Top 15 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Africa in October 2023
Top 15 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Africa in October 2023
| Investor | Artificial intelligence Africa investments |
|---|---|
| Richard Aseme | 2 |
| Charles Delingpole | 2 |
| Christian Faes | 2 |
| Sudeep Ramnani | 2 |
| Christian Angermayer | 2 |
| Jai Mahtani | 2 |
| Leonard Stiegeler | 1 |
| Klemens Hallmann | 1 |
| Jonathan Doerr | 1 |
| Leo Stigler | 1 |
| Biola Alabi | 1 |
| Phillip Sebole Masango | 1 |
| Tayo Oviosu | 1 |
| Manuel Coser | 1 |
| Michael Seibel | 1 |
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Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.
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- FinTech, Credit, InsurTech
- Seed, Angel
- Egypt, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Axis — axis for Business enables small businesses to seamlessly manage employee payroll, salary advances, and expenses - all from one place.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Sync Savings — Rebuilding the infrastructure of cash savings
- Superlayer — Superlayer drives better performance for sales teams, leveraging and automating best practices to close more deals in less time.
- Morphoses — Unlocking Potential: Empowering 6-17 Year-Old Learners with Future-Focused Soft Skills for Education and Employability
Christian Faes is the co-founder and Exec Chair of LendInvest, which is marketplace platform for property finance, and one of the leading Fintech businesses in the UK. The business has raised well over £1 billion in debt and equity, from institutions such as Atomico, the European Investment Fund, Citibank, HSBC, and the National Australia Bank.Christian comes from a legal background having practised as a real estate lawyer in Australia (Allens Arthur Robinson), and then in the UK with Clifford Chance and Deutsche Bank. In 2008, Christian co-founded the business with Ian Thomas, initially seeing an opportunity in the short term mortgage market.Christian is a keen advocate for the Fintech sector, and sits on the Government’s Fintech Delivery Panel; and founded and chairs the Digital Finance Forum. He is an active supporter and early investor in several startups, including Seedrs, Crowdcube and Onfido.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United Kingdom, Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Knoma — Search hundreds of courses from leading schools and bootcamps. Learn now and pay later with Knoma and spread the cost with ethical finance
- Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Sudeep Ramnani is the Founder and CEO of Sportybet. SportyBet is an international sports betting and real-money gaming operator that delivers an omni-channel entertainment experience in regulated emerging markets (www.sportybet.com). Sudeep is also an investor in fintech and mobile payments and an advocate of the growing African internet ecosystem.Sudeep will be discussing the challenge of changing customer betting patterns alongside other innovative leaders in the sports betting industry. His insights into the industry's toughest topics will be truly beneficial to anyone who attends the Sports Betting West Africa Summit.
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- Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Seed, Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Christian Angermayer - Founder & CEO @ Apeiron Investment Group
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Upmin — Upmin is an online platform for Real estate management and works as a Digital property manager
- TRIP — TRIP is the UK's most trusted CBD Oils and CBD Drinks Supplier. Shop the UK's best CBD oils available online with FREE UK Shipping.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Jai Mahtani
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- Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Seed, Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Leonard Stiegeler is the Founder of Pulse, the leading innovative media company in Africa. He is backing & investing in media-/art-/technology- & -enabled ventures/assets. Some of his interests include Business Insider Africa, Art News Africa and Digital News Africa. Prior, he was the General Manager of Swiss Ringier AfricaAG since 2016 – responsible for buiding up the group's business on the continent. Ringier is today active in 8 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and through its ROAM-holding leads brands such as Jobberman, Cheki, Private Property, BuyRentKenya, Pigiame, ZoomTanzania, and many more. Prior to his work with Ringier since 2013, Leo helped to establish Rocket Internet and other German investors in Africa. Leo is originally from Germany and has been based in different African countries since 2011.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Credit
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, United States, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Bamba — Smart, simple, digital
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
- Kwik — Kwik Delivery is the fastest and most affordable delivery service for your businesses in Lagos, Abuja, and Ibadan. We deliver under 2 hours.
Klemens Hallmann is an Austrian entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and sole owner of Hallmann Corporate Group, one of the larger Austrian groups of companies, specializing in sales, renovation, and development of real estate projects, in addition to a wide-ranging portfolio of investments including finance and film production
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- Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Jonathan Doerr is the CEO of Daraz. Prior to this, Jonathan served as the managing director of Jumia Nigeria.
