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Kepple Africa Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2019 · Tokyo, Japan

#10,819 Investor rankamong investors on Dealroom

Early stage VC fund focusing on Africa

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51 Portfolio companies+308% in 5 years
2 Unicorns
61 Investments
Jul 2026 Last investment
01 · Knowledge graph
News Fuzu raises $3.86M Series B to expand AI recruitment platform across Africa Jul 6, 2026
02 · Biggest holdings

Kepple Africa Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Kepple Africa Ventures still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Kepple Africa Ventures, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 MooveUnicorn · Fintech · UAE $2.1B
  2. 2 MoniepointUnicorn · Fintech · UK $1.0B

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Kepple Africa Ventures has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Kepple Africa Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 51 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Kenya26
  2. Nigeria23
  3. USA15
  4. Egypt7
  5. France4
  6. Ghana4
  7. South Africa4
  8. UK3
  9. Côte d'Ivoire2
  10. Mauritius2
  11. Senegal2
  12. Switzerland2
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech36
  2. Health15
  3. Energy9
  4. Transportation9
  5. Education8
  6. Enterprise Software8
  7. Marketing7
  8. Media5
  9. Jobs Recruitment4
  10. Telecom4
  11. Food3
  12. Fashion2
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed32
  2. Series A16
  3. Series B+1
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth66
  2. Breakout Stage35
  3. Late Growth3
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Kepple Africa Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 51 tracked.

Moove
Fintech · Unicorn
$2.1B
Moniepoint
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Carry1st
Gaming
$108M
CarePoint (formerly known as Africa Health Holdings)
Health
$90M
Sanergy
Health
$94M
nextProtein
Food
$79M
Bamboo
Fintech
$70M
CarePoint Hospitals
Health
$72M
NowPay
Fintech
$80M
PEG Africa
Fintech
$200M
Tagaddod
Energy
$105M
Omnisient
Security
$50M
Cartona
Transportation
$60M
Pngme
Fintech
$59M
Autochek
Transportation
$52M
Complete Farmer
Fintech
$35M
Mawingu
Telecom
$45M
MoneyHash
Fintech
$21M
Fuzu
Education
$15M
Wasla Browser
Marketing
$36M
Numida
Fintech
$29M
WorkPay
Fintech
$20M
Kuunda
Fintech
$30M
pawaPay
Fintech
$36M
Sky.Garden
Marketing
$16M
ANKA marketplace
Fashion
$25M
Indicina
Fintech
$12M
Meaningful Gigs
Education
$24M
Jibu
Health
$28M
Paps
Transportation
$23M
PayGo Energy
Fintech
$4.0M
Termii
Marketing
$15M
Floatpays
Fintech
$20M
INTMAX
Fintech
$20M
Lifestores Healthcare
Health
$12M
Minly
Media
$14M
Busha
Fintech
$17M
SHYFT Power Solutions
Energy
$12M
Access-Afya
Health
Ovalfi
Fintech
Sudo Africa
Fintech
$15M
Curacel
Health
$12M
Illa
Transportation
$8.0M
Africa Health Holdings
Health
$12M
CoinAfrique
Telecom
$11M
STANDAGE
Media
$6.5M
Beacon Power Services
Energy
$11M
Healthlane
Health
$9.6M
Helicarrier
Fintech
$500K
Wapi Pay
Fintech
$8.8M
Kashier
Fintech
$8.0M
Sendbox
Fashion
$7.2M
Decagon Institute
Education
$6.0M
Wattnow
Energy
$5.2M
UTU
Fintech
$2.0M
Merchant Venture Xpress
Travel
$5.2M
Ongair
Enterprise Software
$4.0M
TIBU Health
Health
$400K
MVXchange
Transportation
$400K
Boya
Fintech
$500K
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Kepple Africa Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

161 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Nigeria36
  2. Kenya35
  3. Egypt16
  4. United States14
  5. South Africa12
  6. United Kingdom9
  7. France7
  8. Rwanda4
  9. Côte d'Ivoire3
  10. Senegal3
UniversityCount
  1. University of Lagos11
  2. Cairo University6
  3. London School of Economics and Political Science6
  4. Obafemi Awolowo University5
  5. INSEAD Business School4
  6. MIT Sloan School of Management4
  7. Saïd Business School, University of Oxford4
  8. Stanford University4
  9. University of California, Berkeley4
  10. University of Oxford4
Previous companyCount
  1. IBM5
  2. Alphabet | Google4
  3. Microsoft4
  4. Morgan Stanley4
  5. Orange4
  6. Credit Suisse3
  7. Interswitch3
  8. Jumia Market3
  9. Millicom3
  10. Orange Social Venture Prize3
06 · Similar investors

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