Kepple Africa Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan, that provides seed-, early-, and later-stage financing to African startups, with a focus on information technology, fintech, and consumer sectors.

Launch Africa Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Ebene, Mauritius, founded in 2020. It invests in early-stage technology and platform-enabled businesses across Africa, with a focus on fintech, healthtech, climate tech, agritech, edtech, transportation, logistics, mobility, e-commerce, software as a service, artificial intelligence, big data, and analytics, spanning both business-to-business and business-to-consumer models.

OurCrowd is an Israel-based venture investing platform that enables institutions and individuals to invest in and engage with emerging companies. It vets and selects opportunities, invests capital, and provides its global network with access to co-investment, connections, talent, and deal flow. The platform supports portfolio companies with mentorship, industry advisors, and guidance through follow-on rounds, creating growth opportunities through its multinational partnerships. Headquartered in Jerusalem, it maintains offices in the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States, North America, and Australia. OurCrowd invests across sectors such as transportation tech, greentech, enterprise solutions, telecommunications, web and fintech, medtech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Internet of Things, 3D printing, digitally enabled agriculture, autonomous robotics, blockchain, and AR/VR, and also focuses on digital health, energy and agtech. It seeks to take board seats in portfolio companies and operates as an independent venture investment platform with a global footprint, supporting opportunities in Israel, Asia Pacific, and the United States.

Ventures Platform is a venture capital firm based in Abuja, Nigeria, founded in 2015. It invests in technology companies across Africa, focusing on early-stage and growth opportunities, and operates an accelerator program to support portfolio companies. The firm backs mission-driven founders building capital-efficient platforms that aim to democratise prosperity by addressing infrastructural gaps and improving livelihoods. It has a pan-African footprint with additional presence in Lagos and broad sector exposure, including information technology, fintech, health tech, edtech, and SaaS. Ventures Platform typically invests using personal capital and pursues a hands-on approach to working with a select portfolio, commonly supporting a cohort of 10–15 companies during an accelerated program of roughly 16 weeks.

Ingressive Capital is a Lagos-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology companies across Africa. It pursues pre-seed to seed investments in fintech, SaaS and cloud, internet, health tech, and agritech, with a pan-African footprint including investments in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria. The firm backs indigenous founders and aims to be a strategic partner on founders' cap tables, supporting growth through transformational tech-enabled solutions and contributing to Africa's value-chain development and GDP growth. By prioritizing B2C solutions for Africa's youth and B2B platforms that enhance value-chain ownership, Ingressive Capital seeks to accelerate entrepreneurial success across the continent.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.

Viola Group is an Israel-based technology-focused investment group with multiple dedicated arms, including Viola Ventures, Viola Growth, Viola Credit, Viola Partners and Viola FinTech. Founded in 2000, the group provides long-term capital and value-added support to tech companies across stages, from early venture to growth and credit financing, with a broad geographic reach in Israel and globally. Viola Group manages over three billion dollars in assets and has backed more than 200 technology companies, leveraging specialized teams, extensive networks, and strategic partnerships to help portfolio companies scale in sectors such as software, cybersecurity, fintech, semiconductors, and deep technology. The firm operates as a multi-strategy house, allowing independent arms to pursue distinct investment approaches while sharing services and expertise to drive durable returns for global institutional investors and private partners. Its approach combines capital with hands-on partnership to build transformational technology businesses.

Founders Factory builds and funds startups by pairing capital with hands-on support. Founded in 2015 in London, it operates as an accelerator and venture builder, investing in fintech, health, climate, and deeptech. The firm collaborates with entrepreneurs and leading corporate partners to develop ideas, technologies, and business models, providing capital and tailored operational support from a team of specialists and a broad network. It has backed hundreds of technology companies worldwide through its accelerator and venture-building programs.

Pitango Venture Capital is a Herzliya-based venture capital firm, founded in 1993, with additional offices in New York and Silicon Valley. The firm manages multiple funds, including Pitango First, Pitango Growth, and Pitango HealthTech, and pursues early to growth-stage investments across Israel and international markets. Its focus spans information technology, software and TMT, health tech and digital health, artificial intelligence, IoT, and related sectors. Pitango emphasizes hands-on support for portfolio companies, including strategy, talent, fundraising help, and scale-related guidance, and has a long track record with approximately 300 portfolio companies and 91 exits, backed by funds totaling several billion dollars.

Kaleo Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2023 and based in Dallas, Texas, that invests in early-stage technology companies across Africa, including pre-seed opportunities.

