Early-stage venture capital · Southern Africa

Backing bold founders building enduring businesses.

We are an early-stage venture capital fund investing in the overlooked but high-potential startup ecosystem of Southern Africa. Our mission is simple: back bold founders solving real problems in markets the world has yet to pay attention to.

Why Southern Africa

A rare window for early-stage venture.

Our core mission is to identify and invest in innovative startups that have the potential to make a significant impact. Through our tailored support programs, we aim to nurture these startups, helping them scale and succeed in the competitive market.

We invest at the earliest stages, often pre-seed or seed, focusing on ventures with proof of concept, strong founding teams, and scalable solutions. From fintech and healthtech to agri-tech, edu-tech, and digital infrastructure, we're on the ground helping founders build enduring businesses.

We believe this is one of the last untapped venture frontiers, with low competition, high-quality deal flow, and a growing wave of market activity. Backed by insights from partners and research from firms like McKinsey, we know this window won't stay open for long.

Latest insights

Notes from the ground.

Our why

We see what others miss.

We started because we saw something others missed: an entire region full of entrepreneurial talent, world-changing ideas, and relentless founders, yet chronically overlooked by capital.

We realized the problem wasn't potential — it was access. So we built a VC to change that.

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Pitch us

Building something we should back?

We invest at pre-seed and seed, with checks of $1K to $100K USD.