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Since 2021, Lightspeed Venture Partners has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds totaling $10.9M, most heavily in Nigeria and Health Tech.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global, multi stage venture capital firm that backs founders building disruptive companies from seed through later stages. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and New York, and invests across the United States, Europe, Israel, India, China, and Southeast Asia. Its focus areas include enterprise, consumer, health, and fintech sectors. Within Africa, Lightspeed has been active at the seed stage, participating in at least four seed rounds between June 2021 and June 2023. Over this period the firm invested a total of 12.5 million dollars in early stage companies in Ghana and Nigeria, with all recorded rounds at the seed stage. In Africa Lightspeed’s portfolio includes Berry Health in Ghana, which offers online doctor consultations and prescription delivery for private care, and Remedial Health in Nigeria, which provides procurement, inventory, and financing solutions for healthcare providers. The firm has also backed Fonbnk in Nigeria, which enables users to convert local prepaid payments into stablecoins, and Jetstream in Ghana, which delivers AI monitoring and trade finance for physical goods trade. These investments highlight a particular interest in health technology, crypto and Web3, and logistics and supply chain solutions in West Africa.
Data updated · Sep 1, 2026
Lightspeed Venture Partners has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $10.9M since 2021.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 3 tracked rounds are at that stage.
Companies Lightspeed Venture Partners has backed operate in Nigeria (3), Côte d'Ivoire (2), Ghana (2), and 14 more markets. Each figure counts the rounds behind companies serving that market, so a company operating in several markets counts in each of them.
Its tracked rounds lean toward Health Tech (1), Crypto & Web3 (1), Logistics & Supply Chain (1).
Lightspeed Venture Partners most often shares rounds with Cathexis ventures (1 shared deal), Guillaume Luccisano (1 shared deal), Christopher Golda (1 shared deal).
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global, multi stage venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in major U.S. cities. It invests in technology driven companies across enterprise, consumer, health, and fintech sectors and operates in multiple regions worldwide.
Lightspeed Venture Partners has backed several African companies, including Berry Health and Jetstream in Ghana, and Remedial Health and Fonbnk in Nigeria. These investments span health technology, crypto and Web3, and logistics and supply chain solutions.
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