Top 45 Sports Startup Investors in Africa (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Nigeria | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $10k–$5M |
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AfricInvest
VC Fund
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2 | Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco | Private Equity, Series A | Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech | $3.4M–$65M |
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Resilience17
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana | Seed, Pre-Seed | Sports, Finance, Outdoors | $100k–$12M |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$2M |
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MNF Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Morocco, France, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Online Portals, FinTech, Enterprise Software | $200k–$1.6M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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2 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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StartUp Health
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Wellness, Medical | $20k–$4M |
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Social Venture Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, mHealth | $225k–$5M |
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Hooge Raedt Social Venture
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Tanzania, United States | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Agriculture, Organic Food, Social Entrepreneurship | $48k–$1.5M |
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British International Investment
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Banking, Finance | $6.8M–$100M |
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Bashar Hamood
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $6k–$5M |
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Seed South Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Sports, Content, Social Media | |
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech | $1.4M–$42M |
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NEXT176
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $400k–$15M |
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F6 Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Tunisia, France, United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed, Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology | $62k–$174k |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics | $50k–$40M |
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Knife Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Education | $1M–$15M |
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Newtown Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa, Ghana | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Logistics, Software, Health Care | $600k–$30M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Mobile | $677k–$47M |
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Talanton
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Series A, Debt Financing, Seed | Shoes, Retail, Sports | $1.1M–$23M |
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Samuel Kwame Boadu
Angel
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1 | Ghana, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Publishing, News, Digital Media | $1.2k–$42k |
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Justin Stanford
Angel
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Angel, Series A | FinTech, Security, Financial Services | $3.5M–$6.4M |
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Grant, Series A | Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech | $40k–$4.2M |
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Aruwa Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, France | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Health Care, Retail, FinTech | $100k–$20M |
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Mizizi Africa Consumer Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Canada | Seed | E-Commerce, Shoes, Retail | |
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $100k–$4M |
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Nour Nouf Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care | $300k–$25M |
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Jaza Rift Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya | Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed, Seed | Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology | |
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27four Investment Managers
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Private Equity, Seed, Secondary Market | Health Care, Fitness, Payments | |
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Silverbacks Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $100k–$32M |
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Umoja Rubber Products
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya | Seed | Shoes, Sports, Fashion | |
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Gray Matters Capital
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Education, E-Learning, Health Care | $50k–$30M |
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Robert Herjavec
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel, Nigeria | Seed, Angel | Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce | $150k–$12M |
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Johnson & Johnson Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | Brazil, United States, Colombia | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Medical, Health Diagnostics | $25k–$50k |
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Archangel Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, Logistics, Finance | $25k–$13M |
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Action Hero Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Singapore | Seed | Baby, Sports, Travel | |
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech | $200k–$22M |
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Oluwatosin Abiodun Falae
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Sports, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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iKineo
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Marketing, Advertising, Apps | |
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Tofino Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $100k–$131M |
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Technovision Communications
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech | $50k–$5M |
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B-Knight
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Outdoors, Furniture, E-Commerce | |
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Growth Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | EdTech, Software, Medical | $100k–$300k |
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Montane Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Outdoors, Furniture, E-Commerce | |
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RippleWorks
VC Fund
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1 | Ghana, Kenya, South Africa | Debt Financing, Corporate Round | Mobile, FinTech, Fitness | $1.7M–$6.5M |
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Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1155
- Round size: Seed $20k–$2M; Pre-Seed $10k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Groccery store — Groccery store is a local Groccery store based in Hlotse, Leribe, Lesotho, designed to address a key challenge in the community
- Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
- Mercy Community School — Mercy Community School is a community-driven education initiative based in Linda Compound, Lusaka, Zambia.
AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia.Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based inseven offices.AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 funds and benefits from strong, long-term support from both local and international investors, including leading development finance institutions in the United States and Europe.Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region.Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African countries in a variety of high growth sectors and maintains a broad network of high quality executives across Africa, offering extensive expertise in key growth industries, including financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education and healthcare.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Series A $3.4M–$65M; Private Equity $6.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Nile.ag — Nile.ag provides a platform for farmers to trade fresh produce with multiple producers across a number of African countries. Its digital solutions address inherent issues relating to food trading, quality verification, payments and traceability.
