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Kepple Africa Ventures is a Tokyo-based, early-stage venture capital firm that invests in tech startups across Africa and connects them to the Japanese corporate ecosystem. Since 2019, the firm has backed around 50 startups across the continent, including Moniepoint, Moove, and Carry1st.
Average disclosed round size is $9.5M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
24
Fund Size
$13M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
R(
Ryosuke (Rio) Yamawaki
General Partner
TK
Takahiro（Taka） Kanzaki
General Partner
OO
Ory Okolloh
Partner
RY
Ryosuke Yamawaki
Partner
SS
Satoshi Shinada
Partner
SS
Satoshi Shinada
Partner
OG
Olivia Gao
Principal
DO
Dolapo Olayoriju
Associate
KE
Kingsley Ehima
Associate
SS
Sadaharu Saiki
Venture Capitalist
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
28 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCOUNTERWORKS Inc. | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
| AAfrikrea | Series A | $5M | Jan 2023 |
| TTeamapt | Series B | — | Aug 2022 |
 Cartona | Series A | $12M | Jul 2022 |
 Paps | Series A | $4.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Beacon Power Services | Seed | $2.7M | Jan 2022 |
 Sudo | Pre-Seed | $3.7M | Jan 2022 |
 Sudo Africa | Pre-Seed | $3.7M | Jan 2022 |
 ILLA | Seed | $2M | Oct 2021 |
| Cartona | Pre-Seed | $4.5M | Sep 2021 |
| Cartona | Series A | $4.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Pawapay | Seed | $9M | Aug 2021 |
 Decagon | Seed | $1.5M | Aug 2021 |
 MVX | Seed | $1.3M | Aug 2021 |
 Termii Networks | Seed | $1.4M | Mar 2021 |
| Cartona | Series A | $4.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Kuunda | Seed | $2.3M | Jan 2021 |
 Moove | Series A | $105M | Jan 2021 |
 CarePoint | Series A | $18M | Jan 2021 |
 Autochek | Pre-Seed | $3.4M | Nov 2020 |
 Sendy | Series B | $20M | Jan 2020 |
 Autocheck | Pre-Seed | $3.4M | Jan 2020 |
 Pariti | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| Termii Networks | Seed | $1.4M | — |
| FFuzu | Series A | $3.9M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
LoftyInc Capital5 shared
British International Investment4 shared
Future Africa4 shared
Menlo Ventures3 shared
Globo Ventures3 shared
4DX Ventures3 shared
Launch Africa Ventures3 shared
Golden Palm Investments3 shared
Sunu Capital2 shared
Enza Capital2 shared
VestedWorld2 shared
MHS Capital2 shared
Novo Capital2 shared
Proparco2 shared
Avid Ventures2 shared
Kairos Angels2 shared
Remapped Ventures2 shared
TLcom Capital2 shared
Seedstars2 shared
Class 5 Global2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026