Top 50 Consumer Startup Investors in Africa (October 2023)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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6 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $40k–$20M |
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Golden Palm Investments
VC Fund
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5 | Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, FinTech, Health Care | $30k–$15M |
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Justin Mateen
Angel
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3 | United States, Mexico, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $400k–$14M |
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Village Global
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $246k–$18M |
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JAM Fund
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Mexico, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, FinTech, Logistics | $460k–$27M |
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4Di Capital
VC Fund
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3 | South Africa, United States, Uganda | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Financial Services | $431k–$6.4M |
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Cem Garih
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Internet, Financial Services, FinTech | $460k–$17M |
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Savannah Fund
VC Fund
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3 | Kenya, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology | $25k–$8M |
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U.S. International Development Finance Corp
VC Fund
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3 | India, United States, Kenya | Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $8.8M–$765M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Egypt, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services | $40k–$20M |
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $50k–$4.4M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $50k–$10M |
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Lynett Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Kenya, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Wireless, Mobile | $120k–$10M |
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Golden Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Canada, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.2M–$40M |
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Speedinvest
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United Kingdom, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $396k–$50M |
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GreenTec Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire | Seed, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer | |
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Voltron Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | $70k–$2.3M |
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Outlierz Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Morocco, Egypt, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Information Services | $1.5M–$6.2M |
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Susa Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.9M–$65M |
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HoaQ
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United Kingdom, Togo | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, Internet, E-Commerce | $100k–$2M |
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SunFunder
VC Fund
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2 | The Netherlands, Kenya, Mauritius | Debt Financing, Series C | Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy | $1.5M–$60M |
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Accion Venture Lab
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Brazil | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $500k–$7.5M |
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AfricInvest
VC Fund
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2 | Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria | Private Equity, Series A | Manufacturing, Financial Services, FinTech | $1.7M–$65M |
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DOB Equity
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania | Private Equity, Seed | Food and Beverage, Farming, Health Care | $1M–$4M |
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Lion’s Head Global Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, France, Senegal | Debt Financing | Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy | $2.1M–$11M |
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KFW DEG
VC Fund
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2 | India, Kenya, Nigeria | Debt Financing, Grant | Financial Services, Finance, Banking | $100k–$105M |
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$4.5M |
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TBD Angels
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Kenya, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $53k–$6M |
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Novastar Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, United States | Series A, Series B | Agriculture, Internet, Clean Energy | $660k–$50M |
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Partech
VC Fund
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2 | United States, France, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $1M–$54M |
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Left Lane Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, Israel | Series A, Series B, Series D | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $9M–$90M |
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Thelatest.ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, The Netherlands | Series A | FinTech, Finance, Financial Services | $23M–$65M |
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Launch Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $200k–$3M |
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Blue Haven Initiative
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, United States, Ghana | Series A, Series B, Seed | Solar, Energy, Financial Services | $2M–$22M |
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Strawhat Investment
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Computer, Software | |
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Strattech Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, South Africa | Seed, Series C | Software, E-Commerce, B2B | |
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Sean Mahsoul
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Computer, Software | |
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Chui Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed | Fashion, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Triple Jump
VC Fund
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1 | India, Senegal, Mauritius | Debt Financing, Series A | FinTech, Finance, Financial Services | |
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AngelHub Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Education | $300k–$1.7M |
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Next Chymia Consulting
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Ghana, Romania | Seed | Blockchain, FinTech, Medical | $580k–$2M |
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Goodwell Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $1.5M–$14M |
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Oikocredit International
VC Fund
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1 | India, Nigeria, Ghana | Debt Financing, Series B | Financial Services, Finance, FinTech | $1.1M–$16M |
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MyAsia VC
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce | |
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Michael Vaughan
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, Germany | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $11M–$100M |
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Lightrock
VC Fund
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1 | India, Brazil, Germany | Series C, Series B, Series E | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $6.3M–$400M |
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Untapped Global
VC Fund
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CDG Invest
VC Fund
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1 | Morocco, France, Switzerland | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Apps, Software, Internet | $200k–$4M |
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Esas Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Canada | Seed, Series A | Health Care, E-Commerce, Software | $125k–$17M |
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Capaci.Tech
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa, United States | Seed | SMS, Apps, SaaS | $92k–$4M |
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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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- 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.
Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.
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- 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.
