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Since 2014, 4DX Ventures has backed 30 African startups across 46 disclosed funding rounds totaling $551.7M, most heavily in Egypt and E-commerce & Retail.
4DX Ventures is a pan-African venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Walter Baddoo and Peter Orth. Its official site describes the firm as “Africa’s leader in technology investing,” and its presence includes Accra, Cairo, Nairobi, and New York. The firm focuses on early-stage technology companies across Africa. Publicly listed portfolio activity shows investments from pre-seed through Series C, with the heaviest concentration in Seed and Series A rounds. Its documented sector exposure includes fintech, e-commerce and retail, logistics and supply chain, health tech, HR and talent, creator economy, travel and mobility, cybersecurity, and telecom and connectivity. The geographic mix in the provided records is led by Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana, with additional investments in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. Official and third-party disclosures describe 4DX Ventures as supporting African founders building technology companies across a broad set of sectors, with a pan-African investment approach.
Data updated · Aug 3, 2026
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4DX Ventures has backed 30 African startups across 46 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $551.7M since 2014.
Mostly Seed: 25 of its 46 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Series A (8).
Its tracked rounds lean toward E-commerce & Retail (15), Fintech (14), Health Tech (5), and 7 more sectors.
4DX Ventures most often shares rounds with Golden Palm Investments (12 shared deals), BECO Capital (8 shared deals), Breyer Capital (6 shared deals).
4DX Ventures is a pan-African venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies. It was founded in 2017 by Walter Baddoo and Peter Orth.
Yes. The investment record includes companies in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire. Egypt and Kenya appear most frequently in the provided data.
Examples in the provided records include HoneyCoin, PALM, Taager, Zeno, Zoie Health, Money Fellows, MaxAB, Wasoko, Thndr, Ndovu, Paps, Floatpays, CinetPay, Wowzi, Sendbox, Autochek, Yoco, Chaka, Jetstream, Minly, Bosta, Koinz, NowPay, mPharma, Send App, Tizeti, and Andela.