Inspired Evolution Investment Management is a Cape Town-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on sustainable environmental and energy technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in 2007, the firm targets growth-oriented investments across clean energy infrastructure, energy access, water purification, waste management, and resource efficiency, including renewable generation and efficiency technologies. It pursues equity investments at early to mature stages, often as lead investor, and seeks significant minority or majority stakes with board representation. The firm also provides advisory services to portfolio companies. It operates with additional offices in Grand Baie, Mauritius; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Nairobi, Kenya; and London, United Kingdom, enabling pan-African deal sourcing and support for projects across Southern Africa and beyond.

Premier African Minerals is a mining company active in Africa that explores, evaluates and develops mineral properties, focusing on tungsten, lithium and tantalum. It operates projects through RHA and RHA Mauritius for wolframite, and through Zulu and Zulu Mauritius for lithium and tantalite, supported by its head office.

ShEquity is an impact investment firm based in Ebene, Mauritius, specializing in funding female-led and women-focused startups across Africa. The firm targets technology-enabled solutions and sectors such as renewable energy, fintech, agribusiness, healthcare, hospitality, and other digitalized services that advance sustainable development. Its approach combines capital with technical assistance to strengthen operations, support market expansion, and unlock new revenue streams, including opportunities in carbon credits. ShEquity emphasizes gender lens investing and climate-focused, early- to growth-stage SMEs that have at least three years of operation and a clear path to profitability. By leveraging industry expertise and an Africa-led, globally connected network, it aims to accelerate Africa's green transition and inclusive economic growth, particularly through circular economy, clean transportation, climate tech, and sustainable agriculture sectors.

Compass Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of a major Mauritian conglomerate, based in Mauritius, investing in startups and SMEs with scalable business models across Mauritius, the Indian Ocean region, and Africa. It focuses on technology-enabled sectors such as fintech, AI, payments, data infrastructure, renewable energy, education, and health, and commonly takes minority stakes of 15% to 40% of ordinary share capital. The firm provides more than capital, offering market access and corporate relationships to help portfolio companies grow. Operating alongside the group’s incubator Turbine, Compass supports a vibrant startup ecosystem in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean with a growing portfolio spanning multiple countries.

CE-IV is a Mauritius-based seed-stage venture firm that supports African entrepreneurs building digitally native businesses, including those in the African diaspora. The firm also targets women-led companies operating in artificial intelligence and machine learning across Africa, and it was founded in 2022.

Silverbacks Holdings is an Africa-focused investment firm based in Trianon, Mauritius, that builds and supports platforms across fintech, digital entertainment, e-commerce, gaming and sports, lifestyle, and e-logistics in Africa and the Middle East. The firm pursues a diversified investment approach across indirect, direct, and fully owned holdings, with a portfolio of around 20 core investments and notable exits, and seeks to drive growth by backing tech-enabled businesses, job creation, and financial inclusion. It leverages a network of founders and veteran insights to generate returns and has engaged in strategic initiatives such as sports and fashion investments through Afreximbank and discussions with the NBA about an Africa league franchise.

Gullit is a venture capital firm based in Cybercity, Mauritius, that advises and finances scalable early-stage technology companies in Africa. It targets a broad range of sectors, including business-to-business services, financial services, healthcare, information technology, software as a service, advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, digital health, e-commerce and health technology. The firm provides funding across seed and pre-seed rounds and supports portfolio companies through debt acquisition and restructuring, helping startups at critical growth stages navigate capital needs and operational scaling within the African tech ecosystem.

Iron Pillar is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm that focuses on mid-stage technology investments in India, backing proven and innovative information technology, consumer tech and software-as-a-service companies after they pass Series A. With a six-member founding team and more than a century of combined experience in venture investing, M&A, operations and technology, the firm maintains a global footprint including Mumbai, Mauritius, Palo Alto, Shanghai and Singapore. It actively partners with technology entrepreneurs and other early-stage investors to help portfolio companies scale, leveraging its experience and networks in India, the United States and Asia.

Injaro Investments is an Africa-focused investment company providing venture capital, private equity, and private credit across the agricultural value chain. It targets seed and start-up financing as well as debt and equity investments in small and medium-sized enterprises operating in West Africa, with an emphasis on agriculture and related sectors. The company maintains a regional footprint with offices in Mauritius, Ghana, and Ivory Coast, reflecting its pan-African reach. Its approach blends local insight with global capital to support growth initiatives, create sustainable economic and social value, and contribute to development outcomes across the continent.

