List of 13 Funders/Investors on Start-ups and established Businesses

As the amount of money investors are channeling into Africa grows, consider approaching both local and international investors for your company than looking into Government Agencies and Banks only

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Before you approach
Before approaching investors educate yourself in, at least, investment basics. Understand that they want to see how your business is going to make them money, especially if you want to exchange investment for debt rather than equity.
Goodwell Investments @GoodwellInvest
An Amsterdam based investment fund that offers microfinance and startup funding for African SMMEs. It also offers entrepreneurs’ assistance strategy, planning, fundraising, governance and reporting.
Link: goodwell.nl
Greycroft Partners @greycroftvc
A US-based venture capital company which mainly invests in digital media and tech startups. They target early-stage companies with young founders, typically in “seed” or “Series A” rounds according to Fortune.
They also have a keen interest in startups that are headed by female founders and entrepreneurs, according to the same report. They recently invested in a Kenyan bitcoin payment solution, BitPesa and Nigerian payment solution, Flutterwave.
They have two funds available: Greycroft IV, a $204 million venture fund and Greycroft Growth II, a $365 million growth-stage fund. Greycroft Growth II starts at $10 million and will invest up to $35 million in a company.

Link: greycroft.com
Kgatelopele
A South African private equity firm that funds under-developed black-owned businesses that show growth potential. They assist with raising capital, help source talent and develop growth strategies with the aim of raising value.
Link: kgatelopele.co.za/index.html
Accion @Accion
A US-based NGO.. In 2017,they partnered with Quona, a fund that invests in fintech startups with a social purpose. Some of startups they invested in include Nigeria’s fintech solution Lidya and South Africa’s insurance company AllLife
Link: accion.org
Rising Tide Africa @RisinTideAfrica
It invests between $50k and $500k in women owned startups. It is an early stage investor in ‘digitally and technology-enabled companies’ that will improve lives of African women and lifestyles of the continent.
Link: risingtideafrica.com
VC4Africa @VC4Africa
A networking platform that links Africa businesses with investors and provides mentoring and support for African entrepreneurs.
Link: academy.vc4a.com
Kalon Venture Partners @KalonVp
A SA-based section 12J venture capital fund and is one of a few 12J funds that invests in tech startups From R110k. They invested in shopping app, Snapnsave, solar power financial system, Sun Exchange, i-Pay.

Link: kalonvp.com
Knife Capital @KnifeCap
A Cape-based venture capital firm. Their target is post-revenue stage companies that require funding for growth or expansion, with a strong product or service offering and a scalable business model.
Link: knifecap.com
4Di Capital @4DiCapital
A SA venture capital fund manager investing in high-growth tech startup opportunities across seed, early and growth funding stages. 4Di had launched its third investment vehicle, 4Di Capital Fund III (US$9.4 million)
Link: 4dicapital.com
Naspers Foundry
A R1.4 billion startup fund that backs South Africa-focused technology startups. Naspers has said it will invest a total of R4.6-billion over the next three years in the local technology sector.

Link: naspers.com/foundry
The Vumela Fund
A R588 million social venture capital fund managed by Edge Growth on behalf of Vumela Trustees. So far, Vumela Fund has made 19 investments – one of which is Giraffe, a recruitment startup that secured a round of equity funding.

Link: vumelafund.com
Enygma Ventures Fund @EnygmaVentures

Part of Africa Trust Group, a SA-based early-stage gender-lens investing group. They are committed to investing in Africa’s women entrepreneurs, enterprise development, access to markets and trade facilitation.

Link: enygmaventures.com
Khula Lula @KhulaLula

Khula Lula, a South African venture capital innovator, offers access to micro-financing to African tech startups. According to its website, Khula Lula specialises in both angel investment and public equity investing.

Link: khulalula.com
Different investors will offer different opportunities, so be willing to adapt your strategy to meet the demands and expectations of the investor offering you financing.

*Source: SME SouthAfrica @SMESouthAfrica @Melissa_Nel

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