Top 50 VC Funds & Investors in Tanzania (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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6 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon | Pre-Seed, Grant | Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | |
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund
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3 | United States, South Africa, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $600k–$32M |
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Goodwell Investments
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya | Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $140k–$26M |
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VentureSouq
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $225k–$50M |
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SICTIC
VC Fund
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2 | Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $264k–$11M |
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J-POWER
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, Tanzania, United States | Corporate Round, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology | $2M–$29M |
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Ecostar Hub
VC Fund
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2 | Tanzania, Italy, Spain | Seed | Farming, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods | |
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elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
VC Fund
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2 | India, Kenya, Mexico | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | $100k–$7.8M |
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Amplo
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Information Technology | $3M–$70M |
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Catalytic Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Online Portals, Financial Services | $22k–$2M |
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Nyca Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $2.2M–$65M |
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Hustle Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $100k–$25M |
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics | $1.4M–$136M |
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EDFI Agrifi
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Belgium, Tanzania | Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Agriculture, Fruit, Beauty | $1.5M–$3.2M |
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Grant, Series A | Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech | $40k–$4.2M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $100k–$10M |
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Hooge Raedt Social Venture
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Tanzania, United States | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Agriculture, Organic Food, Social Entrepreneurship | $48k–$1.5M |
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Hohle Gasse
VC Fund
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2 | Tanzania, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Energy, Power Grid, Online Portals | |
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Tanzania | Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A | Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology | $452k–$184M |
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Acasia Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Egypt, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile | $50k–$2.5M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $624k–$18M |
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Grant, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $500k–$85M |
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Shine Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Spain | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $3.6M–$71M |
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The MBA Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Ghana, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $120k–$16M |
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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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Planet N Group of Companies
VC Fund
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1 | Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $850k–$5M |
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Pontem Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, Tanzania | Seed, Series A | Bakery, Grocery, Consumer | |
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Pearl Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda, Kenya, Malawi | Private Equity, Debt Financing, Seed | Agriculture, Farming, Food Processing | $5k–$2.6M |
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DCG Expeditions
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain | $350k–$20M |
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Nordic Impact Funds
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda, Tanzania | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, AgTech, Finance | $300k–$1.5M |
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Mercy Corps Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture | $100k–$35M |
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GMC coLABS
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Tanzania | Seed, Pre-Seed | B2B, Mobile, Consumer | |
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Acrew Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $2.5M–$75M |
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Whole Foods Market Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Senegal, United Kingdom | Grant, Debt Financing | Non Profit, Education, Agriculture | $50k–$570k |
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The Continent Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Tanzania, The Netherlands | Pre-Seed, Seed | Finance, Banking, Shipping | |
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Microtraction
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Ghana | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $30k–$1.3M |
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Finnfund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Financial Services, Energy, FinTech | $2.1M–$137M |
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Warioba Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Tanzania | Seed | Health Care | |
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International Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | India, Brazil, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, Finance, Banking | $5M–$420M |
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Acacia Venture Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Mexico, Colombia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, E-Commerce | $125k–$8.2M |
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Accion Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Mexico | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $500k–$30M |
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British International Investment
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Financial Services, Banking, Finance | $2.5M–$137M |
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Flexcap
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Tanzania | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $2.6M–$7.2M |
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Norrsken22
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, Payments, Banking | $2.4M–$55M |
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HOF Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services | $850k–$863M |
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Beyond Capital
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, China | Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Financial Services, Medical Device | $50k–$224M |
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Japan International Cooperation Agency
VC Fund
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1 | India, Japan, Vietnam | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C | Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy | $3M–$692M |
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AAIC Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce | $450k–$51M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $800k–$34M |
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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
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 218
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Zazu — Manza is an all-in-one financial platform for African SMEs, helping businesses manage payments, automate cash flow, and access real-time financial insights from one simple dashboard.
- Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
- Udu Technologies — Explore GPU cloud and hardware through AGH Cloud, UduTech's flagship product, and AI advisory for teams in the United States, Africa, the Caribbean and beyond.
Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
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- Industry: Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ORIKI — ORIKI is a luxury skin and hair care brand that fuses all-natural ingredients primarily sourced from the continent of Africa with scientific research to create extraordinary products.
