Top 50 VC Funds & Investors in Tanzania (July 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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5 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Raba Partnership
VC Fund
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2 | United States, South Africa, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $635k–$32M |
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Development Bank of Japan
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Manufacturing, Robotics, Aerospace | $1.7M–$553M |
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UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, India | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical | $3.1M–$78M |
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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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SICTIC
VC Fund
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2 | Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $302k–$3M |
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Acasia Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Egypt, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile | $532k–$2.5M |
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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 | $2.3M–$65M |
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Catalytic Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Zambia, Tanzania, Benin | Angel, Grant, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Apps, Agriculture | $22k–$1.5M |
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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 | $7M–$62M |
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NEC Capital Solutions
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, Tanzania | Series B, Series A | Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $5.1M–$184M |
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elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
VC Fund
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2 | India, Tanzania, South Africa | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | $100k–$4.5M |
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, Mexico | Grant, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Agriculture, AgTech | $40k–$4.2M |
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Amplo
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $3M–$70M |
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Goodwell Investments
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya | Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | $1.5M–$26M |
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Microtraction
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Ghana | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $25k–$1.3M |
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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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International Finance Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | India, Brazil, United States | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, Finance, Banking | $20M–$500M |
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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 | $100k–$16M |
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The Continent Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Tanzania | Pre-Seed | Financial Services | |
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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–$4.4M |
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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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DCG Expeditions
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain | $350k–$20M |
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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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British International Investment
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Banking, Finance | $9M–$130M |
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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, Egypt, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Financial Services, Banking, Payments | $2.4M–$55M |
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Health Care | $2.3M–$269M |
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HOF Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Financial Services | $1.4M–$863M |
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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–$794M |
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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, Information Technology | $2.5M–$75M |
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Bessemer Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Israel | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $5M–$100M |
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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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AXIAN
VC Fund
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1 | Egypt, Kenya, Mali | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $1M–$12M |
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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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Beyond Capital
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Health Care, Medical Device, Financial Services | $357k–$44M |
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9Yards Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland | Series A, Series B, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $1.3M–$130M |
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Finnfund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, South Africa | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Energy, FinTech | $2.7M–$135M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $125k–$10M |
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NEC Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, Israel | Series B, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $7.7M–$553M |
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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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Sanofi
VC Fund
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1 | United States, France, China | Post-IPO Equity, Series B, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $2.7M–$400M |
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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 | $500k–$8.2M |
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Grant, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical | $500k–$85M |
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Warioba Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Tanzania | Seed | Health Care | |
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Pontem Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Tanzania | Seed | Health Care | |
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Shine Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Spain, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $3.5M–$71M |
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VentureSouq
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $250k–$50M |
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DST Global
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, India | Series B, Series C, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $10M–$900M |
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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
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Yamify — Yamify is an AI platform where intelligent agents reliably run mission-critical business workflows in Africa. Founded by Silicon Valley engineers, our platform automates complex operations by integrating humans, systems, and infrastructure reliably, even under connectivity, latency, and compliance challenges. Starting with on-prem deployments,Yamify is evolving into a full AI automation infrastructure for African enterprises.
- Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
- Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.
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: 57
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Pre-Seed $635k–$6.5M; Series A $9.2M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Thndr — Thndr is a financial services company that operates an app-based investment platform.It comes with 0% commission, no account minimum, access to market data, easy account setup, and funding processes. Users can also get access to the latest news, market data, and other educational tools. Seif Amr established the company in 2020 in Cairo, AlQahirah, Egypt.
- Ezeebit — Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies.
- 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.
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, Robotics, Aerospace
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$57M; Series B $4.7M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SEED — SEED accumulated technologies and gained customer trust through development of contact lenses.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
- Tokyu Corporation — Tokyu introduce the list of executives, business organization, year map, head office map and company information (e-BOOK).
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:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 182
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$48M; Series A $3.6M–$78M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flosfia — FLOSFIA is a spin-off from a research of Kyoto University, specializing in film-formation by mist chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Making use of physical properties of gallium oxide (Ga2O3), FLOSFIA has devoted to development of low-loss power devices.
- TXP Medical — TXP Medical build a next-generation medical system through acute care.
- Startbahn — Startbahn develops Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks.