Justin Mateen is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. In 2021, Business Insider ranked Mateen as the best early stage investor in the US, placing him at the number 1 spot on thetop 100 list of US Seed Investors. In 2020, Forbes included Mateen on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. Fast Company has listed him as one of the most creative people in business.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Seed $841k–$7M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1M; Series A $4.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Whop — One-stop-shop for all the latest and greatest digital products to help you earn online. From trading software to reselling communities, we've got you.
- Slash — Tens of thousands of online businesses use Slash to track their profits, earn cash back, and get faster payouts from platforms like GOAT and Amazon. No LLC required, no account fees, no minimum balance, and no credit checks.
- Somethings — We connect your teen with a professional, trained 20-28 year old mentor who supports your teen via text and video call whenever they need. Start today.
Early stage venture capital backed by some of the world's best entrepreneurs.
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- 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.
JAM Fund operates as a venture capital firm investing in visionary founders disrupting large spaces. It is Tinder Founder Justin Mateen's venture capital firm.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Logistics
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9.1M; Pre-Seed $460k–$3.7M; Series A $8M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Usage AI — Usage AI's automated cloud management tools help companies save time and money in the cloud.
- Vesto — Fintech
- Syncfy — LATAM's leading financial API.
4Di Capital is a Cape Town-based venture capital fund management firm focused on early-stage technology investments in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Africa, United States, Uganda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $431k–$1.7M; Series A $3.4M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Sendmarc — Stop cyber criminals from sending emails using your domain and protect your customers, suppliers and employees from cyber attacks with DMARC Security.
- Leta — Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods.
- Numida — Growing African small businesses with affordable, convenient, and fair credit.
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- Industry: Internet, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $841k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $460k–$1M; Series A $5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Troop — Troop is an app for retail investors to vote, organize shareholder resolutions and activist campaigns. Sign up for early access today.
- Moment — Quickly deploy a full suite of fixed income investing tools to your clients in no time via our modern APIs. Trusted by firms representing over $100B in assets.
- TradeX — TradeX lets you take positions on future events. Predict the outcome using data, earn money and learn something new. Earn Money online with online trading. Download the app & get FREE signup bonus.
Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $25k–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.1M; Series A $750k–$8M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
- Root — Programmable insurance that you can integrate into your product or service with ease
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is America’s development bank. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. We invest in projects that create jobs in emerging markets in sectors including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure,telecommunications, and financing for small businesses and women entrepreneurs. DFC investments adhere to high standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Post-IPO Debt $34M–$765M; Debt Financing $8.8M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TerraPay — Accelerating business growth with uninterrupted global payouts and collections
- TechMet — TechMet Ltd backs world-class teams and makes direct investments into companies and assets across the value chain.
- Kentegra Biotechnology Holdings LLC — Kentegra Biotechnology Holdings is a leading U.S-Kenyan company that supports a Kenyan-based biopesticide processing business that aggregates, extracts, and refines pale refine extract (PRE) from the pyrethrum flower, and sells the PRE to formulators across the world. Kentegra is committed to improving farmer’s livelihoods by investing in thecommunities where we are working to help farmers and their families have a more stable income and better quality of life.Grants: Norad 2021, AgriFi 2020, USAID 2020, USAID 2019, DEG 2020, DEG 2019
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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- 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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- 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.
Seed capital for technology startups globally.
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- 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.
Lynett Capital is an early stage investment firm dedicated to the empowering technology companies.
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- Industry: FinTech, Wireless, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $3M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- OpenYield — OpenYield is the modern bond exchange for retail. Equity-like liquidity for corporates and treasures.
- Notabene — Crypto Compliance for VASPs & Regulators made simple! Notabene is a platform designed to bridge crypto markets with traditional financial systems. Book a demo today.
- ABL Space Systems — ABL Space Systems is a company based in El Segundo, California, focused on launch vehicle and launch systems technology development.
Golden Ventures is a leading seed-stage venture capital fund, based in Toronto and investing across North America. We back bold teams and their transformative ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 146
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6M; Series A $3.5M–$32M; Series B $1.2M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- BenchSci — BenchSci is the world leader in AI-Assisted Reagent Selection and Experiment Design. Our preclinical R&D SaaS platform uses machine learning to help pharmaceutical companies increase their research velocity.
