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Top 50 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Senegal in July 2025

Last updated: Jul 2025 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in startups based in Senegal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from Senegal. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Senegal in July 2025

Investor	Senegal investments
Launch Africa	11
Teranga Capital	5
LoftyInc Capital	4
Proparco	4
Haskè Ventures	4
Investisseurs & Partenaires	3
Ventures Platform	3
Saviu Ventures	3
Janngo	3
Evolem Start	2
Yamaha Motor	2
Enza Capital	2
WIC Capital	2
EDFI ElectriFI	2
Newfund	2
Lion’s Head Global Partners	2
Techmind	2
Worldline	2
Kepple Africa Ventures	2
Orange	2
British International Investment	2
BREEGA	2
Voltron Capital	2
216 Capital	2
4DX Ventures	2
Partech	2
Oui Capital	2
Alumni Ventures	2
Blue Haven Initiative	1
GOODWILL Ventures	1
Aguila Investments	1
BICIS Groupe	1
DNA Capital	1
Orange Ventures	1
Bloc Smart Africa Fund	1
Investo	1
SunFunder	1
Norfund	1
Sonatel’s Venture Innovation Fund	1
TotalEnergies	1
GreenHouse Capital	1
Kima Ventures	1
Draper University Ventures	1
Uma Ventures	1
Persistent	1
Acasia Ventures	1
Triple Jump	1
European Investment Bank	1
Outlierz Ventures	1
responsAbility Investments	1

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Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
Affinity — Join over 70,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage your personal banking needs and qualify for an Affinity Instant Loan
Liquify Digital — Liquify is an invoice marketplace that transforms invoices from SMEs in emerging markets into an investable asset class for financiers seeking reliable yield

Faced with the financing difficulties often encountered by Senegalese small and medium-sized enterprises, TERANGA CAPITAL aims to provide an innovative financing solution specifically designed to meet the needs of SMEs . TERANGA CAPITAL is aimed at SMEs with high growth potential from all sectors and regions of Senegal, whose financing needsare between 50 and 200 million FCFA . TERANGA CAPITAL strengthens its equity and becomes a minority shareholder of SMEs over a time horizon of around 5 years, and ensures active and personalized support according to the specific needs of each company in the portfolio. Accompanied companies aim to be supported in formalizing their management, strengthening their organization, increasing their skills and accelerating their commercial development.

Investment focus

Delivery, Logistics, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Afrikamart — Afrikamart is a west African distribution platform for fresh produce that offers its marketing services to producers - suppliers - and operates as a digital purchasing center for retailers, hotels and restaurants - customers.We combine extensive use of digital with its experience in the food value chain to: - Facilitate information exchangebetween suppliers and customers (purchase price, sale price, product availability, harvest and purchase forecasts) - Organize end-to-end logistics with a network of transporters - Optimize financial and product flows according to different purchase and payment termsOur team includes experienced technology driven individuals with a strong experience in food commodity trading. Afrikamart brings pragmatic solutions to solve food value chain inefficiencies in West Africa while empowering hundreds of underprivileged women and young people with economic opportunities.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
Solarbox — Solarbox is a developer of electric three-wheelers for last-mile logistics. The company's vehicles offer sustainable design, assembly, charging, and battery swapping methods, as well as a heavy load carriage system.

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
EMTECH — EMTECH provides solutions for Digital Currency regulatory compliance, development and management to help Central Banks and FinTechs build, run and manage modern financial systems.
Salus Cloud — Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security.

Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Energy, Finance
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Seed
India, Kenya, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

ACCIONA — At ACCIONA we offer sustainable solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the planet, such as global warming, energy needs and water shortages
SeA Bank — SeA Bank is a banking institution that provides services like preferential loans, tax service, online transaction solutions and more.
Alya — FinTech providing instalments & payment solutions in Africa

Haskè Ventures is a venture builder based in Dakar and focused on transforming the startup landscape.