- Promamec — Since 1981, Promamec has been producing and distributing medical devices in Morocco: equipment, medical equipment or consumable
- Spoon Consulting — Spoon Consulting provides IT and back-office services related to ERP technologies and cloud technologies.
Resilience17 is an Investment firm.
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- Industry: Sports, Finance, Outdoors
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
- Pewbeam — Pewbeam provides AI-powered church presentation software that displays Bible verses, manages slides, and supports worship presentations.
- Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $40k–$2M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- 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.
MNF Ventures is a venture capital fund based in Morocco, investing in Seed, Pre-Series A and Series A startups. Tickets size can go up to USD 1M. We invest in tech startups operating in Fintech/Insurtech, EdTech, Regtech, HealthTech, Biotech, EnergyTech Cybersecurity, SaaS... Startups have either to be based in Morocco, or be based worldwideif at least one of the founders is a Moroccan citizen. MNF Ventures manages Maroc Numeric Fund and Maroc Numeric Fund II.
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- Industry: Online Portals, FinTech, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Morocco, France, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $200k–$1.6M; Series A $250k–$700k
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- CleanMob — CleanMob is a Car Greetech B2B, whose mission is to decarbonize and optimize corporate vehicle fleets.Its proprietary technology combining AI algorithms, modeling and simulation, with data from smartphone sensors and connected vehicles, frees users from the need to install a telematics box, thus facilitating large-scale deployment for vehiclefleet managers.
- ZSystems — ZSystems is a transformative super app designed to redefine B2B trade.
- Upfund — Upfund is a real estate company that provides reliable data on office, retail, and business premises. Upfund is a digital solution designed to respond to most commercial real estate business issues. They develop tools perfectly adapted to clients' requests in a remarkable time. Founded in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2375
- Round size: Seed $158k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$588k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.
- RubiLabs — RubiLabs Inc provides a platform for unifying, monitoring, and analyzing organizational data. RubiLabs software enables analysts and operators across risk, compliance, and security teams to collaborate and interpret large volumes of information in real time. The company’s platform is designed to help institutions make sense of complex, fragmenteddata by transforming it into a coherent operational picture for risk detection, continuous monitoring, and investigative workflows.
- Occam Industries — Modernising automation for modern conflict environments. Sole European supplier to the Ukrainian front line.
Organizing and investing in a global army of entrepreneurs committed to achieving health moonshots
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- Industry: Health Care, Wellness, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 326
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $20k–$854k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $31M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- AvoMD — AvoMD is reimagining clinical decision support with interactive point-of-care software, available standalone and via EHR integrations, and seamless content building tools.
- Hidoc Consult — Hidoc Consult: Boost your well-being with free consultations, 24/7 access to quality healthcare, complete privacy, user-friendly, and a trusted network of HCPs
- NEXT Life Sciences — NEXT Life Sciences is developing the revolutionary Plan A™ procedure to bring the only scientifically proven technology in the category - Vasalgel® - to market.
Social Venture Fund, an impact investment fund at the University of Michigan, finances companies based on social and environmental impact.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, mHealth
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $225k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
- Hydrosat — Hydrosat provides daily, high-resolution thermal and multispectral infrared imagery of the entire Earth. Leveraging our first-in-history thermal capabilities, we also provide analytics solutions to solve climate and agriculture issues.
- Chirps Chips (Six Foods) — As seen on Shark Tank. Delicious soy, grain, and gluten free snacks made from high protein cricket flour. Non-GMO, gluten-free, and great for kids!
Our goal is to create opportunities and choices for underserved people in East Africa through investments in socially-minded and viable businesses.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Organic Food, Social Entrepreneurship
- Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Tanzania, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Debt Financing $104k–$540k; Venture - Series Unknown $48k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BioBuu — BioBuu focuses on the development of manufacturing capacity and environmentally sustainable production.
