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Since 2019, Launch Africa Ventures has backed 65 African startups across 76 disclosed funding rounds totaling $148.1M, most heavily in South Africa and Fintech.
Launch Africa Ventures is a leading Pan African venture capital fund that focuses on solving the funding gap for seed and pre Series A startups across Africa. It is a venture capital firm headquartered in Mauritius, with its primary office in Trianon and corporate office in Ebene, and was founded in 2020 by Zachariah George and Janade Du Plessis. The firm invests in early stage, technology driven companies from pre seed through seed to pre Series A, with a focus on B2B and B2B2C business models. Its portfolio spans a wide range of tech sectors including fintech, healthtech, agritech, edtech, transportation and logistics, mobility, e commerce, SaaS, artificial intelligence, big data and analytics. Based on available investment data, Launch Africa Ventures has been an active early stage investor across key African markets such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt and other countries, with a particular emphasis on seed stage fintech and logistics startups. Launch Africa Ventures positions itself as a high touch, Pan African investor that provides more than capital, drawing on a decade of venture building experience with founding teams across the continent. The firm aims to create a sustainable ecosystem by backing startups that tackle meaningful challenges in Africa and by offering follow on support, distribution partnerships and access to a broad network of limited partners across multiple countries.
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Launch Africa Ventures has backed 65 African startups across 76 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $148.1M since 2019.
Mostly Seed: 52 of its 76 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Venture (Round not Specified) (22).
Launch Africa Ventures's tracked rounds are concentrated in South Africa (18), Nigeria (16), Kenya (10), and 16 more countries.
Its tracked rounds lean toward Fintech (28), Logistics & Supply Chain (10), AI & Analytics (6), and 15 more sectors.
Launch Africa Ventures most often shares rounds with Saviu Ventures (5 shared deals), Five35 Ventures (5 shared deals), 54 Collective (4 shared deals).
Launch Africa Ventures was founded in 2020 by co founders and managing partners Zachariah George and Janade Du Plessis. The firm leverages their decade of experience in African venture building to support portfolio companies with capital, strategic guidance and access to a wide investor and partner network.