Côte d'Ivoire investors
Ajim Capital, a VC firm established in Austin, Texas, funds formative-stage technology ventures in Africa. The organization strives to provide capital and mentorship to early-phase founders, along with connecting them to the resources they need to achieve their goals. Furthermore, they also provide guidance on legal and regulatory issues, fundraising, and industry research and risk/return analysis. Their core objective is to foster a thriving startup ecosystem in the continent and support African founders create successful and sustainable businesses.
Leads mega-rounds for frontier-tech visions; delivers a 150+ person platform (recruiting, marketing, technical); doubles as a media company producing podcasts and research, and pursues aggressive crypto and illiquid-asset investments. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Invests at day zero—pre-idea/pre-team—running 8–10 week residencies across 30+ cities that screen tens of thousands, match co-founders and pressure-test teams before investing. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
As a joint venture investment vehicle between AfricInvest and Cathay Innovation, launched in 2019, Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund has built a distinct presence in its market. Moreover, fund targets supporting startup ventures and ventures in Africa that are looking to scale their businesses across the African continent and beyond. The fund has already made several investments in promising companies, including fintech, health-tech, mobility, logistics, and e-commerce. Beyond this, fund is managed by a team of seasoned venture capitalists, who provide experience and resources to assistance these startup ventures expand. The fund is also partnered with several other investors and institutions, extending additional capital and resources.
As an formative stage micro-growth firm investing both capital and mentoring in high-technology-driven formative-stage companies and scaleups in Kenya, Chanzo Capital has built a distinct presence in its market. The firm delivers seed and startup capital to businesses in various forms, and targets investments in companies that have the potential to become global leaders in their industry. The firm also delivers mentoring and support to their partner companies to ensure their strong outcomes. Additionally, Chanzo Capital works with a variety of partners to provide resources and support to the companies they invest in.
Serving as a VC group, DIP Capital invests across Europe in disruptive businesses. DIP's first fund was launched in 2017 and the fund has since grown to manage over \u20ac300 million in assets. DIP is dedicated to formative-stage companies, supplying them with financing and guidance to support them scale. In addition, dIP Capital is backed by multiple high-profile investors and remains dedicated to supporting the growth of pioneering firms and unlocking their potential. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Relocated to Southeast Asia alongside building Southeast Asia–Middle East synergies, they challenge company builders featuring hard feedback alongside utilize behavioral pattern matching to back first‑time, narrow‑niche, scrappy outsider founders.
Deploys capital into disruptive, technology-focused emerging ventures; established in 1999. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Hilariously early pre-seed fund prioritizing week-over-week execution via a structured scoring system, scaling top performers and connecting founders to 2,000+ vetted Angel Squad angels who co-invest with $1K checks. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Federated, regionally based network delivering local-first investors and highly involved, board-level partner support with weekly founder contact—intense, founder-friendly engagement rather than light-touch volume investing. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Invests across VC, private equity and private credit; uniquely combines sovereign anchor and third‑party capital, acting as Abu Dhabi's industrial development engine and competitive investment manager. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Independent India-and-SEA-centric firm (spun out from its US parent) presenting a highly structured, in-house integrated framework of accelerator, and scale-up initiatives for founders. A key differentiator: collective.
Takeda's investing arm geared toward digital health companies that improve patient outcomes and the delivery of care. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Bridging Los Angeles and Singapore ecosystems, invests from formative-stage to growth in unsexy B2B enterprise, deep tech and sustainability, acting as a high-volume, first-check partner for technical founders. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Seed-stage fund led by a solo GP who makes decisions in days or hours and connects Southeast Asian founders to top U.S. investors and operators via a US-heavy network. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Seed-stage fund founded by former founders (New Oriental co‑founders) in collaboration with Sequoia China, with a network of 800+ partner companies including 30+ China unicorns. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
