# Top 50 Consumer Startup Investors in Africa in October 2023

## Future Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

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.

## Golden Palm Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Health Care

Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.

## Justin Mateen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

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.

## Village Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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

## JAM Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Logistics

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.

## 4Di Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Financial Services

4Di Capital is a Cape Town-based venture capital fund management firm focused on early-stage technology investments in sub-Saharan Africa.

## Cem Garih
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, FinTech

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## Savannah Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology

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.

## U.S. International Development Finance Corp
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

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.

## 4DX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services

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. 

## Ventures Platform
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet

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.

## Musha Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Seed capital for technology startups globally.

## Lynett Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Wireless, Mobile

Lynett Capital is an early stage investment firm dedicated to the empowering technology companies.

## Golden Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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.

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

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.

## GreenTec Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Agriculture, Computer

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.

## Voltron Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Voltron Capital operates as a venture capital firm.

## Outlierz Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, Morocco
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Information Services

We provide smart capital to grow investable startups in Africa

## Susa Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

A seed-stage VC fund investing in founders building value & defensibility through data, network effects, & economies of scale.

## HoaQ
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, E-Commerce

Startup Investment Club

## SunFunder
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series C
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy

SunFunder is a specialist financing company dedicated to pioneering and scaling clean energy and climate investments in emerging markets.

## Accion Venture Lab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Accion Venture Lab is an investment initiative that provides startups with seed capital and support.

## AfricInvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Financial Services, FinTech

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.

## DOB Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Veessen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Farming, Health Care

DOB Equity is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital and buy-and-build strategies in small and medium companies.

## Lion’s Head Global Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy

A global investment banking, asset management and advisory firm focused on delivering value to our clients in emerging and frontier markets

## KFW DEG
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Grant
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Banking

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.

## Kepple Africa Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

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

## TBD Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Novastar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, Internet, Clean Energy

For the many, not just the few. For good.

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

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.

## Left Lane Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series D
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

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.

## Thelatest.ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

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.

## Launch Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

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.

## Blue Haven Initiative
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Financial Services

Blue Haven Initiative is an innovative family office dedicated to putting wealth to work for market returns and positive social and environmental change.

## Strawhat Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Computer, Software

Strawhat Investment is an investment firm.

## Strattech Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Devon, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, B2B

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.

## Sean Mahsoul
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Computer, Software

Sean Mahsoul

## Chui Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Delaware, Ohio, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce

Investing in Africa | Chui Ventures is an investment company that seeks to back exceptional African companies at the early stage of their growth.

## Triple Jump
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services

Triple Jump is an impact-focused investment manager.

## AngelHub Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stellenbosch, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Education

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.

## Next Chymia Consulting
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Medical

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.

## Goodwell Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Goodwell Investments is a pioneering investment firm focused on financial inclusion, fintech and inclusive growth in sectors providing

## Oikocredit International
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

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.

## MyAsia VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

MyAsia VC

## Michael Vaughan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Michael Vaughan is the Operating Partner at Stripes.

## Lightrock
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series E
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

Lightrock is a global private equity platform investing in sustainable businesses built by purpose-driven entrepreneurs, committed to innovation for systemic change at scale.

## Untapped Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1

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.

## CDG Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rabat, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Apps, Software, Internet

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.

## Esas Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software

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.

## Capaci.Tech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SMS, Apps, SaaS

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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