Investment focus

B2B, Retail, Banking
Seed, Pre-Seed
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Kwely — Kwely is a dynamic and fast-growing startup. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, fun and hard-working individuals to join our team.
ProXalys INC — ProXalys is an african digital bank or neobank for the financial inclusion and empowerment of african women (entrepreneurs and self-employed entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, and startups).
ProXalys — ProXalys is an online marketplace for agricultural products, offering assured payments and deferred payment options for merchants.

Investisseurs et Partenaires

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
France, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire

Portfolio highlights

iProcure — iProcure is a Nairobi-based start-up working to optimize the agriculture input supply chain in rural Kenya. iProcure’s web and mobile technology solution improves agriculture retailers’ operations. It lets them manage ordering based on inventory, point of sale activities, and client profiles along with geo-located purchasing patterns, real-timeagent performance and transaction analysis, and built-in mobile payments. As a result, retailers can better predict demand with business intelligence data, improve inventory management, and streamline distribution efficiency.
Trackbit — Trackbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.

Saviu is a venture capital fund focusing on African early-stage startups.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Workpay — Looking for the best payroll software in Kenya? Workpay provides the best payroll software and hr software for your business in Kenya, Nigeria and for Africa
Userguest.com — Userguest is a Travel SaaS company that provides technology to hotels in order to improve their online revenue. Our smart tool applies RevMarketing Automation to hotel website, by matching a user’s booking intent with the hotel’s inventory priorities. We display personalized incentives to boost hotel revenue where it counts.
Strong by Form — Strong by Form bonds nature and technology to build a sustainable future. Our Woodflow technology allows to produce high-performance lightweight biocomposites that are strong enough to become an alternative to materials such as aluminum or fiber reinforced plastics on vehicles and steel and concrete used on buildings. Emulating trees’ structuralefficiency, we’ve developed a design-to fabrication technology that combines the latest optimization tools and AI with a proprietary additive manufacturing process. This allows us to create timberbased composites capable of matching the performance other structural materials at a fraction of their weight and environmental impact.We tackle the sustainable lightweight materials market. These enable vehicles to reach longer distances and buildings to use less raw material. We expect Woodflow’s combination of high-performance, sustainability and productivity to become a game changer for the new generation of sustainable construction and mobility.

Janngo supports entrepreneurs who leverage technology to massify three impacts on the continent: 1/ Essential services & products for African consumers, 2/ Growth acceleration of African SMEs, and 3/ Job creation, in particular for women & youth

Investment focus

E-Commerce, B2B, Logistics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Nigeria, France

Portfolio highlights

Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
Capi Money — We help businesses in Africa pay their international suppliers by providing reliable, fast and affordable sources of EUR, USD or GBP.
Thunder Code — Transform your QA process with Thunder Code's AI-powered test automation platform. Create, manage, and run automated tests without coding - perfect for QA teams seeking efficiency, reliability, and seamless integration.

Evolem is an evergreen fund sponsored by an entrepreneur with net worth > 850m€ (Bruno Rousset, Founder of April, listed insurance broker with 1B€ market cap). No external LP's, quick process and no exit deadline. We invest from 100k to 3M€ in french startup raising 500k€ to 10M€.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, Italy, Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Fungu'it — A new generation of flavor ingredients for healthy, sustainable, and accessible food.
JOBO Interim — JOBO Interim is a staffing agency that recruits employees and provides employment through digital access.
Sirius NeoSight — Sirius NeoSight is a biotech and pharmaceutical company that detects subclinical neo-cancers and provide treatment for it.

Corporate profile and facts about Yamaha Motor.

Investment focus

Transportation, Software, Robotics
Series B, Series A, Corporate Round
Japan, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

RIOS — We are helping enterprises automate their entire factories, warehouses or supply chain operations by deploying AI-powered end-to-end robotic workcells.
Joyride — Make mobility instantly connected, keyless, shareable and trackable on the world's leading software platform.
eve autonomy — eve autonomy is an autonomous transportation service that offers logistics solutions utilizing the latest technology for society.

