Top 10 Transportation VC Funds & Investors in Ethiopia (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Addis Abeba Angels Network
VC Fund
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2 | Ethiopia | Seed, Angel | Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Delivery | |
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Valuechain Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Ethiopia | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Logistics, Manufacturing, Environmental Consulting | $1.9M–$9.5M |
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Nagase & Co
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Corporate Round, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Manufacturing, Software, Electronics | $2.4M–$1.7B |
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Persistent
VC Fund
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1 | Ghana, Germany, Switzerland | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy | $500k–$1.3M |
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Ethiopia | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Medical | $455k–$12M |
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British International Investment
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Financial Services, Banking, Finance | $2.5M–$126M |
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CBC Group
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence | $285k–$50M |
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Impact Angel Group
VC Fund
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1 | Ethiopia | Seed | Food Delivery, Food and Beverage | |
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For Seasons
VC Fund
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1 | Ethiopia | Series A | Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle | |
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Musashi Seimitsu Industry
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Kenya | Series A, Series C, Pre-Seed | Electric Vehicle, Industrial Engineering, Automotive | $2.3M–$38M |
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A group of individual investors whose aim is to promote economic development and sustainability in Ethiopia. https://t.co/5v3Xo4wQPZ
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- Industry: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Delivery
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eshi Express — Eshi Express is a courier firm that offers business logistics solutions. They offer doorstep delivery through a professional service with a live tracking facility, enabling customers to receive their products.
- Across Express — Across Express is a technology based logistics platform that delivers shipments on time. The company provides convenient and reliable delivery service through strategically located drivers in Addis Ababa, enabling them to reach the pickup location in short time, hence giving shorter delivery time.
Valuechain Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm managed by Spiral Capital.
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- Industry: Logistics, Manufacturing, Environmental Consulting
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $2M–$8M; Series B $1.9M–$9.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.9M–$9.5M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Route-D — Route-D is an operation management app that improves operating income and expenditures and manages logistics operations.
- Stayway — Stayway is operating the world's largest hotel and vacation facility search and comparison site.
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
Nagase & Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture, import/export, and sale of chemicals, plastics, electronics materials, cosmetics, and health foods worldwide. It offers colors and imaging products that comprise dyestuffs, dyeing auxiliaries, finishing agents, textile processing resins, adhesives for textiles, pigments, pigment dispersingagents, plastic additives, UV cured and toner resins, silicones, dyes and related chemicals, chemicals for paper manufacturing, and additives for paints and inks; and performance chemicals consisting of plastic materials, plastics and pigments, solvents, urethane materials, flame retardants, plastic additives, plasticizers, and polymer filters. The company also provides specialty chemicals, such as petrochemical products, raw materials for household products, cosmetic ingredients, surfactants and surfactant raw materials, fluorochemicals, materials for silicones, and electronics chemicals; advanced polymers and automotive solutions; and polymer products, including resin materials, film sheet products, and molded plastic and construction products. In addition, Nagase offers electronic chemicals comprising photoresist developer production equipment, chemical management equipment for liquid crystal preprocessing, chemicals for the production of semiconductors and liquid crystals, and formulated epoxy resins. Further, it provides liquid crystal displays (LCDs), manufacturing devices and optical films for LCDs and organic light-emitting diodes, and processed aluminum and glass products; pharmaceuticals, in vitro diagnostics, hard disk related products, medical equipment, agricultural chemicals, household insecticides, animal health products, enzymes, fermentation products, functional food ingredients, nutritional supplements, and feed additives; and cosmetics and health foods. Additionally, Nagase provides logistics, information processing, and professional services. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Electronics
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series A $2.4M–$18M; Corporate Round $186M–$1.7B; Venture - Series Unknown $2.7M–$74M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
- A10 Lab — A10 Lab is a company that aims to make people happy with technology that is independent of Sony's new business creation program. It provides Google Play with an app that allows users to do things that they have never been able to do with the custom app 'Min Chale' selected for two consecutive years. It is a company that bringsprofits to companies by improving lifetime value sales through the habitation of users that companies have.
- 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.
Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Ghana, Germany, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 81% lead, 19% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
- EcoNetix — Leading Carbon Asset Manager for voluntary and compliance markets (CORSIA, Art. 6), we help companies reduce emissions, offset with high-integrity credits, and communicate impact.
- Circadian Technologies GmbH — AI-driven VPP unlocking revenue for telecom towers.
Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 324
- Round size: Seed $455k–$9.6M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $899k–$7M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
- Eight Knot — Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats.
- Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 429
- Round size: Series B $13M–$70M; Debt Financing $6.8M–$100M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$126M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% 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.
- Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
- mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
CBC Group imports and exports synthetic resins, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, foods, electronics components, and optical equipments.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $285k–$50M; Series B $3.1M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
- Sotas — Sotas provides services to chemical trading companies and bridges the gap between raw material producers and consumers.
- Regional Fish — Regional Fish provides seed, seedlings, aquaculture methods and fisheries services.
The Impact Angel Group operates as a network of angel investors. It focuses on deal sourcing, investment screening, and due diligence. The Impact Angel Group was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
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- Industry: Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deliver Addis — Ethiopia's #1 online delivery service featuring some of the best spots in town.
For Seasons is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
This is the official website of Musashi Seimitsu Kogyo Co. Musashi Seimitsu Kogyo develops, manufactures, and sells differentials, transmission gears, ball joints, and other products for automobiles and motorcycles. While promoting the development of products such as powertrains, suspensions, and steering systems for next-generation vehicles such as electric vehicles and automated driving, we are also focusing on the creation and expansion of a wide range of new businesses, including the promotion of Industry 4.0 through the development of advanced AI technology and the development of open innovation to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs in a wide range of areas. We are also focusing on the creation and expansion of new businesses.
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- Industry: Electric Vehicle, Industrial Engineering, Automotive
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$23M; Series C $25M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
- TANAAKK — TANAAKK provides “HITSERIES”, Growth-as-a-Service especially for Fortune Global 500 in-house startups to migrate R&D fruits into cloud-native scalable SaaS. HITSERIES delivers reference architecture, platform and related DevOps, RevOps, EquityOps services. There is annually US$190 R&D expenditure solely in Japan. TANAAKK find growth optionin R&D, selecting right cloud business scheme and enabling liquidity for discounted intellectual assets. Usually supporting conglomerate to achieve new $100M SaaS revenue in 5 years.
- ARC Ride — Leading the emobility revolution in East Africa - starting with Kenya #emobilityrevolution
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