- Mukuru Clean Stoves — Mukuru Clean Stoves is a social enterprise The company is engaged in designing, producing and distributing improved, reliable and affordable cook stoves for low income households. The company's stoves are produced using locally sourced recycled waste metal enabling them to reduce production costs and make affordable products in the market.The company distributes its products through networks of local women business owners and microfinance institutions.
- Loom Craft Chocolate — Loom Craft Chocolate is a artisanal cocoa processor with a strong focus on the quality of our products and the sustainability of our processes.
The Raba Partnership, Raba Capital, Raba
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, South Africa, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $600k–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $10M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Thndr — Egypt's #1 investing platform by active users. Stocks, gold and mutual funds in one app, licensed and regulated by the FRA. Start with what you have.
- Ezeebit — Accept cryptocurrency payments in your business with instant ePOS transactions under 0.5 seconds. Multi-currency support with stablecoin settlement to ZAR.
- Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$12M; Series B $2M–$26M; Venture - Series Unknown $140k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $59M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
- East Africa Fruits — EA Fruits Farm is a business that engages in the large production and distribution of fruits and vegetables. As fruits are an essential part of a human's diet for maintenance of good health and wellbeing, the business will take part in providing the opportunity for Tanzanian citizens and other people overseas to get such fruits and motivatemore people to increase their intake of fruits whereby the company will strive to increase the supply to match the increased demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. The business envisions to be among the leading producers, distributors, and exporters of the fruits within the Country and overseas. The company is a highly profitable and viable business that expects to rise to about 5,000 USD from its current small-scaled operations, while more than 450,000 USD will be raised as a result of further expansion within a period of 2-4 years.
- Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. VSQ manages thematic funds, with a current focus on FinTech and ClimateTech.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $225k–$9M; Series A $6M–$37M; Series B $300k–$50M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- MilkStraw AI — Saving companies up to 75% on AWS
SICTIC is the leading angel investor network in Switzerland with the largest Swiss seed-stage startup dealflow.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 301
- Round size: Seed $504k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $264k–$2.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
- Carewell — Carewell is influencing the way people work in healthcare by providing flexible digital solutions tailored to their specific needs.
- Prevision Medicine — Prevision Medicine AG is a oncology company that provides cancer therapy, tests living cancer cells, and deliver clinical insights.
J-POWER Group believes that energy production and the environment can coexist in harmony. In light of this corporate philosophy, our environmental management aims to promote greater environmental responsibility while enhancing the economic value of our operations in order to further contribute to the development of a sustainable society. TheJ-POWER Group Environmental Management Vision is made up of a Basic Policy and an Environmental Action Program that defines specific tasks and goals and the means to achieve them. The Environmental Action Program brings together Corporate Targets, which define midterm targets for environmental initiatives, and Environmental Action Guidelines, which orient the initiatives to be implemented each fiscal year. J-POWER Group is working as a whole to realize environmental management in accordance with these targets and guidelines.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, Tanzania, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Series A $2.9M–$7.7M; Series B $7M–$29M; Corporate Round $2M–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Morgenrot — Morgenrot provides Earth-friendly, high-power distributed cloud computing solutions worldwide. GPU/CPU servers, Render Pool
- Active Surfaces — Active Surfaces is commercializing MIT-developed ultra-thin-film solar technology.
- Japan GX Group — Shibuya Blend Green Energy platform analyzes company processes and resources, recommends and plans improvement initiatives, and addresses corporate ESG challenges, assisting companies in balancing business and environmental protection.
Ecostar Hub is a virtual research enterprise advancing entrepreneurship and innovation in the field of marketing and economics of ecosystems and biodiversity by creating university-business links and opportunities among research institutes and companies across Europe.
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- Industry: Farming, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Tanzania, Italy, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Crické — Crické is food and drinks company. They make tasty, high-protein and eco-friendly insect-based food products for a well balanced and more sustainable diet.
- Treepex — Treepex engages in tree planting for its users. They also provide a platform and an innovative tracking system to track the tree. They allow their users to name the trees they plant and track their progress. They can also get regular photo updates.
