Top 50 VC Funds & Investors in Zambia (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Ground Squirrel Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Kenya, Zambia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $125k–$48M |
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Enygma Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Lending, Beauty | $150k–$1M |
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EDFI ElectriFI
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Kenya, France | Debt Financing, Series A | Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy | $110k–$30M |
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UNDP
VC Fund
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2 | South Africa, United States, Egypt | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | AgTech, E-Commerce, Agriculture | $7k–$100k |
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Tiger Global Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $9M–$284M |
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The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Zambia, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $500k–$30M |
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Amano Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Zambia, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | EdTech, Software, Education | |
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Goneke Investment Group
VC Fund
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2 | Zambia | Seed, Private Equity | Energy, Oil and Gas, Project Management | |
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KFW DEG
VC Fund
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2 | India, Kenya, United States | Debt Financing, Grant, Private Equity | Financial Services, Energy, FinTech | $100k–$350M |
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Vibe VC
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Zambia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Finance, Software | $250k–$33M |
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Inoks Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Zambia | Series A | Marketplace, Financial Services | $8.3M–$11M |
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Alitheia IDF
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Logistics | $2.8M–$13M |
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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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Runa Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, France | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $1.1M–$20M |
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ACE & Company
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1M–$24M |
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $100k–$4.4M |
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Torrey Pines Investment
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Russian Federation, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical | $3M–$3.1M |
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True Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $125k–$555M |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$4M |
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Growth Investment Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Ghana, Zambia | Debt Financing, Private Equity | Mining, Farming, Mineral | |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, South Africa, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$4M |
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Twilio
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Egypt, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $195k–$40M |
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Acumen
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A | Agriculture, Solar, Financial Services | $300k–$12M |
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Inside Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Zambia, Madagascar, United States | Series A, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown | mHealth, Education, Health Care | |
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Not Boring Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Zambia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | $400k–$32M |
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AgDevCo
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Ethiopia, Mauritius | Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Farming, Agriculture, AgTech | $15k–$10M |
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Earl Grey Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, SaaS, Software | $1M–$14M |
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Global Partnerships/Eleos Social Venture Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda, Zambia, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Logistics, Agriculture, Car Sharing | $2.1M–$10M |
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FINCA Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Grant, Series A | Financial Services, Agriculture, FinTech | $40k–$4.2M |
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Private Infrastructure Development Group
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Zambia, Senegal | Grant, Debt Financing, Series C | Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar | $66k–$50M |
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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Non Profit, Education, Health Care | $100k–$750k |
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Tamboti Circle
VC Fund
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1 | Zambia | Pre-Seed | ||
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Zenga Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Zambia | Seed | Apps, Software, Business Information Systems | |
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Norfund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria | Private Equity, Debt Financing | Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy | $2.2M–$156M |
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Jordan Engineering
VC Fund
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1 | Zambia | Seed | Agriculture, Financial Services | |
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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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Atom CTO
VC Fund
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1 | Zambia | Seed | Apps, Education, E-Learning | |
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bettervest GmbH
VC Fund
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1 | Zambia | Debt Financing | Energy, Information Technology, Social Entrepreneurship | |
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Renew Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia | Pre-Seed, Seed | Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Finance | |
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Oikocredit International
VC Fund
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1 | India, Nigeria, Kenya | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $1.5M–$24M |
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Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries
VC Fund
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1 | France, Zambia, Myanmar | Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown | Energy, Renewable Energy, Water | |
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GreenTec Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Logistics, Information Technology, Retail | $50k–$1M |
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Opes Impact Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Kenya, India | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Communities, Agriculture, Energy | $219k–$910k |
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Johnson & Johnson Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | Brazil, United States, Colombia | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Medical, Health Diagnostics | $25k–$50k |
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FMO
VC Fund
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1 | India, Kenya, The Netherlands | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B | Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy | $4.5M–$420M |
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $125k–$31M |
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Shell Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Kenya | Grant, Seed, Debt Financing | Energy, Financial Services, Solar | $300k–$53M |
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EDFI Management Company
VC Fund
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1 | Zambia, Benin, Ghana | Debt Financing, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown | Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar | $2.6M–$15M |
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InfraCo Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, India, France | Seed, Series B | Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy | $1.5M–$28M |
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Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $200k–$6M |
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $400k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $125k–$48M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.
