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Top 50 Automotive Startup Investors in Africa (October 2023)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Africa Automotive startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Africa Automotive startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Factor[e] Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, India, Kenya Seed, Series A, Angel Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture $500k–$10M
Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund
3 South Africa, Luxembourg, United States Seed, Series A Apps, Mobile Apps, Software $539k–$3M
IDF Capital SA
VC Fund
3 South Africa Seed Automotive, Mobile Apps
Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$4.5M
Musha Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, Software, FinTech $50k–$10M
EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software $200k–$30M
Ingressive Capital
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, Ghana Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $400k–$15M
Lateral Frontiers
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $500k–$15M
Ventures Platform
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $50k–$4.4M
Golden Palm Investments
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, FinTech, Health Care $30k–$15M
TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Information Technology $3.5M–$27M
AlphaCode Club
VC Fund
2 South Africa, United Kingdom Grant, Debt Financing Financial Services, FinTech, Automotive $24k–$655k
4DX Ventures
VC Fund
2 Egypt, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services $40k–$20M
Launch Africa
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $200k–$3M
216 Capital
VC Fund
1 Tunisia Seed Energy, Fashion, Analytics $336k–$1.3M
Playfair Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Israel Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $815k–$13M
Chandaria Capital
VC Fund
1 Kenya, United States, Egypt Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, FinTech, Software $200k–$37M
New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund
1 United States, India, China Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $5M–$85M
Ecosystem Integrity Fund
VC Fund
1 United States, Norway, Rwanda Series A, Series B Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar $4M–$32M
Cathexis Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $500k–$19M
TPG Growth
VC Fund
1 United States, India, China Series C, Private Equity, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $3.5M–$1.3B
Flat6Labs Tunisia
VC Fund
1 Tunisia Pre-Seed, Seed E-Commerce, Retail, Education $64k–$200k
Oui Capital
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Transportation, Information Technology, B2B $40k–$1.1M
CDG Invest
VC Fund
1 Morocco, France, Switzerland Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note Apps, Software, Internet $200k–$4M
VestedWorld
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana Seed, Series A, Series B Agriculture, E-Commerce, Financial Services $1.6M–$4.4M
Barclays Corporate Banking
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Israel Debt Financing, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $1.2M–$1.2B
AngelList
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Internet, E-Commerce $2k–$20M
VNV Global
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Sweden, Russian Federation Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Health Care, Marketplace $1M–$85M
Future Africa
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $40k–$20M
At One Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Agriculture, Manufacturing, Sustainability $2.9M–$70M
Frontier Car Group
VC Fund
1
Business Growth Fund
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Ireland, United States Series A, Private Equity Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $1.2M–$28M
PanAfrican Investment Co.
VC Fund
1 Kenya, United States Series A, Series B Local, Content, Automotive
Capsa Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Tunisia Seed Insurance, Automotive, Financial Services
Mobility 54
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire Seed, Series A Financial Services, Transportation, Information Technology $3.2M–$13M
Enza Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Logistics, E-Commerce, B2B $1M–$13M
Balderton Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Series A, Series B, Series C Software, FinTech, Financial Services $3.5M–$85M
Silver Squid
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed Automotive, Auto Insurance, Internet of Things
Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Angel
1 Nigeria Angel, Pre-Seed AgTech, FinTech, Internet
Hoak & Co.
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed Automotive, Auto Insurance, Internet of Things
Ambo Ventures
VC Fund
1 Kenya Seed CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
Satgana
VC Fund
1 Germany, United States, The Netherlands Pre-Seed Energy, Software, CleanTech $600k–$1.4M
Hiroaki Ohta
Angel
1 Kenya Seed Automotive, Marketplace
Tekedia Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Information Technology, FinTech, E-Commerce $150k–$1M
V8 Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, Health Care, Software $2M–$20M
TotalEnergies Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, France, United Kingdom Series B, Series C Energy, Renewable Energy, Transportation $5M–$60M
Peter Kenevan
Angel
1 Kenya Seed Automotive, Marketplace
Shintaro Yamada
Angel
1 Japan, United States, Kenya Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Internet, Finance, Information Technology
E2 Ventures
VC Fund
1 South Africa, The Netherlands Seed Mobile Apps, Automotive, Telecommunications
Village Global
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $246k–$18M
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Factor[e] Ventures
VC Fund · Fort Collins, Colorado, United States · 4 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Impact venture builders dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that turn challenges in energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste into de-carbonized solutions for emerging and frontier markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Series A $1.3M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.
  • Gateway.fm — GatewayFM is the first truly decentralized blockchain infra/node provider, with globally distributed, multichain infrastructure
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Kalon Venture Partners
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in Africa Automotive startups