- iGreengo — IGreengo is an online sustainable environment networking platform for sharing and improving open green spaces. IGreengo collaborates with the owners of green spaces and offers something unique, removing the chaos generated by the local mass tourism hotspots, enabling tourists to explore the beautiful exclusive places.
Elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization works with social enterprises and entrepreneurial organizations to create sustainable and measurable benefits. They aim to be the partner of choice for impact entrepreneurs and philanthropic investors, as well as ambitious, bright individuals seeking a career as impact investing professionals.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, Kenya, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$7.8M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BukaPO — BukaPO is a food and beverage company that provides pulses, rice bowls, and various other snack food services.
- Leapy — Leapy transforms hiring apprentices from a legal obligation into a strategic investment, solving talent shortages and youth unemployment.
- CarbonFarm Technology — Decarbonise rice farming, transparently. CarbonFarm harnesses satellites and AI to monitor and certify decarbonisation projects at scale.
Amplo is a global venture capital firm helping build companies that matter. It specializes in the fields of financial services, venture capital and financial exchanges.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $3M–$13M; Series A $5.5M–$40M; Series B $14M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Hint — Homeownership without the guesswork. Human expertise. An app that knows your home.
- Osmo — Giving computers a sense of smell.
- Tradespace — Connecting companies with innovators to get intellectual property from lab to market. Tradespace provides powerful tools and expertise to commercialize your IP and scout for innovation.
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- Industry: Apps, Online Portals, Financial Services
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $65k–$2M; Angel $22k–$90k; Pre-Seed $60k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Figorr — Figorr is your go-to, for accessing reliable information on temperature, humidity, and location. Experience the next generation of data-driven insights with Figorr today.
- Sumet Technologies — Sumet is a transforming the distribution of essential goods across the african continent.
- TileGreen — TileGreen is a manufacturing technology company that invented a patented, machine-learning-based, and automated thermomechanical modular technology (TG1.0) that acts as a platform for producing more than 100 circular, economic, and durable building materials (recycled-polymer-aggregate-composite) from all types of mechanically unrecyclable plasticwaste at a green discount, not a green premium. Re-PAC material doesn’t crack, rot, rust, erode, or interact with chemicals, which makes it a durable, economical, and green alternative for multiple concrete, clay, wood, and metal non-structural applications.
Nyca is a leading venture capital firm focused on connecting innovative companies to the global financial system.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 240
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$9.8M; Series A $6M–$30M; Series B $12M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $210M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Forage — Forage is a third-party payment processor (TPP) and a pin provider that authenticates and processes EBT recipients and transactions. Forage makes it easier for grocers to accept SNAP EBT payments online. Forage guides merchants through the USDA application process and tech integration for merchants, taking most of the burden off retailers.Foragedemocratizes access to government benefits and helps underserved Americans easily access their benefits online. Forage works with multiple grocers and platforms such as Shopify and Flashfood to accept SNAP EBT payments online.
- Findigs — Simplify every step of tenant screening with airtight fraud protection. Meet the screening and decisioning system built to get renting right.
- RQD Clearing — RQD Clearing delivers the technology, solutions, and business model brokers expect from a correspondent clearing. They are built entirely on cloud-native, real-time technology and offer an implementation that scales as clients.
Hustle Fund is a seed fund that invests in early-stage startups operating in software, business-to-business, fintech, and digital health sectors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 546
- Round size: Seed $750k–$6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $33M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- O-ID — Modular Humanoids, Made in Japan
- BON Credit — BON Credit is an AI-powered credit platform that helps customers understand, manage, and improve credit intelligently.
- Charter Space — Charter is developing a collaborative platform for satellite mission logistics and program management available via web app and API that provides satellite operators with intuitive information architecture to streamline missions and reduce wasted engineering hours so they can get to the launchpad faster.Charter's platform usesdesign-focused UI/UX and automation to reduce friction through intuitive dashboarding, improved information sharing, and optimized compute and data resource efficiency. For satellite companies, ATLAS streamlines processes, automates manual tasks, and provides engineers with communications and information infrastructure to seamlessly interface both across teams and organisations. reduces wasted engineering hours and lead times, and minimizes upfront technical debt, CapEx, and long-run OpEx.In other words, Charter is building a logistics solution that will be to satellite logistics what the graphical user interface was to command-line interfaces.
