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.

Silvertree Internet Holdings is a South Africa-based holding and operating company that conceives, launches, operates, and invests in early- and mid-stage businesses targeting South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. It relies on technology to reach African consumers, focusing on simple or proven business models with clear revenue streams that leverage mobile and Internet opportunities in growing markets. The company structures its operating brands into verticals and pursues large, growing but inefficient sectors, using technology to leapfrog traditional channels. It emphasizes capital efficiency and operational discipline, grows its brands through rapid expansion while developing new ventures and acquiring existing ones. Through operational synergies and sharing best practices, Silvertree Internet Holdings aims to enhance performance across its portfolio.

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.

Equator Venture Capital is a Nairobi-based venture capital investment firm founded in 2023 that backs technology-enabled, early-stage ventures in energy, agriculture, and mobility. Its portfolio targets startups advancing an equitable climate transition and inclusive economic growth across Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm emphasizes climate-positive sectors and supports growth with a team of technologists, operators, and experienced investors who have a track record of scaling early-stage ventures in the region.

Seedstars Africa Ventures is a venture capital firm based in South Africa, founded in 2020, that provides early-stage capital to high-growth companies across Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Raba Partnership is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, focused on African technology companies in logistics, supply chains, and financial services. It partners with founders building technology companies that tackle hard problems in emerging African ecosystems and is backed by a select group of venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs, and families with global business experience.

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.

GreenHouse Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Venture Garden Group, based in Ikeja, Nigeria. It targets investments in fintech and big data startups in sub-Saharan Africa as well as foreign startups seeking the African market.

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.

Quona Capital is a venture capital firm focused on financial technology companies that promote financial inclusion in emerging markets. Founded in 2014, it backs startups developing innovative financial products and services beyond microcredit, including alternative lending, remittances, insurance, prepaid services, payments, and related software that expands access to banking and payments in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia (notably India and Southeast Asia), and Latin America. The firm invests across stages from seed to growth, typically in the range of one to ten million dollars, and supports ventures creating digital lending, SME lending, wealthtech, and adjacent sectors such as agriculture, health, education, commerce, and mobility finance. Quona maintains headquarters in Washington, DC, with additional offices in Bengaluru, Lima, Cape Town, and Mexico City, and it aims to scale inclusive financial services by leveraging technology to improve quality, access, and affordability for underserved consumers and businesses.

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.

Swedfund is a government development finance institution based in Stockholm, with an office in Nairobi, established in 1979. It mobilizes capital and expertise for investments in private markets across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, including direct investments and fund of funds activities. It finances a range of instruments, from equity to loans and other debt-like structures, and supports knowledge transfer and equipment upgrades, including depreciation loans to Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises. It pursues minority investments, typically in the range of 5 to 100 million SEK, with board seats and participation in investment committees, and aims for exits in five to ten years. It operates as a bilateral development financier within the European Development Finance Institutions network.

Savannah Fund is a venture capital firm based in Ebene, Mauritius, founded in 2012 that provides seed-stage capital to technology startups across sub-Saharan Africa. It targets early-stage, high-growth technology companies in sectors such as agtech, content, e-commerce, edtech, enterprise, fintech, healthcare and logistics, typically investing tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The firm supports startups through an accelerator program and an extensive mentor network drawn from regional and international partners, including Silicon Valley, with ambitions to bridge the early-stage funding gap between angel investors and venture capital. Savannah Fund also operates Savannah Accelerator, a Nairobi-based program that funds and mentors several early-stage companies over a three-month cycle, offering equity stake and potential co-investment opportunities. The organization emphasizes creating sustainable, profitable companies that generate jobs and drive technology innovation in Africa.

Factor[e] Ventures is an impact investing firm and venture builder that funds early-stage companies developing sustainable solutions in energy, mobility, agriculture, water, and waste. The firm focuses on emerging and frontier markets, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, with activity in East Africa and India, and operates globally through activities in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Nairobi, Kenya. It seeks to bridge philanthropic and commercial capital to support market-driven, decarbonized development, providing financial backing along with strategic and operational support to entrepreneurs. By investing in disruptive technologies and business models across mobility, energy, agriculture, water, and related sectors, Factor[e] Ventures aims to accelerate scalable solutions in fast-growing markets.

Africa Media Ventures Fund is a venture capital firm headquartered in Almere, Netherlands, that invests in media-focused ventures and small to mid-sized African media companies, providing capital and business development support, with investments typically between 20,000 and 200,000. It focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Kenya and Ghana, and its investors are experienced media entrepreneurs who participate in the management of portfolio companies through visits and board roles.

