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Renew Capital is a US-headquartered impact investment firm with a dedicated focus on Ethiopia and East Africa, offering equity investments to growth-stage…
EthiopiaAgricultureManufacturingPearl Capital Partners is a Kampala-headquartered fund specialising in equity and quasi-equity investment into agricultural SMEs across Sub-Saharan Africa. The fund targets…
Uganda
Tanzania+2AgricultureAgro-processingConsonance Investment Managers is a private equity and venture firm active across Sub-Saharan Africa, including East Africa and Ethiopia. The firm provides…
EthiopiaFinancial ServicesHealthcareDOB Equity is a Dutch family office impact investor focused on East Africa, including Ethiopia, providing equity and quasi-equity to growth-stage SMEs.…
EthiopiaAgricultureHealthThe International Finance Corporation (IFC) Upstream programme in Ethiopia provides advisory services and catalytic financing to support SMEs and startups in creating…
EthiopiaFintechAgricultureTLcom Capital's TIDE (Technology, Innovation, and Development in Africa) Fund is a $71 million fund focused on early-stage tech startups in Sub-Saharan…
Nigeria
Kenya+5FintechAgritechIFC SME Ventures is an equity and quasi-equity fund-of-funds that invests in private equity and venture capital funds targeting SMEs in IDA-eligible…
Nigeria Ethiopia+8TechnologyAgricultureEarly-stage venture capital investor and accelerator targeting pre-seed and seed-stage startups across Africa, with a focus on technology-enabled businesses solving real problems.…
Partech Africa is a pan-African venture capital fund investing in tech-enabled startups across the continent. It targets Series A and early growth-stage…
Norrsken22 is a $200 million venture capital fund dedicated to backing Africa's fastest-growing tech startups with both financial and impact ambitions. It…
Launch Africa is a pan-African micro-VC fund that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage tech startups across Africa, with a portfolio spanning over…
The Venture Capital Trust Fund is a government-backed fund that provides equity and quasi-equity financing to SMEs in Ghana through licensed venture…
GhanaManufacturingAgricultureKnife Capital is a South African venture capital firm investing in high-growth technology-enabled businesses at Series A and beyond. They provide growth…
South AfricaTechnologyFintechTeranga Capital is a Senegalese impact investment fund providing equity and quasi-equity financing to early-stage SMEs in Senegal and francophone West Africa.…
SenegalAgricultureTechnologyAll On, a Shell-funded impact investing company, makes equity and debt investments in off-grid and clean energy startups and SMEs operating in…
Nigeria Ghana+2Clean EnergyOff-Grid SolarAfrica50 is a pan-African infrastructure investment platform that includes Rwanda as a shareholder country, financing large-scale infrastructure and enabling projects across the…
Rwanda
Morocco+3EnergyTransportJanngo Capital is a pan-African impact VC fund with a strong focus on francophone Africa including Senegal, investing in tech-enabled startups that…
SenegalTechnologyFintechFuture Africa invests $100k–$500k with follow-on capital in early African founders, from as early as an idea, under its T.I.M.E. thesis (Talent,…
NigeriaTalentInfrastructureLoftyInc Capital is a pan-African early-stage VC firm. In March 2025 it announced a $43M first close of its Alpha Fund, a…
Nigeria
Egypt+1TechnologyIngressive Capital is a Lagos-based early-stage VC fund that invests up to $500k in tech-enabled African startups, targeting about 10% ownership. It…
Nigeria Kenya+3Tech-enabled startups (multi-sector)VKAV is a $60M pan-African fund formed by Verod Capital and Kepple Africa Ventures. It invests in growth-stage, tech-enabled companies. kepple-africa-ventures.com now…
Nigeria Kenya+5Sector-agnostic: infrastructure, inefficiency solvers, homegrown innovationFintechAlitheia IDF is a $100M private equity fund that invests in women-owned, women-led or women-serving SMEs with gender-diverse management. Disclosed deals include…
Nigeria South Africa+4AgribusinessConsumer goodsAntler runs an eight-week, in-person programme in Lagos for individual founders and teams, then invests in teams that are ready. It puts…
NigeriaTechnology (sector-agnostic)The Lundin Foundation provides risk capital and business support to growth-stage SMEs in Uganda operating in natural resource-linked sectors such as agriculture,…
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