A growing number of South Africans are investing in venture capital companies that operate under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act. Contact us now.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Mobile Apps, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: South Africa, Luxembourg, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $539k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GoMetro — GoMetro designs deploy and operate flexible mobility platforms. Their proprietary technology stack empowers city leaders, transport managers, corporates, retail centres, property developers, airports and downtown to introduce bold new mobility strategies. Their connected transport digital platform equips transport planners to respond to thechallenges of increased congestion, aged infrastructure, disruptive mobility players, self-driving vehicles and a lack of quality public transport services.
  • Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
  • Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.
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IDF Capital SA
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 3 investments in Africa Automotive startups

IDF Capital is an established financier, that invests in high growth SMEs and entrepreneurial businesses. Specialist Entrepreneurial Financing Institution

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Carscan — cARscan is an Augmented Reality app with an embedded visual recognition AI to track the visual condition of every motor vehicle during its life-stage.
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
  • Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Seed capital for technology startups globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 131
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$3M; Pre-Seed $50k–$3.8M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Terraa — Terraa is a B2B distribution platform in Moroccan.
  • OmniBiz — Omnibiz is a digital platform for small businesses willing to attract new customers.
  • Revivo — Revivo is an online marketplace for electronics spare parts, tools & accessories.
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1.6M; Series A $4.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $8M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Shuttlers — Shuttlers is a platform that offers mobility solutions by providing scheduled bus-sharing services for the professionals within the region.
  • Snowstorm — Snowflake is decentralized and is deployed as a pluggable transport for Tor.
  • Senga Technologies — Welcome to Senga, custom-built, with love, for businesses shipping in Africa.
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Ingressive Capital
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Ingressive Capital they provide services in business development, partnerships, and financial support.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.1M; Series A $10M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Gamp — Gamp is an IT services provider that offers device protection plans and repair support for tech users and businesses.
  • 54gene — 54gene is a healthcare startup unlocking the African genome to fuel genetic research and development that may lead to new discoveries and benefit all populations.54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market: Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research iscaucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined. As a result, pharmaceutical research and development is lacking the diverse data that may hold the key to medical discoveries and new healthcare solutions.
  • Subsbase — Discover the future of recurring revenue management with Subsbase. Streamline your operations, boost growth, and elevate customer experiences with our cutting-edge platform.
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Lateral Frontiers
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Lakeland Dental Offers Family Dentistry, Teeth Whitening, Tooth Fillings, Dental Crowns, & Dental Implants. Call Us In Staples, Clarissa, Or Long Prairie, MN

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.5M; Series A $558k–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CNote — CNote created technology to streamline community-centered impact investing at scale. Further Racial Equity and Social Justice by investing with CNote.
  • Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
  • Masa — Masa Finance seeks to disrupt traditional centralized credit infrastructure by providing individuals, businesses, and developers with the tools to access credit and enable untapped wealth creation for 4.95B people globally.
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 15 in the past 12 months

Ventures Platform Fund is a discovery fund that invests early in mission-driven founders that are building capital-efficient platforms that democratise prosperity, plug infrastructural gaps, connect underrepresented communities, solve for non-consumption, and improve livelihoods in Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $325k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $46M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
  • Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
  • Remedial Health — We improve business to business access to medicines by providing such medicines from manufactures/registered distributors direct to large and small healthcare retail businesses (large pharmacies and remote chemist/PPMVs (Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors)) using technology to deliver just-in-time stock and provide financing and awide selection of inventory to such retail business.
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Golden Palm Investments
VC Fund · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Pre-Seed $30k–$6.5M; Series A $2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Sabipay — Pastel is a leader in Artificial Intelligence. We build products targeted at individuals (SwiftMoney) and enterprises (Sigma) in emerging markets
  • Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.
  • Jetstream Africa — Jetstream is a supply chain platform that powers freight forwarding and global exports for African suppliers. With tracking and consolidated (LCL) shipping Jetstream levels the playing field for access to international trade for African SMEs with the click of a button.
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TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds. TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge. We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$13M; Series B $10M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Sabipay — Pastel is a leader in Artificial Intelligence. We build products targeted at individuals (SwiftMoney) and enterprises (Sigma) in emerging markets
  • Talstack — Talstack is an all-in-one platform for employee growth and development
  • Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.
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AlphaCode Club
VC Fund · Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