LoftyInc Capital is a venture capital firm based in Victoria Island, Lagos, focused on Africa's growth enterprises. Over the past decade it has invested over $25 million in more than 150 companies, including several unicorns, and attracted over $1.5 billion in follow-on funding to its portfolio. It has built an ecosystem of tech hubs, angel networks, and talent platforms to support portfolio companies. The firm has achieved multiple exits and delivered strong returns across its Afropreneurs funds.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

Future Africa is a Lagos, Nigeria-based venture capital firm and collective of mission-driven founders and funders dedicated to supporting Africa’s startups. The organization invests across a broad range of sectors including technology, software, data and artificial intelligence, agriculture and environment, e-commerce and consumer goods, education, finance and blockchain, health and wellness, mobility and logistics, media and entertainment, real estate, food and hospitality, and infrastructure. It seeks to build unicorns and advance purpose-driven prosperity across the continent, aiming to solve Africa’s biggest challenges by backing innovative ventures with strong growth potential. Through its network and capital, Future Africa supports entrepreneurs at various stages, fostering scalable businesses that can contribute to economic development and job creation.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

Endeavor is a nonprofit organization that supports high‑impact entrepreneurs through a global network spanning nearly 40 countries. It backs more than 2,000 entrepreneurs whose companies generate over $28 billion in combined revenues, employ more than 3.9 million people, and attracted more than $4 billion in capital in 2020. The organization offers an entrepreneur‑first model that connects founders with mentors, peers, and opportunities to scale and pay it forward. Its global ecosystem includes affiliates such as Endeavor Miami, which focuses on early‑stage technology firms and reflects the network’s regional and sectoral reach.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors and venture capital firms that supports technology and healthcare startups across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. It partners with entrepreneurs by offering hands-on operating experience and broad access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build global businesses. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage investments in software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, vertical SaaS, enterprise software and healthcare technologies, drawing on a wide international footprint that includes the US, Israel, Singapore and China. Vertex Ventures emphasizes active portfolio involvement and leverages the broader Vertex network to create value for portfolio companies through strategic guidance and partnerships.

Microtraction is a Lagos-based venture capital firm that funds early-stage technology startups across Africa, with a focus on Nigeria. Founded in 2017, the firm backs software, fintech, SaaS, and other tech ventures, typically providing seed capital and, in some cases, convertible instruments to support early progress. It helps portfolio companies reach subsequent rounds by adding strategic support, introductions to accelerators, and access to later-stage investors. Microtraction concentrates on technically strong teams and aims to build enduring companies that can scale and attract follow-on funding across the African tech ecosystem.

Khwarizmi Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm established in 2018 and based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is affiliated with Kadi Group Holding and Almoujil Group Holding. The firm focuses on investing in startups that leverage algorithms to enhance technology and improve quality of life. Khwarizmi Ventures targets seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies operating primarily in the e-commerce, financial technology, digital health, and property technology sectors within the Middle East and Northern Africa region. Through its investments, the firm aims to support entrepreneurs in realizing their visions and aligning their objectives with advancements in technology.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.

Voltron Capital is a Lagos-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that concentrates on seed and early-stage investments across Africa. It supports startups across a broad range of sectors, including software as a service, logistics, financial services, legal services, supply chain, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, healthcare, telecommunications, e-commerce, automotive, real estate, media, customer success, and education, with a pan-African focus.

TLcom Capital is an Africa-focused technology investment firm with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. Founded in 1999, it makes venture capital and growth investments in technology companies across Europe, Israel, the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa, with Africa as a primary focus. The firm has managed commitments of around 300 million USD and targets themes including data services, financial services, e-commerce, consumer applications, and software solutions for corporates and SMEs, supporting entrepreneurs with disruptive technologies and deep market knowledge.

Soma Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that focuses on software-driven startups and seed-stage investments. It backs companies across B2B software, artificial intelligence, fintech, clean-tech, frontier-tech, prop-tech, cryptocurrency, health tech, and consumer sectors, with a global footprint spanning Africa, the Middle East, South America, and Asia. The firm has a track record of backing startups that grow into unicorns, reflecting an emphasis on founder-led software businesses with scalable models. Soma Capital operates as a registered investment adviser.

IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Founded in 2018, it focuses on investing in technology companies and supporting founders and ideas across emerging markets. The firm is described as having a diverse, collaborative team with experience in building and scaling companies.

Silverbacks Holdings is a venture capital firm based in Cybercity Ebene, Mauritius, founded in 2019. It invests in sports, technology, and entertainment sectors across Africa, supporting portfolio companies with capital and strategic guidance to scale within the continent.

