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    Kepple Africa

    Tokyo, JapanFounded 2018

    Kepple Africa Ventures primarily focuses on pre-seed and seed investments in early-stage, technology-enabled businesses across Africa, aiming to co-create new industries. While largely sector-agnostic, their strategy involves investing in companies that build infrastructure, solve inefficiencies, or create new markets, often connecting African startups with the Japanese ecosystem.

    36% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Their most common stage is pre-seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $2.5M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    $13M

    Top Stage

    Pre Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    11 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    TeamApt logoTeamAptSeries BAug 2022
    BBeacon Power ServicesSeed$2.7MAug 2022
    SSudo AfricaPre-Seed$3.7MMar 2022
    ILLA logoILLASeed$2MOct 2021
    Cartona logoCartonaPre-Seed$4.5MSep 2021
    Decagon logoDecagonSeed$1.5MAug 2021
    MVX logoMVXSeed$1.3MAug 2021
    WWapi PayPre-Seed$2.2MAug 2021
    Termii logoTermiiSeed$1.4MMar 2021
    AAutochekPre-Seed$3.4MNov 2020
    PParitiPre-Seed

    Top Co-Investors

    Golden Palm Investments2 shared
    Loftyinc Capital2 shared
    TLcom Capital1 shared
    4DX Ventures1 shared
    Picus Capita1 shared
    500 Startups1 shared
    EchoVC1 shared
    Gobi Partners1 shared
    Novastar Ventures1 shared
    FMO1 shared
    CDC Group1 shared
    Soma Capital1 shared
    Oui Capital1 shared
    T5 Capital1 shared
    Factor[e]1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026