AlphaCode is a club for next generation financial services entrepreneurs. They are building a world-class financial services eco-system that brings together entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, industry experts, thought leaders and partner organisations. By connecting, sharing knowledge and developing unique insights, AlphaCode aims to transform thefinancial services industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Automotive
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Grant $24k–$108k; Debt Financing $131k–$655k
  • Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Abela — Abela is a mobile payments platform that allows the underserved to make and receive payments.
  • Vocalysd.ai — Vocalysd is a customer-centric, AI-powered insights tool. Vocalysd unlocks usable, easy-to-digest insights from your conversational data. These insights are key to optimising client interactions and enhancing your customers' experience.
  • Welo Health — Welo Health is an innovative Healthtech Company. It to provide at-home health services.
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups

4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Egypt, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $431k–$13M; Pre-Seed $40k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Tactyc — Tactyc is an easy-to-use portfolio construction, forecasting and management software for venture funds.
  • Zoie Health — Zoie is a digital health firm for women that provides family planning, fertility, and maternity care services.
  • Money Fellows — MoneyFellows digitizes the ROSCA model, enabling group lending and savings.
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Launch Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 2 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 18 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 131
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
  • Zanifu — The zanifu platform, allows small retailers in Sub Saharan Africa, to procure inventory from their suppliers & pay later.
  • Fixit45 — Your best ever automobile service experience awaits you.
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216 Capital
VC Fund · Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

We are a team of international tech entrepreneurs and startups experts funding great founders at Pre-Seed and Seed stages from Tunisia and beyond. We want to connect with teams transforming the world with technology. Contact us to take your startup to the next level.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Fashion, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Tunisia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $336k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Avidea — Avidea is a startup specializing in the digitalization of automobile claims management and the fight against fraud.
  • Wattnow — Wattnow is a real-time monitoring solution that provides a breakdown of energy spending to identify wasteful trends.
  • Drest — Drest is an e-commerce platform that sells everything from ready-to-wear to beauty, as well as accessories and fashion items.
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Playfair Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Playfair Capital is an early-stage fund that commits to companies early and with conviction. Based in London, Playfair combines the best aspects of angel investing with a focused fund, to invest in truly ambitious founders, wherever they are in the world. Playfair takes a sector-agnostic approach and investments span deep tech, SaaS, marketplacesand B2B companies. We’ve backed the founders of more than 60 companies including Mapillary (acq. Facebook), CryptoFacilities (acq. Kraken), Omnipresent, Orca AI, Ravelin, sprout.ai, Thought Machine, Trouva and Vinehealth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 107
  • Round size: Seed $815k–$8M; Series A $2M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Umedeor — uMed is a technology platform embedded across a global network of healthcare providers that automates the process of building prospective, protocolized patient registries. This enables sites to participate in dozens of programmes simultaneously without increasing overhead or burden on staff. For life science companies, uMed provides access toregulator quality data, where patients within those datasets can be compliantly re-engaged to support the aims of R&D and post-market teams
  • Ascento — Secure, maintain, and inspect outdoor assets by reducing the intervention times and augmenting data capturing capability.
  • Continuum Industries — Continuum Industries is a developer of Optioneer, the leading software for linear infrastructure optioneering.
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Chandaria Capital
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Chandaria Capital operates as a venture capital Fund. We believe that innovative ideas will transform Africa. We invest, mentor, and work together with incredible entrepreneurs to create impactful companies that can change the continent.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3M; Series A $2M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
  • Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
  • UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
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New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 47 in the past 12 months

New Enterprise Associates, Inc. is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors, and geographies. With over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm’s founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’slifecycle, from the seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 210 portfolio company IPOs and more than 360 acquisitions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, India, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1323
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$43M; Series B $8M–$62M; Series C $11M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Meeno — Meeno is a relationship mentoring app powered by generative AI
  • Rocket.Chat — Explore Rocket.Chat, where we put data privacy into every conversation and enable teams to collaborate seamlessly.
  • Pulumi — Pulumi's open source infrastructure as code SDK enables you to create, deploy, and manage infrastructure on any cloud, using your favorite languages.
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Ecosystem Integrity Fund
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