- Farmoja — FarmMoja builds integrated, seedling-to-export value chains for global markets.
- YYTZ Agro-Processing — YYTZ Agro-Processing specializes in sourcing and processing cashew nuts.
British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 413
- Round size: Series B $13M–$70M; Debt Financing $6.8M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2009
Portfolio highlights
- Mettle.net — Mettle was established in 1995 as a specialist financial services company and has, since its inception become recognised for innovation in the creation of specialised financial solutions.With clients ranging from international corporates to small and medium enterprises and individuals, clients experience a different kind of insight from Mettle.This level of vision and considered intuition can also be found in Mettle’s investments.
- SunCulture — At SunCulture, we strive to solve the biggest daily challenges of smallholder farmers. We use off-grid solar technology to provide our customers with reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging, and we can do all of that with a single system.
- Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
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Browse database — It's Free!Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 621
- Round size: Seed $11k–$1.9M; Pre-Seed $6k–$413k; Series A $33k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
- Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
- ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process 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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- Industry: Sports, Content, Social Media
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- myFanPark — myFanPark is a South African celebrity engagement platform, to share videos.
For the many, not just the few. For good.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Health Care, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Series A $1.4M–$24M; Series B $3.5M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $147M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Soko — SOKO produces innovative, ethical jewelry and accessories from sustainable materials in Nairobi, Kenya
- ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Creating disruptive and sustainable businesses to positively impact 1 Billion lives.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Africa, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $400k–$2.5M; Series A $8.4M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pumpkn — Need reliable funding? We provide quick loans and capital tailored for Agriculture businesses in South Africa. Grow your business with Pumpkn. Apply now!
- Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
- The Awareness Company — We use data to tell stories that are useful to humans.
Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Tunisia, France, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $70k–$174k; Pre-Seed $62k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Datasphera — Datasphera's Exacctly SaaS monitors support conversations between customers and support agents and detects situations (like urgency, requests, dissatisfaction,...) and emotions (like happiness, anger, distress,...) to quantify customer satisfaction and offer real-time actions (Automated alerts on critical issues, ticket escalation, agentassistance to reply).
- True Delta — True Delta is a data management and processing company. They are document recognition and data reconciliation processes. They offer data extraction from documents using ocr techniques, fast onboarding and data integration,and efficient data reconciliation with intelligent matching tools and less coding .
- Bako Motors SAS — Bako Motors SAS is a motor vehicle manufacturing company that develops solar electric vehicles. manufacturer of electric vehicles with the goal of creating long-term fixes for rural areas' transportation issues with regard to people, cargo, and machinery. The business makes electric cars as well as solutions for clean energy generation andstorage that are infinitely scalable, providing users with inexpensive and environmentally friendly e-mobility.
4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $456k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $49M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Anda Africa — Anda is Angola’s leading mobility fintech platform, providing asset financing, ride hailing, and delivery services to empower mobility entrepreneurs. Built for emerging markets, Anda bridges the credit gap by financing productive assets such as motorcycles, tricycles, and cars, enabling drivers to own their vehicles, increase their earnings, andenter the formal economy. Through technology driven credit profiling and fully digitized payments, Anda creates financial identities for people who were previously underserved and unlocks responsible access to financial services. As an impact driven company, Anda brings together mobility, financing, and digital payments to deliver safe, affordable, and inclusive transportation while enabling a new generation of financially empowered entrepreneurs.
- Aether Bio — Aether uses its state of the art platform to rapidly engineer enzymes, enabling our customers to manufacture complex and novel products at fractional cost.
- Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm focusing on innovation-driven ventures with proven traction. By leveraging knowledge, networks & funding, Knife accelerates the international expansion of entrepreneurial businesses that achieved a product/market fit in a beachhead market. Knife have offices in Cape Town andLondon.Knife invests via a consortium of funding partnerships, including SARS section 12J Venture Capital Company KNF Ventures and select family offices. Knife facilitated lucrative exits of local technology companies to the likes of General Electric, Visa, Garmin and Uber.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: South Africa, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Series A $2M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- wamly — Wamly is the recruitment software, It has given us time back to focus on transformational work.
- Cue — Cue is one customer service platform for live chat, chatbots and broadcasts across WhatsApp, Messenger, web chat, email and many other digital channels.
- Optique Optometrists — Optique Optometrists provides comprehensive eye care services, including eye tests, prescription glasses, and contact lenses. The company offers affordable eye care solutions and has multiple branches across South Africa. Customers can book appointments online and access a wide range of eyewear options. Optique Optometrists focuses on deliveringquality vision care and ensuring customer satisfaction through professional services and convenient booking options.
Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startups.
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- Industry: Logistics, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, South Africa, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $600k–$5.5M; Series A $3.3M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
- Chefaa — Chefaa is a GPS-enabled pharmacy benefits platform connecting patients & pharmacies nation-wide to help patients manage all their pharmacy needs. Chefaa uses big data, data ming & machine learning
- Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
4Di Capital is an independent seed- and early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa.Nurture capital is the term that best describes 4Di Capitalâ€:tm:s purpose and philosophy.We understand that in the early days of any business, support, mentoring and access to networks is just as important as seed capital.Using tried and tested international venture capital best practices, adapted for local use, we believe in entrepreneur-friendly finance without frills, and in working as a team with our investments to achieve their true potential.4Di Capital Early-Stage Technology Fund 1 targets startup investment opportunities with high growth potential at the seed- and early-stages in the mobile, enterprise software and web sectors.We look for founder teams with hungry passion, commitment, domain expertise and deep insights into the large market problems they wish to solve with their technology solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $677k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4M; Series A $2M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $24M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- FireID — FireID is a venture builder that helps makers, with unique skills and passion, build businesses to solve meaningful problems.
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
Talanton helps you combat poverty in developing countries by creating jobs. You can free those in poverty by coming alongside them through investments in growth-stage businesses.
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- Industry: Shoes, Retail, Sports
- Stage:Series A, Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$23M; Debt Financing $3M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
- ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
- MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is your plug for Modern Sofas, Quality Mattresses, Beds & affordable home furniture in Kenya. Order furniture online and we deliver
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- Industry: Publishing, News, Digital Media
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Ghana, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.2k–$42k; Pre-Seed $5k–$15k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Accra Sports News — Accra Sports News, an extension of Accra Street Journal, is your go-to hub for up-to-the-minute sports coverage in Ghana and beyond. From football, boxing, and athletics to breaking sports headlines and exclusive player stories, we deliver trusted, fast, and in-depth sports journalism
- Accra Street Journal — Accra Street Journal is Ghana’s source for business, finance, technology, and economic news, providing in-depth analysis and insights into the country’s evolving markets. They deliver timely and credible news on key sectors, including banking, entrepreneurship, innovation, and government policies, ensuring our readers stay informed about the forcesshaping Ghana’s economic landscape.Our mission is to bridge the information gap between businesses, policymakers, and the public, empowering entrepreneurs, investors, and decision-makers with accurate and actionable intelligence. With a strong focus on investigative journalism and expert commentary, Accra Street Journal is your trusted guide to understanding Ghana’s financial world.Stay ahead with breaking news, exclusive interviews, and expert opinions from the heart of Accra’s business district and beyond.
- The High Street Business — The High Street Business provides news and information about business, markets, and finance. It reports updates on trade, commerce, retail, and investment trends that shape the economy. The platform shares articles about enterprise, policy, and insights related to economic activities and developments. It publishes editorials and analyses thatexplain key topics in the business environment. It features reports about technology, finance, and public policy that influence local and regional markets. It also offers guides and discussions about topics such as digital payments, mining, and financial security.
