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Since 2019, Rise Capital has backed 3 African startups across 5 disclosed funding rounds totaling $98.3M, most heavily in Egypt and E-commerce & Retail.
Rise Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm says it backs technology entrepreneurs in emerging markets, including Africa, as they build companies in large and fast-growing economies. In the Africa investment records provided, Rise Capital participated in five funding rounds from May 2019 to August 2022. The rounds were four Series A investments and one Series B investment. The recorded focus was e-commerce and retail, with four investments in Egypt, and logistics and supply chain, with one investment in Nigeria.
Data updated · Oct 3, 2026
Rise Capital has backed 3 African startups across 5 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $98.3M since 2019.
Mostly Series A: 4 of its 5 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Series B (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward E-commerce & Retail (4), Logistics & Supply Chain (1).
Rise Capital most often shares rounds with Impact46 (2 shared deals), Nuwa capital (2 shared deals), RMBV (2 shared deals).
The companies listed in the provided investment records are Homzmart and MaxAB in Egypt, and Gokada in Nigeria.
The records list five rounds between May 2019 and August 2022. They include investments in Homzmart, MaxAB, and Gokada.
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