# Top 50 Proptech Startup Investors in Africa in October 2023

## Future Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## Ventures Platform
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Edmond Nonie
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Construction

Edmond Nonie

## Vinny Lingham
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Blockchain, Internet, Cryptocurrency

Vinny Lingham is Co-Founder & CEO at Civic. He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device.
He is also the founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to developwebsites.
Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006.
He has previously served on marketing advisory boards for Nasdaq listed Valueclick and Yahoo, was also selected as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006. Vinny studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at the University of Cape Town.

## Christian Angermayer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain

Christian Angermayer - Founder & CEO @ Apeiron Investment Group

## Justin Stanford
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Security

Justin is a 31-year old entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist from Cape Town, South Africa. He is founder, MD, board member, advisor, or investor to a wide variety of companies in the global technology sector.Having grown up on a farm, he decided not to complete high-school and instead made the move to the city of Cape Town, topursue his dreams of being an Internet entrepreneur.Despite years of struggles and false starts in the wake of the dotcom crash in 2001, he ultimately went on to successfully launch and grow a pan-African Internet based software company from a garage in the suburbs of Cape Town.Have founded his first startup attempt at the age of 18, Justin has been involved in tech startups and entrepreneurial endeavours ever since.He is today the co-founder and MD of 4Di Group, a diversified investment management group and family office, and co-founding General Partner of early-stage technology venture capital firm 4Di Capital, as well as an active angel investor.As co-founder and Steering Committee Chairman of the Silicon Cape Initiative in 2009, designed to highlight and foster South Africa's nascent emerging tech startup ecosystem, Justin fully believes in South Africa’s potential as a global technology innovation hub.In 2011, he was listed by the Mail & Guardian for the 'Top 200 Young South Africans', and in 2013, listed by Forbes for '30 Under 30: Africa's Best Young Entrepreneurs'.

## 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.

## CRE Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

## Logos Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, FinTech, Logistics

Logos Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

## Enza Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce, B2B

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

## Christian Faes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Christian Faes is the co-founder and Exec Chair of LendInvest, which is marketplace platform for property finance, and one of the leading Fintech businesses in the UK. The business has raised well over £1 billion in debt and equity, from institutions such as Atomico, the European Investment Fund, Citibank, HSBC, and the National Australia Bank.Christian comes from a legal background having practised as a real estate lawyer in Australia (Allens Arthur Robinson), and then in the UK with Clifford Chance and Deutsche Bank.  In 2008, Christian co-founded the business with Ian Thomas, initially seeing an opportunity in the short term mortgage market.Christian is a keen advocate for the Fintech sector, and sits on the Government’s Fintech Delivery Panel; and founded and chairs the Digital Finance Forum. He is an active supporter and early investor in several startups, including Seedrs, Crowdcube and Onfido.

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

Startup Investment Club

## Charles Delingpole
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.

## Sebastian Stoddart
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Rental, Internet, Analytics

Sebastian Stoddart after working for 10 years as a product design consultant for top design consultancies in the US, Netherlands and UK, working for clients such as Samsung, Philips, Smith & Nephew, Compaq and Hewlett Packard, Sebastian formed his own company, albooto.com, to bring innovative products to market.

## 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.

## CV VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Information Technology

We invest in blockchain

## Sudeep Ramnani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech

Sudeep Ramnani is the Founder and CEO of Sportybet. SportyBet is an international sports betting and real-money gaming operator that delivers an omni-channel entertainment experience in regulated emerging markets (www.sportybet.com). Sudeep is also an investor in fintech and mobile payments and an advocate of the growing African internet ecosystem.Sudeep will be discussing the challenge of changing customer betting patterns alongside other innovative leaders in the sports betting industry. His insights into the industry's toughest topics will be truly beneficial to anyone who attends the Sports Betting West Africa Summit.

## Jai Mahtani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Credit, FinTech, InsurTech

Jai Mahtani

## Richard Aseme
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Credit, InsurTech

Richard Aseme is the VP, International Marketing and Distribution, EMEA at Paramount Pictures. He attended Oxford University (Jesus College) oct 1996 - June 2000.

## LoftyInc Capital Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Carmel, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

## Olumide Soyombo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Olumide Soyombo holds a BSc in Systems Engineering from University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MSc (Distinction) in Business and Information Technology from the Aston Business School, Birmingham, England; earning membership into the Beta Gamma Sigma Society for his high scholastic achievement.Olumide co–founded Bluechip Technologies Ltd in 2008 andhas grown the organisation from an organization with two employees to an organization with over 80 consultants spread across Lagos, Accra and Lusaka, Zambia.In 2014, Olumide setup Leadpath as a seed fund investing in local tech startups. He has invested in startups like Pushcv.com, Paystack, Piggybank.ng, Fashpa, Heels.com.ng , Delivery Science, Gloo.ng, and Cosign.co.