Venture investor in high-growth Founders and Teams using technology to solve large and meaningful problems across Africa

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

MNZL — MNZL is on a mission to expand access to capital for Egyptians.Every person who owns an asset has accumulated wealth in it. When they want liquidity for their projects and needs, they should be able to tap into it as easily as withdrawing from a bank.With an innovative digital platform and products, we are working on making digital access tocapital a reality, and building the future of asset-backed financing in Africa.
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.
Affinity — Join over 70,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage your personal banking needs and qualify for an Affinity Instant Loan

Capital investissement - Gender investing - Gender initiative - Impact investing - Early stage - PME - SME - Equity - Fund manager - Empower women

Investment focus

Retail, B2B, Nutrition
Seed, Funding Round
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Kwely — Kwely is a dynamic and fast-growing startup. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, fun and hard-working individuals to join our team.
Mburu — Mburu specializes in the production and marketing of bread, pastries, and pastries made from local raw materials (millet, corn, sorghum, seasonal fruits, etc.).
Acasen — Acasen is an agri-food company that valorizes locally grown agricultural raw resources such as cereals, cashew nuts, peanuts, and potatoes.

Impact investment in sustainable energy

Investment focus

Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Kenya, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

WeLight — WeLight deploys sustainable and accessible solutions to accelerate energy inclusion in rural areas of Africa.
Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
Amped Innovation — At Amped Innovation, we design breakthrough products for people living on less than four dollars per day. Our first product, the Blossom, is a solar home power system which is the lowest-cost and highest-performance product in its class, at one third the price and twice the power handling of competing systems. We built the Blossom with asoftware-enabled Pay-As-You-Go interface, which allows customers to purchase it in payment installments that are equivalent to what they currently spend on kerosene, while providing much more light, cell-phone charging, and ability to run appliances like televisions and sewing machines.

Newfund is a $300M entrepreneurial VC firm dedicated to pre-seed and seed investments in France and North America, in companies driving global change. The company is always looking for founders who are driven to realize a vision that will significantly alter the world in which we live. In order to appreciate what entrepreneurs are creating andutilize their strengths, Newfund aims to comprehend entrepreneurs as unique individuals.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
France, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Diagnoly — Diagnoly provides AI-powered ultrasound assistant that enhances fetal screenings with real-time analysis, instant insights, and zero workflow disruption.
PyxiScience — AI-enhanced adaptive math learning platform for students and teachers in higher and secondary education.
Oria Bioscience — Oria Bioscience purifies organelles (lysosomes, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum) for Drug Discovery and other health applications. Oria provides high qulity organelles compatible with drug screening platforms in Europe, US and Asia, thanks to a high throughput microfluidics technology.

A global investment banking, asset management and advisory firm focused on delivering value to our clients in emerging and frontier markets

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
Debt Financing, Funding Round
Kenya, France, Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Baobab+ — Baobab+ is a social business committed to providing access to energy and digital. We commercialize innovative products with financing solutions that meet the needs of local populations.
Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
Decentral Energy — Decentral Energy creates, owns, and manages renewable energy assets. Decentral provides customers with risk-free, completely financed solar energy solutions.

Venture Capital investors

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Raidium — Radiology augmented GPT to tackle the complexity of precision medicine
Hubcycle — Hub cycle converts fruit, vegetable waste into raw materials for the hygiene and food industries.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.

Worldline is the platform that provides payments and transactional services.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Payments, Mobile Payments
Seed, Corporate Round
Senegal, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Touch Group — Touch Group provides a single-account, multichannel, and modular payment solution. Their device manages all the transactional needs of their customers. They offer payment acceptance, digital credit, real-time reporting, service distribution, mass payments, invoicing, cash-flow management, money transfer, and intercontinental settlement services.
Touch Group — Touch Group is a financial aggregator which provides payments and digital services through mobile application, web and API.
Online Payment Platform — Online Payment Platform offers everything your platform needs to process payments. Read more about our solution for platforms and marketplaces.