- Ideogram — Ideogram: Helping people become more creative.
- Shakudo — Shakudo unites all of the data tools and services you need into a single comprehensive data platform, allowing your team to develop and deploy analytics-based solutions with ease.
Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 390
- Round size: Seed $536k–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $396k–$1.9M; Series A $1.4M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- autone — Autone is a SaaS operational platform enabling retail & CPG businesses to make optimal decisions easily and quickly
- Genie — Genie is a productive web development framework in Julia. Build web applications, UIs, backends, integrate with databases, set up web services and APIs.
- Purpose Green — Purpose Green operates as a climatetech company.
GreenTec Capital Partners is Germany's premier investor into African start-ups and SMEs. GreenTec invests through its unique Results4Equity model, acting as a co-founding partner that is only compensated on business success.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.1M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
- freshbag — freshbag is a wellness nutrition turnkey solution that supports corporate wellness programs by making it easy and convenient to live - and eat! - healthier.
- ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.
Voltron Capital operates as a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $70k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
- Clafiya — Discover Clafiya: Your trusted digital health platform, uniting in-person care and virtual solutions for a personalized and caring healthcare experience. Embrace a healthier, happier you, with us by your side.
- Kunda Kids — Kunda Kids is helping kids around the world fall in love with reading through our storybooks and activity books. Browse our range of storybooks for kids. Perfect for kids ages 3 to 8 years
We provide smart capital to grow investable startups in Africa
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- Industry: Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Information Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Morocco, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.2M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PayTic — PayTic enables payments issuers to manage their card programs by providing dedicated back-office solutions that streamline the end-to-end operations in customer support, chargebacks, fraud, AML, reporting, and reconciliation. Our proprietary solutions are unique in automating and centralizing the program management processes, regardless of thenumber of processors and the payment networks involved in the payments products. We impact payments providers by eliminating the defragmented and manual processes and replacing them with a SaaS platform that increases proactivity, mitigates risks, and delivers value. It reduces the burn rate to near 0 in operational costs and offers an unprecedented competitive advantage. PayTic is introducing the Zero Ops model in managing payments.
- Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
- Terraa — Terraa is a B2B distribution platform in Moroccan.
A seed-stage VC fund investing in founders building value & defensibility through data, network effects, & economies of scale.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 213
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$5.3M; Series A $6.3M–$20M; Series B $11M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Harmonya — The all-in-one AI-powered product data enrichment, categorization, and insights platform for CPGs and retailers
- Ambient — Swap cryptocurrencies like a pro with Ambient. Decentralized trading is now better than ever.
- Volition — Volition is the largest marketplace of industrial components, built just for hardware teams. We make it easy to find and purchase off-the-shelf parts.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United Kingdom, Togo
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$2M; Angel $100k–$130k; Pre-Seed $115k–$780k
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clafiya — Discover Clafiya: Your trusted digital health platform, uniting in-person care and virtual solutions for a personalized and caring healthcare experience. Embrace a healthier, happier you, with us by your side.
- Kunda Kids — Kunda Kids is helping kids around the world fall in love with reading through our storybooks and activity books. Browse our range of storybooks for kids. Perfect for kids ages 3 to 8 years
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!SunFunder is a specialist financing company dedicated to pioneering and scaling clean energy and climate investments in emerging markets.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series C
- Geography: The Netherlands, Kenya, Mauritius
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Series C $20M–$60M; Debt Financing $1.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
- d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.
- 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.
Accion Venture Lab is an investment initiative that provides startups with seed capital and support.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6.4M; Series A $2.5M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Licify — Licify, a procurement cloud-based platform specialized in the construction industry, has redefined interactions between developers, contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers. It creates a community developing transparent and efficient realtionships allthrough the value chain. This improves the procurement and supply processes, generating savingsand increasing profitability.
- Bababos — Bababos is a platform that allows SME manufacturers to quickly access a variety of high-quality raw materials, from polymers and chemicals to steel and other metal products. This eliminates the need to handle numerous suppliers. The company's platform streamlines the buying process by digitizing administrative duties. Additionally, Bababosprovides manufacturers with flexible payment options that lessen their financial burden and enable them to concentrate on what they do best—producing high-quality products. Bababos enhances the SME producers' supply chains.