Justin is a 31-year old entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist from Cape Town, South Africa. He is founder, MD, board member, advisor, or investor to a wide variety of companies in the global technology sector.Having grown up on a farm, he decided not to complete high-school and instead made the move to the city of Cape Town, topursue his dreams of being an Internet entrepreneur.Despite years of struggles and false starts in the wake of the dotcom crash in 2001, he ultimately went on to successfully launch and grow a pan-African Internet based software company from a garage in the suburbs of Cape Town.Have founded his first startup attempt at the age of 18, Justin has been involved in tech startups and entrepreneurial endeavours ever since.He is today the co-founder and MD of 4Di Group, a diversified investment management group and family office, and co-founding General Partner of early-stage technology venture capital firm 4Di Capital, as well as an active angel investor.As co-founder and Steering Committee Chairman of the Silicon Cape Initiative in 2009, designed to highlight and foster South Africa's nascent emerging tech startup ecosystem, Justin fully believes in South Africa’s potential as a global technology innovation hub.In 2011, he was listed by the Mail & Guardian for the 'Top 200 Young South Africans', and in 2013, listed by Forbes for '30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs'.
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- Industry: FinTech, Security, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FitKey — SENGTOTO menghadirkan login alternatif game online dengan akses mudah pilihan permainan menarik hadiah beragam tampilan nyaman dan pengalaman seru setiap hari.
- TaxTim — TaxTim helps South African taxpayers file with confidence using a simple, step-by-step experience linked to SARS eFiling.
- Ekaya.com — Ekaya exists to make renting simpler, safer and more connected - for everyone.
FINCA Ventures is an impact investing initiative of FINCA International that provides patient capital and support to early-stage social enterprises.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Grant $40k–$100k; Series A $1.1M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cladfy — Cladfy is a data analytics company that creates tools to assist lenders, merchants, and individuals in making informed loan, savings, and expenditure decisions.
- Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
- Affinity — Join over 145,000 who trust the Affinity to manage their personal and business banking needs, from payments to savings, as well as loans
Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based, female-founded and led growth equity impact fund.
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- Industry: Health Care, Retail, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Series A $11M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$2M
- Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $35M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Koolboks — Koolboks: solar-powered, financially accessible fridges with an integrated pay-as-you-go platform dedicated to making cooling accessible to all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Get a Koolboks refrigerator for as little as 25k Naira down payment today!
- Sika — Sika Box offers a comprehensive solution for global payment processing, focusing on bridging the payment divide between global enterprises and emerging markets. Utilizing blockchain and modern technologies, Sika Box re-engineers the payment process from customer acquisition to settlement. The platform enables merchants to offer alternate and localpayment options, facilitating seamless transactions. With a unified payment infrastructure named STASH, Sika Box allows merchants to consolidate payments from across the globe through a single payment gateway integration, simplifying the global commerce landscape for businesses.
- Yikodeen — Yikodeen is a well-known and established footwear manufacturing company.
A world-class house of African-inspired lifestyle brands
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Shoes, Retail
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bôhten Eyewear — Bôhten Eyewear is a manufacturer of eyewear products. They intended to provide designer prescription eyewear and sunglasses. They offer eyeglasses, sunglasses, lenses, blue-light-filter lenses, and 3D virtual try-on, enabling customers to optimize their viewing experience.
- Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 173
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $84M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
- Cybervergent — Cybervergent is a technology company that specializes in providing top-notch cybersecurity solutions to businesses and organizations.
- Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
We inspire to build societies where knowledge empowers every individual to realize their full potential to contribute to the greater good and to be responsible for future generations. Investment in startup business, Community Services, Shared Offices.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Financial Services, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $300k–$8M; Series A $5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Logexa — We are the first Saudi on-demand warehousing platform that provides different storage options within multiple locations. With Logexa’s services, warehouses can increase their utilization rate. On the other hand, businesses can benefit from flexible, dispersed storage and not worry about scalability issues with their inventory.
- Hala — Hala offers a payment and wallet solution for individuals and point-of-sale (PoS) services that enable merchants to accept credit card payments.