FEI OGEF is a venture capital firm established in 2018 and located in Port Louis, Mauritius. The firm focuses on providing local currency financing solutions to companies that deliver affordable solar energy to off-grid communities in the region. By investing primarily in the energy and technology sectors, FEI OGEF aims to address the challenges of energy access while promoting sustainable development through innovative financing models.

Frontline Strategy Funds is a Mauritius-based private equity advisory firm established in 2000 that provides growth capital and strategic support to businesses, primarily in India, with expanding investments in the United States, Singapore, and ASEAN. The firm operates through its Frontline Strategy Funds Group and seeks long-term value creation by leveraging a leadership-driven, sales- and process-oriented approach to add value to portfolio companies. It offers platforms and affiliated ventures, including a SaaS outbound sales tool and a machine-learning diligence platform, and pursues investments across sectors such as defense, edtech, and technology. The company focuses on early- and growth-stage opportunities within its target regions.

Savannah Fund is a venture capital firm based in Ebene, Mauritius, specializing in seed-stage technology investments across sub-Saharan Africa. It targets high-growth startups in sectors such as agtech, content, e-commerce, edtech, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, and logistics, typically investing small seed rounds and providing mentorship and networks to bridge the early-stage funding gap in Africa. The firm supports US$25,000 to US$500,000 investments in early-stage tech companies and operates an accelerator program that, in Nairobi, Kenya, funds and mentors e-commerce and IoT startups through a three-month program; the accelerator makes equity investments around 12 percent, selects up to five startups per cycle, and offers co-investment opportunities, alongside a broader network of angels, venture capitalists, and regional and Silicon Valley mentors to help startups scale regionally or globally. Savannah Fund aims to unlock Africa's potential by backing sustainable, for-profit ventures that create jobs and positive impact.

Helion Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with offices in Gurgaon and Bangalore, India. It focuses on technology-driven startups across early to late stages, primarily investing in India-based consumer and business-to-business companies enabled by technology, including sectors such as e-commerce, online services, enterprise software, mobility, healthcare, and education. The firm pursues a diversified portfolio through funding rounds and seeks to back high-growth ventures that leverage digital platforms and innovative business models.

47 Ventures is a Mauritius-based venture capital firm established in 2017 that funds technology-driven startups, primarily in Pakistan, across stages from seed to growth. It supports high-growth businesses leveraging technology for scale, across sectors such as information technology, AI and ML, cybersecurity, IoT, e-commerce, mobile, SaaS, robotics, augmented reality, virtual reality, big data, biomedical engineering, life sciences, and other technology-enabled business products and services.

V8 Capital Partners is a Venture Capital firm specializing in Series A and Pre-IPO companies. The firm typically invests into technology and technology enabled businesses. The firm prefers to invest across Africa. The firm prefers to invest between $0.25m- $5m. The firm is based in Ebene, Mauritius.

Launch Africa Ventures is a Pan-African venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Ebene, Mauritius. It addresses the funding gap for seed and pre-Series A startups across Africa by investing across diverse sectors, including fintech, healthtech, climate tech, agritech, edtech, transportation and logistics, e-commerce, software as a service, artificial intelligence and big data. The firm emphasizes strong relationships, democratization of VC access, and a high-touch, high-scale approach to support portfolio companies and drive growth and returns. Since inception, it has invested in 133 companies across 22 countries, reflecting broad regional reach and a commitment to nurturing innovative startups that contribute to Africa’s economic growth.

Pearl Capital Partners is a growth equity and venture capital firm based in Kampala, Uganda, with operations across East Africa. Founded in the mid-2000s, it specializes in investing in small and medium agribusinesses, providing flexible capital that includes equity, quasi-equity, equity-related instruments and debt. The firm partners with ambitious management teams to build high-growth agricultural companies across sectors such as dairy, horticulture, vanilla, coffee, meat processing, poultry, feed and related services. By leveraging smallholder farmer networks, Pearl Capital Partners aims to generate attractive financial returns while delivering social impact through income growth for farming communities. In addition to capital, it offers business development support to investees to help growth and expansion.

WestBridge Capital is a growth and early-stage investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs in India and the United States. Founded in 2000, it provides long-term support to portfolio companies through hands-on guidance, market expertise, and a global network, often taking board seats to help drive growth. The firm operates from Silicon Valley, Bangalore and Mauritius and targets opportunities in software, fintech, healthtech, edtech, consumer and e-commerce, enterprise and AI, as well as sectors like gaming, logistics, and industrials. Its investments span early-stage and growth opportunities across India and the US, with a focus on leveraging technology such as AI, automation and data analytics to disrupt traditional models and create value. The approach centers on building sustainable businesses with a long-term perspective across markets in India, the United States, and Mauritius.