The Ecosystem Integrity Fund (“EIF”) is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies contributing to environmental sustainability. It seeks to demonstrate that there is no trade-off between having a positive impact and achieving outstanding financial returns. The movement toward environmental sustainability is making incrementalimprovements to the largest industries in the world. Over the next several decades, the economy will be transformed by this movement.Sustainability is fundamentally about making things better: more efficient, more functional, less toxic, less costly. This is the next phase of the Industrial Revolution.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Norway, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$30M; Series B $5M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
  • Battery Smart — Battery Smart provides advanced Li-ion batteries to e-rickshaws. Battery Smart develops a retrofittable 48V Li-ion twin battery system that is compatible with all major electric rickshaw (e3w) models.
  • Vibrant Planet — Data-driven science and cloud-based technology to help make communities and ecosystems more resilient in the face of climate change.
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Cathexis Ventures
VC Fund · Houston, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Cathexis Ventures is the venture arm of Cathexis Holdings, a single family office based in Houston Texas. Minimum check size $100k, max $10M for seed stage companies. Typically $250k checks.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$19M; Pre-Seed $500k–$1.5M; Series A $3.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BBy — BBy connects nursing mothers with couples who can't produce or do not produce enough breast milk to feed their child
  • Boostly — Increase orders, engage with customers, drive reviews & boost loyalty. All without lifting a finger. Automate & measure your marketing with Boostly.
  • BlueCargo — BlueCargo is a predictive algorithm platform that brings visibility to optimize operations in seaport terminals. Their proprietary predictive algorithms streamline container management to increase terminal’s productivity while reducing operational costs and enhancing the quality of the service.
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TPG Growth
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

A leader in the alternative asset space, TPG was built for a distinctive approach, managing assets through a principled focus on innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Series C, Private Equity, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Series B $17M–$115M; Series C $3.5M–$137M; Private Equity $30M–$1.3B
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • PolicyBoss — PolicyBoss provides free online insurance quotes, where the customer can get a free quote and buy insurance policy. We have a range of products from a large selection of insurance companies.PolicyBoss is one of India’s largest retail broking firm in motor insurance.Advantage to take insurance from PolicyBoss, is that we offer online add-onservices & convenient and easy online payment process.
  • Fibe (Formerly EarlySalary) — Get instant loans up to Rs. 5L with tenures up to 24 months & rates as low as 2.5% p.m. Check your eligibility now.
  • Dr. Agarwal's — Dr. Agarwals eye hospital with best eye specialist and 135+ hospitals in India providing best eye disease treatment since 1957. Book an appointment now!
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Flat6Labs Tunisia
VC Fund · Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Education
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Tunisia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $64k–$200k; Pre-Seed $65k–$79k
  • Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Ahkili — Ahkili is a health tech mobile application for appointment booking that connects patients to psychologists.
  • WeMove — WeMove is a fitness marketplace for daily gym passes. They develop innovative solutions that meet your sports issues.
  • LAMMA — Lamma is a web and mobile platform reinventing urban movement for package delivery through an extended carpooling network.
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Oui Capital
VC Fund · Belmont, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Transportation, Information Technology, B2B
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $40k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
  • Ndovu — Secure your investments in both local and global financial markets on ndovu - a secure, affordable, hassle-free online investment platform in Africa designed to work your money
  • Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
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CDG Invest
VC Fund · Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

CDG Invest is the investment branch of the CDG group. CDG Invest acts both as an investment manager for its own account following both financial and strategic logic, as well as as a fund manager for third parties. CDG Invest intervenes in various key sectors of the Moroccan economy: industry, agro-food, digital/digital, renewable energy, andterritorial PPP and with various segments of companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Morocco, France, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $294k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$200k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cathedis — Cathedis has been a partner of e-merchants, adapting to the evolutions of the e-commerce market. Taking into account the trends and needs of e-merchants and e-buyers, as the constraints of their business. Their offers are always more important, competitive, personalized, and innovative.
  • Oncorad groupe — Oncorad groupe is a health care organization that specializes in oncology and radiology services for the prevention and treatment of cancer.
  • Freshcut Morocco — Freshcut Morocco is an agro-industrial firm.
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VestedWorld
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 7 in the past 12 months