- Squadio — Tech Teams as a service platform (TaaS) ready to take over your project and transform it digitally.
Jaza Rift Ventures invests in the most innovative and invention-based healthcare firms at the pre-seed, seed, and series A stages. Jaza Rift Ventures is a healthcare venture capital firm that invests in innovative early-stage entrepreneurs including healthtech, medtech, and biotech businesses.
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- Industry: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Plateaumed — Level up your medical practice with our world-class EHR
- Kena Health — Talk to a nurse, doctor or mental health professional on your smartphone with the Kena Health App. Affordable primary healthcare for South Africans. Download Now.
- Intron Health — Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients
27four Investment Managers a leading independent South African-based multi-manager focused on understanding and addressing the evolving needs of retirement funds and individual investors through the provision of unique product solutions and portfolio customisation options. Through ongoing value-add, by way of product differentiation and thedelivery of consistent and superior returns, 27four has earned its position as a leading provider of multi-manager solutions to South African and international investors.
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- Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Payments
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Secondary Market
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ctrack — Ctrack is the vehicle tracking provider with more than 24 years' experience of developing effective fleet solutions. Ctrack is a part of DigiCore Holdings, a global company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, whose advanced Ctrack technology is fitted to almost 430,000 vehicles operating in 32 countries across 5 continents.
- Peach Payments — Get Peach as your Payment Gateway and Grow your ecommerce. Process online payments with Visa, Mastercard, Debit Orders, EFT payments, and subscriptions. Plugins for Wix, Shopify, WooCommerce.
- Barracuda Holdings — Barracuda Holdings (Pty) Ltd. is an owner-driven company established in 2010 by the founding partners, each of whom has over 20 years of experience. Barracuda Holdings provides manufacturing expertise across multiple sectors, including Automotive accessories, diagnostic tools, and fleet management.
Silverbacks Holdings is a Mauritius-based private investment firm established in 2019, focusing on Africa-related companies in underserved industries such As technology, sports, entertainment, and the creative economy. The firm aims for returns averaging 2x to 5x on its investments and has achieved 9 profitable exits since its inception. Its portfolio includes over 240 companies across Africa, collectively valued at over $10 billion. Landmark investments include the Cape Town Tigers (2024 BAL semi-finalists), Forever7 Entertainment (Netflix content deals), and Moove (a global mobility fintech backed by Uber), and Wave (a mobile money and global remittance focused fintech backed by Stripe).
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $200k–$8.3M; Series A $1.4M–$32M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$26M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vanhu Vamwe — Vanhu Vamwe is a luxury accessory brand that creates handcrafted, sustainable handbags using traditional African crafts and eco-friendly materials.
- The Rad Black Kids — The Rad Black Kids is a lifestyle and apparel company that specializes in fashion. The company’s main business includes selling clothing items such as hoodies, caps, t-shirts, and etc. It also offers a range of skate boards and vintage guitars. The Rad Black Kids was founded by Thulani Ngazimbi.
- African Warriors Fighting Championship — African Warriors Fighting Championship is Africa's leading promoter of traditional combat sports: Dambe and Wrestling.
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- Industry: Shoes, Sports, Fashion
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Enda Sportswear — Kenyan running shoes that reward a natural midfoot landing and match the way runners train. Proudly made in Kenya and certified Climate Neutral. The most socially conscious running shoes in the world.
We are an impact investor in the global south. Our deep roots in microfinance and education finance have demonstrated profit with purpose. We focus on self-development and skilling technology for women to find meaningful work.
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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.3M; Series A $1.5M–$7M; Venture - Series Unknown $104k–$30M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PickMyWork — Have a product for Indian Users or merchants? - Leave the headache of scaling up your product to PickMyWork.
