Launch Africa Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Ebène, Mauritius

Countries of investment

South Africa
Nigeria
Kenya
Egypt
Ghana
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Ivory Coast
Senegal
Ethiopia
Morocco
Tunisia
Mauritius

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed

Industries

FinTech
HealthTech
EdTech
AgriTech
E-commerce
Mobility
Cybersecurity
Logistics
Enterprise SaaS

About
Launch Africa Ventures is a Mauritius-based venture capital firm focused on backing high-growth African tech startups. Their focus spans fintech, healthtech, edtech, agritech, e-commerce, and mobility across South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Ethiopia, Morocco, Tunisia, and Mauritius. The firm supports African founders from pre-seed through seed stages.

Min check size: $250K
Max check size: $1M
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Investment Thesis

Launch Africa Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm deploying capital across fintech, healthtech, edtech, agritech, e-commerce, mobility, cybersecurity, logistics, and enterprise SaaS sectors. They invest $250K-$500K in African startups with proven traction and pan-African scaling potential, deploying across all 54 African countries with strong follow-on capacity. The firm differentiates itself as one of Africa's most active pre-seed investors with 130+ portfolio companies, backed by 275+ LPs from 40+ countries including HNWIs, family offices, and institutional investors.

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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2020 by Zachariah George (Co-founder and Managing Partner, former Wall Street bulge-bracket investment banker, co-founded Barclays Rise Growth Accelerator and Startupbootcamp Afritech, angel investor in 100+ African tech startups including Flutterwave and Kudabank) and Janade Du Plessis (Co-founder and Managing Partner, five-time fund manager with expertise in corporate venture capital, women-focused SME funds, and impact investing, visited 50 of Africa's 54 countries, PhD in African entrepreneur psychographic archetypes). Fund I closed at $36.3M, followed by larger Fund II. Portfolio of 150+ startups across 21+ African countries including Kuda, MarketForce, GOMYCODE, Flutterwave, and BFree. Fast-cycling 7-year fund with under 8-week investment decisions and 238 LPs from 40 countries who can co-invest at no additional fees.