VestedWorld is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging markets companies that have the potential to generate competitive financial returns while contributing towards the growth and development of the markets in which they are located. The firm supports these businesses through the infusion of capital, active involvement incorporate governance, and by providing direct strategic and operational assistance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$2.5M; Series A $4.2M–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • FarmWorks — FarmWorks is an agricultural technology company that gives farmers access to farm inputs as well as a market for the produce .FarmWork is to unlock agricultural potential by building clusters of mid-sized farms while working with thousands of small-holder farmers and establishing direct linkage to local and global markets.
  • EMTECH — For Modern Central Banking
  • Complete Farmer — We are providing cutting-edge technological farming protocols and innovations with a unique business model and logistics that are revolutionizing...
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Barclays Corporate Banking
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Barclays PLC is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide. It is engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, and wealth management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.The company offers current accounts, savingsproducts, Woolwich-branded mortgages, unsecured loans, general insurance, and banking and money transmission services to small- and medium-sized businesses; investment and insurance products; business lending services; bank assurance solutions; and retail, credit and debit card, and corporate services. It also offers international payments services for consumer and business customers, including credit cards and consumer lending services; investment banking services comprising strategic advisory, financing, and risk management services to large corporate, government, and institutional clients; integrated corporate banking solutions, including cash management, lending, and trade financing services to corporate and financial institutions as well as multinationals; and a range of wealth and investment management services such as international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary, and brokerage services.With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 147,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests, and protects money of more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide.The company was formerly known as Barclays Bank Limited and changed its name to Barclays PLC in January 1985. It was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 129
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7M; Debt Financing $1.2M–$1.2B
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Bink — Upgrade your loyalty programme with card linking technology, or launch a new one in record time.
  • WHSmith — Welcome to WHSmith. Here you can find stationery, books, toys and games and many more products. Shop online or find out more about us.
  • Air Protein — Air Protein is a startup that aims to develop sustainable protein made from thin air. Using a proprietary probiotic process, Air Protein develops protein-enriched food made from CO2. This revolutionary new protein source can be used to make meat-free burgers, protein-enriched pasta, cereals, beverages, and more.Air Protein has been developed byKiverdi, a California-based biotechnology company.
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AngelList
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Apply privately to 130,000+ remote jobs and startup jobs near you with one application. See salary and equity upfront. Find the latest tech jobs, company overviews, benefits and more at AngelList Talent.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $2k–$2.1M; Series A $2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Optera — Optera helps corporations measure, manage, and reduce their carbon emissions up and down their value chains, backed by comprehensive and trusted data.
  • Firstcard — All-in-One Student Credit Builder. Build credit. Earn cashback. Grow your deposit.
  • Numeral — Numeral provides fully automated revenue recognition and transaction-level cash reconciliation for high-volume businesses. The company's automated subledger provides real-time revenue reporting and transaction-level cash reconciliation for the digital payments era.
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VNV Global
VC Fund · Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

VNV Global is an investment company with the business concept of using experience, expertise and a widespread network to identify and invest in assets with considerable potential for value appreciation. The company has a special focus on online marketplaces and businesses with strong network effects. The common shares of VNV Global are listed onNasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap segment, with the ticker VNV.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Marketplace
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Sweden, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Series A $1M–$12M; Series B $5M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MatHem — MatHem is an e-commerce company that combines a complete grocery store online with recipes and subscriptions for ready-made groceries. It delivers food to Swedish homes 7 days a week. The company also combines a full grocery store online with prescription and subscription finished shopping bags. MatHem offers a broad range of grocery products andadjacent household consumables, catering to more than half of Swedish households. The company food is delivered to your door with their own temperature-controlled to ensure an unbroken cold chain.Mathem.se has been awarded The Grocery Website of the Year (Årets matsajt) in 2010, 2011 and 2013 by the Swedish online magazine Internet world. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Vezeeta — Vezeeta is the digital healthcare platform in MEA that connects patients with healthcare providers and health services. Patients are able to search, compare, book and review the best doctors in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Lebanon. It also provides innovative SaaS solutions to healthcare providers in the region. Vezeeta empowers millions ofpatients through data and the ability to better access healthcare in the region. With over 200,000 verified reviews, patients are able to search, compare, and book the best doctors in just 1 minute. Doctors also provide Patients with seamless healthcare experiences through our clinic management software.
  • NoTraffic — NoTraffic has developed the first AI-powered traffic signal platform that connects road...
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Future Africa
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $40k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Balad — Balad is Egyptian Cross Border Payout Network primarily serving Money Transfer Operators (MTOs), fintechs and mobile wallets. Targeting sending markets including GCC, EU, US, Canada, and UK
  • Anchor — Anchor is a Lagos-based banking-as-a-service platform for African businesses. Anchor provides APIs and infrastructure to build, embed and launch powerful financial products in a secure and scalable way.
  • Itana — Talent City’s mission is to build a network of charter cities that focuses on creating technology-enabled jobs within a free trade zone with its own regulation and bylaws.
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At One Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 11 in the past 12 months