- HerSpace — HerSpace operates as an end-to-end industrial housing partner that fabricates turnkey modular worker dormitories, women's housing, and family units in a controlled factory environment. Its value proposition centers on transforming workforce accommodation into a corporate operational advantage by assuming full accountability for sitedeployment, regulatory compliance, and 24/7 hospitality management to reduce worker absenteeism and accelerate project timelines.
- Kreedo Early Childhood Solutions — Kreedo Preschool Non-Franchise Solution | education development partner that helps create your preschool brand | Promotes with strong ROI.
Robert Herjavec is based out of Arlington, Virginia, and is the Board of Directors of Lovelytics. Robert previously worked at CYDERES as the CEO. Robert Herjavec attended the University of Toronto. Robert Herjavec has been awarded an Emmy award.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Israel, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $150k–$12M; Angel $250k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lovelytics — Lovelytics is a data and analytics consultancy. We partner with people, teams, and organizations to deliver services and build solutions that drive outcomes while promoting self-sufficiency through hands-on enablement. Lovelytics partners with best-in-class technologies, such as Databricks, Tableau, Microsoft Azure, AWS, dbt, and others to deliverworld-class solutions and services.
- Aryon Security — Aryon prevents multi-cloud security risks, without changing the definition, management, or operation of your cloud.
- The Ben Buckler — The Ben Buckler is a winery that produces wines.
The Johnson & Johnson Foundation is a registered charitable organization that reflects the commitment of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies to keeping people well at every age and every stage of life by blending heart, science, and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Health Diagnostics
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Grant $25k–$50k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sofya — Sofya AI is a healthcare AI platform that uses NLP and voice tech to boost patient engagement and streamline clinical workflows.
- Kintsu — Kintsu operates as a healthtech platform that bridges the gap between patients, healthcare professionals, and institutions.
- Salva Health — Salva Health is a healthcare solutions provider company that develops products to enable the prevention and early detection of diseases.
Capital for the next generation of founders. First checks into audacious technology across Africa and globally.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Logistics, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$13M; Pre-Seed $25k–$450k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pennee — Pennee solves cash flow problems for small businesses starting with credit financing.
- Yana — AI Powered Software For Lenders. We help lenders improve outcomes, not replace critical stakeholders. Originate. Underwrite. Manage. Collect.
- Jetstream Africa — Jetstream monitors inventory and goods-in-transit for trade creditors and banks.
Investment focus
- Industry: Baby, Sports, Travel
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- myFanPark — myFanPark is a South African celebrity engagement platform, to share videos.
- Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
- Thula Baba Project — Thula Baba Project is a non-profit organization that offers buckets with baby and mommy supplies to mothers of undeserved communities.
EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.2M; Series A $1.2M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.5M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Rivy — Access flexible financing for solar energy projects with Rivy. Power homes, businesses, and communities with clean, affordable energy.
- Printivo — Design & print Business Cards, flyers, mugs and other print products online and we will deliver your doorstep. Get instant quotes.
- Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
Investment focus
- Industry: Sports, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- ScoutIQ Africa — ScoutIQ Africa is an AI-powered football scouting platform dedicated to uncovering and promoting African football talent. Founded in 2026 by FA-certified scout Oluwatosin Abiodun Falae, the company bridges the gap between grassroots players in Nigeria and professional opportunities worldwide.The platform provides comprehensive scouting reportsthat include:Tactical analysis and positioning insights Technical skills assessment (dribbling, passing, finishing, creativity) Physical profiling (pace, stamina, strength) Psychological evaluation (composure, coachability, leadership) Radar chart visualizations for instant player comparison Verified video highlights and full-match footage ScoutIQ Africa serves football academies, parents, and individual players who need professional documentation to get noticed by scouts and clubs. The company's reports are trusted by academies in Nigeria and have attracted interest from European clubs including Kalmar FF and AIK Stockholm in Sweden.The founder, Oluwatosin Abiodun Falae, brings over 10 years of football development experience and holds an England FA Talent ID certification, FIFA Guardians™ certification, and BT Playmaker credential. He also serves as Chairman of Royal Football Academy, a CAC-registered institution with 1200+ registered players since 2015.ScoutIQ Africa is headquartered in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria, and operates with a mission to ensure no African talent goes unseen through the power of data-driven scouting and technology.