Development Bank of Japan is an integrated investment and loan service provider to domestic and international clients. They will support sustainability management that balances economic and social value and will help to realize a sustainable society.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Robotics
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$50M; Series B $1.6M–$58M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$136M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hagihara Industries — Hagihara Industries is engaged in the production and sale of industrial machinery. They manufacture machinery and equipment for converting, highly-functional film, synthetic fiber, fiber and yarn, and plastic industries.
- Albatross Technology — Albatross Technology is a technology company that develops offshore renewable energy devices and floating offshore wind turbines.
- Willis Lease Finance — Willis Lease Finance Corporation: Your partner for aviation services and financing solutions, supporting fleet management and maintenance challenges.
AgriFi is financed by the European Union and managed by the EDFI Management Company. Responding to the lack of financing mechanisms it is adapted to smallholders with limited market orientation, vulnerable groups, women and youth, farmers and entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Fruit, Beauty
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Belgium, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Debt Financing $1.5M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alterfin — Alterfin is a cooperative investing in microfinance and sustainable agriculture worldwide. Nearly 6,000 co-op members invest in Human Yield.
- Shamba Pride — Revolutionizing Rural Agriculture Trade Ecosystem for Africa Farmers Traditional farming methods across Africa often depend on synthetic inputs, degrading so...
- East Africa Fruits — EA Fruits Farm is a business that engages in the large production and distribution of fruits and vegetables. As fruits are an essential part of a human's diet for maintenance of good health and wellbeing, the business will take part in providing the opportunity for Tanzanian citizens and other people overseas to get such fruits and motivatemore people to increase their intake of fruits whereby the company will strive to increase the supply to match the increased demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. The business envisions to be among the leading producers, distributors, and exporters of the fruits within the Country and overseas. The company is a highly profitable and viable business that expects to rise to about 5,000 USD from its current small-scaled operations, while more than 450,000 USD will be raised as a result of further expansion within a period of 2-4 years.
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
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $120k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Tanzania, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $67k–$1.3M; 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.
Hohle Gasse is a provider of office spaces and commercial centers with rental options suitable for different company sizes and needs.
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- Industry: Energy, Power Grid, Online Portals
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Tanzania, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anevo — Anevo helps real estate companies eliminate tedious backoffice work. Saving up to 90% of your time, Anevo lets you focus on what truly matters.
- Menon Skills — Menon Skills is an information technology firm that develops digital tools to enhance organization team skills through feedback and reviews.
- Waka Payments — Make payments instantly across Africa with Wakapay. Low fees from 0.5%. Connect 20+ countries including Tanzania, Kenya & Nigeria. Download free now.
NEC Capital Solutions Limited provides financial services in Japan. It's Main Business is Leasing for Information and Communication Equipment, Office Equipment, Industrial Equipment and Installment Sales, Business Loans, Factoring Services, Business Outsourcing and Sales of Used Equipment.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$142M; Series B $452k–$184M; Venture - Series Unknown $543k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- GITAI — GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
- Luup — Luup is Japan's #1 e-scooter and e-bike sharing service provider. Luup currently operates in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Yokohama, while planning to expand to other cities all over Japan. The service is based on a high-density port network, where anyone can rent and return to their original fleets.
- Idea Record — Idea Records provided various business support solutions since its founding as a company promoting digital transformation in the restaurant industry. Among them, the SaaS platform GATE, released in 2018, has many functions that are particularly suited to the needs of restaurants, and is being introduced in many stores.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Egypt, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $532k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
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 — Grow your wealth with Egypt's leading fintech platform. Earn up to 2x traditional bank returns with FRA-licensed security.
- Bluworks.io — Transform workforce operations with bluworks. Manage scheduling, attendance, payroll, and teams from one platform with complete visibility.
UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $624k–$12M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $326M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Mujin — At Mujin, we design automation platforms to enhance any robot, enable advanced capabilities and lower operating costs.
- RegCell — RegCell aims to generate novel therapeutic technologies through augmenting or controlling the immune system and our goal is to save patients who suffer from autoimmune diseases and cancer .
