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Since 2024, Equitable Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 5 disclosed funding rounds totaling $10.6M, most heavily in South Africa and Fintech.
Equitable Ventures is a Mauritius based venture capital firm focused on early stage fintech startups in Africa. The firm is headquartered at The Junction Business Hub in Calebasses, Mauritius and provides a diversified access point for investors to the African fintech ecosystem. Equitable Ventures targets seed and pre seed stage companies and other early funding rounds, backing high caliber entrepreneurs who are building digital financial infrastructure and payment solutions across the continent. Its activity includes investments in South Africa and Nigeria, with a particular focus on fintech and related compliance solutions, as reflected in portfolio companies such as Happy Pay, TurnStay and Startbutton. The firm aims to combine financial returns with measurable impact by supporting solutions that address real world problems at scale, promote financial inclusion and leverage Africa’s maturing technology ecosystems. Equitable Ventures often invests alongside other African and global venture firms, contributing sector expertise and a focus on equitable, impactful growth.
Data updated · Aug 5, 2026
Equitable Ventures has backed 3 African startups across 5 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $10.6M since 2024.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 5 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Venture Round (1).
Equitable Ventures's tracked rounds are concentrated in South Africa (4), Nigeria (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (4), Legal and Compliance (1).
Equitable Ventures most often shares rounds with 4Di Capital (3 shared deals), E4E Africa (2 shared deals), Felix Strategic Investments (2 shared deals).
Equitable Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Calebasses, Mauritius, focused on early stage fintech startups in Africa. It provides investors with access to high growth African fintech opportunities while aiming for both financial returns and impact.
Equitable Ventures has backed African companies such as Happy Pay and TurnStay in South Africa and Startbutton in Nigeria. Public profiles also list additional African portfolio companies including DigiTax and Crop2Cash in tax compliance and agricultural finance.