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- Credit, Retail, FinTech
- Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- United States, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Opontia — Opontia provides a fast and fair way for small e-commerce business owners to sell their companies. They buy businesses with a long-term competitive advantage and strong home-grown brands. They know that selling a business can be stressful and difficult, which is why they have streamlined the process so that you can receive money in your accountwithin just 6 weeks of starting the process.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Leo Stigler is an investor.
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- Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Biola Alabi is the Managing Partner of Biola Alabi Media, the media icon heads a dynamic consultancy and production company with expertise in strategic consulting for pay entertainment, digital television, interactive television and emerging entertainment distribution platforms; they service governments, content creators, telecommunicationindustry, and investors in the converging media technology space. Biola Alabi Media productions has recently produced Nigeria’s first food travel documentary-series "Bukas and Joints" currently airing across Africa and in the USA.She is also the founder of "Grooming for Greatness" a leadership development and mentorship program for a new generation of African leaders. Named one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa by Forbes Magazine (2012), a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2012) and CNBC Africa’s AABLA West African Business Woman of the Year (2013), for over five highly successful years, Biola Alabi held the high-profile position of Managing Director for M-Net Africa, part of the globally renowned Naspers Group. Prior to this, she was based in the United States where she was part of the executive team at the influential children’s television brand Sesame Street and a member of the marketing team that launched the well-respected Korean motor vehicle corporation Daewoo in the USA.
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- Internet, Logistics, Blockchain
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- ChekkitApp — Chekkit is a DAG blockchain powered anti-counterfeiting solution for food and drug supply chain tracking and customer insights platform. It helps producers protect their brands, track supply chain activities, and collect last-mile consumer insights in real-time.
Phillip Sebole Masango is a Mentor at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Eclipde Hub and Black Silver Capital, a Strategic Intelligence Member of World Economic Forum, a Member of Norval Foundation, Heavy Chef, Startup Grind Stellenbosch, The Silicon Cape Initiative, DueDash, and SimplyBiz_SA, and an ExecutiveDirector and Founder of Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics Co.
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- Information Technology, Robotics, Aerospace
- Series A, Seed, Private Equity
- South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Black Silver Capital — Black Silver Capital invests in and builds a portfolio of high growth companies and businesses with innovative business models, geared to existing and emerging institutions and their customers. We invest growth capital in the form of equity to be used to assist established, but still high-risk ventures in expanding activity such as creatingadditional traction launching products into diverse markets as well as creating new products & technology lines.
- Cyrrix Cybersecurity — At Cyrrix Cybersecurity, we understand the importance of protecting your business from online threats. Our team provides a full range of cybersecurity services to help safeguard your company's sensitive information and systems. We offer comprehensive risk assessments, penetration testing, and incident response planning to identify and addressvulnerabilities in your network. Our managed security services provide ongoing monitoring and threat detection to keep your business protected around the clock. With our help, you can rest easy knowing that your company's valuable assets are secure.
- Aesthetic Prosthetic Bionics — Biological Engineering, Bionics, Biomimetics, Hydraulics, Prosthetics, Neuroprosthetics, Exoskeleton Suits, Dynamics, Kinematics Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Artificial Organs, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Knowledge Reasoning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Robotics, Artificial GeneralIntelligence, Deep Learning, Bayesian Networks, Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Neuroscience, Neurocybernetics, Cybernetics, Cognitive Science, Source Coding, Channel Coding, Algorithmic Complexity Theory, Algorithmic Information Theory, Information-Theoretic Security, Grey System Theory & Biotechnology
Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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- Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- AjoMoney — AjoMoney is making access to finance easy and flexible for the financially underserved individuals and SMEs willing to cover urgent needs, by digitizing the community financing rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) model.With the AjoMoney technology-driven platform, individuals can save and access interest-free to low-interest credits,businesses can sell credit securely to customers who are saving with them under a cooperative model.
- Tyms Africa — Tyms is a financial management platform for businesses. Tyms Book is the ideal accounting solution for businesses interested in streamlining financial processes, facilitating collaboration, and optimizing workflows.
- Venco Platforms — VENCO automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
Manuel Coser has an extensive practice in the journalistic, TV, and film industry fields both as director, author, and camera operator; his work is specifically focused on citizens activism, political participation, human rights, and environmental issues.
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- Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
- Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Nigeria, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
- Artifact — Artifact helps capture important memories with ease by creating personal podcasts with the people of customers choice.
- Superorder — The top off-premise operating system for restaurants. Focus on making the food that you love and we'll take care of the rest.
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