| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.07.2025 | Fresh funding in hand, Complete Farmer eyes expansion of its ag marketplace across Africa | Making agriculture profitable is a herculean task in Africa. This is something Desmond Koney, CEO of Ghanaian agritech Complete Farmer, understands all too well.
Having grown up on a homestead where his father was a smallholder pineapple fa... |
| 10.04.2024 | Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures Closes $60M Fund, Boosting African Tech Ecosystem | Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) has successfully closed its first fund at $60 million, marking a significant milestone in the African tech investment landscape. The fund, backed by key institutional investors such as SBI Holdings and To... |
| 09.04.2024 | Pan-African VC Verod-Kepple closes its first fund at $60M | Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) plans to back up to 21 growth-stage companies across the continent after closing its first fund at $60 million. The pan-African VC hit the milestone following fresh backing from Nigeria’s SCM Capital form... |
| 12.04.2023 | Backed by Japanese investors, Verod-Kepple’s fund will invest in Series A and B startups across Africa | Last month, pan-African venture capital firm Verod-Kepple Africa Partners reached the second close of its first fund (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures), targeting African startups at $43 million. Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) achieved its... |
| 23.03.2023 | Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures announces $43m venture fund for pan-African startups
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Success! | Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) has announced the first close of a $43 million pan-African venture fund. According to the firm, the fund will invest in tech-powered startups that have raised revenue and are addressing some of the contin... |
| 20.10.2022 | MoneyHash expands operations into sub-Saharan Africa | Large organisations that operate in Africa often have issues with payment collection due to the varying currencies on the continent, differing government policies and fragment payment systems. To remedy this, these organisations have to hir... |
| 29.09.2022 | Data snapshot: Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo lead Africa agrifoodtech investment | Investments in African agrifoodtech startups reached record heights in 2021, according to AgFunder’s inaugural Africa-focused report in collaboration with BII and FMO.
But who were the key investors driving the $482.3 million invested in 20... |
| 11.01.2022 | Ivory Coast based e-commerce startup ANKA, formerly Afrikrea, raises US$6.2M in pre-Series A | Ivory Coast based e-commerce platform Afrikrea has rebranded to ANKA while successfully completing a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires.
The new investment includes participation from Alibaba’s Executive Vice ... |
| 11.01.2022 | Ivory Coast based e-commerce startup ANKA, formerly Afrikrea, raises US$6.2M in pre-Series A | Ivory Coast based e-commerce platform Afrikrea has rebranded to ANKA while successfully completing a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires.
The new investment includes participation from Alibaba’s Executive Vice... |
| 28.10.2021 | Kepple Africa Ventures is creating new industries in the investment space | For Satoshi Shinada, taking bets and investing is not something he just started doing.
At the age of 18, he took his first bet to invest in himself by leaving Japan to visit 40 African countries in the space of almost two years. I know what... |
| 25.10.2021 | The investors rocking 2021 so far👨🎤 | This week we thought we’d look at the investors that have been involved in the most deals so far this year. We’re talking disclosed deals, but also some confidential ones they’ve kindly shared with us 😉. Two players in particular – Launch A... |
| 26.08.2021 | Pan-African fintech startup, pawaPay, raises $9 million seed for expansion and talent recruitment | Share this article:
Today, Monday, August 26, 2021, Africa-focused fintech company, pawaPay announced the raise of $9 million in seed financing to strengthen its mobile money payment solutions team, scale operations, and foray into new mark... |
| 09.08.2021 | Nigeria-based mobility fintech, Moove raises $23 million Series A | Share this article:
Nigeria-based auto-financing startup, Moove has announced a $23 million Series A to build a full-service mobility fintech that democratises vehicle ownership across Africa. The round was led by global VC, Speedinvest and... |
| 09.08.2021 | The Ghanaian attraction, Decagon’s seed round, yet another name change, MTN Nigeria at 20 | Share this article:
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| 05.08.2021 | MVX, Nigerian digital freight startup, secures $1.3m to tackle ocean freight challenges in Africa | Share this article:
On Thursday, July 5, 2021, Nigeria-based digital freight startup, MVX, announced a $1.3 million seed round to tackle the challenge of financing and booking freight operations in Africa. Investors in this round include Ke... |
| 07.07.2021 | Omnisient raises $1.4-million in second funding round | Cape Town-based startup Omnisient has announced the close of a second funding round at $1.4-million.