- United Immunity — Just another WordPress site
We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Grant, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 410
- Round size: Grant $500k–$15M; Series A $5M–$60M; Series B $7.2M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 76% lead, 24% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- SeamlessHR — Africa's Leading HR & Payroll Software - Empowering African Businesses for Productivity and Profitability Through Technology.
- AN2 Therapeutics — AN2 Therapeutics develops breakthrough medicines through our boron chemistry platform, advancing therapies for infectious diseases and cancer worldwide.
- Readily Diagnostics — Readily Diagnostics develops speedy and accurate diagnostic tests for respiratory disorders, enabling faster and more effective therapy at the point of care.
Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to create iconic businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 82
- Round size: Seed $3.6M–$21M; Series A $12M–$25M; Series B $10M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- MEANT 2B — MeantToBe is an AI-powered matchmaking platform designed to move beyond swipe-based dating apps by using personalized recommendations and behavioral signals to suggest more compatible romantic and social connections. It leverages machine learning to understand user preferences over time, aiming to improve match quality, reduce swipe fatigue, andcreate more meaningful interactions between users in a modern, AI-driven social discovery experience. Focused on next-generation relationship discovery.
- Pilgrim — Pioneering a biologically enhanced future for humanity.
- SafeWorld — SafeWorld is a safety testing platform for companies deploying robots around people, helping them assess and improve the safety.
The MBA Fund is a VC fund and network of founders, executives and investors committed to mentoring and investing in leading early-stage, student and alumni founders. The firm was founded in 2018 by Josh Hoffman-Senn, Hiro Tien, Sieva Kozinsky and Hansae Catlett.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Ghana, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3.6M; Series A $10M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- heva — heva - AI-native practice management platform connecting global patients with quality healthcare. Find affordable medical procedures, trusted providers, and seamless cross-border care coordination.
- Creatify AI — Create high-converting AI image & video ads with Creatify. Generate unlimited advertising variations in minutes and let AI handle the rest. Try for free!
- ThetaWave AI — Turn lectures into notes, mindmaps, quizzes & flashcards in real-time. Trusted by 1,000,000+ students from Stanford, MIT & more. Free to try.
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 — Start with your industry and see how Cybervergent delivers Digital Trust, from posture to proof, written for your context.
- Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
Planet N Group is a growth markets oriented high-tech investment firm focused on the Greater Middle East and Asia. Planet N’s portfolio spans financial inclusion, fintech, data science & AI, e-media, e-health, blockchain, edutech and e-commerce across Egypt, Pakistan, the UAE, Singapore and the UK
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $850k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fauree — Fauree has brought a working capital solution in supply chain finance. We are one of the leading fintech companies serving in Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Canada.
- myco — Stream English Premier League, live cricket, international TV channels, web series, movies from Hollywood, Bollywood, Turkish, Irani, and Pakistani dramas.
- Idealz — Established in 2016, Idealz Holding serves as the parent company and sole owner/operator of six innovative, tech-enabled ventures based in Dubai and the United Kingdom: Idealz Global, Idealz Enterprises, Adflix, WellPlaid, Dream Dubai (in partnership with Dubai Economy & Tourism - DFRE), and Winnrz.
Pontem Ventures are a strategic investment vehicle that identifies, vets and invests in industry agnostic growth businesses.
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- Industry: Bakery, Grocery, Consumer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Breadfast — Fast & smooth shopping experience for the household.
- Dawa Mkononi — Dawa Mkononi (DM) is a registered company that mainly focuses on innovations to improve pharmaceutical supply chain. The app is run by DM Pharmacy located at Kariakoo in Dar es Salaam. The app currently serves for wholesale business only to pharmacies, ADDOs, and health facilities such as Hospitals and Clinics.
Pearl Capital Partners is a specialist agriculture investment firm that has been investing in small and medium sized East African agribusinesses since 2005. Pearl Capital Partners investments generate financial returns for our investors while creating significant social impact. Pearl Capital Partners success is derived from working with ambitiousmanagement teams, providing supportive investment structures and specialist expertise that create high-growth agribusinesses.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Farming, Food Processing
- Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Uganda, Kenya, Malawi
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$2.1M; Debt Financing $5k–$650k; Private Equity $18k–$2.6M
- Lead/follow: 92% lead, 8% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Enimiro — Enimiro is creating an online farming platform in form of a mobile App to connect Ugandan smallholder farmers with local investors to increase harvest while enabling urban people to invest into farming and earn proceeds at just a click of a button.
