Côte d'Ivoire investors
Ajim Capital is a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas that invests in early-stage technology startups in Africa. The firm seeks to provide capital and mentorship to early-stage founders, as well as connecting them to the resources they need to succeed. They also provide guidance on legal and regulatory issues, fundraising, and industry research and risk/return analysis. Their goal is to foster a thriving startup ecosystem in the continent and help African founders create successful and sustainable businesses.
Leads mega-rounds for frontier-tech visions; provides a 150+ person platform (recruiting, marketing, technical); doubles as a media company producing podcasts and research, and pursues aggressive crypto and illiquid-asset investments.
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.
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund is a joint venture capital fund between AfricInvest and Cathay Innovation, launched in 2019. The fund focuses on supporting startups and ventures in Africa that are looking to scale their businesses across the African continent and beyond. The fund has already made a number of investments in promising companies, including fintech, health-tech, mobility, logistics, and e-commerce. The fund is managed by a team of experienced venture capitalists, who provide experience and resources to help these startups grow. The fund is also partnered with a number of other investors and institutions, providing additional capital and resources.
Chanzo Capital is an early stage micro-growth firm investing both capital and mentoring in high-tech startups and scaleups in Kenya. The company provides seed and startup capital to businesses in various forms, and focuses on investing in companies that have the potential to become global leaders in their industry. The company also provides mentoring and support to their portfolio companies to ensure their success. Additionally, Chanzo Capital works with a variety of partners to provide resources and support to the companies they invest in.
DIP Capital is a venture capital firm that invests across Europe in disruptive businesses. DIP's first fund was launched in 2017 and the firm has since grown to manage over \u20ac300 million in assets. DIP focuses on early-stage companies, providing them with financing and guidance to help them scale. DIP Capital is backed by a number of high-profile investors and is committed to supporting the growth of innovative firms and unlocking their potential.
Relocated to Southeast Asia and building Southeast Asia–Middle East synergies, they challenge founders with hard feedback and use behavioral pattern matching to back first‑time, narrow‑niche, scrappy outsider founders.
Invests in disruptive, technology-focused startups; established in 1999.
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.
Federated, regionally based network offering local-first investors and highly involved, board-level partner support with weekly founder contact—intense, founder-friendly engagement rather than light-touch volume investing.
Invests across venture capital, 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.
Independent India-and-SEA-centric firm (spun out from its US parent) offering a highly structured, in-house integrated platform of accelerator, community, and scale-up programs for founders.
Takeda's investing arm focused on digital health companies that improve patient outcomes and the delivery of care.
Bridging Los Angeles and Singapore ecosystems, invests from early-stage to growth in unsexy B2B enterprise, deep tech and sustainability, acting as a high-volume, first-check partner for technical founders.
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.
Seed-stage fund founded by former entrepreneurs (New Oriental co‑founders) in collaboration with Sequoia China, with a network of 800+ portfolio companies including 30+ China unicorns.