Launch Africa Ventures

Launch Africa Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Ebene, Mauritius, that funds early-stage startups across Africa, focusing on seed and pre-Series A opportunities. It seeks investments across fintech, healthtech, climate tech, agritech, edtech, transportation and logistics, mobility, e-commerce, software as a service, artificial intelligence, big data, and analytics.

Janade Du Plessis

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Mohamed Karar

Venture Partner F1 and F2

Michael Mutie

VC Associate

Janade Plessis Ph.D

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Baljinder Sharma

Board Member and Member of the Investment Committee

Past deals in Banks

Cauri Money

Seed Round in 2024
Cauri Money is a financial services provider offering users the ability to exchange, save, manage, and send money. It features a wallet with a BG IBAN, peer-to-peer payment capabilities, virtual and physical Mastercards, and dedicated financial supervision.

Credable

Seed Round in 2023
Credable is a digital banking platform that aims to provide financial services to underbanked populations in emerging markets. By partnering with financial institutions and businesses, Credable enables the launch of various financial products, including credit, savings, and payment solutions, on its B2B2C digital infrastructure. This approach connects financial institutions to their customers, empowering end-users with access to essential financial services. By leveraging its platform, Credable allows its partners to concentrate on their core operations while expanding their offerings in the financial services sector.

Kredibank

Seed Round in 2022
Kredi is a neo bank building Africa's one-stop shop for digital financial services. Kredi is a platform that eliminates all the challenges of using multiple applications and allows users to manage all aspects of their financial lives. We are fully licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. We provide access to digital financial services such as savings, credit, payment, investments, and insurance to all consumers in Nigeria in one place.

Credable

Seed Round in 2022
Credable is a digital banking platform that aims to provide financial services to underbanked populations in emerging markets. By partnering with financial institutions and businesses, Credable enables the launch of various financial products, including credit, savings, and payment solutions, on its B2B2C digital infrastructure. This approach connects financial institutions to their customers, empowering end-users with access to essential financial services. By leveraging its platform, Credable allows its partners to concentrate on their core operations while expanding their offerings in the financial services sector.

Cauri Money

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cauri Money is a financial services provider offering users the ability to exchange, save, manage, and send money. It features a wallet with a BG IBAN, peer-to-peer payment capabilities, virtual and physical Mastercards, and dedicated financial supervision.

Credrails

Seed Round in 2022
Credrails provides infrastructure that unifies bank, mobile money, and offline data through a single API, enabling fintech developers and financial institutions to build interoperable services. The platform supports open banking rails by connecting banks and other financial data sources into one programmable interface, facilitating movement of money across multiple channels and African markets.

Bloom

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bloom is a financial technology company that provides a secure wallet hub for trading tokens and NFTs, enabling users to discover new decentralized applications and optimize their DeFi investments. The platform is described as offering innovative, fair, responsible and inclusive financial products, aimed at widening access to digital finance while simplifying crypto activity for a broad user base.

Cauri Money

Venture Round in 2021
Cauri Money is a financial services provider offering users the ability to exchange, save, manage, and send money. It features a wallet with a BG IBAN, peer-to-peer payment capabilities, virtual and physical Mastercards, and dedicated financial supervision.

Fingo Africa

Venture Round in 2021
Fingo Africa is a fintech startup that offers a digital banking platform aimed at young customers. The service includes current accounts, real‑time money transfers, bill and utility payments, link‑based payments, and savings goal tools. The platform enables users to send money to friends, family, or businesses through a mobile interface, providing a convenient and comprehensive digital banking experience.

Fingo Africa

Seed Round in 2021
Fingo Africa is a fintech startup that offers a digital banking platform aimed at young customers. The service includes current accounts, real‑time money transfers, bill and utility payments, link‑based payments, and savings goal tools. The platform enables users to send money to friends, family, or businesses through a mobile interface, providing a convenient and comprehensive digital banking experience.

Knabu Distributed Systems

Pre Seed Round in 2021
We are a DLT company based in London and have started our bank authorization process to solve the problem of denial of bank accounts to blockchain businesses. We are building a Utility Bank from scratch & engineering it to leverage DLT.

Kuda

Seed Round in 2020
Kuda Technologies Ltd, established in 2018, is a digital banking service provider based in London, with an additional office in Lagos, Nigeria. The company offers a range of financial services, including savings and checking accounts, money transfers, debit cards, and point-to-point payments, all accessible through an online banking platform and a mobile application. Kuda's mission is to provide accessible and affordable banking services to Africans, with a focus on promoting financial health and savings.
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