- Kamp Feed — Kamp Feed is a food producer of nutritional animal feeds that specializes in pelleted animal feeds.
- Newman Foods — Newman Foods is an agro-processing company that manufactures, exports, and supplies a comprehensive range of fresh agricultural products. Newman Foods Ltd is a Kampala-based agro-processing company whose primary business is producing and marketing branded consumer foods sold through retail stores in the local and the regional market, as well asaggregation and export of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV) to the European market.
DCG Expeditions is a global early-stage investor supporting fintech & crypto founders on their journeys to build the next generation of financial services.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $350k–$2.3M; Series A $10M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Craftt — Craftt is building a frictionless and fairer future of work. It's on a mission to deliver universal benefits that enable financial confidence for the modern workforce.
- NuConstruct — Software Development. MEV Builder from an alternative timeline. Advanced onchain solving and execution.
- Space and Time — Space and Time is the first decentralized data warehouse. Powering low-latency queries and tamperproof Web3 analytics. Web3 analytics at scale. A multichain data platform for dapps needing next-gen Web3 analytics. Connect analytics directly to smart contracts. Join on-chain and off-chain data in a single query.
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Browse database — It's Free!Local network Sharing experience to make opportunities for jobs and income. Private Equity that will create positive impact in East Africa
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- Industry: Software, AgTech, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Uganda, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $300k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- REXIAL — REXIAL is automating direct debit by enabling merchants to collect recurring payments from their customers securely via ACH payments at a fraction of fees on credit or debit cards.
- MazaoHub — MazaoHub is a AI-powered end-to-end farm management company.
- ChapChap Africa — ChapChap Africa develops software that aims to help improve service delivery to under-served communities. ChapChap is a smartphone powered platform that’s helping small businesses stay afloat and thrive by introducing them to the digital age of doing business.
Mercy Corps Ventures invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved individuals and communities. Founded in 2015 as the impact investing arm of global development agency, Mercy Corps, supports over 57 early-stage ventures to scale and raise over $515 million in follow-on capital. Their portfolio centersaround resilience-building solutions in adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and climate-smart technologies so that those living in frontier markets can withstand disruption and plan for the future. Through capital and support, piloting new approaches, action-oriented insights, and rigorously managing impact, they catalyze the ecosystem toward smarter, more impactful investments.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $330k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $100k–$7M; Series A $2.5M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Agruppa — Agruppa leverages mobile phone technology to empower small food vendors in low income neighborhoods by providing them with fruits and vegetables at wholesale prices.
- Meridia — De-risk the sourcing, procurement, trading & compliance of commodities under the EUDR.
- PowerLabs — PowerLabs is an energy and climate technology research and implementation company whose goal is to use intelligent energy to build a world where human output is boundless.
Investment focus
- Industry: B2B, Mobile, Consumer
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Taimba Limited — Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
- WomenChoice Industries — WomenChoice Industries is a manufacturer and distributor of low-cost, affordable, reusable sanitary towels.
Defining the future of venture.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$14M; Series A $10M–$32M; Series B $15M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $450M in 2021
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- FSH Technologies (formerly Contenda) — Contenda helps repurpose old content into a new engagement. It contextually identifies content's key topics and spins it into the proper format for an audience to discover.
- Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
- Savi Security — The only app built to protect your family from AI-powered scams across calls and texts, 24/7. Try Savi free on iOS and Android.
Whole Foods Market Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Whole Foods Market and based in Austin, Texas, unites the efforts of Whole Cities, Whole Kids, and Whole Planet initiatives launched since 2005. In 2024, these programs merged under the Foundation to streamline its mission of nourishing people and the planet through better nutritionaccess and financial stability opportunities.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Education, Agriculture
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
- Geography: United States, Senegal, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Grant $50k–$570k; Debt Financing $67k–$449k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- School Food Matters — School Food Matters teach children about food and improve their access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. The company provides fully-funded food education programs to schools, such as cooking, growing, farm visits, and more. Delivering these programs informs and strengthens the organizations' campaigns, bringing thevoices of children, parents, and teachers to government policy. School Food Matters was founded in 2007 and is based in London.