- Channel19 — Channel19 is building a platform for small truckers to aggregate freight from all of their digital broker and load board relationships in one place and find the best freight to move for their business. Truckers using Channel19 earn up to 20% more revenue and can save over $3,000 per truck per year in dispatch.
AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia.Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based inseven offices.AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 funds and benefits from strong, long-term support from both local and international investors, including leading development finance institutions in the United States and Europe.Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region.Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African countries in a variety of high growth sectors and maintains a broad network of high quality executives across Africa, offering extensive expertise in key growth industries, including financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education and healthcare.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$65M; Private Equity $6.5M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Bizao — Bizao vous permet d'accepter les moyens de paiement en ligne en Afrique pour la commercialisation de vos services et/ou produits.
- Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
- MFS Africa — MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
DOB Equity is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital and buy-and-build strategies in small and medium companies.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Farming, Health Care
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kwara — Kwara turns analog credit unions into modern digital banks.
- Power — Putting individuals on the path towards financial health
- Eden Care Medical — Eden Care Medical is a mobile application that provides medical and health insurance as well as financial services.
A global investment banking, asset management and advisory firm focused on delivering value to our clients in emerging and frontier markets
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Kenya, France, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Debt Financing $2.1M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Baobab+ — Baobab+ is a social business committed to providing access to energy and digital. We commercialize innovative products with financing solutions that meet the needs of local populations.
- Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
- Decentral Energy — Decentral develops, owns, and manages clean energy assets in South Africa. We offer risk-free and fully financed solar energy solutions for our clients.
KFW DEG offers financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries. Their customers can rely on their expertise: They can benefit from their market knowledge, their 21 locations worldwide, and their international network. For entrepreneurial success and development.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Banking
- Stage:Debt Financing, Grant
- Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Grant $100k–$1.1M; Debt Financing $4M–$105M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Etana — PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia (Etana) is an emerging producer of high-quality, affordable and innovative biopharmaceuticals to treat a range of metabolic, autoimmune and other major life-threatening diseases, including cancer. Nathan Tirtana. Legend Capital. UOB Venture Management. Innovent Bio
- BUA Cement — BUA Cement Plc is engaged in the production and marketing of cement under the brand name “BUA Cement”. Presently the company produces CEM II type of cement in accordance with the Nigerian Industrial Standards. BUA Cement is ideal for all construction purposes in Nigeria. Its unique quality makes it the cement of choice for block-making, plasteringand concrete works. Its high early strength, rapid setting and low heat of hydration are all distinct features that characterize our high quality production process.
- Stima — Premium electric motorcycles and battery swapping technologies to better serve moto-taxi and delivery riders in Africa - Starting in Kenya
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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- 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.
TBD Angels is a group of like-minded angel investors who thrive on sharing advice, guidance, and capital with talented entrepreneurs. TBD Angels provide critical advice and connections to jumpstart the companies it invests in.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $53k–$6M; Angel $54k–$195k; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Magnomer — Magnomer is a manufacturer of novel magnetic inks for plastic packaging for the circular economy. It introduces Design2Recycle™, a revolutionary way of thinking about production. Central to their innovation are printable magnetizable inks: a design tool which allows consumer brands and manufacturers to enable better packaging recyclability withoutchanges to manufacturing. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- High Time Foods — Discover delicious and nutritious shelf-stable plant-based meat alternatives at High Time Foods. Our cuisine-agnostic products are perfect for every chef, every cuisine, in every corner of the world. Join us in creating a better food system that's good for people and the planet.
- Powered by People — Powered by People is a values-driven wholesale platform featuring handmade, ethical products from makers in over 40 countries. Sign up now for pre-approved credit and net 60 terms at poweredbypeople.com
For the many, not just the few. For good.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Internet, Clean Energy
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Series A $1M–$9.9M; Series B $660k–$50M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $108M in 2020
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.
- Turaco — Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
- MoKo Home + Living — MoKo Home is Kenya's one-stop furniture company specializing in comfort & smiles, having served over 10000 smiley homes to date. Will yours be next?
Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 432
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.6M; Series A $2.5M–$25M; Series B $8M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- CO2 AI — Empowering decision-makers to sustain our world via advanced software that shifts carbon emissions reduction from the theoretical to the impactful.