At One Ventures finds, funds, and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Manufacturing, Sustainability
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $2.9M–$15M; Series A $7.9M–$60M; Series B $20M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Ascend Elements — Ascend Elements manufactures advanced battery materials using valuable elements reclaimed from discarded lithium-ion batteries. Our patented Hydro-to-Cathode process transforms todays waste into high-value materials for tomorrow's EV batteries a giant step up for sustainability and the entire industry.
  • Dalan Animal Health — Dalan Animal Health, Inc., a biotech company developing vaccines for new-age production animals.
  • Mojave Energy Systems — Mojave the latest in HVAC innovation. Help the Climate. Reduce Energy Use. Improve Indoor Comfort. Perform Reliably. Lower Costs.
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Frontier Car Group
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Frontier Car Group is a berlin-based startup who develop, launch, and operate used-automotive marketplaces within emerging market economies, with operations in Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Additionally, we are successfully engaging in two joint ventures with OLX in India and Poland. We increase theefficiency of selling and buying cars through technology, infra-structure creation, access to capital and innovative business models that allows all stakeholders to gain from our impact.

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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cars45 — Cars45 buys, sells, prices, and rates the condition of pre-owned autos. The Cars45 process begins online, where owners enter their vehicle information for a free quote. They can then schedule an appointment at one of the company’s 13 inspection centers in Nigeria. After a multi-point evaluation including engine, brakes, tires, and a road-test,Cars45 makes an offer. If accepted, the company commits to wire payment to the owner’s bank account within 45 minutes. After pricing and creating a digital service history, Cars45 offers the autos it acquires to a private network of buyers.
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Business Growth Fund
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 19 in the past 12 months

BGF invests in hundreds of businesses from an evergreen balance sheet. But we offer more than just growth capital. Find out what makes us different.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Private Equity
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 207
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$16M; Private Equity $5.4M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • It's Fresh! — It’s Fresh! Food Freshness Technology company, delivering freshness solutions to the fresh produce industry, based on consumer-friendly advanced materials innovations. Our discrete It's Fresh! controllers purify the air around perishable produce, inside the pack from field to fork; helping our customers deliver fruit that is fresher forlonger, thereby significantly increasing sales, and slashing unnecessary waste - right into the consumer's home. www.itsfresh.com
  • Newett Homes — Newett Homes was formed to deliver peerless new build properties, utilising the best materials, highest skilled workmanship and in the most sort after locations...
  • Brompton Bicycle — Designers and makers of the iconic Brompton Folding Bike. Learn more about the benefits of a Brompton folding bicycle.
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PanAfrican Investment Co.
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

PanAfrican Investment is a private investment firm focused on the growth and development of companies in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Local, Content, Automotive
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Savoteur — I'm Casandra, a full-time travel writer and luxury travel expert.
  • Mobius Motors — Mobius Motors sells affordable vehicles designed specifically for the needs of developing world consumers. We aim to change millions of lives by providing the appropriate transport to mobilise rural Africa. Our vision is a more connected, more prosperous Africa.
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Capsa Capital Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Capsa Capital Partners is an Asset Management firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Insurance, Automotive, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Tunisia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Avidea — Avidea is a startup specializing in the digitalization of automobile claims management and the fight against fraud.
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Mobility 54
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Mobility 54 is a joint venture among Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Transportation, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $3.2M–$13M; Series A $6.1M–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
  • 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.
  • ETAP — ETAP is a digital insurance application that allows you to set up your car insurance in just 90 seconds.
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Enza Capital
VC Fund · Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, E-Commerce, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$13M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1M; Series A $3.6M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% 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.
  • Jumba — Jumba is a construction technology platform that streamlines B2B construction material purchase and financing.
  • Yebo Fresh — Powering South Africa's Township Economy.
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Balderton Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 24 in the past 12 months