Musha Ventures is a venture capital firm that operates as an Africa-focused micro venture capital and angel fund. It targets early-stage technology investments in education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain, with a focus on opportunities across Africa and related regions. The firm seeks to support ambitious founders developing technology-enabled solutions and scalable businesses in these sectors.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Israel. The firm backs early and growth stage start-ups across sectors such as enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and information technology, and pursues opportunities in the United States, Asia, and Israel. It funds a broad range of rounds, including seed, early, later, and expansion, and also provides debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale through capital, strategic guidance, and operational support, and maintains a diversified portfolio across enterprise, consumer, big data, mobile, and internet-enabled sectors.

Norrsken22 is a technology growth investment firm based in Cape Town, founded in 2016, that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build Africa's next tech giants. It pursues growth and expansion investments across Africa, with a focus on medtech, edtech and fintech, and broader technology-enabled sectors such as information technology, business products and services, and health tech. The firm targets opportunities across key African hubs including Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Ghana, supporting portfolio companies through scalable expansion and strategic growth.

Jerusalem Venture Partners is an Israeli-based venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Erel Margalit. It operates internationally with activities in Israel and New York, extending its reach across North America, Europe and Asia. The firm has raised about US$1.4 billion and invested in more than 140 companies, focusing on cybersecurity, big data, fintech, foodtech, agtech, digital health, enterprise software, storage, mobile, media and the Internet of Things. In addition to its main fund, JVP runs early-stage programs such as JVP Media Labs, which provides seed financing, hands-on management, workspace and strategic guidance, and JVP Cyber Labs, a cyber security and big-data incubator based in Beer Sheva with government support and industry partnerships. Through these platforms, JVP seeks to build category-leading startups and help them scale to international markets.

Partech is a global tech investment firm headquartered in Paris, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi and San Francisco. It provides capital, operational experience and strategic support to entrepreneurs from seed through growth, helping them scale through multiple stages. Founded in San Francisco about 40 years ago, Partech currently manages €2.5 billion in assets and backs a portfolio of roughly 220 companies across 40 countries and four continents.

Maverick Ventures Israel is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm founded in 2013 that focuses on early-stage technology startups in Israel, with a particular emphasis on software sectors. It makes investments across the country, typically committing 1 to 3 million USD per deal to Israeli companies.

57 Stars is an independent asset manager and private equity and venture capital firm that pursues direct and fund-of-funds investments, including mezzanine opportunities. It focuses on investments outside the United States, particularly in emerging markets, and targets primary and secondary private equity partnerships as well as co-investments in select markets. The geographic scope includes India, China, Japan, Turkey, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, Eastern Europe, Israel, Brazil, and other regions across Latin America, pan-Africa, and pan-Asia. The firm typically makes investments ranging from $15 million to $50 million. Founded in 2005, 57 Stars is based in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Munich, São Paulo, and San Diego.

4DX Ventures is a Brooklyn-based early-stage venture capital firm that concentrates on technology companies across Africa. The firm partners with ambitious African founders to build transformative businesses, seeking entrepreneurs who are laser-focused, creative, growth-oriented, and gritty. Through Pan-African investments, 4DX Ventures supports startups at the forefront of Africa's tech sector and aims to help launch and scale companies that shape the continent's technological future.

Class 5 Global is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2018. It invests across seed, early, and later stages in consumer products, consumer services, information technology, e-commerce, software-as-a-service, and other technology-enabled sectors. The firm pursues a global footprint, backing companies across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East and supporting growth from emerging markets to scale internationally.

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 1911 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. It backs startups across seed to growth stages, focusing on software, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer and healthcare technologies, and high-growth business models. The firm operates internationally, supporting portfolio companies from early product development through scale, and has backed well-known names such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, Wix and others. BVP emphasizes helping founders establish durable foundations and guides companies through multiple growth phases, leveraging hands-on operational support, strategic networks, and cross-border expertise. With a diversified approach that includes consumer, enterprise and deep-tech investments, the firm seeks to build lasting companies that matter across global markets.

Golden Palm Investments is an investment firm based in Accra, Ghana, founded in 2008. It engages in early-stage, venture and growth capital investments across Africa, providing investment management and advisory services. The firm targets opportunities in real estate, agribusiness and technology, and also backs financial technology, digital health and tech-enabled marketplaces, with a focus on investments that create impact across the African continent.

VentureSouq is a venture capital firm headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with a global portfolio. Founded in 2013, it backs early-stage technology companies across sectors including fintech, software as a service, edtech, gaming, legaltech, and climate technology. The firm operates with a regional focus on the Middle East and North Africa and seeks scalable, innovative solutions, supporting portfolio companies through strategic guidance and capital.