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 — Waka Payments is a mobile application that allows user to access, transfer, and manage cross border financial transactions.
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, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 210
- Round size: Seed $583k–$3M; Pre-Seed $302k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Agrinorm — Agrinorm is a Swiss deep tech company leveraging cutting edge machine learning techniques for the optimization of fruits and veg supply chains.
- 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.
- Get More Brain — Digital learning platform connecting learners and their employers with teachers and schools, publishers and EdTech companies. Marketplace for learning content and learning related services.
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 $750k–$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 — Smart HR system for Smart Businesses | Start Today Automate payroll, shift scheduling, and attendance for your blue-collar workforce. Bluworks is the HR system trusted by all.
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: 192
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$10M; Series A $8M–$35M; Series B $15M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% 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.
- Tandems — Tandems enhances the way financial advice is delivered by equipping advisors, bankers, and agents with data-driven insights and personalized recommendations. Tandems focuses on improving institutional operations through automation and intelligent decision-support tools that streamline workflows and client engagement. The company’s technology isdesigned to augment human expertise, allowing financial professionals to allocate more time to strategic guidance and relationship building.
Catalytic Africa is an initiative by ABAN and AfriLabs, supported by AFD and Digital Africa.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Apps, Agriculture
- Stage:Angel, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Zambia, Tanzania, Benin
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Angel $22k–$80k; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% 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 —
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 $7.7M–$62M; Series B $7M–$29M; Corporate Round $32M–$55M
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: Internet, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Japan, United States, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Series A $5.1M–$142M; Series B $7.1M–$184M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- A*QUANTUM — A*QUANTUM is an quantum computer software.
- AI Samurai — AI Samurai specializes in the development and sales of artificial intelligence technology. It also supports patent research and technical research. The company was founded in 2015.
- Liberaware — Liberaware is a machine learning and artificial intelligence company.
elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, Tanzania, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4.5M; Series A $2M–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BukaPO — BukaPO is a food and beverage company that provides pulses, rice bowls, and various other snack food services.
- Toroto — Toroto neutralizes greenhouse gas emissions through nature-based solutions and carbon management. They provide a science-based way for companies and organizations to move closer to carbon-neutral operations. They support companies by measuring and reducing their environmental footprint. They also design forestry and regenerative agricultureprojects that make carbon offsetting possible.
- MazaoHub — MazaoHub is a AI-powered end-to-end farm management company.
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:Grant, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Grant $40k–$100k; Series A $1.1M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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 — Karpolax provides preservation technologies for agricultural companies that enable them to enhance the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
- Affinity — Join over 125,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage their banking needs, from savings to payments, as well as instant loans
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, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $3M–$13M; Series A $5.5M–$40M; Series B $21M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Kredi — Kredi is Rocket Mortgage for LatAm. Customers can easily secure a mortgage online.
- Hint — HINT Home Intelligence is an AI‑powered home‑management platform that acts as a centralized “living manual” for homeowners, organizing property details, maintenance schedules, and utility information in one digital interface.
- Osmo — Giving computers a sense of smell.
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
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$12M; Series B $2M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
- 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.
- Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.
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: 104
- Round size: Seed $25k–$1.3M; Angel $30k–$50k; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Spring in Africa — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.
- Allpro Technologies — Their mission is to Facilitate the free flow of finance and data in the school ecosystem.
- 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.
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.
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
- Geography: India, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 594
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $50M–$500M; Debt Financing $20M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PasarPolis — PasarPolis is an insurtech startup that provides an online insurance comparison platform for individuals. The company offers quotes for health insurance, life insurance, car insurance, personal insurance, property insurance, and claims processing services.The company was founded by Cleosent Randing in 2015 and is headquartered in Jakarta,Indonesia.
- Twiga Foods — Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and market stalls. The company is using a mobile-based, cashless, business-to-business (B2B) supply platform to access distribution into the millions of small and medium-sized vendors in African urban markets. Founded in 2013, Twiga is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
- ABBANK — An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank, a commercial bank, provides consumer and corporate banking services in Vietnam. The company offers consumer banking services, such as term and non-term savings, demand, and accumulated savings deposits; and unsecured consumption, home erection/renovation, secured consumption, business and production, car,home, listed and non-listed securities, overseas study, savings account book/account balance mortgage, and business and production supplementary loans. It provides corporate banking services, including commercial financing, import financing, pre-shipment export financing, SME financing, and co-financing loans; supplementary installment loans for business.