- Untapped Global — Untapped connects global investors, and foreign capital to opportunities in emerging markets. Delivering competitive returns, and measurable impact for global investors.
- Necessary Ventures — We invest in what the world needs.
Enygma Ventures is an investment fund for female entrepreneurs and women founders, focused on Southern Africa or SADC. Unlike traditional private equity, venture capital, and banks our team is full of award winning entrepreneurs who understand the same struggles you face first hand.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Lending, Beauty
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $150k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pranary — The practical business school for entrepreneurs
- The Good Mineral — The Good Mineral is award-winning, vegan makeup designed for acne prone, sensitive skin - enjoy natural glowing lightweight coverage - free from preservatives, fragrance, talc, oils, waxes and dyes.
- PremierCredit Zambia — PremierCredit is an international financial technology company that operates an online microlending and investment platform in Sub-Saharan Africa's emerging markets. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has licensed and regulated the company, allowing them to provide inclusive financial services throughout Africa.
Impact investment in sustainable energy
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- Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$30M; Debt Financing $110k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BURN — The future of clean cooking
- GOGO Electric — Bodawerk is an innovations and engineering company. Our products are created to serve the needs of people at the bottom of the pyramid.
- MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
UNDP works to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities through the sustainable development of nations, in more than 170 countries and territories.
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- Industry: AgTech, E-Commerce, Agriculture
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Grant $25k–$100k; Pre-Seed $7k–$40k
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amanleek — Amanleek, aims to simplify insurance services and make it more accessible for a wider base of individual and business customers through leveraging transparency, trust and innovation to deliver an enhanced experience for all parties involved through tech based solutions.
- Medtech Africa — Medtech Africa is a Nigerian-based startup leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Apps to enable Cardiologists to treat and manage patients living with Cardiovascular Disease using the Patient's own data.The App, Forcardio, is a smart mobile & web application that seamlessly connects FDA-approved Bluetooth-enabled Cardiovascular devicesused by Patients through a mobile app to physician's tablet/device.Forcardio, eliminates the need for Cardiologists to use hundreds of apps to manage CVD. Forcardio App connects all CVD devices.We provide features such as AI analytics and Planning tools for Patient data for Cardiologist, emergency warning systems, on-demand video/voice call and management tools for CVD Patients.
- Riwe — Empowering communities and industries with climate data, insurance, and financial infrastructure. 080000CALL-RIWE
Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1234
- Round size: Series A $9M–$54M; Series B $20M–$130M; Series C $30M–$284M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.2B in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Kavak — KAVAK is an innovative company in the automotive industry that helps people acquire their own car, offering a wide range of guaranteed and certified cars.
- StrongDM — Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy.
- OfBusiness — Get latest raw materials prices, news and instant quotes for 500+ Categories across Steel, Aluminium, Agri and more
Backed by 110+ world-class founders and operators. We help you find product/market fit faster, supercharge your distribution, and raise from the best investors.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Zambia, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $3M–$30M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.8M; Series A $6M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $24M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Vulture Labs — Transforming your existing CCTV into your Most Powerful Operational Tool.
- TRIC Robotics — TRIC Robotics develops an autonomous, non-chemical pesticide alternative for strawberry farms. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Newark, DE.
- Pilot Protocol — Network OS for AI Agents
An advisory-brokerage firm that bridges the gap between opportunity and capital in the SME market in Zambia.
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- Industry: EdTech, Software, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Zambia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EduPay — Edupay provides affordable education loans with flexible repayment, ensuring uninterrupted learning.
- Explorer School — Explorer School is an online primary and secondary school that offers educational programs.
- Likota Furniture — Proudly Zambian business specialized in handcrafted, sustainable furniture.
Pioneering a century-long initiative to finance, build, and secure the critical industries that define national strength.
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- Industry: Energy, Oil and Gas, Project Management
- Stage:Seed, Private Equity
- Geography: Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Saharan Oil & Gas Company — Saharan Oil & Gas Company Limited (formerly Hume Energy) is a conglomerate of project managers that provide energy solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through our global network of partners we develop and apply Next Generation Technologies to help safely and responsibly address Africa’s growing energy deficit. Energy access influences comfort,safety, security, and human progress, touching every aspect of our lives. SOGCOL aims to evolve from a regional marketer to an advanced energy innovator and a global energy solutions provider. We aspire to be an industry leader in all aspects of energy production, transportation, distribution, and marketing. Our operations encompass identifying energy projects and facilitation of financing from research and development to promotion, marketing, and execution.