In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 305
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$23M; Series B $8M–$85M; Series C $8M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $600M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • JOKR — Grocery shopping is easier now with JOKR, your instant delivery app. Order your groceries and favorite products in our online supermarket and get them instantly at your door. Download the app now and make your first grocery order on us. Available in IOs and Android. Access www.jokr.com for more info
  • Writer — Accelerate growth across every team with the most secure AI platform. We customize generative AI to your workflows, not the other way around.
  • Anytype — for those who celebrate trust & autonomy.
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Silver Squid
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Silver Squid is A investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Auto Insurance, Internet of Things
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.
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Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Angel · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the Co-Founder of Vetifly.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Errand360 — We are Nigeria's first community delivery service that makes use of sustainable means of transportation, we deliver goodness to your door steps and we are Eco-Friendly
  • BeepTool — BeepTool is a disruptive Africa-based satellite & TV White Space-based connectivity as a service and Integrated digital inclusion ecosystem such as Telehealth, Digital Farmers and consumer marketplace, mobile payments, messaging and voice ecosystem apps providing affordable digital inclusions services to millions of people in remote and ruralareas in Africa and beyond who lack access to the digital economy and are digitally excluded and underserved in area of financial, healthcare, Aggrotech, EdTech and communication services to connect the unconnected, excluded and underserved communities across Nigeria and Africa. Affordable Internet Connectivity for Unconnected and Excluded Community in Africa via Satellite and TV White-Space as a Service and Digital Inclusion Ecosystem Made history by becoming the first company to successfully complete financial transactions using “nano-satellites in the world, “ BeepTool to make a difference in people’s lives and grant them access to the kind of connected services that they haven’t had access to before by providing affordable communications, healthcare, aggrotech, and financial services to millions of people in remote areas in Africa without access to cellular or internet connectivity. We are in partnership with more than 7 GEO and LEO satellite internet broadband operators worldwide and still counting. We have manufactured affordable android smartphones called Oyi-1 and Android Tablets called ABOLE pre-installed with our digital inclusion ecosystem low data rate apps. We have also designed and manufactured Solar powered, and satellites enabled Telehealth remote mobile stations for a rural community in Africa. Our affordable solar-powered satellites terminals broadcast Wi-Fi Hotspot to the rural community allowing rural users to access the web using a mobile application in areas our partners GEO and LEO satellites cover. BeepTool is connecting everyone in Africa using satellites network and TV white space spectrum.Building on its integrated mobile platforms and satellite-based connectivity systems, BeepTool is creating an ecosystem of service-on-demand products, ranging from telehealth to financial services, messaging, Aggrotech, micro-lending, video chat, video conferencing and VoIP, among others. Affordable Internet Connectivity for Everyone: Save up to 90% on costs compared to cabling bills, and more. Super Wifi. Connect on the Go: Connect entire villages, communities, schools, parks, clinics, and businesses with long-range, lightning-fast internet. Pocket Friendly. Budget-Friendly
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Hoak & Co.
VC Fund · Dallas, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Hoak & Co. is a holding company that seeks to invest its capital in public and private securities as well as with other funds and investment vehicles. The firm's objective is to achieve superior investment returns through long-term capital appreciation created primarily through investments in management buyouts, growth capital, industryconsolidations, recapitalizations, private equity placements, and other public or private equity-related securities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Auto Insurance, Internet of Things
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.
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Ambo Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Ambo Ventures is a new fund dedicated to launching sustainable ecosystems in Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Automotive, Electronics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Opibus — The Standard for Electric Mobility in Africa.
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Satgana
VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Satgana is a Climate Tech VC firm on a mission to invest in planet-positive startups building the Future of Earth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Software, CleanTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $600k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $32M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Loewi — Loewi allows you to sell your two-wheeled companion.
  • Revivo — Revivo is an online marketplace for electronics spare parts, tools & accessories.
  • Arda Biomaterials — Arda Biomaterials transforms waste feedstocks into smarter, circular biomaterials for fashion, home goods, automotive and more.
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Hiroaki Ohta
Angel · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Hiroaki Ohta - Chiarman @ Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
  • Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.
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Tekedia Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Tekedia Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $150k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Byte — Byte is on a mission to accelerate commerce in Africa. With our suite of products we are able to give business owners the freedom to start, operate and scale any venture in Africa.
  • Edekee Inc. — Ad Tech company with innovative pioneering solutions for the Video Commerce space. At the moment Edekee's ecosystem connects Retailers, Content creators and Consumers together
  • Bitmama — Bitmama is the best cryptocurrency trading platform that lets you buy, sell Bitcoin, ETH, Celo, USDT, XRP, and more. Available in Nigeria & over 100 countries.
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V8 Capital Partners
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

V8 Capital Partners makes investments in enterprise technology businesses across Africa. African Venture Capital for software automation