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.

Orange is a digital operator that offers mobile and internet services in Europe and Africa, and corporate telecommunication services worldwide. The group operates under the brand name Orange Business Services (OBS), both in France and internationally, in the business communication and IT services markets.Orange Business Services offers a range ofservices to large corporates, local authorities, and SMEs in France, as well as to multinationals around the world, supporting the implementation of their communication projects. To do so, OBS offers a full range of voice and data, IT, and integrated services.The Orange Fabs is an international network of startup drivers that provides startups in the digital space with advice, training, and events, as well as resources and expertise.Orange was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Paris, France with presence in 30 countries.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Telecommunications
Funding Round, Grant, Seed
France, United States, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

qodek — Welcome to qodek website. The most powerful marketing automation plateform. Official website. Ranking number 1 in google search.
Airalo — Airalo is the world’s first eSIM store for travellers to access over 190+ eSIMs at the most affordable, local rates from around the world, all via eSIM compatible smartphone, tablet or PC. Airalo offers you both connectivity and freedom - you’ll never have to carry multiple SIM cards or change your number again, no matter where you are in theworld.
Actility — Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from differentsensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Banking, Finance
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series B
India, Kenya, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Scatec ASA — Scatec is a leading renewable power producer, delivering affordable and clean energy worldwide.
Wave Mobile Money — Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money. Wave Mobile Money is on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. On a continent where less than 10% of the population has a bank account, Wave is building the first modern financial network — no account fees, instantly available, andaccepted everywhere! It is building life-changing financial infrastructure. When mobile money succeeded in Kenya, it lifted about a million people out of poverty. And yet, over 10 years later, most Africans still lack access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money they need to build businesses or provide for their families. Wave is solving this problem by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network.
CLR Facility Services — CLR is a leading Integrated Facility Management (IFM) company with a PAN India presence, providing comprehensive solutions including IFM, Technical Services, Business Support, Aviation Services, Production Support, and Floor Care Services.

VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom, United States

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.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
Brink Therapeutics — Brink Therapeutics is a Biotechnology Research firm conducting cell therapy research using reprogrammed recombinases.

On a mission to back the most extraorordinary entreprenuers out of Africa solving important problems in large markets.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
Bujeti — Number #1 Spend management in Nigeria. Discover an all-in-one finance solution that helps businesses manage expenses, budget, issue corporate cards, invoice clients, reimburse employees, and more. Book a free demo!
Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans

Our DNA is rooted in a passionate belief in the potential of Africa, a relentless drive for innovation, and an unwavering commitment to impact. We are not just investors; we are builders of a better future, one investment at a time.

Investment focus

SaaS, B2B, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Tunisia, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Juridoc.tn — Juridoc.tn is an interactive legal document database providing access to Tunisian regulatory texts. It serves as a platform for legal services, offering a comprehensive collection of updated legal documents.
Arcube — We make sure all travellers, frequent and infrequent, make the most of travel loyalty programs, using our data-driven approach, airlines can understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention.Arcube uses a data-driven approach to make the most of airline loyalty programs for both frequent andinfrequent flyers. Our software allows airlines to understand their customers and provide hyper-personalised offerings to boost value and retention at no extra cost to the airline.
Talenteo Inc. — Talenteo is an innovative SaaS solution for HR and payroll management, designed to simplify and automate company processes with an intuitive, AI-powered approach. It empowers SMEs and mid-market companies to streamline employee management, payroll, time tracking, and talent development. Talenteo enhances operational efficiency, minimizesadministrative errors, and enables businesses to focus on growth.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, Logistics
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Egypt, United States, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Taager — Taager is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics.
PALM — PALM rewards users for consistency and advancement by fusing contemporary behavioral nudges with conventional investment techniques. To assist customers in achieving their objectives, PALM selects the best asset allocations among asset types, such as fixed income, stocks, and precious metals. PALM improves savings value and lowers out-of-pocketexpenses by fusing exclusive offers from an expanding merchant network with strong investment returns.
Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Mercanis — Source services smarter and drive automation along your source-to-settle process. Discover how Mercanis enables you to collaborate with best-in-class suppliers across your departments.
Makersite — AI, data and apps for procurement, product design and expert teams to make faster sustainable product and supply chain decisions, at scale.

Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.

Investment focus

Transportation, Information Technology, B2B
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans

Alumni Ventures Group provides high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors who previously haven't had access to VC.It helps accredited alums from top entrepreneurial schools invest together in the ventures of fellow alums. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor withexpertise in the space. AVG also offers focused funds that allow any accredited investor access to a venture portfolio, diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography.Beth Obermiller, Michael Madden, and Mike Collins co-founded the firm in Manchester, New Hampshire in 2013.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Definely — Definely creates legal tech solutions to free lawyers from frustration, saving them time when understanding, drafting and reviewing legal documents.
Kognitos — Kognitos is in stealth mode.
CRED — Compare millions of commercial data points and uncover unique and personalised opportunities for your brand.

Blue Haven Initiative is an innovative family office dedicated to putting wealth to work for market returns and positive social and environmental change.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Seed
Kenya, United States, Ghana

Portfolio highlights

M-KOPA — M-KOPA is the global leader for “pay-as-you-go” energy services for off-grid customers. M-KOPA was established in 2011. Following 2 years of piloting and development, M-KOPA began commercial sales in Kenya in October 2012. M-KOPA expanded to Uganda in 2013 and commences operations in Tanzania in late 2014. Their team includes over 500 staff andwe sell our product through more than 1000 retail agents and shops. The founders of the company are experienced mobile technology innovators who believe in the huge potential of transformative, affordable products designed for underserved consumers. While excellent technology is a pre-requisite, technology alone does not solve for customer needs. Success comes when smart technology is combined with a commitment to on-going, on-the-ground delivery. To that end, M-KOPA is beginning to license its technology to experienced and reputable third parties in markets outside of East Africa (licensing queries should be sent to licensing@m-kopa.com). M-KOPA has developed a proprietary, patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM + mobile payments to revolutionize asset financing in emerging markets. The M-KOPAnet platform has been designed and built from the ground up by our talented team of software engineers, who continue to innovate and improve the system every day. It offers the powerful combination of accounting + customer relationship management + inventory tracking in one complete system. Aside from enabling our business operations to scale at record speed, the M-KOPAnet™ platform captures and processes huge volumes of data, enabling us to improve our proposition, customer service, and security in real-time.
TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
Field — Health supply chain technology and services across Africa

Goodwill Ventures is a micro venture fund created with the objective of providing start up funding to micro enterprises.

Investment focus

Delivery, Logistics, E-Commerce
Seed
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Paps — Paps is a transport and logistics company that offers innovative distribution and delivery solutions to companies and merchants.The company's e-commerce platform helps companies and traders with scheduling and tracking deliveries on a real-time basis. It offers the distribution of documents and parcels, storage of goods in a secure warehousethat meets standards, and delivery of insured parcels in relay point or last mile. It also provides professional services such as management and repayment of cash on delivery, provision of couriers, management of returns, collection, and periodic reporting.The Dakar, Dakar, Senegal-based company was founded in 2016

Aguila Investments is an investment branch of Libertad.

Investment focus

Logistics, Transportation, Supply Chain Management
Seed
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Yobante Express — Yobante Express offers a web & mobile platform that connects retailers, businesses & individuals with carriers for point-to-point delivery.

BICIS Groupe is a financial institution that provides personal and commercial banking services.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Service Industry, Building Material
Debt Financing
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Eyone — Eyone is an IT company which assists companies in digitizing their businesses through software publishing, consulting, and information systems architecture services. The company operates globally in France, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Gabon. And they offer applications available on-site or online on computers, tablets, and mobiles.
Sococim Industries — Sococim Industries specialises in cement production.