KFW DEG offers financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries. Their customers can rely on their expertise: They can benefit from their market knowledge, their 21 locations worldwide, and their international network. For entrepreneurial success and development.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant, Private Equity
- Geography: India, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Grant $100k–$1.1M; Debt Financing $10M–$350M; Private Equity $11M–$274M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fibra Nova — Fibra Nova is a real estate investment trust that specializes in the acquisition, management, and development of properties for leasing.
- Combio Energia — ComBio Energia Provide energy generation solutions with renewable sources, creating, growing, and long-term economic value. They develop projects for steam generation and cogeneration of electricity with biomass, which promote environmental improvements and significant cost reductions for customers in the industrial segment. They offer, based on adetailed analysis of the needs of each customer, a dedicated energy solution, adapted to their consumption profile.
- IPT PowerTech — IPT PowerTech coverage, coupled with our extensive expertise in supply chain management, field implementation, and power systems, has made us one of the most capable companies in handling the most complicated and versatile projects in the MEA region and its neighboring countries.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $3M–$12M; Pre-Seed $250k–$4.5M; Series A $8M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Carry — Ocho is everything you need to build wealth as a business owner.
- Qene Games — Qene Games is an award-winning software development firm operating from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Founded in 2017, the company has been focused on developing and publishing video games while providing game development outsourcing, game art outsourcing, and other software development services.
- Hone Health — Hone Health is a telehealth clinic that helps people improve healthspan through advanced biomarker testing, clinician-guided care, and personalized protocols.
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- Industry: Marketplace, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Series A $8.3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lupiya — Lupiya is a financial technology company that provides digital lending services designed to help individuals and small businesses access short-term credit and installment financing. The platform offers mobile-accessible loans that can be used for expenses such as personal needs, business cash flow, or emergency payments, using an online applicationprocess that evaluates creditworthiness through alternative data and behavioral indicators. Lupiya’s services include flexible repayment schedules, automated disbursement, and electronic account management so users can monitor balances and repayment activity within the app or web interface. The company also offers tools for budgeting and payment reminders to support borrowers in managing their credit obligations. Through integrations with local payment networks and banking partners, Lupiya facilitates secure fund transfers and compliance with financial regulations. Its lending infrastructure is tailored to expand access to credit for underserved populations and small enterprises that may have limited access to traditional banking services.
Alitheia IDF is investing in dynamic and growing businesses throughout Africa. By investing in teams that recognize the importance of gender diversity the firm generates superior financial returns and impact.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Logistics
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$13M; Series A $3M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $4.5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Lupiya — Lupiya is a financial technology company that provides digital lending services designed to help individuals and small businesses access short-term credit and installment financing. The platform offers mobile-accessible loans that can be used for expenses such as personal needs, business cash flow, or emergency payments, using an online applicationprocess that evaluates creditworthiness through alternative data and behavioral indicators. Lupiya’s services include flexible repayment schedules, automated disbursement, and electronic account management so users can monitor balances and repayment activity within the app or web interface. The company also offers tools for budgeting and payment reminders to support borrowers in managing their credit obligations. Through integrations with local payment networks and banking partners, Lupiya facilitates secure fund transfers and compliance with financial regulations. Its lending infrastructure is tailored to expand access to credit for underserved populations and small enterprises that may have limited access to traditional banking services.
- Seamfix — Seamfix’s end-to-end electronic ID and credentials software solutions address the lack of digital ID systems for 30+ African countries and over 250M individuals, providing access to credit, banking, and other essential services for large parts of populations.
- Alma Clinics — ALMA CLINICS Primary Healthcare with Advanced Blockchain, AI technology. BEST Clinic providing affordable healthcare, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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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 transforms plastic waste into eco-friendly circular building materials. Our innovative technology creates sustainable solutions for construction industry.
Runa Capital is a global venture capital firm built by serial entrepreneurs that invests in early-stage software startups around the world...
