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    Launch Africa

    Ebene, MauritiusFounded 2020

    Launch Africa Ventures is a Pan-African venture capital fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa. The firm primarily invests in B2B and B2B2C technology startups across the continent, with ticket sizes ranging from $250,000 to $1 million.

    44% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 4 prior). Their most common stage is seed (58% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.9M (across 49 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    48

    Fund Size

    $36.3M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Janade Du Plessis

    Janade Du Plessis

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner

    Zachariah George

    Zachariah George

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner

    Mohamed Karar

    Mohamed Karar

    Venture Partner F1 & F2

    Jeffery Akemu

    Jeffery Akemu

    Portfolio Associate

    Kamo Motaung

    Kamo Motaung

    Portfolio Associate F1

    Terisha Rajagopal

    Terisha Rajagopal

    Financial Analyst F1 & 2

    Gwera Kiwana

    Gwera Kiwana

    Investment Committee Member F2

    Hannah Subayi Kamuanga

    Hannah Subayi Kamuanga

    Investment Committee Member F1 & F2

    Julia Price

    Julia Price

    Investment Committee Member F1 & F2

    Lina Kacyem

    Lina Kacyem

    Investment Manager F2

    Natnael Asmerom

    Natnael Asmerom

    Head of Investor Relations

    Baljinder Sharma

    Baljinder Sharma

    Board Member

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    57 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    REasy logoREasyPre-Seed$1.8MOct 2025
    Liquify logoLiquifySeed$1.5MJul 2025
    AAffinity AfricaSeed$8MFeb 2025
    ToumAI logoToumAIPre-SeedFeb 2025
    Kuunda logoKuundaSeries A$7.5MJan 2025
    Octavia Carbon logoOctavia CarbonSeed$3.9MOct 2024
    Maad Io logoMaad IoSeed$3.2MMay 2024
    BFree logoBFreeUnknown$3.0MFeb 2024
    Zanifu logoZanifuSeed$11.2MAug 2023
    Termii logoTermiiSeed$3.6MJun 2023
    Fingo logoFingoSeed$4MMay 2023
    CredAble logoCredAbleSeed$2.5MMar 2023
    Workpay logoWorkpaySeed$2.7MFeb 2023
    Gameball, Inc. logoGameball, Inc.Seed$3.5MFeb 2023
    Finverity logoFinverityUnknown$5MJan 2023
    Gameball logoGameballSeed$3.5MJan 2023
    Peach Payments logoPeach PaymentsGrowth$29MJan 2023
    Rubyx logoRubyxSeries AJan 2023
    Rubyx logoRubyxSeedJan 2023
    Bitmama logoBitmamaPre-Seed$2MSep 2022
    Zazuu logoZazuuSeed$2MJul 2022
    Sayna logoSaynaSeed$600KApr 2022
    Amitruck logoAmitruckSeed$4MFeb 2022
    Zanifu logoZanifuSeed$1MJan 2022
    Numida logoNumidaSeed$12.3MJan 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    54 Collective4 shared
    Orange Ventures4 shared
    P1 Ventures3 shared
    Seedstars3 shared
    Consonance3 shared
    Breega3 shared
    4Di Capital3 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared
    AAIC Investment2 shared
    Beyond Capital Ventures2 shared
    Five35 Ventures2 shared
    500 Global2 shared
    Propeller Ventures2 shared

    Last updated: 7 September 2026