DNA Capital is an investment partnership specializing in multi-stage investments in the healthcare sector.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, China

Portfolio highlights

Piwi — Hi there, we are Piwi®. Like a broker, only easier. We didn’t create the company because we were in love with the market. It was exactly the opposite. With an easy to use and intuitive digital benefit managing platform we replaced the old school brokerage changing the way in which companies research, buy and manage their health plans and benefits.That’s evolution coming around!
Reema Health — Transforming the way people navigate the gaps between health care and social care. Reema combines a 24/7 AI-based confidant with in-person community guides to help people meet their social needs.
Sanar — 26K Followers, 709 Following, 489 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Sanar (@sanar)

Orange Ventures is a venture fund investing in areas of Orange expertise and beyond, with financial objectives in line with VC industry standards. With 350m€ assets under management, Orange Ventures is in the top 10 corporate ventures in Europe with an investment strategy focused on helping future global tech champions, fostering innovation in theMiddle East and Africa, and supporting new sustainable and responsible business models.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series B, Series C
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pretto — Pretto is the only truly transparent online real estate price comparator.Pretto accompanies you until the signing of your loan, free of charge and without commitment.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
ToumAI Analytics — ToumAI Analytics is a software development company providing voice analytics, real-time analytics, and reporting services.

BLOC Smart Africa is a finance technology fund, managed by Bamboo Capital Partners.

Investment focus

Apps, Internet, Wireless
Seed
Senegal, Cameroon, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
Afrikamart — Afrikamart is a west African distribution platform for fresh produce that offers its marketing services to producers - suppliers - and operates as a digital purchasing center for retailers, hotels and restaurants - customers.We combine extensive use of digital with its experience in the food value chain to: - Facilitate information exchangebetween suppliers and customers (purchase price, sale price, product availability, harvest and purchase forecasts) - Organize end-to-end logistics with a network of transporters - Optimize financial and product flows according to different purchase and payment termsOur team includes experienced technology driven individuals with a strong experience in food commodity trading. Afrikamart brings pragmatic solutions to solve food value chain inefficiencies in West Africa while empowering hundreds of underprivileged women and young people with economic opportunities.
TooMuchWifi — TooMuchWifi is known to be the Best and most Reliable Wifi provider. Ideal for your home or business!

Investo is a seed capital firm that invests both financial and intellectual capital in technology startups. The firm offers founders 24/7 access to advice and helps scale businesses, as well as provide key talent that may be needed. Inveseto provides guidance, talent and capital so game-changing companies can scale.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Mexico, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Cuéntame — Cuéntame develops tools designed for employees' emotional wellbeing.
Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
Konta — Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with itsheadquarters in Monterrey, México.

SunFunder is a specialist financing company dedicated to pioneering and scaling clean energy and climate investments in emerging markets.

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
Debt Financing, Series C
The Netherlands, Kenya, Mauritius

Portfolio highlights

Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.
Zola Electric — ZOLA Electric designs renewable energy solutions based on the latest in solar, battery and power electronics technology. Adaptable to energy need and income, ZOLA Electric’s solar systems can be bought over time using PAYGo micro-finance leasing and mobile money payments. ZOLA Electric powers more than 180,000 homes and businesses across Tanzania,Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Investors include Tesla, Vulcan Capital, DBL Partners, Helios Investment Partners, EDF, Total and GE Ventures. ZOLA Electric is a recipient of the UN Momentum for Change Award, the Zayed Future Energy Prize and is a member of the Global Cleantech 100.

Norfund is the Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries with 24.9 bill. NOK in total commitments (2019).

