Auto-discovered — editorial review pending
Moniepoint
Series COct 2025NG
Zepz
Financial services infrastructure for cross-border transactions with low fees.
Series AOct 2024
Sun King
The world’s largest off-grid solar energy company revolutionising energy access across Africa.
Series DDec 2022KE
Interswitch
Integrated digital payments and commerce company making payments easy.
UndisclosedMay 2022NG
The African investment scene picked up pace this week as startups and investors ramped up activity across AI, fintech, and clean energy sectors. Major rounds and fund launches reflected growing confidence in the continent’s innovation depth, while strategic exits and a few shutdowns offered a balanced view of a maturing ecosystem. The week’s movements show […]
AU-Startups·10/29/2025
The last two weeks have seen a flurry of activities in the African startup funding scenes. Most notably, Zepz, formally known as WorldRemit secured a whopping $267 million in a series F funding round. Several other companies including Winich Farms, TUNL, Amaka Studio, Waribei, Scale, Littlefish, WiASSURE, and Dexude also raised funding from numerous investors. […]
AU Startups·10/14/2024
Over the past week, several companies in various sectors, including e-commerce, restaurant logistics, healthcare, cleantech, furniture, and fintech, received funding. The largest deal of the week was Sun King’s $70 million Series D extension round. Finclusion Group also rebranded as Fin. Let’s get into the details. Pre-Seed Egyptian restaurant logistics start-up Suplyd has raised $1.6 […]
AU Startups·12/16/2022
African startups are still raising money despite the global market speculations. If you missed the funding announcements this week, here are the highlights: Interswitch raised $110 million funding Interswitch, a Nigerian integrated digital payments and commerce company designed to make payments an easy and enjoyable experience, raised $110 million from LeapFrog Investments and Tana […]
AU Startups·5/15/2022
100 Ventures
100 Ventures is an Egyptian venture capital firm that participated in a seed round for Glamera, an Egypt-born SaaS startup providing B2B services to beauty and lifestyle service providers and a B2C marketplace for consumers to find and book sessions with such providers. The funding will be used to continue developing and launching new services, as well as expanding into additional GCC markets.
1984 Ventures
1984 Ventures invests in early-stage startups, as evidenced by their participation in pre-seed and seed rounds. They co-invested in Sylndr's $12M pre-seed round. The firm appears to be sector-agnostic, with investments spanning e-commerce, automotive marketplaces, and other industries within the African tech ecosystem.
212
212 invests in companies like Flow48, a fintech company that leverages AI-powered data analytics and risk assessment to provide alternative financing solutions for SMEs across emerging markets. Through its platform, the company offers revenue-based financing and embedded finance solutions, allowing businesses to access capital without diluting ownership.
212Founders programme
212Founders is an accelerator program that invests in early-stage startups. They provide resources and mentorship to help startups grow and scale their businesses. They invested in Crealo, a copyright management solution for cultural and creative institutions.
