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Since 2011, Helios Investment Partners has backed 4 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds totaling $142.5M, most heavily in Nigeria and Fintech.
Helios Investment Partners is a multi strategy private investment firm focused on Africa. According to its official materials, the firm is one of the largest Africa focused private investment firms and works with leading global investors to deploy capital across multiple strategies tailored to African growth and impact. The firm describes itself as investing in Africa for growth with impact. Within Africa, Helios Investment Partners invests in high growth sectors including financial technology and power and energy. Based on disclosed transactions, the firm has backed digital payments and financial infrastructure providers such as Interswitch in Nigeria, as well as companies providing cross border business payments. Its activity in African fintech spans seed, Series A, and other venture stages, including notable funding rounds for Conduit, a cross border business payments platform using fiat and stablecoins. The firm has also invested in distributed clean energy solutions in Tanzania, as reflected by its participation in a venture round for ZOLAi, an AI enabled platform for managing distributed clean energy assets. Helios Investment Partners has demonstrated a particular focus on Nigeria and select other African markets. Confirmed investments include multiple fintech transactions in Nigeria and an energy and utilities investment in Tanzania, aligning with its stated strategy of targeting sectors where African innovation, technology and demographics drive long term growth.
Data updated · Aug 20, 2026
Helios Investment Partners has backed 4 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $142.5M since 2011.
Mostly Series A: 1 of its 4 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Seed (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (4), Energy & Utilities (1).
Helios Investment Partners most often shares rounds with Sound Ventures (1 shared deal), Commerce Ventures (1 shared deal), Altos Ventures (1 shared deal).
Helios Investment Partners is a multi strategy private investment firm that focuses on investing in Africa. The firm positions itself as one of the largest Africa focused private investment firms and works with global investors to deploy capital across distinct African focused strategies.
Helios Investment Partners has participated in funding rounds for Conduit in Nigeria at both the seed and Series A stages, supporting a cross border business payments platform that uses fiat and stablecoins. The firm also invested in Interswitch, a leading Nigerian digital payment infrastructure provider, and in ZOLAi, which provides AI tools to run and optimize distributed clean energy in Tanzania.