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$2.2M; Series A $10M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zuri Health — .ts-banner-image-1:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} .ts-banner-image-2:hover .overlay{background-color:#ffffff} Popular categories Pharmacy Doctor at home Covid Labs & Diagonstics Wellness Telemed Show all Our Services PharmacyBuy both OTC and prescription medication and have it delivered to your doorstepLabs & DiagnosticsBook labs and Diagnostic tests and get your samples collected from the comfort of your home, hotel
  • 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.
  • ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
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TotalEnergies Ventures
VC Fund · La Défense, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

TotalEnergies Ventures is the venture capital arm of Total.As part of Total's commitment to a better energy future, TotalEnergies Ventures is focused on finding, funding and fostering high-potential start-ups which will contribute to creating a low carbon future.Current areas of interest include Renewables, Distributed Energy, NewMobility, Energy Access, Energy Storage, Bio-Plastics, Circular Economy, Carbon Capture and Hydrogen.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Transportation
  • Stage:Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Series B $9.3M–$38M; Series C $5M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Autogrid — Building a Resilient and Sustainable Grid with Distributed Energy Resources. Enabling a smarter, cleaner, more distributed electric power grid.
  • 45-8 ENERGY — 45-8 ENERGY is exploring eco-friendly helium for uses in many industries.
  • Zola Electric — ZOLA Electric designs renewable energy solutions based on the latest in solar, battery and power electronics technology. Adaptable to energy need and income, ZOLA Electric’s solar systems can be bought over time using PAYGo micro-finance leasing and mobile money payments. ZOLA Electric powers more than 180,000 homes and businesses across Tanzania,Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Investors include Tesla, Vulcan Capital, DBL Partners, Helios Investment Partners, EDF, Total and GE Ventures. ZOLA Electric is a recipient of the UN Momentum for Change Award, the Zayed Future Energy Prize and is a member of the Global Cleantech 100.
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Peter Kenevan
Angel · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

Peter Kenevan, VP, Head of Japan at PayPal.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
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Shintaro Yamada
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

During his years at Waseda University, Shintaro worked at Japan’s biggest e-commerce mall, Rakuten, Inc. On August 1st 2001, Shintaro established “Unoh Inc.” after graduating university. At Unoh he was responsible for designing and developing several web services, one of which was the online magazine subscription . Services provided by Unohinclude planning, development and management of the film enthusiast community site “Movie Life” (acquired by PIA Corporation) as well as “Sugu.CC” , “NeoAd” (both acquired by GMOAP) and the photo sharing site “Photozou” (acquired by Digital Garage).In 2009 Unoh entered into social gaming, creating multiple successful social games. Among these games, “Machitsuku!” has been its biggest hit with over 5 million users. On August 3rd 2010, Unoh joined Zynga and Shintaro became General Manager of Zynga Japan. He resigned on January 2012. After traveling around the world, He established the new company “Mercari, Inc.” on February 2013 and released the resale shopping app “Mercari” on July 2013 in Japan.He is a true Internet geek, spending a lot of time on the Internet and boasts around 180,000 followers on Twitter.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Finance, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Autify — Autify - Revolutionizing Software Testing with the most advanced AI-powered Software Testing Tool
  • Peach Cars — Peach Cars building a solution for those looking to buy and sell vehicles whole information on vehicles and hassle-free transactions.
  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
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E2 Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups

E2 Ventures is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile Apps, Automotive, Telecommunications
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: South Africa, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Carscan — cARscan is an Augmented Reality app with an embedded visual recognition AI to track the visual condition of every motor vehicle during its life-stage.
  • Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
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Village Global
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Africa Automotive startups, 30 in the past 12 months

Early stage venture capital backed by some of the world's best entrepreneurs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 229
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $246k–$3.5M; Series A $5.5M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $125M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Atmosfy — Atmosfy lets you explore dining through video. Easily browse 10-second, engaging videos from customers who recently dined there.
  • OpenCover — Cover $5,000 from $1.14 per week on leading protocols including Curve, Uniswap, Aave and more. As seen on CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Block, Coin Telegraph.
  • Boost Capital — Boost Capital is a fintech company that offers online microfinance services at lower rates. It uses innovative technology to pre-qualify customers within minutes of applying for a loan based on ability and probability to repay. Boost Capital enables both collateralized and uncollateralized loans, with loan size across the small business spectrum(from $100 to $10,000). Its platform automates the loan application for MFI partners and allows customers to hear back on their loan applications 100x faster than through traditional paper-based loan applications.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.
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