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $1.5M–$15M; Series B $2.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $69M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Spectrm — charles is the Conversational Marketing AI and CRM platform for brands to attract, convert, and retain customers via AI agents and marketing automations.
- Axiom Trust — Axiom Trust is an AI-powered trust startup that modernises professional trust administration during the "Great Wealth Transfer" of over $100 trillion in assets.
- Lace Lithography — Lace is building the patterning technology that will power the next 100 years of semiconductor manufacturing.
ACE & Company is a Geneva-based private equity and venture capital firm with more than $2.0 billion in assets under management and over 20 years of experience.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6.4M; Series A $3.4M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
- Vennre — Build wealth through vetted private market opportunities from $5k. GCC-first, globally accessible. Regulated, Sharia-compliant, digital-first.
- DiPonio Contracting — DiPonio Contracting is an infrastructure maintenance and construction company. It offers new and replacement upgrades for aged and existing water, wastewater, and storm sewer systems.
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: 160
- Round size: Seed $120k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
- MarketForce — MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.
- 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.
Torrey Pines Investment, founded in 2002, is a specialty life-science investment company located in San Diego.Torrey Pines has a team of investment professionals with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, venture capital and operations. Our firm has created biopharma incubators investing in early development stage assets from internationalpharma and biotech partners in CNS, oncology, and virology areas to bring them to commercial success through pharma partnering and M&A.We are committed to capitalizing on the unique opportunities in biotech and pharma, where we can add value in development or regulatory strategy by utilizing resources of our portfolio CRO companies. We seek to leverage our industry knowledge, network of industry and financial contacts, and internal resources to assist our portfolio management in developing and executing their business strategy. Our bottom line is to help our companies achieve growth, build value and realize wealth.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Russian Federation, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $3M–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Mondego Bio — Headquartered in Portugal’s main biotech park, Biocant, Mondego Bio is developing best-in-class protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2) inhibitors, providing a potential immuno-oncological therapy with an improved safety and tolerability profile.
- BIMINI Biotech — BIMINI Biotech is a startup that develops innovative therapeutic strategies for oncology. It is developing therapeutic strategies that target the growth hormone receptor (GHR) and its interaction with insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) for oncology, metabolic diseases, and aging.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Leiden, TheNetherlands.
- Chromis Therapeutics — Chromis Therapeutics, Inc. (Chromis) is a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company, focused on the development of curative treatments for chronic HBV infection, based on its advanced proprietary drug design and discovery platform. The company is seeking investment to advance its novel cccDNA inhibitor (CHR101), viral entry and viral capsidassembly inhibitor lead candidates for the treatment of chronic HBV. CHR101 has a potential to eradicate HBV and to efficiently cure chronically infected HBV patients, as compared to drugs currently on the market. CHR101's activity is supported by a robust discovery preclinical data package.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 151
- Round size: Seed $949k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$725k; Series A $9.1M–$555M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- StackAI — Stack AI supercharges businesses. Deploy AI-powered applications in minutes, automate processes, and skyrocket productivity by connecting LLMs to data sources using Stack AI's no-code platform. Export your work with user-centric interfaces (chatbots and forms) and developer-friendly APIs.
- Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.
- Kapital — Kapital empowers SMBs with a tech-banking platform giving visibility and control of their treasury, and their employees
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $40k–$4M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LipaLater — LipaLater is a lending marketplace that provides postpaid payments at e-commerce stores. They are making technology affordable for you. Get the electronic of your choice today and pay for it in comfortable monthly installments.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
Welcome to Growth Investment Partners - A custom built investment model that meets the needs of the growing entrepreneur.
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- Industry: Mining, Farming, Mineral
- Stage:Debt Financing, Private Equity
- Geography: Ghana, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Springs & Bolts — SBLC manufactures U – Bolts, Leaf Springs, Trailer Suspensions & exports to the West Africa n Sub-Region and also sells on the Ghana market.
- Boxpack Zambia — Boxpack Zambia specialists in manufacturing Corrugated boxes.