- UpSlide — Produce high-quality reports and presentations faster in PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Save up to 8h each month in just a few clicks!
- Commsignia — Commsignia specializes in the research and development, manufacturing and distribution of cooperative intelligent transportation systems. Its product line includes a V2X Communication Software Stack and Commsignia’s own security stack implementation, Hybrid V2X/ADAS Safety Applications, a V2X Simulator, On-Board Units (OBU) and Roadside Units(RSU).The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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Browse database — It's Free!Left Lane Capital is a venture capital and seed-growth equity firm that invests in high-growth internet and consumer technology businesses that are fundamental to the human condition and spirit – where customers maintain a long-term relationship with the product, platform, or service.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series D
- Geography: United States, Germany, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Series A $9M–$65M; Series B $33M–$90M
- Lead/follow: 66% lead, 34% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Animaj — Explore the future of storytelling where AI meets creativity at Animaj Lab. Join us on a journey to revolutionize kids' entertainment, crafting captivating content that keeps the digital-first generation engaged and inspired.
- HOLY Energy — Energy drink for gamers
- League One Volleyball — One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life.
thelatest.ventures partners with the leading investment firms across the globe to localise, launch or scale intuitively exceptional growth businesses. To create superior investment and societal impact returns.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $23M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership globally. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analyticsof mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
- Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa.The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing and e-logistics platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analytics of mobility entrepreneurs tounderwrite loans.Moove was founded by Ladi Delano and Jide Odunsi in 2019.
Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, 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.
Blue Haven Initiative is an innovative family office dedicated to putting wealth to work for market returns and positive social and environmental change.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $12M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- M-KOPA — M-KOPA is the global leader for “pay-as-you-go” energy services for off-grid customers. M-KOPA was established in 2011. Following 2 years of piloting and development, M-KOPA began commercial sales in Kenya in October 2012. M-KOPA expanded to Uganda in 2013 and commences operations in Tanzania in late 2014. Their team includes over 500 staff andwe sell our product through more than 1000 retail agents and shops. The founders of the company are experienced mobile technology innovators who believe in the huge potential of transformative, affordable products designed for underserved consumers. While excellent technology is a pre-requisite, technology alone does not solve for customer needs. Success comes when smart technology is combined with a commitment to on-going, on-the-ground delivery. To that end, M-KOPA is beginning to license its technology to experienced and reputable third parties in markets outside of East Africa (licensing queries should be sent to licensing@m-kopa.com). M-KOPA has developed a proprietary, patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM + mobile payments to revolutionize asset financing in emerging markets. The M-KOPAnet platform has been designed and built from the ground up by our talented team of software engineers, who continue to innovate and improve the system every day. It offers the powerful combination of accounting + customer relationship management + inventory tracking in one complete system. Aside from enabling our business operations to scale at record speed, the M-KOPAnet™ platform captures and processes huge volumes of data, enabling us to improve our proposition, customer service, and security in real-time.
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
- Field — Health supply chain technology and services across Africa
Strawhat Investment is an investment firm.
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- Industry: FinTech, Computer, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Strattech Partners, located in Devon, PA, is a consulting and venture capital firm that focuses on the development of growth stage companies. We offer CEO and CFO consulting services, operational consulting, and general financial consulting services, including treasury, general and strategic management services. Past engagements have includedacting CFO assignments as well as interim Controller/VP Finance assignments, turnaround and restructuring assistance, and other positions related to implementing change within organizations. Venture Capital investments are done through Strattech Partners I, LP and through our affiliate Zon Capital Partners, an SBIC venture fund.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series C
- Geography: United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qwili — Qwili makes smartphones with a voice-guided, local language onboarding experience for new users.
- EcomXML — EcomXML is a leading e-commerce solution provider for business-to-business (B2B) enterprise integration. EcomXML provides companies with enterprise integration solutions to link their buyers, suppliers and e-commerce portals together to streamline their e-business in real-time through the Internet. EcomXML utilizes open XML technology to achieveboth inter-company and intra-company integration regardless their existing technology infrastructure.
- StarCite — StarCite's online business-to-business software and services allow corporations to purchase and manage products and services related to their company meetings and events.
Sean Mahsoul
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- Industry: FinTech, Computer, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Investing in Africa | Chui Ventures is an investment company that seeks to back exceptional African companies at the early stage of their growth.
