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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.

    30% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 7 prior). Their most common stage is seed (51% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.2M (across 90 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    72

    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

    101 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Fincart logoFincartSeed$2.8MJan 2026
    REasy logoREasyPre-Seed$1.8MOct 2025
    Liquify logoLiquifySeed$1.5MJul 2025
    Djamo logoDjamoSeries A$17MApr 2025
    AAffinity AfricaSeed$8MFeb 2025
    Affinity logoAffinitySeed$8MFeb 2025
    ToumAI logoToumAIPre-Seed—Feb 2025
    Kuunda logoKuundaSeries A$7.5MJan 2025
    Affinity logoAffinitySeed$8MJan 2025
    Solarbox logoSolarboxPre-Seed$1MNov 2024
    Octavia Carbon logoOctavia CarbonSeed$3.9MOct 2024
    Wattnow logoWattnowSeries A—Sep 2024
    Maad Io logoMaad IoSeed$3.2MMay 2024
    Maad logoMaadSeed$3.2MMay 2024
    BFREE logoBFREEUnknown$3.0MFeb 2024
    Maad logoMaadSeed$3.2MJan 2024
    OOctaviaSeed$3.9MJan 2024
    Fixit45 logoFixit45Pre-Seed$1.9MSep 2023
    Complete Farmer logoComplete FarmerSeed$10.4MSep 2023
    Zanifu logoZanifuSeed$11.2MAug 2023
    ShopZetu logoShopZetuPre-Seed$1MJun 2023
    Termii Networks logoTermii NetworksSeed$3.6MJun 2023
    Fingo logoFingoSeed$4MMay 2023
    Credable logoCredableSeed$2.5MMar 2023
    Workpay logoWorkpaySeries A$2.7MFeb 2023
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026