- Altus Financial Services — Altus Financial Services operates as a non-bank microfinance institution focused on providing short- to medium-term financing solutions to underserved segments. Its core business model utilizes customized credit evaluation structures, such as a payroll-deduction system, to disperse capital to public sector workers, small business owners, andmicro-entrepreneurs. The value proposition centers on expanding financial inclusion by delivering rapid loan approvals and flexible terms that accommodate clients who do not fit traditional bank appraisal checklists. This structured underwriting enables capital allocation across diverse sectors including farming, retail, construction, and manufacturing.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: 217
- 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 — raised $36M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Zazu — Zazu is a neobank for African SMEs, offering seamless banking tools, cash flow automation, and real-time insights. Zazu simplifies finance management in one all-in-one solution.
- 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 — Udu Technologies is an AI infrastructure company that offers GPU systems, AI platform integration, and technical support services.
Build amazing customer experiences on the Twilio platform with APIs for SMS, RCS, voice, and email, plus conversational AI for smarter engagement, and identity verification for trust.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Egypt, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $195k–$1.7M; Series A $7.6M–$24M; Series B $7.6M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Coval — Simulation and evaluation for AI agents (chat & voice agents)
- Deepgram — Deepgram helps enterprises unlock the potential of their audio data with custom-trained speech recognition for accuracy and scale. Deepgram's deep learning speech recognition system searches for keywords in transcripts by sound and text within audio and video files, used for transcribing calls, meetings, and voicemails for searchable notes,providing businesses with a fast, high accuracy speech-to-text on an easy-to-use API.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Rime — AI voice models built for real-time conversations. 600+ voices, 50+ languages, sub-100ms latency. Trusted by global enterprise.
Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Solar, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Series A $1.6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Sproxil — Sproxil is an information technology company that focuses on supply chains and consumer engagement. It specializes in brand protection, consumer engagement, anti-counterfeiting, product authentication, and consumer promotions. The company was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Orb Energy — Orb Energy is a vertically integrated solar company that manufactures solar panels, design, install, and services complete system, and finance C&I customers.
- MindRight Health — MindRight Health is a tech startup that provides mental health coaching over text message to empower communities to heal from trauma
Inside Capital Partners (“Inside”) is an independent private equity manager aiming to invest through equity in strong potential opportunities in selected Southeast African countries.Inside believes that access to high level information, a strong focus on selected geographies and enterprises along with a strong network of operational andbusiness experts, are key to enhancing value creation.For this reason, the Inside team, which is composed of people with strong ties to the region, operates through its offices in Mauritius and Zambia, and from its network of partners in the other selected countries.Inside also works in close proactive partnerships with entrepreneurs, and leverages on its network of experts, to fast track the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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- Industry: mHealth, Education, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Zambia, Madagascar, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Drive Health — Reduce administrative burden and support your care team. Avery is a clinical workflow automation engine that handles routine tasks like patient outreach and message triage under strict clinician oversight, returning time to the bedside.
- RDG Africa — Empowering the Future, one solar system at a time
- Hautes Études Pratiques Internationales — Hautes Études Pratiques Internationales is a private higher‑education platform that runs degree‑level programmes.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$25M; Pre-Seed $400k–$4.4M; Series A $7.5M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Convoke — The AI-native operating system for drug development
- Daylight — Anode Labs is leveraging web3 infrastructure to build the world's largest virtual power plant.
- Somos Internet — Somos Internet is a network and telecommunications startup that provides latest generation internet with a fast, secure, stable connection. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
AgDevCo is a social impact investor and agribusiness project developer, incorporated as a non-for-profit distribution, limited companyin.
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- Industry: Farming, Agriculture, AgTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Ethiopia, Mauritius
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Debt Financing $15k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 87% lead, 13% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EthioChicken — EthioChicken is a poultry producing companies in East Africa in which the operative companies are AGP Poultry PLC (AGP), Mekelle Farms Ltd (MKF) and Andasa Poultry PLC.
- Planting Naturals — Planting Naturals is a group of companies focused to the long-term production of organic products. Planting Naturals was founded by Kevin Godlington.
- Dekel Agri-Vision — Dekel Agri-Vision which is engaged in developing and cultivating palm oil plantations in Cote d'lvoire.
Earl Grey Capital is a investment firm.
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- Industry: Information Technology, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $12M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CrewAI — A cutting-edge framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents that work together seamlessly to tackle complex tasks.
- Dreambase — AI-Native Analytics for @Supabase
- The Clearing Company — A new kind of prediction market.