- Sustainable Food Center — Sustainable Food Center is a nonprofit organization that transforms the food system to nourish health, land, and livelihood.
- Agricultural Institute of Marin — Agricultural Institute of Marin is an educational non-profit organization. They support local farmers, strengthen local economies, increase food access, and improve public health.
The Continent Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that offers investing in early-stage and growth capital for startup companies.
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- Industry: Finance, Banking, Shipping
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Tanzania, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MVX — MVX is a freight forwarding business and logistics platform that offers freight financing, tracking, and shipping services to help trade.
- Kosa — Domain name KOSA.ai is a powerful tech-driven brand with a sleek, modern appeal. The name KOSA conveys a sense of intelligence and sophistication, making it perfect for AI-focused startups or businesses in the technology sector. As a short,
- Credable — Credable is the Digital Banking Platform that is driving the future of banking by embedding financial services in businesses across emerging markets.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $30k–$1.3M; Angel $30k–$50k; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Accounteer — Accounteer is a cloud accounting platform for small businesses. Business owner can create invoices, track expenses and follow up on their finances with ease. Accounteer integrates with external services like banks, e-invoicing platforms and e-commerce. Future proof your business today by subscribing for a free Accounteer trial account.
- Spring in Africa — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.
- ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.
Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Series B $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $9.4M–$137M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $93M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Bisedge — Bisedge provides outsourcing solutions for material handling equipment including forklifts and other MHE, maintenance packages as well as the operators. Bisedge is offering this solution as a “Product-As-A-Service” for a monthly fee.
- Transvolt Mobility — Transvolt Mobility is an early-stage, technology-driven EV fleet operator, enabling India’s transition to sustainable, zero-emission transport by providing a scalable, multi-partner platform for commercial electric mobility across urban and industrial segments.
- EVF General Finance Joint Stock Company — EVF provides a wide range of financial services, including credit lines for micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs).
Warioba Ventures is an investment and advisory firm.
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- Industry: Health Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
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- Dawa Mkononi — Dawa Mkononi (DM) is a registered company that mainly focuses on innovations to improve pharmaceutical supply chain. The app is run by DM Pharmacy located at Kariakoo in Dar es Salaam. The app currently serves for wholesale business only to pharmacies, ADDOs, and health facilities such as Hospitals and Clinics.
- Tunzaa Fintech — A save-now-buy-later secure savings and payments infrastructure for the unbanked African consumers who save to buy from a curated marketplace of trusted merchants.
A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Banking
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: India, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 761
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $50M–$420M; Debt Financing $20M–$356M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$67M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Kuku FM — Discover the most popular audiobooks & podcasts on Kuku FM. Listen to trending shows, most-played content, and viral audio series everyone is loving.
- Altobridge — AltoBridge.com is a bold and dynamic domain name that exudes sophistication and innovation. This sleek and memorable name evokes a sense of elevation and connection, making it perfect for a wide range of industries looking to establish a st
- Lagos Free Zone — Lagos Free Zone is a leading industrial and commercial hub in Nigeria, offering businesses world-class infrastructure, tax incentives, and strategic access to global markets.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $125k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Menza — We'll share the full story soon. Thank you to every customer, investor, and friend who built this with us.
- Modelence — Modelence runs your app in production for you: managed database, auth, backups, scaling and AI-monitored infrastructure from the first deploy. Start free.
- Karumi — Karumi is an AI agent that joins a live video call with your prospects to deliver personalized product demos, 24/7, in any language.
Accion Ventures is an investment strategy that today pursues early-stage investments as part of Accion Impact Management.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: India, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.2M; Series A $2.5M–$17M; Series B $8M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $62M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
- Revrag — Embed AI agents directly into your BFSI product. Automate onboarding, re-engage drop-offs, and drive conversions with In-App and Calling AI agents.
