Capital

Who's funding African startups

VCs, PE funds, angel networks, and DFIs active in the ecosystem — with recent raises tracked alongside so you can see who's writing checks right now.

A note on the numbers: deal counts come from public sourcing — news, portfolio pages, and company databases — not a licensed funding database. Treat figures as directional. We don't charge investors to be listed, and listings don't imply endorsement.
VC
54Collective
Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi

Pre-seed-to-seed studio-investor with three African hubs; backs a broad range of technology startups.

VC
Norrsken22
Nairobi, Kigali

Backing African entrepreneurs building the continent's next tech giants

Rolling applications
$205M fund
VC
Partech Africa
Dakar, Nairobi, Lagos

Backing high-traction African startups ready to scale regionally or globally

Rolling applications
$300M fund
VC
Ingressive Capital
Lagos, pan-African

Backing indigenous African founders building technology for Africa's youth

Rolling applications
$50M fund
VC
Renew Capital
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Seed to Series A capital for East and Horn of Africa's most scalable companies

Rolling applications
$50K–$300K check
VC
Kepple Africa Ventures
Tokyo, Japan (Africa-focused)

Japan-based fund making fast, smaller checks — up to roughly $150,000 — into early African startups.

VC
Savannah Fund
Nairobi, Kenya

Early seed fund making smaller checks — typically $25,000 to $500,000 — into East African tech startups.

VC
Saviu Ventures
Nairobi, Kenya (fund based in Mauritius)

Africa-focused venture firm investing across seed, early, and later stages.

VC
DOB Equity
Netherlands (Kenya/Uganda/Tanzania-weighted)

Dutch family-office impact investor active in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi.

PE
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures
Lagos, Tokyo

Africa-focused growth-stage investor formed from the partnership between Nigeria's Verod Capital and Japan's Kepple.

VC
Antler East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya

Residency-based pre-seed investing for exceptional East African founders

Accepting applications
VC
4DX Ventures
Lagos, San Francisco

Seed-to-Series A investor focused on fintech and enterprise startups in Nigeria and Kenya.