VestedWorld is a Chicago-based venture capital firm that invests in high-growth companies across Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on agribusiness, consumer products and services, and technology-enabled businesses. The firm aims to foster economic development and job creation by partnering with entrepreneurs to remove barriers to capital access and by providing capital, governance involvement, and direct strategic and operational support to help portfolio companies scale and achieve competitive returns for investors.

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.

Incofin Investment Management is an impact investment firm based in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 2001, focused on financial inclusion for rural and agricultural sectors in developing countries. It invests in microfinance institutions and small- and medium-sized enterprises through debt and equity and guarantees, and may participate in other private equity or microfinance funds, aiming to support intermediaries serving rural poor, smallholder farmers and agricultural value chains. The firm typically seeks minority stakes and may sit on the boards of MFIs, while prioritizing portfolio diversification and impact; its activities span Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions, with a particular emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa and developing markets. It maintains offices in Bogota, Chennai, Nairobi, Luxembourg and Phnom Penh to support its global investments.

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.

TLG Capital is a private investment firm focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, concentrating on growth and equity opportunities in frontier markets. It makes direct minority and majority equity investments, secondary opportunities, and distressed fund restructurings, sometimes via a permanent capital vehicle. The group targets sectors including healthcare, finance, consumer goods, real estate, agriculture, technology and infrastructure, and typically seeks board representation and minority protections to oversee investments. With a track record across SSA, it collaborates with partners to strengthen operations and ESG practices, aiming to unlock value in small and medium-sized enterprises. Notable investments include a pre-approved pharmaceutical plant in Uganda and healthcare facilities in West Africa, and its deals have received industry awards recognizing frontier-market activity. Founded in 2009, TLG Capital maintains a presence in key African hubs and operates across multiple SSA countries.

Launch Africa Ventures is a Mauritius-based venture capital firm established in 2020 that invests in early-stage African startups, primarily in seed and pre-Series A rounds, across fintech, healthtech, climate tech, agritech, edtech, transportation and mobility, logistics, e-commerce, software as a service, AI, big data and analytics. Based in Ebene, the firm targets companies across Africa, supporting portfolio growth and helping startups access venture capital to solve regional challenges.

Knife Capital is an independent growth equity investment firm founded in 2010 and based in Cape Town, South Africa, with an office in London. It accelerates the international expansion of African innovation-driven businesses that have achieved product-market fit by leveraging knowledge, networks, and capital. The firm targets investments across software, fintech, health tech, healthcare, financial services, commercial services, and information technology, aiming for approximately 10 to 12 investments. Knife Capital partners with funding networks and family offices to support portfolio companies. It has facilitated exits of local technology businesses to global buyers such as General Electric, Visa, Garmin, and Uber.

Surya Capital is a principal investment firm focused on high-growth markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with emphasis on East Africa and Ethiopia. Not structured as a private equity fund, it provides patient and flexible capital to businesses, complementing capital with operational expertise by sourcing operating partners and strategic investors experienced in its sectors. The firm's management team leverages decades of private equity investment and business-building experience to partner with entrepreneurs on refining strategies, strengthening competitive advantages, and executing growth and expansion plans, while assisting with new financing and building execution capabilities. Its flexible approach includes greenfield, growth, and control investments, tailoring proposals to each opportunity while adhering to private equity governance standards. Surya Capital aims for win-win partnerships with local communities and stakeholders, combining rigorous governance with long-term value creation.

GAIA Impact Fund is a venture capital firm that specializes in renewable energy and builds long-term partnerships with startups operating in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. It emphasizes environmental and social impact and backs businesses that enable sustainable and affordable energy provision to local communities. In regions with carbon-intensive energy mixes, the firm supports technological innovations and viable business models that enable cost-efficient, large-scale diffusion of renewable energy.

Oui Capital is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology startups in Africa. Established in 2019, it is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, and invests in companies across sectors such as e-commerce, mobility, logistics, enterprise software, data, artificial intelligence, health tech, edtech, climate tech, fintech, and digital commerce. The firm provides not only capital but also active operational support, including fundraising, strategic finance, sales, and talent acquisition, to help portfolio companies scale and accelerate growth. By bridging the financing gap for ambitious African startups, Oui Capital aims to contribute to Africa's technology-driven economic development.