## Samir Goel
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Legal, Advice

Samir is a social entrepreneur, writer, and connector committed to bridging the public and private sectors by bringing together diverse communities to eliminate the access gap.In 2015, Samir Co-Founded Esusu, a platform designed to empower users to better save, access capital, and build credit through community savings. Prior to Esusu, SamirCo-Founded Transfernation, a nationally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit which uses technology to ensure excess food from events goes toward underserved communities across New York City. To-date Transfernation has rescued over 300,000 thousand pounds of food and impacted 250,000 lives. For his entrepreneurial endeavors Samir has been recognized as a WEF Global Shaper, Global Good Fund Fellow, Dalai Lama Fellow, Resolution Fellow and was the recipient of the Jefferson Awards Foundation National Public Service Award.In addition to his work as a social entrepreneur, Samir has had the opportunity to build a robust skillset over his time at LinkedIn working across 5 offices in Customer Success Consulting, Talent Acquisition, and Sales Strategy & Operations focused on Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Previously Samir worked at The United Nations, Venture for America, and various non-profits in the New York City areaSamir is an avid writer and contributes for LinkedIn, The Daily Muse, Influencive, Mogul, and Quartz. Samir supplements his entrepreneurship and writing with public speaking engagements, which have ranged from The United Nations to the Clinton Global Initiative's Final Annual Meeting.Samir received his Bachelor's of Science from New York University's Stern School of Business. Samir enjoy's baking & cooking, staying active, travel, writing, and spending time with his family and 4 younger siblings.

## Electrification Financing Initiative
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy

Impact investment in sustainable energy

## Picus Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.

## Chandaria Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software

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

## SKBR
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Financial Services, Food and Beverage

Investment Holding

## MaC Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups leveraging shifts in cultural trends and behaviors.

## Shell Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Agriculture, Solar

Shell Foundation is an independent charity established by the Shell Group in 2000 to create and scale new solutions to global development challenges. We apply business thinking to major social and environmental issues linked to the energy sector – and seek to leverage the skills and networks of Shell where possible to deliver greater developmentimpact.Over the years, learning from both success and failure, we have established a new enterprise-based model to deliver significant and lasting social and environmental outcomes. We now deploy a blend of financial and non-financial resources to accelerate social innovation and harness private markets to deliver public benefit at scale.

## Wangara Green Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Sustainability, Transportation

Wangara Green Ventures is a climate-focused impact investment asset manager in Ghana, West Africa.

## Azur Innovation Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Finance, Software

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## Asymmetry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

## Vakayi Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harare, NA - Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Industrial, Real Estate

Vakayi Capital supports outstanding entrepreneurs providing essential services in Zimbabwe. Vakayi is uniquely positioned in Zimbabwe to tap into the exceptional investment opportunities in businesses with proven business models, strong growth prospects and the potential to significantly create jobs and impact the lives of low-income people. Theteam’s experience and extensive business network generates a robust deal flow for capital deployment in the clean energy, housing, education and healthcare sectors. Currently, Vakayi is the only fund in Zimbabwe focused on supporting small businesses.

## Samuel Z. Alemayehu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: SMS, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Samuel Z. Alemayehu is the Founder and Chairman Of The Board Of Directors of Cambridge Industries.

## Lundin Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series D
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, Energy

The Lundin Foundation is a philanthropic organization founded originally by the Lundin family. The Foundation is currently supported by a number of publicly traded natural resource companies committed to the highest standards of corporate responsibility. The Lundin Foundation embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of the Lundin family. TheFoundation provides risk capital in the form of investments into high potential small- and medium-sized businesses, with a view to generating wealth and employment needed to alleviate poverty on a sustained basis. It also provides strategic grants to early stage innovations and for technical and managerial assistance.

## Oyster Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Oyster Ventures invests in exceptional new-frontier technology companies.
We target companies that bring liquidity and efficiency to antiquated industries, companies that enable globalization, and with the leverage to massively scale.

## Acasia Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce

Acasia Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies throughout the Middle East and Africa. With a focus on being a first believer in innovation and entrepreneurship, the firm strives to support the growth of the next generation of market leaders through their unique and scalable solutions. Its Tech Fund I iscurrently targeting investments in tech-driven and tech-enabled startups at the pre-Seed to pre-Series A stages.