Investment focus

Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Private Equity, Debt Financing
Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SAEL — SAEL is the brand for an end-to-end solution for agro-energy products and services. They have successfully forayed into procurement, processing, refining, warehousing, and distribution of rice, rice by-products, solvent extraction, and renewable energy solutions. They are into technological innovation, sustainable energy creation, conversion, andutilization, powering sustainable and scalable farming practices, and promoting and safeguarding the interests of producer-consumer interests. They have rice mills, and the main product is different varieties of rice. They also have biomass and solar-based power plants and are expanding solar and biomass power plants. They also have a warehouse for food storage.
Xurya — Xurya is a renewable energy platform in providing commercial and industrial rooftop owners access to solar lease product on one side. And investors access to a stable and safe investment in rooftop solar plants on the other side. Both are achieved by maintenance service which enables both parties peace of mind.
Access Bank — Access Bank provides banking products and services to individual and business customers in Ghana. It offers standard savings and current, access advantage, solo, and premier accounts. The company also provides online banking services that include ATM, online access, and point-of-sale terminal services; and bills payment and Western Union moneytransfer services.

Sonatel’s Venture Innovation Fund is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Training, Consulting, Outsourcing
Funding Round
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Eyone — Eyone is an IT company which assists companies in digitizing their businesses through software publishing, consulting, and information systems architecture services. The company operates globally in France, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Gabon. And they offer applications available on-site or online on computers, tablets, and mobiles.

TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Biotechnology
Funding Round, Corporate Round, Post-IPO Equity
United States, India, France

Portfolio highlights

Xlinks — Xlinks is a UK company looking to address the three key challenges associated with the transition to a low carbon economy.
HysetCo — HysetCo is a pioneering hydrogen mobility start-up that helps its clients shift to zero-emission transportation. It has created an integrated mobility solution to aid in the system-wide transition to hydrogen. In addition to offering easy access to its network of hydrogen distribution stations, it provides customers with a complete turnkey solutionthat includes all vehicle-related services, from procurement to maintenance, repair, insurance, and training.
TotalEnergies & Adani Green Energy - Joint Venture — TotalEnergies & Adani Green Energy - Joint Venture formed to produce solar power.

GreenHouse Capital’s Founding Partners took their own fintech company Venture Garden Group (VGG) from a 7 employee, ₦30 million revenue startup to a 200 employees, ₦2 billion power house in just 4 years and raised an attention grabbing Series A round from Convergence Partners of South Africa. The uniqueness of their position was not lost on thefounders who then cultivated Garden Institute of Business Entrepreneurs (GIBE) to identify, incubate, and invest in young and innovative tech startups solving global challenges in Emerging Markets. GIBE was created to build a world class talent management hub for young and passionate entrepreneurs while creating a pool of technology inclined businesses and innovation oriented leaders.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Portfolio highlights

Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Solteo — Solteo operates as a platform for photovoltaic installers.
Freqens — Access real time market data for optimal buying conditions.
Linkup — Linkup connects large language models (LLMs) and AI agents to the internet. The platform enables AI systems to access, search, and interact with web content efficiently, enhancing their capabilities and reducing inaccuracies. By providing APIs, Linkup allows developers to integrate web content into AI applications seamlessly.

Upon graduation of the Hero Program at Draper University, alumni get a chance to pitch their business ideas for venture capital. Submit your business plan.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Argentina, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

paydece — Paydece is a decentralized P2P platform that enables users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with Fiat without intermediaries, offering privacy, and security, and always preserving decentralization, in other words, Paydece is a decentralized Fiat On/Off ramp.
LuckyTruck — LuckyTruck | We're here to help! Buy commercial trucking insurance and manage it through one seamless platform. Get started now
VeGrow — VeGrow is an automated vertical farming system for greener, healthier, and fresher produce.

Uma Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

B2B, Retail
Seed
Senegal

Portfolio highlights

Kwely — Kwely is a dynamic and fast-growing startup. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, fun and hard-working individuals to join our team.

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.

Investment focus

Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Ghana, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

EcoNetix — Econetix leads high-integrity carbon assets, fostering transparency in the carbon market and reducing global CO2 emissions. Discover our sustainable initiatives and AI-backed solutions for accurate carbon measurement and a greener future.
Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
Circadian Technologies GmbH — Circadian Technologies accelerates the energy transition in frontier markets with a SaaS business model, empowering solar developers & energy service companies to reduce operating costs and grow revenue with a data driven platform and proprietary IoT hardware.Circadian transforms the entire value chain of its customers by uniquely providingan end-to-end solution to better design, finance, operate and maintain decentralized renewable energy systems for commercial & industrial sites.