The company – re-incorporated in 2019 by founders Jon Jacobson and Anton Grutzmacher – made the announcement yesterday.
Re-investment refle... |
| 07.07.2021 | Omnisient raises $1.4-million in second funding round | Cape Town-based startup Omnisient has announced the close of a second funding round at $1.4-million.
The company – re-incorporated in 2019 by founders Jon Jacobson and Anton Grutzmacher – made the announcement yesterday.
Re-investment ref... |
| 06.07.2021 | Start-up Omnisient scores multimillion-rand funding | Omnisient, a Cape Town-based start-up that specialises in secure data-sharing for businesses, has raised $1.4 million (R19 million), as it looks to expand its global footprint.
This marks the second round of funding for the start-up, after ... |
| 17.06.2021 | Egypt’s MoneyHash acquires pre-seed capital to create payment super API | Cairo-based fintech MoneyHash announced its acquisition of an undisclosed pre-seed investment led by Amir Farha’s COTU Ventures in a statement released on 7 June.
Kepple Africa Ventures and other angel investors also took part in the round... |
| 17.06.2021 | Egypt’s MoneyHash acquires pre-seed capital to create payment super API | Cairo-based fintech MoneyHash announced its acquisition of an undisclosed pre-seed investment led by Amir Farha’s COTU Ventures in a statement released on 7 June.
Kepple Africa Ventures and other angel investors also took part in the round.... |
| 30.03.2021 | Curacel, an insurance tech startup, raises $450k in pre-seed funding | Curacel, a Nigerian startup that builds technology to power insurance companies, has raised $450,000 in a pre-seed funding round.
The startup has been in existence since 2018 and bills itself as a leading claims and fraud detection platform... |
| 30.03.2021 | Curacel secures pre-seed funding to drive insurance inclusion in Africa | Share this:
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| 30.03.2021 | Nigerian insurtech startup secures $450k in pre-seed funding | Lagos-based insurtech startup Curacel has raised $450 000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Atlantica Ventures and Consonance with participation from Kepple Ventures and other African angel investors.
Curacel secures $450 000 in funding
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| 30.03.2021 | Nigerian insurtech startup secures $450k in pre-seed funding | Lagos-based insurtech startup Curacel has raised $450 000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Atlantica Ventures and Consonance with participation from Kepple Ventures and other African angel investors.
Curacel secures $450 000 in funding
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| 19.03.2021 | Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures | Ideally, it is expected of every business to reach its customers effectively. However, that’s not the case, as limiting factors that hinder proper digital communication come into play at different growth stages. Termii, a Nigerian communica... |
| 15.02.2021 | Japan’s Uncovered Fund launches $15M fund to back early-stage startups in Africa | Uncovered Fund, a VC firm targeting early-stage startups in Africa, announced today that it has launched its $15 million fund which is expected to close at the end of June this year. The Tokyo-based outfit founded by Takuma Terakubo in 2019... |
| 18.11.2020 | 4 months post-launch, Autochek raises $3.4m pre-seed to disrupt Africa’s automotive industry | Share this article:
Nigerian automotive tech company, Autochek Africa, has completed its pre-seed round of $3.4 million.
The round was co-led by Lagos, London, and Nairobi-based TLCom Capital and US-based 4DX Ventures. Japanese VC firm, Kep... |
| 16.10.2020 | Nigerian startup to launch import and export deliveries | Nigerian trade and tech startup, MVXChange has launched a new product offering titled MVXTransit, expanding its range of services for small African businesses.
The new platform, MVXTransit is a convenient and easy-to-use digital freight bo... |
| 16.10.2020 | Nigerian startup to launch import and export deliveries | Nigerian trade and tech startup, MVXChange has launched a new product offering titled MVXTransit, expanding its range of services for small African businesses.
The new platform, MVXTransit is a convenient and easy-to-use digital freight boo... |
| 14.08.2020 | Kenyan HR startup, WorkPay, raises $2.1m seed funding led by Japanese VC, Kepple Africa | Within the past year, Workpay secured $100k and $150k cheques from Kepple Africa and Y Combinator. The pair, alongside other investors, have participated in the startups' $2.1m seed round for East African expansion. |
| 16.06.2020 | How Kenya-based PayGo Energy is exporting its smart meter technology to Asia | When it is near midnight and you have a partially parboiled pot of rice on the stove, running out of gas can trigger the five stages of grief.
You don’t believe you have used that much gas in just one month, but you’re mad at the cylinder m... |