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Since 2018, Hax has backed 2 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds totaling $3.1M, most heavily in Nigeria and Health Tech.
HAX is SOSV’s hard tech startup development program and hands on venture capital platform that partners with early stage hardware and hard tech founders. According to its official materials, HAX focuses on companies tackling challenges in human and planetary health, climate, industrial automation, and related sectors. HAX operates as part of SOSV’s global venture platform and maintains offices in Newark in New Jersey, Pune, Tokyo, and Shenzhen. In Africa, HAX has been an active early stage investor, primarily at the seed stage. Between 2018 and 2021, the firm participated in three disclosed seed rounds in Nigeria, with a total of 3.0 million dollars invested across health tech and education technology. Its portfolio in the region includes RxAll, which authenticates medicines, finances stock, and digitises pharmacies in Nigeria, and HITCH, which offers free, curated educational videos on demand. These investments in RxAll and HITCH reflect HAX’s emphasis on hard tech enabled solutions that address critical needs in healthcare access and education. HAX typically pairs capital with hands on support from its engineering and prototyping resources, helping founders develop and scale hardware enabled products in challenging markets, including Africa.
Data updated · Jul 31, 2026
Hax has backed 2 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $3.1M since 2018.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 3 tracked rounds are at that stage.
Hax's tracked rounds are concentrated in Nigeria (3).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Health Tech (2), EdTech (1).
Hax most often shares rounds with Launch Africa Ventures (1 shared deal), KSK Angel Fund (1 shared deal), Founders Factory (1 shared deal).
HAX is SOSV’s hard tech startup development program and hands on venture capital platform that focuses on early stage hardware and hard tech startups. It works with founders building solutions in areas such as human and planetary health, climate, and industrial automation, combining investment with engineering and prototyping support.
HAX has backed RxAll, a Nigerian company that authenticates medicines, finances stock, and digitises pharmacies, in multiple seed rounds. It has also invested in HITCH, a Nigerian platform providing free, curated educational videos on demand.
