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Since 2021, 1984 Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds totaling $29.1M, most heavily in Egypt and E-commerce & Retail.
1984 Ventures is a venture capital firm with an official website at 1984.vc. Its public materials describe it as a pre-seed and seed investor headquartered in San Francisco. Based on the investment data provided, 1984 Ventures has been active in Africa through early-stage investments in Nigeria and Egypt. Its recorded activity spans pre-seed and seed rounds, with a clear focus on e-commerce and retail, fintech, and logistics and supply chain companies. Backed companies in the region include Cleva in Nigeria, plus Sylndr and ShipBlu in Egypt.
Data updated · Aug 31, 2026
1984 Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $29.1M since 2021.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 4 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Pre-Seed (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward E-commerce & Retail (2), Fintech (1), Logistics & Supply Chain (1).
1984 Ventures most often shares rounds with Raed Ventures (2 shared deals), Algebra Ventures (2 shared deals), Nuwa capital (2 shared deals).
The Africa portfolio data provided includes Cleva, a fintech company in Nigeria, Sylndr, an e-commerce and retail company in Egypt, and ShipBlu, a logistics and supply chain company in Egypt.