- Gangkhar — Gangkhar provides AI-native embedded insurance infrastructure for digital platforms, insurers, MGAs, and brokers to launch, optimize, and scale embedded protection.
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, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Series B $15M–$50M; Debt Financing $9M–$130M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$137M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scatec ASA — Scatec is a leading renewable energy solutions provider, accelerating access to reliable and affordable clean energy in emerging markets.
- 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.
Flexcap is a venture firm in New York backing founders at the frontier of AI and deep tech. First money into more than 150 founders.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$7.2M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kindo — Kindo brings AI-native security and automation to DevOps, SecOps, and ITOps. Streamline operations, cut alert fatigue, and resolve incidents autonomously with intelligent agents.
- Mesa — Earn points on your mortgage. With the first ever Homeowner Membership Platform, Mesa makes homeownership more affordable and rewarding. Join Mesa and get rewarded for your home.
- Candid Intelligence — Candid is compressing months of pre-construction engineering into hours of compute.
Norrsken22 is a tech growth fund, backed by an international network of tech founders, partnering with exceptional African entrepreneurs in scaling disruptive businesses.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Payments, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$13M; Series A $5M–$40M; Series B $6.8M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- ARC Ride — Affordable, reliable and clean e-mobility solutions for rapidly growing African cities.
- Lua — Build, deploy, and scale enterprise-grade AI agents. Ship your first agent without touching infrastructure.
- Shiprazor — Shiprazor is an innovative shipping aggregator that revolutionizes the logistics industry by providing seamless solutions for businesses.
HOF Capital is a global technology investment firm that leverages its global limited partner network to help founders build massive businesses.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 238
- Round size: Seed $850k–$14M; Series A $10M–$40M; Series B $20M–$863M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Solea — Solea is the AI CSR that helps with booking, routing, and logging home service jobs in real time.
- Valar Atomics — Valar Atomics is scaling nuclear energy for heavy industrial power and clean hydrocarbon fuel production.
- Cognition — Cognition develops artificial intelligence systems for software engineering and code automation. The company operates Devin, an AI software engineer that plans, writes, tests, debugs, and deploys code through integrated development workflows. Its platform works with existing development tools and codebases to support engineering tasks acrossapplication development, maintenance, and issue resolution. Cognition also provides tools that assist teams with system design, technical workflows, and collaborative coding processes. The company focuses on AI agents that automate repetitive engineering work while supporting software teams in managing complex development tasks.
Beyond Capital Fund is an evergreen impact investment fund that invests in for-profit, early-stage companies in East Africa and India. The fund invests in companies that aim to improve access to health care, sanitation, clean energy, agriculture and food security, and financial inclusion, all of which can help consumers at the bottom of theeconomic pyramid live better lives. Despite the fact that the fund seeks market-rate financial returns, Beyond Capital is structured as a nonprofit, allowing the organization to emphasize fidelity to its social mission alongside its financial mandate.Beyond Capital, headquartered in New York, was established in 2009.
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- Industry: Health Care, Financial Services, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $50k–$4M; Pre-Seed $800k–$1.5M; Series B $20M–$224M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.3M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Wellth — Improve quality scores, reduce high cost utilization, address health equity, and improve member satisfaction by using the right incentive at the right time to create life-changing healthy habits through Wellth.
- Floworks AI — Deploy AI agents that prospect, personalise emails, handle replies and book meetings 24/7. Floworks AI replaces repetitive SDR work so your team closes more deals.
- Haqdarshak — Made with Framer
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency and speed.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series C
- Geography: India, Japan, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Series C $3M–$40M; Post-IPO Debt $20M–$350M; Debt Financing $13M–$692M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Coelba — Coelba is an energy distribution company.
- IIFL Home Loan — IIFL Home Finance Limited Is a Registered Housing Finance Company With National Housing. Check Out The Awards We Have Won, Board of Directors & Core Value Of the Organization.
- ANSA McAL — ANSA McAL specializes in automotive, beverage, manufacturing, financial services and retail.
We will continue to invest and support the growth of innovative companies towards sustainable economic growth and solving social issues.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $450k–$11M; Series A $3M–$51M; Series B $7M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
- Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
- Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries and affiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 672
- Round size: Series A $1.1M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $800k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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