler | 2 |
| 54 Collective | 2 |
| Sherpa Africa Partners | 1 |
| Toyota Tsusho | 1 |
| TLcom Capital Partners | 1 |
| Best Nights VC | 1 |
| RET Ventures | 1 |
| Seed South Capital | 1 |
| Compass Venture Capital | 1 |
| YUYANG INVESTMENT CO., LTD. (Ma's Family) | 1 |
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Singapore, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- AIsphere — AIsphere focuses on visual multimodal large models and empowering content producers in many sectors and scenarios with AIGC technology.
- Saltfish — Saltfish enables teams to develop tailored video experiences that guide users through your entire funnel, from first visit to feature adoption.
- PlayMaker — PlayMaker is building the modern operating system for sponsorships—centralizing inventory, contracts, activations, and reporting in one place so commercial teams can move faster and prove ROI. Designed and built by industry insiders who sat in the seat of rights-holders and brands, PlayMaker combines intuitive workflows with AI to extract contractterms, surface under-utilized assets, streamline approvals, and generate executive-ready reporting.
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Billboxx — Empowering SMEs to pay and get paid on time, every time.
- Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
A venture fund for pre-seed startups in Africa, led by Startup Operators, backed by Startup Operators.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Novek — Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.
- CashBackApp — An App that offers you Cash Discounts on a wide range of household essentials available at local supermarkets in Kenya.
- Jackfruit Finance — Jackfruit Finance provides money, technology, and rewards to enable low-cost African schools to expand access to education.
Toyota Tsusho is the trading arm of the Toyota Group. It enriches society by creating value by the company as Metals; Global Production Parts; Logistics; Automotive; Machinery; Energy; Project; Chemicals; Electronics; Food and Agribusiness; Consumer Products and Services;.
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Investment focus
- Software, Manufacturing, Automotive
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Japan, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- PXP — PXP is a green tech development firm that develops clean energy using next-generation photoelectric conversion elements.
- PowerX — PowerX strives to build a sustainable energy ecosystem to drive the world's transition to a decarbonized future.
- Electra — Electra is decarbonizing ironmaking for green steel production using intermittent renewable energy and low-grade iron ores.
TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds.
TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge.
We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Hub2.Io — Welcome to HUB2, the leading FINTECH startup in interoperability and payment infrastructure in Francophone Africa. We are proud to work with all financial industry players in Africa who need stable and high-performing infrastructure, and contribute to their success.
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- littlefishapp — Littlefish is a comprehensive commerce platform that empowers banks to serve small business with tools to streamline operations, drive growth, and enhance customer engagement.
Best Nights VC is the Venture Capital Investment Unit of Mast-Jägermeister SE. Teaming up with those who shape the future of nightlife today and tomorrow, BNVC’s mission is to partner with passionate, diverse entrepreneurs that challenge conventional ideas of live entertainment – creating joyful and meaningful interactions in a free and alwayschanging environment.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Apps, Dating
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Plots — A social media app for live experiences.
- Lex — Lex is a lo-fi, text-based social app for womxn, trans, genderqueer, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary people for meeting lovers and friends. Lex—short for lexicon—is the only social app where the text comes first and the selfies, second.
- Hustle Sasa — Hustle Sasa is a mobile-first platform that allows entrepreneurs to start and develop businesses, both online and offline. They enable businesses to build and manage storefronts, integrate with third-party payment providers, and manage orders across various channels.
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Investment focus
- Software, Real Estate, Property Management
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Crew — Never miss trash day! Crew offers reliable home trash can to curb service, on-demand trash out, and junk removal. Automate waste pickup with our easy app.
- Lula — Lula provides property maintenance and make ready services for property managers and homeowners. Take care of all of your maintenance needs in one place.
- Billee Technologies — Billee Technologies is a proptech startup that offers a comprehensive SaaS platform for property owners, aiming to transform utility bills through smart automation.
Seed South Capital invest in early-stage companies, transforming these into B-BBEE compliant business enterprises, forging a new class of youthful entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Content, Social Media
- Seed
- South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- myFanPark — myFanPark is a South African celebrity engagement platform, to share videos.
Compass is a venture capital fund. We invest in start-ups with scalable business models and strong growth potential. We work with companies based in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean region and the African continent. Compass is wholly owned by and benefits from support from the ENL Group, one of Mauritius’ largest business conglomerates. Alongside theTurbine, our sister organisation and the region’s leading incubator and start-up accelerator, Compass is working to create a vibrant, sustainable start-up ecosystem in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Financial Services, Big Data
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Mauritius, India, France
Portfolio highlights
- Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
- FCB.ai — Boost business success with proven AI chatbot solutions. Enhance sales figures, customer satisfaction, improve premium collections & more.
- Shortlist — Shortlist works in India and East Africa to help growing enterprises hire based on skills and potential, rather than pedigree. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments, letting employers skips the most time-consuming and bias-prone phases of hiring.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, Internet
- Pre-Seed
- Mauritius
Portfolio highlights
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