Flat6Labs is a Cairo-based seed and early-stage venture capital firm and accelerator in the MENA region. Since 2011 it has built a network of startup programs that support entrepreneurs from pre-seed through pre-Series A, and operates offices across the region including Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Jeddah, Manama, and Tunis. The firm regularly funds more than 100 startups annually and provides a range of investment tickets from 50,000 to 500,000, supported by a broad investor network and extensive mentorship, investor, and corporate connections. Flat6Labs focuses on accelerating the growth of technology-driven startups by combining capital with mentorship, partnerships, and opportunities to scale regionally.

Established in 2020, P1 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. It focuses on investing in African industrial technology startups.

Established in 2023, Oraseya Capital is a venture capital firm serving as the investment arm of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority. It focuses on early-stage investments in sectors such as fintech, edtech, digital health, logistics, future of work, impact investing, AI/ML, consumer products & services, and e-commerce within the United Arab Emirates.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.

Raed Ventures is a Saudi-based venture capital firm that provides seed and early-stage funding to startups in Saudi Arabia and the broader MENA region. The firm backs entrepreneurial teams aiming to transform markets and leverages its regional market knowledge and network to support portfolio companies in building and executing growth plans, including accessing opportunities in Saudi Arabia and GCC markets.

Lateral Frontiers is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on sub-Saharan Africa. It invests in early and growth-stage technology-enabled companies, providing debt and equity financing to support businesses that address key African needs. The firm backs sectors such as financial services, healthcare, education, energy, agriculture, housing, logistics, and mobility, aiming to back foundational technologies and scalable solutions that deliver profitable growth across the continent.

Alter Global is a venture capital firm that makes early-stage technology investments across emerging markets, including Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, the firm partners with high-potential founders to help build scalable companies and strong communities. It supports portfolio companies with access to global talent, expertise, and capital, aiming to create a global network of leading tech founders. The firm emphasizes backing founders who demonstrate character and a commitment to regional impact as they scale their businesses internationally.

STV is an independent venture capital investment firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, founded in 2018. It is anchored by STC, the largest telecom operator in the MENA region, granting access to essential assets such as network infrastructure, customer analytics, and an extensive customer base. This support enables STV to assist its portfolio companies in scaling their operations effectively. The firm focuses on investing in early and later-stage companies, with a particular emphasis on the information technology sector.

Renew Capital is a venture capital firm focused on Africa, headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, established in 2007, that finances businesses operating in the impact and technology sectors across the continent and seeks to bridge critical gaps for Africa's growing companies by connecting them to a global network of impact investors.

MSA Novo is the venture capital arm of MSA Capital, a global investment firm based in Singapore. The firm operates as a global institutional investor that deploys capital systematically across emerging markets, focusing on technology-driven startups from seed to growth stages. Its portfolio spans more than 14 countries across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and India. By concentrating on technology-enabled opportunities in these regions, MSA Novo leverages its network and operational experience to support early and growth-stage companies in navigating local markets and scale internationally.

Orbit Ventures is an emerging markets venture capital firm that invests in technology companies aiming to digitize traditional industries and improve living standards in a sustainable way. The firm supports portfolio companies through a comprehensive, long-term program that includes partnerships, business development, fundraising and growth assistance, along with initial investment and subsequent follow-on funding. Its investment focus spans digitalization across e-commerce, fintech, media, healthcare, education, and logistics.

Battery Ventures is a technology-focused venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1983. It invests in category-defining technology companies across sectors such as application software, infrastructure software, consumer internet and mobile services, industrial technologies, and life science tools. The firm supports growth across various stages and geographies, including the United States, Europe, and Israel, with emphasis on software, TMT, and related tech-enabled opportunities. As a registered investment adviser, Battery Ventures backs companies that build scalable platforms and transformative products, helping them compete in rapidly evolving markets.

IDI Group is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1970 and based in Paris, France. It specializes in direct investments and fund of funds strategies, backing small and mid-sized companies through growth capital, leveraged buyouts, expansion funding, and related equity investments. The firm pursues both majority and significant minority stakes and offers co-investment opportunities, aiming to partner with management teams to enable growth and strategic transformation. As an early player in France's private equity landscape, IDI Group emphasizes flexible investment structures and long-term partnerships to support entrepreneurs' bold plans across stages and sectors. It engages in fund investments alongside external managers, reinforcing value creation through active oversight and strategic financing.