# Top 30 Software Startup Investors in Uganda in May 2026 ## Nordic Impact Funds - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Finance, Personal Finance Local network Sharing experience to make opportunities for jobs and income. Private Equity that will create positive impact in East Africa ## MFS Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Mobile 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. ## Segal Family Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Watchung, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Apps, Water The Segal Family Foundation partners with outstanding individuals and organizations that improve the well-being of communities. ## Savannah Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, FinTech, Education William H. Draper, III and Robin Richards Donohoe began investing together in the venture industry in 1994 concentrating on building companies in India. Since 1994, they have invested in over one hundred early stage information technology investments both in India and the United States. In 2010, the Foundation joined forces with Robert S. Kaplan,formerly vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs and currently professor of leadership at Harvard Business School. Together the team raised their second fund inviting fourteen innovative philanthropists to join the fund. ## Tidjane Deme - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile Payments Tidjane DEME is a General Partner at Partech, co-leading Partech Africa Fund, Partech’s multi-stages tech fund exclusively dedicated to Africa digital markets. He joined in May 2016.Prior to joining Partech, Tidjane has worked for 15+ years in the tech industry in Africa, as an entrepreneur, a consultant as well as a senior business manager. Heworked for 7 years as a senior manager at Google, leading activities in Africa. He started the Google Francophone Africa office in Dakar in 2009, led ecosystem efforts to support developer communities and tech startups across 15+ countries, led Google’s Africa Content Strategy, launching and growing YouTube in 6 markets. He also led business development for Google’s Infrastructure investments in Africa. Prior to Google, Tidjane was a tech entrepreneur who founded and led CommonSys, a consulting and integration company deploying e-gov platforms and enterprise solutions in west Africa. He also cofounded 2 startups, an e-reputation platform in Europe and a SaaS platform for African SMEs. Tidjane started his career working with Cap Gemini in France before joining Cosine Communications, a Silicon Valley startup building network virtualization technology for carriers.Tidjane grew up in Senegal until age 18, then moved to France to attend Ecole Polytechnique (Msc Physics), did an exchange program at Imperial College London, and attended Ensta-Paritech (Telecom and IT Engineering). ## Mobility 54 - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Transportation, Information Technology Mobility 54 is a joint venture among Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO. ## Nordic Microfinance Initiative - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Banking The Norwegian Microfinance Initiative (NMI) is an innovative strategic partnership between the Norwegian public and private sectors that will invest in microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing countries and provide professional assistance and technical support for these institutions. The mission of NMI is to contribute to the empowerment ofpoor people and to the creation of jobs, wealth, and economic and social sustainability in developing countries by investing in and supporting MFIs. ## Launch Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Soma Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Soma Capital is venture capital fund that focuses on investing in software to automate the world across all sectors and geographies. ## PG Impact Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Little Switzerland, North Carolina, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Logistics, SMS, Mobile Apps They are a global impact investment firm backed by Partners Group, one of the world's leading private market investment managers. ## Future Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Global Partnerships/Eleos Social Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Logistics, Agriculture, Car Sharing Global Partnerships' Social Venture Fund bridges the pioneer gap in sub-Saharan Africa by providing impact-led funding to early-stage social enterprises. ## Active Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Active Capital is a venture firm focused on leading seed rounds for B2B SaaS companies outside of Silicon Valley. ## Serena Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Wellness Serena Ventures focuses on early-stage companies and giving them the opportunity to be heard. Serena Ventures extends relationships, encourages collaboration among portfolio companies, and expands partnership opportunities across my vast network. ## Kepple Africa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. ## The Fintech Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software We support the best teams in fintech and defi today. ## East Africa venture capital association - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile Apps, Transportation, Public Transportation EAVCA is the representative organization for private equity and venture capital funds in East Africa, with a growing membership of private capital investors and advisors looking at the region for growth.At the core of what we do is promote East Africa as a private capital destination, while ensuring a favorable environment for trade for theprivate capital sector. Our advantage is in being able to provide local access to our members, which is critical to their East Africa strategy. ## Enza Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 1 - 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 ## Equilibria Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hamilton, Hamilton, Bermuda - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile, FinTech Equilibria Capital is an asset management firm that manages investment funds and separate accounts for private and institutional clients. ## Ed Levinson - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Ed Levinson - Director @ Ensibuuko ## Breega - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours. ## Symbiotics Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Energy Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing. Symbiotics offers investment, asset management and capacity building services. ## Consonance Investment Managers - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa. ## CRE Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Musha Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Seed capital for technology startups globally. ## Eric Osiakwan - Type: Angel - Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Payments, Software Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital is an Entrepreneur and Investor with 15 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa and the world. He has worked in 32 African countries setting up ISPs, ISPAs, IXPs and high-tech startups. He Co-Founded Angel Africa List,Angel Fair Africa and currently serves on the board of Farmerline, SMS GH,Forhey, Teranga Solutions, SeeSayDo, Oasis Websoft, Siqueries, Amp.it, SameLogic, Bisa app, Wanjo Foods,Ghana Cyber City and WABco – some of which are his investments. He was part of the team that built the TEAMS submarine cable in East Africa and an ICT Consultant for the WorldBank, Soros Foundations, UNDP, USAID, USDoJ, USDoS as well as African governments and private firms.He authored “The KINGS of Africa’s Digital Economy”, co-authored the “Open Access Model”, adopted globally by the telecommunications industry, “Negotiating the Net” – the politics of Internet Diffusion in Africa and “The Internet in Ghana” with the Mosaic Group. He was invited to contribute ideas to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa. Eric is a TED, Stanford, MIT and Harvard fellow. ## LTNT Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Finance, Payments, Software LTNT Investments ## Renew Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Addis Ababa, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Baby, Reservations RENEW and the Impact Angel Network are one of the most active private equity investors in Ethiopia and recently expanded to Uganda. RENEW and the IAN seek to become the most successful SME investment firm in Sub-Saharan Africa, investing in hundreds of companies across twenty countries. Their mission is to find, invest and help grow great companiesled by visionary leaders. ## 4Di Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co