Maris Africa is a diversified investment holding company focused on long-term growth across Africa. It operates in Agriculture & Forestry, Renewable Energy, Services, Property, and Gold, with a presence in 12 countries and a team of experienced operators that revitalize existing businesses and invest in proven models. The group pursues environmental sustainability, positive social impact, and financial growth, conducting activities across stable and frontier markets. It emphasizes responsible investment practices and has supported expansion through partnerships with development financiers, with portfolio highlights including Mopani Gold and Equator Mobility.

Swedfund is Sweden’s government development financier, established in 1979 and based in Stockholm with operations that extend to private sector initiatives worldwide. It provides capital and expertise to foster sustainable growth, job creation, and broader access to essential goods and services by investing in private companies and projects across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, as well as in Sweden. The organization employs a mix of equity, loans and related instruments and often takes minority positions to support growth and risk management, collaborating with partners to address development priorities. Its activities include climate-smart agriculture, infrastructure, health and education access, and nature-based solutions that promote resilience and inclusive growth. As a bilateral development finance institution connected to the European network of DFIs, Swedfund aligns its investments with broader development goals and Agenda 2030, aiming for sustainable returns alongside measurable development impact.

Aloe Private Equity is a Paris-based private equity and venture capital firm established in 2003 that focuses on growth and buyout investments in Europe and Asia. The firm backs environment-friendly technologies and sectors such as energy, cleantech, ag-tech, recycling, and related industrial and tech ventures, including deeptech and biotech. It targets startups and innovative projects, delivering financial and strategic support to accelerate growth, often taking majority stakes and providing resources to help portfolio companies scale. With a global footprint and experienced professionals, Aloe Private Equity combines capital with operational expertise to pursue responsible investing that creates value for businesses and communities.

Investisseurs & Partenaires is an impact investment firm focused on Africa. Founded in 2002, it provides long-term capital and strategic, managerial, and technical support to small and medium-sized enterprises across Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm targets multiple sectors, aims to create local value, long-term employment and measurable social, environmental and governance impact. It builds long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs to strengthen business strategy, governance and operations. I&P maintains a pan-African footprint with offices in several countries and manages multiple cross-border investment funds that finance growth initiatives and electricity access projects. Through its investments, the firm seeks to maximize sustainable development outcomes on the continent.

Prime Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, with offices in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Founded in 1999, it focuses on early-stage and growth technology investments across Europe. Its portfolio spans software, information technology, consumer internet, e-commerce, digital media, fintech, semiconductor, and related tech sectors. The firm typically leads rounds, prefers minority stakes, and often takes a board seat to help portfolio companies scale. Initial investments typically range from €5 million to €15 million, with follow-on rounds of €10 million to €25 million. It leverages capital, experience, and a broad European network to guide companies toward global category leadership. Prime Ventures manages over €700 million in committed capital and has a strong presence in Benelux, the United Kingdom, France, the Nordic countries, and other European markets.

Oui Capital is a Lagos-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups across Africa. Founded in 2019, it aims to bridge the financing gap for ambitious African founders by providing not only capital but also strategic support in fundraising, finance, sales, and talent acquisition. The firm backs a wide range of sectors including digital commerce, fintech, health tech, edtech, mobility and logistics, enterprise software, data and AI, climate tech, and more, helping portfolio companies scale and navigate emerging markets. Through its hands-on involvement and industry network, Oui Capital seeks to contribute to Africa's technology-driven economic growth.

Saviu Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on African early-stage startups, founded to back tech and tech-enabled companies across the continent, with a particular emphasis on Francophone markets. Based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the firm makes minority investments across seed, early, and later stages in sectors such as commercial products and services, retail, e-commerce, fintech, and mobility. Saviu combines capital with operational support, offering strategic guidance, business development, and access to a network to help portfolio companies grow and reach profitability. The firm pursues financial returns alongside positive social and environmental impact, adhering to ESG principles. By partnering with entrepreneurs, Saviu aims to accelerate growth, facilitate transitions to the next stage, and strengthen a broader ecosystem for African technology companies.

The Fund for Export Development in Africa is an impact investment arm of the African Export-Import Bank that supplies equity, quasi-equity, and debt to bridge the multi‑billion‑dollar funding gap in Africa’s trade sector. It targets a broad range of sectors, including intra‑African trade, value‑added export development, manufacturing, financial services, technology, consumer and retail goods, transport and logistics, agribusiness, and supporting trade‑enabling infrastructure such as industrial parks. The fund seeks to transform the continent’s trade landscape by providing capital where it is most needed.