Investment focus
- Industry: Marketing, Advertising, Apps
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Adbot — Award-winning AI that manages your Google Ads 24/7 using six years of South African market intelligence. Better results, less cost.
- Kena Health — Talk to a nurse, doctor or mental health professional on your smartphone with the Kena Health App. Affordable primary healthcare for South Africans. Download Now.
- Lettuce — Lettuce is an app that lets you keep track of your investments. Just add the assets you own, and we'll keep track of what they're worth right now.
Tofino Capital is an early stage investor in emerging market technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $150k–$22M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $25M–$131M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $10M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Vultron — Compress proposal production timeframes from weeks into days with Generative AI.
- Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
- Irreversible — Irreversible designs next-generation analog AI chips that enable meaningful intelligence anywhere — from sensors to robots.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Niteon — Niteon - Where Africa trades with the world on its own terms.
- Blueroomcare — Blueroomcare offers private, affordable online counseling via app messaging, videos, and voice messages when you need it from licensed therapists. Get help, you deserve to be happy!
- HouseAfrica — NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited operates in the real estate industry. The company's primary focus is on software engineering, mobile development, and DevOps engineering. It also provides services related to internet use and communication. The company's team includes a CEO and a CTO, among others, who work together to deliver theirservices. NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited also has a connection with HouseAfrica, indicating a potential collaboration or partnership between the two entities.
B-Knight operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Outdoors, Furniture, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taeillo — Taeillo is a Furniture and Lifestyle Brand. We design and manufacture Furniture using local resources available with both local and modern technology to create premium furniture pieces with 99% Local content.
We are Nigeria's first social innovation fund aimed at creating an unprecedented path to scale for outliers driving social change in Nigeria.
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- Industry: EdTech, Software, Medical
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $120k–$200k; Pre-Seed $100k–$300k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Edves — Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation.
- Taeillo — Taeillo is a Furniture and Lifestyle Brand. We design and manufacture Furniture using local resources available with both local and modern technology to create premium furniture pieces with 99% Local content.
- Delivery Science — Delivery Science is a technology company providing solutions to large organisations which provides data, visibility, and control to manage and monitor its distribution assets. Its product "FieldInsight" uses mobile forms to help large organisations in Africa with Field workers get data from the field.
Montane Capital operates as an investment firm.
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- Industry: Outdoors, Furniture, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Taeillo — Taeillo is a Furniture and Lifestyle Brand. We design and manufacture Furniture using local resources available with both local and modern technology to create premium furniture pieces with 99% Local content.
RippleWorks pairs the most promising social ventures with Silicon Valley expertise to jointly identify and address immediate and critical scaling challenges. RippleWorks' volunteer program provides a high-skilled opportunity for tech executives and successful entrepreneurs to apply their domains of expertise and drive meaningful impact aroundthe world. RippleWorks is a non-profit that operates with a heightened sense of urgency to drive business results faster, which in turn will accelerate social and economic impact.
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- Industry: Mobile, FinTech, Fitness
- Stage:Debt Financing, Corporate Round
- Geography: Ghana, Kenya, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Debt Financing $1.7M–$6.5M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zoona — Zoona is an interoperable payments business that enables the drive of young entrepreneurs and the power of cutting-edge technology to bring a large variety of safe and reliable financial services to underserved communities in Zambia.
- Farmerline — The Farmerline vision is to see an Africa where Agriculture NGO’s are not a functioning force in the market. Farmerline provides paid services that allow farmers to have the information and access they need to employ an entrepreneurial method of farming. Input dealers and traders pay for more efficient communication channels to farmers andfarmers pay for information packages and services. In this vision, more food is produce, more food gets to market, and GDP from cash crop export soars.
- Penda Health — With medical centres throughout Nairobi, Penda provides healthcare you can trust.
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