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Since 2018, SOSV has backed 7 African startups across 12 disclosed funding rounds totaling $13.3M, most heavily in Nigeria and E-commerce & Retail.
SOSV is a global venture capital firm that focuses on deep tech startups addressing human and planetary health. According to its official materials, SOSV is one of the most active pre seed deep tech investors worldwide, and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with major locations for founders in San Francisco, New York, and Newark. In Africa, SOSV has been an active early stage investor, particularly at the seed stage. Based on the investment data provided, SOSV has participated in 12 funding rounds between October 2018 and November 2023, primarily in seed rounds, with one additional venture round. Its African portfolio includes companies in Nigeria and Kenya, with a concentration in sectors such as e commerce and retail, travel and mobility, health tech, marketing and CRM, banking, productivity and workspace, and edtech. Within this African activity, SOSV has backed founders building solutions for groceries and food distribution, corporate travel, healthcare and medicine authentication, financial services, educational content, and tools that connect African founders with capital and resources. These investments illustrate SOSV’s broader focus on technology driven companies that aim to improve human wellbeing and economic opportunity, consistent with its stated mission to support deep tech founders working on human and planetary health.
Data updated · Aug 21, 2026
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SOSV has backed 7 African startups across 12 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $13.3M since 2018.
Mostly Seed: 11 of its 12 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Venture (Round not Specified) (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward E-commerce & Retail (4), Travel & Mobility (2), Health Tech (2), and 4 more sectors.
SOSV most often shares rounds with ODBA & Co Ventures (3 shared deals), Chui Ventures (2 shared deals), Orbit Startups (2 shared deals).
SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with major locations for founders in San Francisco, New York, and Newark. It focuses on deep tech startups that aim to improve human and planetary health, investing at the pre seed stage and beyond.
The available data shows that SOSV has invested in companies such as PricePally, Tappi, Kredi, GFA Technologies, Treepz, RxAll, and HITCH in Africa. These companies span fresh grocery delivery, payment data insights, digital banking, founder support platforms, corporate travel management, medicine authentication and pharmacy digitization, and on demand educational videos.