Siparex is a leading independent French private equity group dedicated to funding and guiding the growth of today’s and tomorrow’s companies, from startups to ETIs, through a platform that manages €4.3 billion in assets and eight investment strategies across France and international markets. The group’s platform covers ETIs, midcaps, entrepreneurs, territoires, private debt and mezzanine, venture (including XAnge), and energy transition initiatives such as TiLT, with dedicated operating teams and investor relations to support transformation, external growth, international deployment and succession. As a responsible investor, Siparex integrates ethical and non-financial considerations into investment decisions, guided by its foundation and sustainability ethos. The firm supports portfolio companies with capital and strategic guidance to drive long-term value creation across diverse sectors.

Partech is a global venture capital firm based in Paris that backs technology startups through seed and growth stages. It maintains a network of international offices, including Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi and San Francisco, to support founders with capital, operational experience and strategic guidance. The firm emphasizes alliance with entrepreneurs, aiming to work side-by-side to drive scale and long-term success. Its portfolio spans sectors such as fintech, software, healthtech, cybersecurity, mobility and AI across the United States, Europe, Africa and other regions, reflecting a global, multi-stage approach to technology investing.

Crossfin Technology is a growth and expansion investment firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, focusing on fintech and related information technology and financial services sectors. The company seeks to invest in high-growth and established cash-generative businesses, offering investors a blended exposure to technology investments in fintech. It operates primarily in Africa, with offices in Durban and Johannesburg, and targets companies in the information technology and financial services sectors. Through its fintech investments, Crossfin aims to enable growth for economies in Africa and beyond by supporting scalable, cash-generative businesses.

VenturEast is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm established in 1997 that focuses on seed to growth-stage investments in technology, healthcare and life sciences across India. The firm backs early-stage to growth-stage companies, with emphasis on deeptech, product software and B2B solutions, seeking differentiated businesses with strong competitive advantages. VenturEast emphasizes hands-on involvement and draws on deep domain expertise to support rapid growth, aiming to help entrepreneurs scale innovative ventures through strategic guidance and network access. The firm maintains an active portfolio across technology, healthcare and related sectors, reflecting a commitment to India’s evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Goodwell Investments is an impact investment firm headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with additional offices in Cape Town and Nairobi. Founded to finance inclusive businesses that provide basic goods and services to underserved populations in Africa and India, it backs early to growth-stage companies across sectors such as financial services, agriculture, mobility and transport, health, energy, education, and related services. The firm seeks financially sustainable, scalable ventures that deliver meaningful social and economic impact, often targeting microfinance, rural banking, mobile payments, and other inclusive solutions. It combines capital with hands-on support, including strategic guidance and access to a network, and typically takes minority stakes with occasional board representation and advisory services. The approach emphasizes creating durable, local impact while pursuing solid financial returns for investors.

OrbiMed is a global healthcare-focused investment firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in New York. It manages assets across public and private markets and pursues opportunities across the healthcare spectrum, including biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and health services. The firm invests in startups, growth-stage companies, and established entities, leveraging scientific and medical expertise to support development and commercialization. It also offers financing solutions such as structured debt and royalty monetization for intellectual property and medical diagnostics.

Social Starts is a California-based venture capital firm that uses a data-driven approach to identify and back early-stage technology and healthcare companies. The firm focuses on Series A opportunities across sectors such as health tech, biotechnology, therapeutics, software, SaaS, and digital health, with emphasis on innovations that aim to improve health outcomes and quality of life. Its investment philosophy highlights health and happiness science and the potential of preventive, personalized care, supported by a global reach across major markets including San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, and Singapore.

Unigrains is a French agri-food and agro-industry private equity firm focused on long-term, responsible investing. As sector specialists, Unigrains partners with agro-food and agro-industrial companies to support sustainable development and strengthen links between agriculture and the downstream chain. Created and majority-owned by the French cereal profession, the firm draws on 63 years of sector experience and has backed more than 1,100 companies. It currently holds about 80 portfolio participations and operates with a team of roughly 30 agro-food specialists across 25 countries. As of December 2025, Unigrains manages around €1.1 billion of equity and €1.3 billion in assets under management, completes 10–20 transactions annually, and invests about €150 million per year. The approach is independent and partnership-driven, aligned with responsible investment practices and governance commitments.

Kinnevik is a Sweden-based investment company focused on digital consumer businesses and technology-enabled growth. It acts as an active owner and partner, providing patient capital to founders and management teams across Europe and the United States to scale healthcare, software, climate, and related sectors. Founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor, and von Horn families, Kinnevik seeks to create long-term shareholder value by building well-governed companies that deliver growth and positive social impact. The firm engages with portfolio companies to support governance, strategy, and scale.