Energy Access Ventures serves as an advisor to the Energy Access Venture Fund, an unlisted vehicle focused on improving access to sustainable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Grindstone is a Cape Town-based venture capital firm and accelerator operator that supports early-stage, high-growth startups through investment and structured entrepreneurship development. Founded in 2013, it runs accelerator programs that provide mentoring, networking, funding, and market access, aiming to help startups establish the fundamental building blocks needed to scale quickly, become sustainable, and attract funding.

Encourage Capital is a New York-based investment firm focused on impact and growth equity investments across energy, clean tech, financial services, environmental markets, sustainable infrastructure, water, and sustainable seafood. It pursues climate and environmental initiatives, sustainable fisheries finance, forestry carbon, watershed protection, and financial inclusion, aiming to deliver commercial returns alongside measurable social and environmental impact. The firm typically makes minority investments and has opportunities in India, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Colorado.

TEAMFund is a venture capital firm based in Reston, Virginia, that invests in health technology innovations, including digital health and artificial intelligence, with a focus on expanding access to affordable, appropriate, and sustainable medical technologies in resource-constrained markets. It prioritizes impact in health and concentrates activity in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, aiming to support a portfolio of roughly eight to ten companies over a ten-year horizon.

Berkeley Energy is a focused investor, developer and operator of renewable power assets in developing markets, delivering profitable clean energy projects through responsible practices. It provides engineering, management and financing support and collaborates with partner companies to develop, finance and operate renewable projects, and can act as a bankable sponsor for such assets. The firm concentrates on Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa and maintains offices across multiple countries to support project execution and regulatory compliance.

Assiduity Capital is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that invests in healthcare-focused companies. The firm pursues opportunities across Sub-Saharan Africa, supporting healthcare enterprises in the region.

Athena Capital is a Cape Town–based venture capital and private equity firm, with offices in Johannesburg and London. Founded in 2003, it pursues investments across the capital spectrum, from early stage to growth and acquisitions, including platform-builds in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. The firm targets sectors such as energy and resources, financial services, agribusiness, manufacturing, consumer goods, and business services, with emphasis on opportunities that can benefit from government and development finance support. It typically seeks board seats in portfolio companies and conducts balance sheet investments suitable for equity or debt financing. The firm also operates an advisory arm that provides private equity, mezzanine debt, and debt and equity raise services, including advisory for residential property projects. Overall, Athena Capital blends active value creation with cross-regional opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.

Spice Private Equity AG is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Zug, Switzerland, with additional offices in Hamilton, Bermuda, London, Singapore, and the United States. Founded in 1999, the firm focuses on direct investments in privately held companies and the acquisition of shares in publicly listed companies, often in collaboration with other private equity investors. It targets growth-oriented investments across various sectors, including consumer goods, telecommunications, education, financial services, infrastructure, and healthcare. The firm primarily focuses on emerging markets, with significant investments in the Asia Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America regions. Spice Private Equity typically makes investments ranging from $10 million to $60 million, seeking opportunities that allow for substantial influence over the management of the investees. The firm also engages in fund of funds investments and may invest opportunistically in certain credit products. Operating as a subsidiary of GP Investments, Ltd., Spice Private Equity is managed by GP Advisors and has a proven track record of over a decade in the investment landscape.

Sunny Side Venture Partners is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 2022 that focuses on early-stage investments across Africa and the Middle East, with emphasis on North Africa.

Uncovered Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan. It targets early-stage startups and makes investments in companies across Africa, focusing on Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. The firm backs ventures operating in retail, fintech, health tech, logistics, mobility as a service, agritech, and smart city sectors.

Enygma Ventures is a Cape Town-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on funding women-led businesses in the Southern African Development Community. The firm provides flexible capital and strategic support to early- and growth-stage companies, leveraging a broad network to connect portfolio companies with mentors, expertise, and access to markets in Africa, Europe, and North America. Enygma emphasizes collaborative partnerships and win-win outcomes for investors and entrepreneurs, aiming to accelerate growth while advancing diversity and inclusion. By combining capital with tailored guidance, Enygma helps founders scale across sectors and build sustainable businesses in the SADC region and beyond.

FiTech Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2018. It concentrates on funding fintech and technology companies and supports entrepreneurs with fundraising and networking guidance to help turn ideas into successful ventures. The firm emphasizes an investment philosophy centered on ethical disruption, financial inclusion, doing well by doing good, and profit with a purpose, seeking to partner with ambitious founders to advance innovative solutions.