## UGFS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, Mobile Apps

United Gulf Financial Services-North Africa, established on November 2008, is an asset management company licensed by and working under the control of Tunisian Capital Market Authorities CMF.They offer a comprehensive access to the Tunisian financial market. They provide services through their different business platforms: private equity, assetmanagement, advisory and corporate finance.Their clients are investors such as individuals, corporations and financial institutions.

## Wemimo Abbey
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Legal, Advice

Wemimo Abbey is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu. He attended University of Cambridge.

## Foundamental
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Construction, Software, Real Estate

The global investor in construction, mining and renovation technology.

## Zedcrest Capital Limited
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Credit

Zedcrest Capital is a full-service capital management firm, with core interests in fixed income securities trading, asset management and proprietary investments

## Speedinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Flat6Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gîza, Al Jizah, Egypt
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps

Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately becoming theirinstitutional co-founders. Flat6Labs manages a number of seed funds with a total AUM in excess of $85M. More than 25 leading institutions have invested into the Flat6Labs managed funds; believing in the asset class and Flat6Labs’ proven track record as the market leader.. Flat6Labs provides a wide range of investment ticket sizes ranging from $50K to $500k, supporting startups through their early journeys from Pre-Seed all the way to Pre-Series A stages. Alongside to the investments, Flat6Labs’ exceptional startup programs, executed to cater specifically for the needs of the innovative entrepreneurs, helps them accelerate their growth by providing them with a plethora of support services and connecting them to unparalleled opportunities with an expansive network comprising hundreds of business mentors, investors and corporates. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs has multiple offices across the region; with ongoing plans to expand into other emerging markets.

## Ingressive Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

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

## Mercy Corps Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, AgTech

Our impact investing arm, Mercy Corps Ventures (MCV), invests in and fuels high-impact enterprises that increase the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets.

## Leonard Stiegeler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Credit

Leonard Stiegeler is the Founder of Pulse, the leading innovative media company in Africa. He is backing & investing in media-/art-/technology- & -enabled ventures/assets. Some of his interests include Business Insider Africa, Art News Africa and Digital News Africa. Prior, he was the General Manager of Swiss Ringier AfricaAG since 2016 – responsible for buiding up the group's business on the continent. Ringier is today active in 8 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and through its ROAM-holding leads brands such as Jobberman, Cheki, Private Property, BuyRentKenya, Pigiame, ZoomTanzania, and many more. Prior to his work with Ringier since 2013, Leo helped to establish Rocket Internet and other German investors in Africa. Leo is originally from Germany and has been based in different African countries since 2011.

## Kola Aina
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet

Kola Aina is an entrepreneur, technology operator and investor with vast experience working in Africa’s largest economic market. His prior entrepreneurial experience spans several sectors including venture capital, technology, media, agriculture, infrastructure, publishing and real estate. As an angel investor and while leading the early stageAfrican VC firm Ventures Platform. Venture Platform is a leading early stage African VC fund that provides founder friendly capital and support to early stage companies in a framework that is buoyed by corporate governance and hands-on support. Kola has lead investment in about 28 companies including Payments company; Paystack, Connectivity company; Tizeti, Healthcare company; MDaaS and the Agric-tech company; Thrive Agric.Kola, founded the enterprise technology company Emerging Platforms Limited, 9 years ago, quickly growing it to become one of the leading technology service delivery companies and leaders in the e-learning space in West Africa providing services to over 100,000 students. Emerging Platforms Limited is a software and technology firm that specializes in developing innovative technology solutions in education, national security and enterprise sectors.Prior to focusing on full time entrepreneurship, Kola worked in corporate finance, administration, corporate turn-around and strategy. He led strategy and finance for one of
the largest publishing companies in Nigeria up till 2009. Before that he worked in corporate finance proving financial analysis at Fifth Third Bank in the USA.Kola is a leader in the African startup and investing ecosystem, a Ted speaker and volunteers his time advising founders, speaking at events and serves on the Presidential Committee for Job Creation and Youth Employment as well as the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Presidency on Creativity and Technology. Kola studied Electrical Engineering and then secured a Master in Business Administration degree with a specialization in Finance from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He has received further education from Berkley University, Harvard University and the Lagos Business School.

## Emerging Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Telecommunications, Finance, Energy

ECP is a private equity group dedicated to investing in Africa.They are a pan-African private equity firm that has raised over US$2 billion for investment across the African continent, including the Francophone regions. They have put their investors’ capital to work in over 40 countries in all major regions of the continent, directly supportingover 50,000 jobs.

## Polo Leteka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Retail, Internet, Logistics

Polo Leteka is the Founder and Chairman of IDF Capital SA. She previously worked at Standard Bank of South Africa. Polo Leteka attended the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika.

## LocalGlobe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?

## Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Smart Cities, Electric Vehicle

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is a government organization.

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