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- Industry: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% 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.
- Shop Zetu — Shop the latest trendy fashion, beauty and accessory brands in Kenya online! Discover affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty products and more. Order today from Shop Zetu.
Triple Jump is an impact-focused investment manager.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
- Geography: India, Senegal, Mauritius
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Baobab+ — Baobab+ is a social business committed to providing access to energy and digital. We commercialize innovative products with financing solutions that meet the needs of local populations.
- Yellow — Yellow enables a distributed network of sales agents to serve rural households with life-changing products and services through a digital technology platform called Ofeefee.
- Light Microfinance — We are one of the top Microfinance companies in India. Light Microfinance head office is located in Ahmedabad.
Operating out of Stellenbosch in South Africa and backed by two family offices Angelhub Ventures's team is passionate about early stage investments in (South) Africa. Being entrepreneurial ourselves, we thoroughly understand the challenges and changes our founders face – which is why we back them in any way we can. Most importantly, we believein building great businesses and we are in it for the long haul.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $300k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Godochurch — GoDoChurch is a cloud-based church administration software which is designed to assist Christian churches and ministries with managing members, Sunday services, events, communications, and more. The system is made up of a base package, covering messaging, news, ministries, lists, church roles, services, events, and growth paths, with additionalmodules for managing follow-ups, groups, and Kids church.
- Opennetworks — Opennetworks is a Google Cloud Partner, Google Platform Partner and a Google Education Partner. Established in 2000, we have 16 of years experience dealing with customer’s technology needs. Opennetworks has been a Google Partner since 2011 and an exclusive relationship with PwC South Africa for large Google Cloud deployments.
- Ikeja Wireless — Welcome to your Ikeja. We are a home-grown tech company that builds services enabling affordable internet access to Ekasi. We may have coverage in your area!
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Browse database — It's Free!Create new business models with multidisciplinary blockchain professionals. Next Chymia Consulting has an international network of Blockchain technology and financial services. We are a group which make use of international networks and provide consulting services worldwide.
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- Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Medical
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Ghana, Romania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $580k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qwili — Qwili makes smartphones with a voice-guided, local language onboarding experience for new users.
- IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
- Zuvy Technologies — Zuvy is a free invoice management software that enables your business to get cash today for unpaid invoices. Get started sending invoices via WhatsApp
Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$7.5M; Series B $2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- MFS Africa — MFS Africa is the largest mobile money inter-operability hub in Africa, which connects mobile network operators across the continent through a single API. In addition to mobile remittance services, the MFS Africa API enables merchant payment, bulk payment, bank-to-wallet transfers, and an array of other cross border digital payments services.
- SOUK Farms — SOUK Farms is a fresh horticulture supply grower and exporter that pioneers innovation to improve agricultural sustainability and stimulate economic and social development.
- Copia Global — Copia is currently serving customers and rapidly growing in Kenya and Uganda with additional East African and West African countries expected in the next two
Oikocredit is guided by the principle of empowering people. Their experience proves that the most effective and sustainable means of assisting those in need is providing an opportunity to help themselves.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
- Geography: India, Nigeria, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Series B $4.1M–$8.9M; Debt Financing $1.1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kaleidofin — Kaleidofin is a fintech platform that provides complete financial solutions for excluded individuals and households. The platform propels under-banked customers towards meeting their real life goals by providing intuitive and tailored financial solutions. Their solutions take into account the financial roadblocks and vulnerability that thesesegments, such as volatile income streams and limited understanding of the fine print in financial products.Kaleidofin creates individual profiles of households based on several sources and uses that information to tailor its services for each customer. It also provides curated, goal-based financial solutions to people in the underbanked segments. It will leverage the full India stack, existing networks, analytics, structuring, and user-centered design to drive outcomes for customers, in the processKaleidofin was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Prestamype — Prestamype was launched in 2017 with the aim of providing a broader access to funding to micro and small businesses, with better credit conditions. With its first product, a secured working capital loan with a real estate collateral, it has lent over USD 24 million to 750 Peruvian entrepreneurs (as of 1st of October 2021). In 2019, Prestamypelaunched its online FX platform called Cambio Seguro. In 2020, the company launched its digital factoring product. In 2021, INCA Ventures and Angel Ventures Peru (AVP), two leading funds in Peru, invested in the company.
