We invest in early-stage impact-driven technology solutions across African markets. Focused on accelerating prosperity on the continent, we are sector-agnostic in our approach to investing in visionaries challenging the status quo.

Octerra Capital interests;

  • Company is an early-stage African startup.
  • Solutions are Africa-focused.
  • Launched your startup or have initial traction (i.e. money, users, etc.).
  • A high-growth technology or tech-enabled business.
  • Company is creating socio-economic impact.
  • A strong and diverse founding team.

Novastar is a venture capital investor that backs entrepreneurs that are obsessed with serving the basic needs of everyday consumers; understanding their lifestyles, the friction that slows them down, the tools that lift them up, and the informal markets where they live, work and shop.

A global network of tech founders supports Norrsken22, a tech growth fund that collaborates with outstanding entrepreneurs to scale revolutionary enterprises.  We equip African founders for global impact and expansion by offering them significant strategic value and growth funding.

Musha invests at the seed stage, globally, in over 18 countries.

Mobility 54 Investment SAS is committed to solving social challenges in Africa with innovative mobility technologies and services. Mobility 54 Investment SAS was founded in October 2019 under a group joint venture between Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO. We make early and transformational investments in companies that have innovative mobility technologies and services that have the potential to solve the social challenges in Africa. We are dedicated to supporting our innovative partners with our vast and on-the-ground network of automotive operations in Africa under Toyota Tsusho and CFAO

LoftyInc Capital Management is backing early stage Afropreneurs building tech-enabled solutions for the "everyday economy"

Lightrock is an impact investor that seeks to achieve financial as well as societal and environmental returns by investing in businesses that contribute positively to humankind and the planet.

African Venture Capital Fund investing in digital infrastructure, fintech and cleantech related businesses.

Jedar Capital is an emerging VC firm with a startup mindset, founded by a technology veteran. Jedar Capital focuses on post-revenue, early-stage startups from Seed to Series A, that have reached a kind of product-market fit and is showing a good traction and month-over-month growth.
We target startups in emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa & some parts of Emerging Asia

We are industry agnostic as long as we understand what you do, we love impactful sectors that offer inclusion to under-served and emerging markets tapping into the next billion customers.

Verticals we love, but are not

KawiSafi Ventures is a for-profit impact Fund which aims to catalyze an emerging high-growth potential off-grid solar energy ecosystem in East Africa.