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: 58
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.6M; Series A $14M–$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 — Creatify AI provides a platform for creating user-generated content UGC style video ads. Users can generate multiple video ads by simply pasting a product link, utilizing a library of AI avatars for a more engaging presentation. The service automates video production, allowing users to produce ads quickly and efficiently. Additionally, Creatifyoffers tools for performance marketers to analyze their advertising strategies and gain insights into their competition. This combination of video creation and analytical features supports sales teams in enhancing their marketing efforts and improving engagement with potential customers.
- ThetaWave AI — Turn lectures into notes, mindmaps, quizzes & flashcards in real-time. Trusted by 50,000+ students from Stanford, MIT & more. Free to try.
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: Financial Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Credable — Credable is the Digital Banking Platform that is driving the future of banking by embedding financial services in businesses across emerging markets.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $325k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Brass — Get started with a modern current account
- 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.
- 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.
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.
Luno 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: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $350k–$1.5M; Series A $10M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Onmeta — Onmeta
- Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
- Sealance Corp. — Sealance provides financial services, cryptography and other services.
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: 29
- Round size: Seed $850k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fauree — Fauree is a SaaS-based supply chain finance platform that enables automated financing and risk management of payables transactions for large enterprises and financial institutions. By integrating directly with corporate ERP systems, Fauree streamlines invoice management, supplier financing, and dynamic discounting through a fully digital andintuitive platform. The platform allows corporates to optimize working capital by extending payment terms while enabling suppliers — particularly SMEs — to receive early payments at competitive financing rates. Through customizable discounting rules and automated workflows, Fauree simplifies payables finance and improves cash flow management across the supply chain ecosystem. Fauree’s digitized infrastructure also empowers banks and lenders to provide financing against low-value invoices more efficiently. By leveraging historical transaction data and automated verification processes, the platform reduces the time, cost, and operational complexity traditionally associated with invoice due diligence and risk assessment. As an intermediary between large corporates, SMEs, and financial institutions, Fauree facilitates a more efficient supply chain financing model that benefits all stakeholders. Suppliers gain faster access to liquidity, corporate buyers strengthen supplier relationships and preserve working capital, and lenders gain access to a scalable, data-driven financing ecosystem with improved visibility and risk management.
- myco — myco is a content streaming super dApp that smoothly integrates AVOD and SVOD capabilities into a decentralized ecosystem.
- Idealz — Idealz is an e-commerce platform where users purchase products and receive entries into prize draws. The platform includes categories such as electronics, vehicles, and lifestyle items. A portion of transactions supports charitable initiatives, while selected participants may receive prizes through scheduled draw processes conducted by theplatform.
British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Series B $14M–$50M; Debt Financing $9M–$130M
- 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 capital investment firm based in New York, New York. The firm focuses on early stage investments in enterprise SaaS and financial services.
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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 Intelligence is a software company that specializes in AI solutions for engineering and construction projects.
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, Banking, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$5.8M; 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
- Lua — Lua provides AI-powered virtual agents for sales, support, and bookings across channels like WhatsApp, Messenger, and email.
- Shiprazor — Shiprazor is an innovative shipping aggregator that revolutionizes the logistics industry by providing seamless solutions for businesses.
- Orca Fraud — Orca empowers fraud fighters with effective tools to combat fraud
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 andaffiliates in the various business segments.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 553
- Round size: Series A $2.3M–$128M; Series B $3.2M–$269M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Fermelanta — Fermelanta produces rare plant-based ingredients through microbial fermentation. It engineers a cell to build a biosynthetic pathway of target molecules with gene transfer and disruption.
- Atom — Atom is a humanoid robot built platform. Its bipedal, dual-armed robots are designed not just as industrial tools but as collaborators that expand human capability. By combining advanced Physical AI—environmental perception, judgment, and action planning—with robust robotic hardware, Atom is creating adaptive agents capable of working acrossdiverse settings to augment or, where appropriate, replace human labor. The company positions these robots as a next step in societal evolution: a new class of machines that learn and behave in human-like ways to advance productivity, safety, and quality of life.
- Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 202
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$15M; Series A $10M–$52M; Series B $20M–$863M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Jota — Jota: The platform handles finances for individual entrepreneurs and business owners by allowing them to instantly pay, collect receivables, and manage their day-to-day operations with voice notes, text messages, and images through an AI-first chat conversation. All tasks are free and executed in seconds. Designed to save time and money, Jotaempowers its clients to focus on what truly matters to them.
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Trace Finance — Trace Finance enables secure and swift connections between businesses and their customers through payments and automatic transaction reconciliations on a large scale, promoting integrity and efficiency.
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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–$794M; Series B $16M–$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.
Defining the future of venture.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 166
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$14M; Series A $10M–$35M; Series B $25M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $450M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
- Novellia — Novellia provides an AI-powered platform for individuals to access, manage, and gain insights from their personal health records.
- Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1261
- Round size: Series A $5M–$40M; Series B $10M–$60M; Series C $12M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.9B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Verastem Oncology — Embracing the power of partnership and collaboration to develop novel cancer therapies.
- Kandou AI — We enable faster and more energy efficient interconnects with a smaller physical footprint than competing technologies. Our chip connection technologies improves the speed to power consumption trade-off frontier.
- Pluro Fertility and IVF — Pluro is a leading fertility clinic and IVF center in India offering IVF, ICSI, IUI, and test tube baby treatments for your journey to parenthood. Book a free consultation today.
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.
AXIAN is a pan-African group that specializes in real estate, telecom, financial services, energy, and innovation.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Egypt, Kenya, Mali
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Series A $5M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- 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.
- WeLight — WeLight deploys sustainable and accessible solutions to accelerate energy inclusion in rural areas of Africa.
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: 133
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.4M; Series A $2.6M–$17M; Series B $8M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Billpocket — Billpocket convierte tu smartphone o tablet en una terminal punto de venta. Ya no tienes que esperar al banco y pagar exageradas cuotas de mantenimiento, fianzas y papel para poder cobrar con tarjeta. Simplemente necesitas una cuenta bancaria a donde puedas recibir tus cobros con tarjeta de débito y crédito.
- Cashinvoice — Cashinvoice connects supply chain stakeholders and digitises invoice-to-cash processes to unlock working capital trapped within supply chains and accelerate business growth
- Pintek — Pintek is a financial technology company aiming to democratise access to education in Indonesia through affordable and flexible credit.
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, Medical Device, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: India, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $357k–$4M; Pre-Seed $800k–$1.5M; Series B $20M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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
Growth-stage venture capital.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$17M; Series A $7.4M–$30M; Series B $17M–$130M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Calibre — Calibre is a technology-driven company developing AI-powered solutions for the testing, inspection, and certification industry, helping businesses improve operational efficiency, automate compliance processes, and enhance the accuracy and reliability of quality assurance services.
- LightTable — LightTable is a software company that specializes in designing documents and fewer RFIs for architects and construction.
- Candex — Candex is your tech-based master vendor, enabling enterprises to engage and make purchases from suppliers in a compliant way without onboarding delays.
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, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, India, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Series B $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $2.7M–$135M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mobisol — We transform lives through solar energy access. Our solar home systems and mini-grids benefit millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- TPL Insurance — TPL Insurance is a Pakistan's first direct insurance company that take care of all insurance related matters.
- 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.
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: 156
- Round size: Seed $125k–$6M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.2M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% 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.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Japan, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Series A $7.7M–$209M; Series B $10M–$553M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SWAT Mobility — SWAT Mobility is a smart mobility company that provides demand-responsive, ride-sharing technology in high capacity vehicles. We work with corporates, transport operators and government agencies to improve transport services. Learn more about how we can help you leverage technology for your transport.
- Sakana AI — We are creating a new kind of foundation model based on nature-inspired intelligence.
- Rapidus — Rapidus is an Electronic component research, development, design, production, and sales that includes semiconductor elements and integrated circuits. Environmentally friendly, energy-saving semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing technology are being researched and developed. Human resource development and training for the semiconductorsector.
Investment focus
- Industry: B2B, Mobile, Consumer
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- 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.