Global Partnerships' Social Venture Fund bridges the pioneer gap in sub-Saharan Africa by providing impact-led funding to early-stage social enterprises.
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- Industry: Logistics, Agriculture, Car Sharing
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Uganda, Zambia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$6.3M; Series B $8.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tugende — Tugende helps motorcycle taxi drivers own their own motorcycles in eighteen months or less instead of renting indefinitely. Ownership significantly increases income, job security and road safety.
- Good Nature Agro — Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income.
- YYTZ Agro-Processing — YYTZ Agro-Processing specializes in sourcing and processing cashew nuts.
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, FinTech
- 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
- Karpolax — Offering innovative fruit preservation products! For the grower, the packer, and the retailer.
- Silo Africa — Silo Africa is a Grain Storage & Logistics Startup Company.
- 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
Private Infrastructure Development Group is an infrastructure development firm that offers finance and funds for economic growth.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing, Series C
- Geography: Kenya, Zambia, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Grant $66k–$17M; Series C $50M–$50M; Debt Financing $2.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SupaMoto — Supamoto is a social enterprise that aims to provide clean energy solutions. The company's main product is the Supamoto cookstove, a pellet gasifier stove designed for field testing in multiple African locations. This stove is part of the company's commitment to renewable home energy. Supamoto also offers opportunities for individuals toinvest in Zambia's renewable energy sector, further promoting the use of clean energy. The company has a significant impact on the renewable energy industry, as evidenced by its various campaigns and initiatives.
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- Sanivation — Delivering fecal sludge treatment plants and sanitation services to secondary cities and #refugeecamps in #Kenya. #socent #waste2fuel
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Browse database — It's Free!Patrick J McGovern Foundation advances AI and data innovation for global social impact. Supporting changemakers with technology solutions for equity and sustainability.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Education, Health Care
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 210
- Round size: Grant $100k–$750k
- Lead/follow: 89% lead, 11% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AI4ALL — AI4ALL opens doors to artificial intelligence for historically excluded talent through education and mentorship.
- AImpower.org — AImpower.org is a non-profit organization that enhances the ability of automatic speech recognition models to recognize stuttering speech.
- STEMarts Labs — STEMarts Labs creates interactive experiences that empower youth and communities via the intersection of art, science, and technology.
Tamboti Circle is an investment firm.
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- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Duniya Healthcare — Duniya Healthcare helps retail pharmacies to source their medicines from wholesalers.
Zenga Ventures is an investing firm for startups.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, Business Information Systems
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZPOS — ZPOS is currently undergoing maintenance. Please check back soon.
Norwegian investment fund for developing countries
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- Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing
- Geography: Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Debt Financing $2.2M–$156M; Private Equity $7.4M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2009
Portfolio highlights
- CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
- mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Yarych Confectionery — Yarych Confectionery operates as a packaged biscuits producer. Yarych Confectionery provides packaged biscuits market with its branded Maria, petit beurre and The Crackers biscuits.
Jordan Engineering
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- Industry: Agriculture, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Rent To Own Africa — Rent To Own provides affordable financing to high capacity entrepreneurs in rural communities across Zambia. Rent To Own variety of rental arrangements helps business owners build assets and expand their own services. Beyond traditional asset financing, Rent To Own adapts its services and to the individual needs of each client, including guidedasset selection process, direct distribution and one-on one training for maintenance and proper equipment usage. The company unique six-step loan process mitigates repayment risk and ensures that the equipment is being used optimally.
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.
Atom CTO specializes in providing expert Chief Technology Officer (CTO) guidance, software development, and technology due diligence services. The company focuses on empowering ideas and driving success for founders, businesses, and investors. Atom CTO offers a range of services aimed at non-technical founders and companies in need of technicalleadership and software development expertise. Through its podcast, Atom CTO shares insights, challenges, and triumphs of tech pioneers, aiming to spark innovation and support budding entrepreneurs. The company also engages in partnerships to blend technology expertise with industry-specific needs, such as the integration of blockchain and FinTech solutions.
