Top 5 Crowdfunding VC Funds & Investors in Africa (October 2023)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, South Africa, United States | Series D, Debt Financing, Private Equity | Solar, Finance, Consumer | |
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Alphabit Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency | $500k–$50M |
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Nexus Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Turkey, United States, India | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Internet, SaaS | $2k–$4.7M |
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Algerian Startup Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Algeria | Pre-Seed | Finance, Consulting, Crowdfunding | $60k–$140k |
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Network Society Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Africa | Seed | Solar, Blockchain, Crowdfunding | |
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ARCH is a specialist emerging markets investment advisor with deep experience of emerging markets, private equity, asset management and legal and governance matters over many decades.
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- Industry: Solar, Finance, Consumer
- Stage:Series D, Debt Financing, Private Equity
- Geography: Kenya, South Africa, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
- Sun King — Sun King solar lanterns and home systems enables underserved communities to achieve more with inclusive distribution and flexible financing options.
- The Sun Exchange — The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar leasing marketplace. We leverage financial innovation and the power of the crowd to drive sustainable energy development and make the environmental, social and economic benefits of solar accessible and affordable for all. Through the Sun Exchange online platform, anyone, anywhere in the world, can buyremotely-located solar cells and then lease them to power businesses and organisations in sunny emerging markets. Solar cell owners earn income from the electricity that’s generated, while schools, businesses, clinics and other organisations gain access to affordable clean energy, reducing electricity costs and carbon emissions.
Alphabit Digital Currency Fund.
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- Industry: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7M; Initial Coin Offering $1.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Championfy — Championfy's mission is to empower and unleash everyone's inner champion through Esports and ignite the region with hope, inspiration, respect, strengths, and friendship.
- MetaVersus World — MetaVersus combines gaming with Web3 to provide a hyper-realistic digital environment for brands to build in and for users to discover as MetaCitizens
- REV3AL — Linktree. Make your link do more.
Nexus Ventures is an investment firm that invests in transformational businesses and creates meaningful partnerships with entrepreneurs. They support these ventures through its mentorship, business and technical know-how, vast network, and capital. The firm was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $2k–$4.7M; Angel $45k–$250k
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rapido — Rapido bike taxi provides the best intra-city commuting services and is currently operating in 100+ cities. It is considered as the most affordable choice.
- Iambic Therapeutics — Iambic has created a cutting-edge AI-driven platform to tackle the most challenging design problems in drug discovery and address unmet patient need.
- Liminal — Create Multisig wallets for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple using hardware wallets. We make it extremely easy and secure for individuals and businesses to manage their digital assets without giving up control and ownership.
Crée en Octobre 2020, Algerian Startup Fund (ASF), est une société de capital investissement, notre mission est de développer l'écosysteme entreprenariale et d'innovation en Algérie en proposant des services de financement répondant aux besoins des startups
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- Industry: Finance, Consulting, Crowdfunding
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Algeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $60k–$140k
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qacima — Qacima is an algerian startup specialized in advantages for employees.
- maykiHA — Our main service is matching using a digital solution, between Idea Holders and all the different types of Investors, We consult game chargers on their digital game-changing solutions, and Portfolio management in the North African market. Above all that we have another sub-organization called MedBatel, it's a crowdfunding platform.Especiallyin North Africa, there are few fundraising private organizations that are accessible and known. Idea Holders does not know or even how to raise money for their genius ideas also. Investors also, do not know much about that growing market nowadays, our mission is to introduce it for them and share with them our experience that allows them to invest in MENA with fewer risks, and effectively.
- Ironglass — Ironglass is an algerian startup that manufactures protections for all type of screens.
Blockchain Investors Consortium (BIC) is a 50-member strong (crypto funds and a handful of individuals) who have over $1 billion of digital assets under management. The purpose of BIC is to allow its members to share due diligence and to co-invest in the most promising blockchain ventures. BIC is t
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- Industry: Solar, Blockchain, Crowdfunding
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- The Sun Exchange — The Sun Exchange is the peer-to-peer solar leasing marketplace. We leverage financial innovation and the power of the crowd to drive sustainable energy development and make the environmental, social and economic benefits of solar accessible and affordable for all. Through the Sun Exchange online platform, anyone, anywhere in the world, can buyremotely-located solar cells and then lease them to power businesses and organisations in sunny emerging markets. Solar cell owners earn income from the electricity that’s generated, while schools, businesses, clinics and other organisations gain access to affordable clean energy, reducing electricity costs and carbon emissions.
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