Investors backing African startups
European Investment Bank
European Investment Bank is the European Union’s financing institution. It provides multilateral financing for development and investment priorities, including projects addressing climate change and environmental sustainability.
Global
Ezdehar
No description available.
Egypt
FairMoney
Online payday loan app
Nigeria
Gullit
No description available.
Mauritius
Heirloom Fund
Heirloom Fund is an alternative investment offering supporting long-term family wealth management. Its manager also provides co-investment opportunities and customised portfolios through managed accounts.
United States
Hyperithm
Hyperithm is an asset manager focused on digital and traditional markets. It uses algorithmic trading and arbitrage strategies in a market-neutral investment approach serving corporate and other clients.
Japan
IgniteXL
IgniteXL Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based global seed fund investing at the intersection of health, technology and consumer experiences. It backs companies developing products for health and wellbeing.
United States
Intel Capital
Intel Capital invests in artificial intelligence and deep technology companies across software, hardware and silicon. It supports portfolio businesses with customer introductions, events and access to technical experts.
United States
Isai
ISAI is an investment firm associated with technology entrepreneurs. Its strategies include early-stage venture capital, corporate venture capital, growth and buyout investments, and growth lending.
France
Jaza Rift Ventures
Jaza Rift Ventures supports healthcare founders across Africa with investment and advisory services. It provides funding from pre-seed through Series A alongside hands-on business assistance.
Kenya
Kara Ventures
Kara Ventures is an angel investment partnership backing early-stage African startups. It provides capital, networks and founder resources, particularly for teams with technical founders.
France
Labs by ARM
No description available.
Nigeria
LD Capital
No description available.
China
M&G
M&G provides investment, savings and retirement products and financial advice. Its businesses include investment management and Prudential-branded retirement services for individual and institutional customers.
United Kingdom
Moxxie Ventures
Moxxie Ventures backs founders building technology businesses. Its portfolio includes companies in healthcare, financial software, carbon removal, mobility and logistics, reflecting interests across multiple industries.
United States
Orange DAO
No description available.
Global
PANI
Pani invests in, builds with and coaches African founders. It combines patient capital, structured coaching and community connections to support entrepreneurs and the development of their businesses.
Kenya
Philips Foundation
Philips Foundation works to expand access to quality healthcare for disadvantaged communities. Its activities include partnerships, knowledge sharing and impact investments intended to reduce healthcare inequality.
Netherlands
Pontem Ventures
No description available.
Tanzania
Protocol Labs
Protocol Labs is an innovation network connecting technology startups, funds, accelerators and open-source projects. Originating around IPFS and Filecoin, it supports computing technologies and related emerging fields.
United States
Reach Capital
Reach Capital is an early-stage investor focused on learning, healthcare and work. It supports founders with hiring, product development, market entry and connections to other entrepreneurs and operators.
United States
Resonance
Resonance is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in European technology companies. It supports founders with hiring, fundraising and strategic positioning from pre-seed through Series A.
France
Risevest
Risevest provides an investment platform offering dollar-denominated investments for Nigerian customers. Its service is designed to make investing accessible through automated digital investment tools.
Nigeria
Root Capital
Root Capital supports agricultural enterprises with credit, training and business resources. It works with farming communities in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia to improve livelihoods and resilience.
United States
Santam
Santam provides short-term insurance in South Africa. Its products cover personal property, businesses, specialist risks and agriculture, distributed through intermediaries and customer service channels.
South Africa
Slauson & Co
Slauson & Co is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in US-based technology companies. It focuses on pre-seed and seed founders drawing on their lived experience to develop products.
United States
Smollan
No description available.
Global
Sonatel
Sonatel is a telecommunications group providing fixed-line, mobile, internet and data services. Its operations include networks in Senegal and other West African markets through associated Orange businesses.
Senegal
SouthBridge Investments
SouthBridge Investments is the asset management and investment activity of SouthBridge Group. The wider pan-African group also provides corporate and sovereign financial advisory services.
France
Station F
Station F is a startup campus in Paris hosting programmes, workspace and entrepreneurship resources. It connects founders with a wider community through events and support programmes.
France
Steyn Group
Steyn Group is a global family office investing across multiple strategies, with an emphasis on alternatives. It supports investment managers and operating businesses through long-term capital and infrastructure.
United Kingdom
Super Capital
Super Capital provides fundraising and financial advisory services for entrepreneurs and business buyers. Its activities include equity and debt financing support, corporate finance advice and an investor club.
France
Susquehanna Foundation
No description available.
Global
Sustainable Food Ventures
Sustainable Food Ventures backs early-stage founders developing new food businesses. Its focus includes plant-based, cell-based and recombinant technologies that create alternatives to conventional food products.
United States
TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good
No description available.
Global
The Schmidt Family Foundation
No description available.
United States
TPG Growth
No description available.
United States
Trucks.vc
Trucks Venture Capital invests in early-stage transportation technologies. Its focus includes businesses developing lower-carbon, safer and more accessible mobility, supported from its base in San Francisco.
United States
Utopia Capital Management
Utopia operates a venture platform combining investment funds, a venture studio and market access support in the Global South. It backs and builds technology-enabled businesses.
United Kingdom
VentureFriends
VentureFriends is an early-stage venture capital firm investing across Europe and the Middle East and North Africa. It backs pre-seed and seed companies with capital and founder support.
Global
Viktoria Ventures
Viktoria Ventures supports entrepreneurs and investors through programme development, incubation, acceleration and advisory work. It helps connect startups with financing and strengthens relationships across the startup ecosystem.
Kenya
4 Decades Capital
No description available.
South Africa
A to Z Impact
No description available.
United States
Absa CIB
Absa Corporate and Investment Banking provides financial services across Africa. Its offerings include corporate banking, payments, cash management, investment solutions and strategic advisory for business clients.
South Africa
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm investing in technology businesses. Its focus areas include artificial intelligence, enterprise software, financial technology, cryptocurrency, consumer products and healthcare.
United States
APX
APX is a Berlin-based early-stage venture investor backed by Axel Springer and Porsche. It supports pre-seed startups from Europe and elsewhere with capital and long-term partnerships.
Germany
Base10 Partners
No description available.
United States
BioNTech
No description available.
Germany