Acasia Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies throughout the Middle East and Africa. With a focus on being a first believer in innovation and entrepreneurship, the firm strives to support the growth of the next generation of market leaders through their unique and scalable solutions. Its Tech Fund I iscurrently targeting investments in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups at the pre-Seed to pre-Series A stages.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed
Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
Menthum — Saving Made Simple
Bluworks.io — Bluworks.io is a HRTech SaaS platform offers cloud-based solutions.

Triple Jump is an impact-focused investment manager dedicated to creating positive social and environmental change while delivering healthy financial returns. Discover how we invest in emerging markets to drive sustainable growth.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Series A, Series B
India, Jordan, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Ecoligo — With ecoligo's sustainable investments - you benefit twice: protect the climate & receive attractive returns.
Dvara KGFS — Dvara KGFS is building and supporting local, geographically focused community financial services institutions called Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services (KGFS).
Altech Group — Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households.

European Investment Bank (EIB) provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily in the European Union.The company offers project loans for the public and private sectors; loans to banks and other intermediaries; structured finance products; guarantees and securitization instruments for senior and subordinated debts; project bonds;equity and fund investment products such as infrastructure equity and debt funds, and environmental funds; and venture capital funds and security packages for funds.The company also offers microfinance; risk sharing finance for research, development, and innovation projects; finance and technical expertise for sustainable energy projects; infrastructure project advisory services; support for urban development projects; guarantees for transport infrastructure; and funding for public-private partnerships and small- and medium-sized enterprises.EIB serves the transportation, global loans, energy, industry, health, education, water, sewerage, infrastructure, services, telecommunications, agriculture, and fisheries sectors.European Investment Bank was founded in 1958 and is based in Luxembourg.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Energy
Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
France, Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

BURN — The future of clean cooking
GEWOBA — GEWOBA is a real estate company that manages and provides a diverse portfolio of rental real estate apartments and properties.
Acea — Acea operates in six business segments. The water segment collects, purchases, transports and distributes drinking water, and manages the sewerage system and the purification of wastewaters. The company serves 9 million residents served in Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Molise and Campania; The energy segment manages the transmission and distributesroughly 9 TWh of electricity, public lighting; commercial and trading segment activities include energy management, sale of electricity and gas, energy efficiency for domestic customers. The company is targeting growth in electricity generation from renewable (photovoltaic) sources and in electric mobility, with a view to effectively contributing more and more to the energy transition and decarbonisation. The environment segment provides laboratory, research and related consultancy services on the environment and control functions within the water cycle; engineering services and overseas operations providing water services in Latin America.

We provide smart capital to grow investable startups in Africa

Investment focus

Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Information Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Morocco, Egypt, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Terraa — Terraa is a B2B distribution platform in Moroccan.
Wattnow — Wattnow is a real-time monitoring solution that provides a breakdown of energy spending to identify wasteful trends.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.

Impact investment products - fight climate change, drive sustainable food systems & create a more inclusive world without compromising returns.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Series C
India, Indonesia, Senegal

Portfolio highlights

eFishery — eFishery, startup Aqua-Tech pertama di Asia, yang konsisten membangun ekosistem Akuakultur berkelanjutan dengan teknologi yang membantu budidaya ikan dan udang.
BluSmart Mobility — Blu Smart Mobility is a provider of electric shared smart mobility platform for transportation. Blu Smart is an all-electric, shared, and smart mobility platform for ride-sharing, car-sharing, and scooter-sharing. Blu Smart is a 100% electric mobility platform that partners with electric vehicle manufactures.
CleanEdge Resources — CleanEdge Resources is an environmental company that develops breakthrough technology for industrial wastewater treatment and waste-to-energy solutions, with an emphasis on resource recovery and sustainability.

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