We provide potentially life-changing treatments and the protection of life-saving vaccines to millions of people
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Stage:Post-IPO Equity, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$400M; Series B $7.5M–$180M; Post-IPO Equity $10M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CILcare — CILcare specializes in providing drug solutions for hearing and ear disorders.
- Earendil Labs — Transforming protein therapeutics discovery with next-generation AI, deep learning, and high-throughput biology.
- Cour Pharmaceuticals Development — Reprogramming the immune system. Restoring lives.At COUR, we develop targeted therapies that incite calm within the immune system and help restore the healt ...
Acacia is a cross border investment manager, specialising in private market investments. The team is composed of a diverse and international group that is primarily based in Shanghai.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Menza — Menza is a data analytics platform that generates interactive dashboards and proactive insights using AI.
- Modelence — Modelence is a Software Development firm offering typeScript cloud services AI apps production.
- 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.
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: 337
- Round size: Grant $500k–$13M; Series A $5M–$60M; Series B $8M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
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- Immunocore — Immunocore is focused on the discovery and development of novel T cell receptor-based drugs to treat diseases with a high unmet need, including cancer and viral disease. The Company’s world-leading expertise in engineering T Cell Receptors (TCRs) and linking them to an antibody fragment (scFv) known as anti-CD3, has led to its first productcandidate, IMCgp100, entering clinical trials in patients with metastatic melanoma. The proprietary T Cell Receptor technology platform is well validated and can easily be manufactured for clinical and commercial supply in microbial systems.
- BioNTech — BioNTech is a next-generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. It contains several classes of drugs, including mRNA-based drugs to encode antigens, neoantigens, cytokines, and antibodies; cell therapies; bispecific antibodies; and antibody-drug conjugates.
- Aspen Pharmacare — Aspen is a global specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in both emerging and developed markets
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.
Pontem Ventures are a strategic investment vehicle that identifies, vets and invests in industry agnostic growth businesses.
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- Industry: Health Care
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Spain, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $3.5M–$18M; Series A $12M–$25M; Series B $10M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Zenskar — Zenskar seamlessly manages complex subscription and usage based billing. Meter high throughput data, and automate revenue accounting, analytics & dunning.
- Mother Games — MOTHER Games is an art and media company that creates transformative experiences through play, blending creativity and innovation to craft unique and engaging interactive experiences.
- Turnout — Turnout Technologies is a technology related company.
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: 171
- Round size: Seed $250k–$9M; Series A $6M–$37M; Series B $6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% 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
DST Global is an investment firm that focuses on late-stage ventures in the Internet sector. The firm has invested in several rapidly growing companies. Its offices are in Menlo Park, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner, Saurabh Gupta, John Lindfors, Rahul Mehta, and Tom Stafford.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 292
- Round size: Series A $10M–$75M; Series B $20M–$180M; Series C $43M–$900M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- ofo — Ofo is a “station-free” bike-sharing platform operated via an online mobile application. It is committed to providing the best short distance transportation solution, solving the “last mile” transportation problem by turning the last mile into a green, low-emission trip. To date, ofo has connected more than 10 million bikes to over 200 millionusers in more than 20 countries: Australia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US. The platform generates more than 32 million daily transactions and has provided global users in 250+ cities with over 6 billion efficient, convenient, green rides.The ofo platform is easy to use. After downloading the ofo mobile phone app (iOS/Android), users may scan the QR code or enter the plate number displayed on each bike to receive a passcode and unlock it. Its bike-sharing system requires no docking stations, providing significant flexibility for users to find and return bikes anywhere, anytime. Once they reach their destination, the user may park the bike anywhere that is legitimate, convenient, and easy for the next user to access. But ofo does more than help commuters and travelers access bikes for getting around their cities. As a partner of the UN Development Programme, they are focused on achieving Global Sustainability Goals and promoting green and healthy living, and they have also launched a partnership with Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation to provide bikes and scholarships for schoolgirls in Malawi.
- Flexport — Cut costs, automate workflows, reliably move goods, go carbon-neutral, and improve your supply chain from end to end. It all starts here.
- VIDA — VIDA is an IT company that develops customized digital platforms to enhance compliance and security services.
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