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- Industry: Apps, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Koloso — Koloso is a digital assessment app that gives teachers the real-time, reliable, individual learning insights they need to get the best out of every child.
bettervest is a crowdinvesting platform that enables people to jointly invest individual sums of money – from as little as 50€ onward – in renewable energy, energy and resource efficiency projects initiated by established enterprises, NGOs and local municipalities. In return, investors benefit financially from the resulting cost and energy savings.The bettervest platform has thus opened up the energy efficiency market to private investors. With these targeted investments ecologically and economically viable energy efficiency measures are able to be implemented, leading to cost, energy and CO2 reductions.
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- Industry: Energy, Information Technology, Social Entrepreneurship
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Zambia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Emerging Cooking Solutions — Emerging Cooking Solutions manufactures and distributes SupaMoto® clean-burning stoves and biomass cooking fuel for low-income urban families in Zambia, improving air conditions and reducing the need for fossil fuels.Emerging Cooking Solutions seeks to serve the 850,000 low-income urban households in Zambia that are in need of a cheaperalternative to charcoal for their cooking needs as well as the 150,000 higher-income households that are in need of a higher-performing alternative to charcoal that is more reliable during power cuts.Emerging Cooking Solutions manufactures and distributes SupaMoto® stoves and densifies waste biomass into fuel pellets, which together create an improved cooking solution that is a cheaper and healthier alternative than charcoal and other fossil fuels. Use of the stove and fuel reduces the incidence of diseases caused by indoor air pollution and strengthens local economics through the use of sustainable fuels.
Renew Capital is an Africa-focused investment firm that addresses critical gaps for Africa’s growing businesses and connects them to a global network of impact investors.
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- Industry: Mobile Apps, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Bosso — Bosso projects and realizes automation and robotic solutions for the growth of your business.
- Chpter — Chpter is a software development company that offers fast billing and checkout to help start, run, and grow a business.
- Level Africa — Digital Investment Marketplace for Africa
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series B $3.5M–$24M; Debt Financing $1.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Djamo — Djamo is a Provider of financial applications to allow customers to use their cards with zero fees in a wide range of services.
- Prestamype — Prestamype was launched in 2017 with the aim of providing a broader access to funding to micro and small businesses, with better credit conditions. With its first product, a secured working capital loan with a real estate collateral, it has lent over USD 24 million to 750 Peruvian entrepreneurs (as of 1st of October 2021). In 2019, Prestamypelaunched its online FX platform called Cambio Seguro. In 2020, the company launched its digital factoring product. In 2021, INCA Ventures and Angel Ventures Peru (AVP), two leading funds in Peru, invested in the company.
- Sindhuja Microcredit — Sindhuja Microcredit is a new generation digital and rural-focused Micro Finance Institution (MFI) providing financial services to the bottom of the pyramid self-employed women entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Water
- Stage:Private Equity, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: France, Zambia, Myanmar
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eranove — The Eranove group counts more than 9000 employees all engaged in developping hydroelectric solutions to allow all the pan african citizens to access electricity and drinking water
- Africa GreenCo — Our mission - addressing creditworthiness to increase generation and growth of renewable energy markets through partnerships and innovative solutions.
- Alliance for Microfinance in Myanmar — Microfinance in Myanmar
GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success.
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- Industry: Logistics, Information Technology, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Pre-Seed $50k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.2M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
- ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.
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- Industry: Communities, Agriculture, Energy
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
- Geography: Italy, Kenya, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $219k–$910k
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Refolo — Refolo is a type B social cooperative that sees social agriculture as having a dual impact: social and environmental. Refolo was created with the aim of creating an agro-ecological and social corridor that runs through the province of Brescia from north to south with the hope that administrations and other communities will come together to generatea positive impact on the environment and the community.Refolo operates in an area located between the municipalities of Brescia, Collebeato, Villa Carcina and Montirone, territories that share the presence of agricultural areas that over the years have been abandoned due to their unsuitability for intensive agriculture and lack of interest by new generations and that are now ready to start again.
- Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
The Johnson & Johnson Foundation is a registered charitable organization that reflects the commitment of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies to keeping people well at every age and every stage of life by blending heart, science, and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Health Diagnostics
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Grant $25k–$50k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sofya — Sofya AI is a healthcare AI platform that uses NLP and voice tech to boost patient engagement and streamline clinical workflows.
- Kintsu — Kintsu operates as a healthtech platform that bridges the gap between patients, healthcare professionals, and institutions.