Digital Africa Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in Johannesburg, South Africa, that focuses on investing in technology companies in South Africa and supporting early-stage African digital technology startups.

Founded in 2000, iKineo is a venture studio based in Cape Town, South Africa. It focuses on technology startups, with a preference for B2B, SaaS, travel tech, digital assets, cryptocurrency, fintech, and digital healthcare sectors.

European Investment Fund is the European Union’s financing arm for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps, providing financial instruments to improve access to affordable financing throughout a business lifecycle. It leverages its capital base to attract private investment through guarantees and equity funding, fostering public-private partnerships and crowding in lenders and investors to support SMEs and startups across EU member states, candidate countries, and EFTA. The EIF focuses on innovation, growth, competitiveness, social impact, and sustainability, and supports financing for sectors such as information technology, life sciences, energy, and manufacturing, helping close funding gaps and contribute to Europe’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy.

Founders Factory is a London-based venture studio, accelerator and investor that builds and funds startups in collaboration with exceptional entrepreneurs and a global network of corporate partners. Founded in 2015, it provides venture-building support and capital through a team of over 70 specialists, working with leading corporates to develop new ideas, technologies and business models. The firm focuses on fintech, health, climate, and deeptech, and runs accelerator programs that connect entrepreneurs with strategic partners to accelerate growth and scale across markets.

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.

Growth Grid Venture Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, that focuses on providing growth capital and post-investment support to small and medium-sized enterprises. The firm offers mentorship, access to commercial networks, market access, and ongoing assistance to its portfolio companies, with the aim of stimulating sustainable and inclusive economic growth in South Africa.

Kalon Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm provides growth capital and equity to high-growth technology and digital technology companies across Africa, helping established ventures expand operations, enter new markets, and develop new products. Kalon emphasizes minority stakes and active support to portfolio companies, pursuing value through strategic guidance and resources. It targets sectors such as technology, banking, insurance, retail, media, and entertainment, with a focus on scalable models and strong management teams. The firm seeks exits through trade buyers or initial public offerings, aiming to deliver substantial returns.

Established in 2020 and headquartered in Cape Town, R-Ventures is a global investment holding company focusing on seed-stage and early growth-stage investments. It specializes in emerging market startups developing high-impact, technology-driven solutions.

KNF Ventures is the venture capital arm of Knife Capital, based in Cape Town, South Africa, focused on backing early- to growth-stage startups in technology and consumer sectors in South Africa. It pursues investments across software, healthcare, financial services, business products and services, and consumer areas such as beverages, food, Internet of Things and fintech, leveraging Knife Capital's network and experience to support portfolio companies.

E Squared Investments is a venture capital firm based in Bryanston, South Africa, founded in 2007. The firm focuses on funding high growth, values driven businesses that pursue long term sustainability and social responsibility. It provides both financial backing and hands on guidance to help founders scale their ventures while maintaining an ethical foundation. The firm seeks to empower responsible entrepreneurs to become catalysts for economic development and transformation across various sectors.

Samurai Incubate is a Tokyo-based accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm that funds and guides startups from seed to Series A. It supports ventures across sectors including ICT, software, finance, logistics, healthcare, retail, energy, agriculture, transportation, and entertainment, with a focus on building capabilities in management, marketing, sales, human resources, and finance. The firm provides incubation services and may take advisory roles or external director positions with portfolio companies. It pursues investments in Africa, Israel, and Japan and maintains offices in Japan, Israel, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Shenzhen, China. Established in 2008, Samurai Incubate aims to help startups realize revenue potential and scale through practical expertise and strategic support.

LoftyInc Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and based in Houston, Texas, that focuses on technology-enabled investments in Africa and other growth markets. It has invested over $25 million in more than 150 enterprises across the continent, including three unicorns, and has facilitated roughly $1.5 billion in follow-on funding for its portfolio. The firm pursues long-term growth and community benefits, and has built an ecosystem of tech hubs, angel networks, and talent platforms. It has realized 14 exits across its investments. Its sector focus spans fintech, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, edtech, healthtech, logistics, enterprise software, climate, and other tech-enabled industries.

Caleo Private Equity is a growth equity firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 2011, it focuses on providing growth capital to companies across real estate, financial services, hospitality, manufacturing, education, logistics, and energy, with a particular emphasis on opportunities within South Africa. The firm operates with a relationship-driven approach to investment management and advisory services to support portfolio companies through strategic and operational growth.