- Annapurna Finance — Annapurna Finance operates as a micro finance company. We offer agricultural loans, money loans, small business loans, insurance and home improvement loans at their doorstep.
MyAsia VC
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Deciml — Deciml is an investment app in India that enables Indians to start investing young by investing the spare change from their online transactions.
- Neem — Neem is an embedded finance platform enabling Financial Wellness for underbanked communities across emerging markets, starting in Pakistan.
- 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.
Michael Vaughan is the Operating Partner at Stripes.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $11M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flip — Transfer antar bank gratis dengan Flip! Transfer beda bank, top up e-wallet, kirim uang ke luar negeri, dan beli produk digital, semua lebih terjangkau!
- Market — Trust Software builds payment products for the marketing ecosystem. We are backed by Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed, Manta Ray, Sapphire Sport, Upfront, and Upper90. You can learn more about our products at http://TrustSoftware.co
- 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.
Lightrock is a global private equity platform investing in sustainable businesses built by purpose-driven entrepreneurs, committed to innovation for systemic change at scale.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Series C, Series B, Series E
- Geography: India, Brazil, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Series B $6.3M–$50M; Series C $7.2M–$100M; Series E $185M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- TeamApt — TeamApt is a financial technology company focused on, developing Digital Banking, Digital Business solutions, and running Payments Infrastructure by rethinking the needs of consumers, businesses, and the financial industry. Beginning operations in 2015, TeamApt was borne from a desire to create financial happiness, building solutions and tools forbusinesses and individuals to happily manage money.TeamApt is proudly Nigerian but globally focused, with an eclectic mix of backend, frontend, reliability, quality assurance, distributed data storage engineers to ensure critical solutions and products for our customers are built right, securely, scalably and reliably. Our end goal is to see our customers happy which can only happen when they succeed using our solutions to run their daily lives and businesses.
- Shiprocket — Shiprocket is India's most-used eCommerce logistics and shipping software solution for the best courier services. Avail features like COD (Cash on Delivery), prepaid delivery, automated shipping, etc.
- dr.consulta — dr.consulta is a healthcare company in Brazil. We begun as a full stack primary care provider and evolved to become a HMO. Our target audience are uninsured individuals.
Untapped Global connects frontier market innovators to global investors through online and in-person platforms. Its platform The Nest is a monthly event series taking place both in-person and online, giving founders access to international investors, while Untapped Invest is a Smart Asset Financing™ platform enabling global investors to tap intothe $4T opportunity in the fastest-growing economies.The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qwili — Qwili makes smartphones with a voice-guided, local language onboarding experience for new users.
- ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
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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- 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.
Esas Ventures is the venture capital arm of Esas Holding, one of the largest family-owned investment firms in Turkey and is backed by the first and second generation family members of Şevket Sabancı, one of the founding members of Sabancı Holding, a leading Turkish conglomerate.With offices in Istanbul and London, Esas Ventures invests in earlystage companies globally.
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $125k–$9M; Series A $6.1M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Procol — Reliable, flexible and simple-to-adopt spend management platform that drives sourcing and procurement excellence.
- Flora — Flora is the only sustainable brand platform acquiring and growing Amazon FBA brands with a world-class team of professionals.
- Gowit Technology — GoWit is a leading AdTech company, specializing in a multi-channel Retail Media Ads platform for online retailers. Our main objective is to empower businesses with comprehensive advertising solutions and maximize ad monetization. To reach a broader audience, we offer a variation of on-site & off-site advertising options such as SponsoredProducts, Sponsored Brands, Display, Video and In-Store Ads. With a clear focus on transparency, we are committed to helping our partners establish a powerful presence in the ever-growing world of retail.
CapaciTech operates as a South African holding company that consists of an advisory business and special purposes vehicles that house shareholdings in various entrepreneurial ventures.
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- Industry: SMS, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $92k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mobiz — Supercharge your SMS marketing with dynamic, high-converting landing pages sent directly into the hands of your customers.
- HomeFarm — What Homefarm is all about. Homefarm brings smart, indoor gardens to homes and businesses across South Africa and Europe.
- Right Now Response — Your go-to for expert breakdown assistance. Our dedicated team ensures you're back on the road swiftly and safely. Contact us for reliable support today!
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