- Salva Health — Salva Health is a healthcare solutions provider company that develops products to enable the prevention and early detection of diseases.
FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series B
- Geography: India, Kenya, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 194
- Round size: Series B $4.5M–$46M; Post-IPO Debt $25M–$420M; Debt Financing $5M–$195M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
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- SolarSaver — We provide customised rooftop solar PV solutions to corporate, industrial customers in Namibia & SA through its proprietary zero-capital financing model.
- Coris Holding — Coris Holding is a financial institution that was established with the motive to provide support to SMEs and SMIs.
- Yednist' Group — Yednist’ Group is one of the largest agri-processing holdings in Ukraine operating in the following segments: production of bulk feed, packaged feed, premixes and concentrates; veterinary drugs distribution; pet goods distribution. Yednist’ Group operates five production facilities with a total annual capacity of 600 thousand tonnes, including 30thousand tonnes of premixes and concentrates.
Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 875
- Round size: Seed $850k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.1M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaon — Chat with AI characters for free on FlowGPT! More than 1 million characters and bots to chat with, AI boyfriend, girlfriend, uncencored chat and AI tools.
- RedotPay — Where Crypto Meets Real Life | Trusted by 8M+ | Accepted at 130M+ merchants | Pay with BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT & more
- Pure — Pure Poker is a privately held fintech and software company that develops a legal, compliant, rake-free real-money online poker platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company replaces the traditional casino "house" model with a trusted, identity-verified social gaming network.
Shell Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that enables millions of people in Africa and Asia to increase their incomes with clean energy solutions.
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- Industry: Energy, Financial Services, Solar
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $790k–$1.7M; Grant $300k–$5.5M; Debt Financing $4.3M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kofa — Kofa is an automotive company that utilizes the latest electric battery and motor technology. The company aims to develop an affordable, sustainable and customer driven electric network in transformative energy, transport, and climate change around the globe. Kofa was founded in Ghana and is headquartered in Accra.
- Sistema.bio — Sistema.bio is a biodigester with biogas appliances. High efficiency biodigesters transform organic waste into renewable biogas.
- Mufin Green Finance — Mufin Green Finance is an NBFC that specialises in the electric vehicle (EV) market.
EDFI Management Company (EDFI MC) is a multilaterally owned impact asset manager which delivers innovative development finance solutions that enable European DFIs, development banks and private sector investors to increase the scale and impact of their work. The company focuses on business models, technologies and geographies where other investorshave not been able to operate at the desired scale given their resources and investment criteria. To learn more visit www.edfimc.eu.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Zambia, Benin, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series B $7M–$15M; Debt Financing $3.3M–$9M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.6M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sawa Energy — Sawa energy is an affordable, predictable solar electricity solution to power Rwandan businesses with clean and renewable energy.
- Complete Farmer — Complete Farmer connects growers, buyers, and vendors with technology, support, and market access across Ghana and beyond.
- Good Nature Agro — Their priority is to generate lasting income with small-scale farmers. They build local community leaders into qualified Private Extension Agents (PEAs) who oversee and train farmers throughout the growing season. They support PEAs to provide frequent trainings and personalized recommendations on how their growers can make their field healthier andmore productive. PEAs promote improved farm practices and deliver a farmer-friendly loan of seeds and additional inputs. At harvest, Good Nature is a guaranteed market for the certified legume seed that their growers produce. Choosing to produce these high-value crops over traditional cash crops - maize and cotton - more than doubles their income.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.4M; Series B $9M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Afresco — The next generation in commercial and industrial (C&I) energy for Africa
- SunCulture — At SunCulture, we strive to solve the biggest daily challenges of smallholder farmers. We use off-grid solar technology to provide our customers with reliable access to water, irrigation, lighting, and mobile charging, and we can do all of that with a single system.
- Mawingu Networks — Unlimited internet packages for your home and office. 24/7 customer support. Get connected today, starting from 2,500 per month!
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 263
- Round size: Seed $550k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
- Osmo — Osmo is a payment company that helps people to send and receive money immediately.
- Uniblock — Uniblock helps connect developers with Web3 using our APIs and services. Our developers use Uniblock because of how easy it is to integrate into exciting applications. Try it for free today!
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