Samurai Incubate

Samurai Incubate is a Japanese early stage venture capital firm and incubator headquartered in Tokyo. Through its dedicated arm, Samurai Incubate Africa, the firm focuses on backing founders building technology driven solutions across the African continent. In Africa, Samurai Incubate Africa invests primarily at the pre seed and seed stages, with selective participation in later early stage rounds. Based on disclosed rounds, the firm has backed multiple startups across Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa, and Ghana, with a strong concentration in Nigeria. Its portfolio in Africa spans fintech, e commerce and retail, legal and compliance, logistics and supply chain, services and marketplaces, travel and mobility, and agritech. Within this African portfolio, Samurai Incubate Africa has invested in companies such as PricePally, Leta, Norebase, Raseedi, Kwara, Eden, LULA, Evolve Credit, Spring, and Complete Farmer. The firm often co invests alongside other early stage African investors including Future Africa, Microtraction, Launch Africa Ventures, Ingressive Capital, Ventures Platform, Voltron Capital, Wuri Ventures, and others, reflecting a collaborative approach to supporting African founders at the earliest stages.