Great Quest Fertilizer is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on advancing the Tilemsi phosphate project in Mali. Since 2009, it has acquired several phosphate concessions, defining an initial resource of 32.6 million tonnes at a grade of 23.4% P2O5.
Sarama Resources is an exploration company focused on discovering gold deposits in West Africa. It holds exploration licenses in Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Mali.
Swedfund International AB, established in 1979, is a Swedish government-owned investment firm specializing in high-risk, emerging markets. It provides risk capital, including equity, loans, and expertise, to seed, start-up, and mature companies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Sweden. Swedfund invests between SEK 5 million and SEK 100 million, seeking a minority stake not exceeding one-third of the total investment. It typically invests in companies that do not manufacture or sell weapons, tobacco, or alcohol, and avoids investing in Swedish businesses of Swedish companies. Swedfund takes a Board seat in its portfolio companies and seeks to exit investments within five to ten years. It does not invest alongside private individuals or co-operatives, provide donations, or engage in sponsorships.
Established with $500 million, Citi Impact Fund invests equity in U.S.-based private companies addressing societal challenges through innovative solutions. They typically co-invest alongside other venture capitalists, committing between $250,000 to $10 million across seed to pre-IPO stages. The fund focuses on four verticals: future of work, climate resilience, financial inclusion, and social infrastructure. It actively supports women and minority-led businesses.
Founded in 2002 by Patrice Hoppenot, Investisseurs & Partenaires is a pioneering impact investment group dedicated to African Small and Medium Enterprises. Headquartered in Paris with offices across Africa, the firm invests in companies creating local value and long-term employment, focusing on sectors like health, transport, microfinance, and other ventures. Since inception, I&P has invested in over 90 companies across 16 countries, managing four pan-African funds totaling €135 million.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund is a public-private partnership that mobilizes capital from both public and private sources to lend to infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa. It provides long-term debt and mezzanine financing on commercial terms to infrastructure developments, with funding directed primarily to projects owned, managed, and operated by private sector businesses. The fund concentrates on building and upgrading infrastructure across the region, including in fragile states where traditional lenders are often reluctant to deploy capital. Based in Ebene, Mauritius, the entity is managed and advised by Investec Asset Management, aligning capital providers with private sector-led infrastructure development.
Founded in 2018, Saviu Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It focuses on investing in early-stage startups across various sectors in Africa.
Founded in 1987, Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. With over $5 billion under management, the firm invests in early-stage technology and healthcare companies worldwide.
Founded in 2011, Slow Ventures is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm. It invests in innovative companies operating at the intersection of technology, science, society, and culture across various sectors such as software, biotechnology, e-commerce, fintech, and more.
Breyer Capital is a global venture capital and private equity investor founded by Jim Breyer in 2006. The firm pursues long-term, strategic investments in technology-enabled sectors, focusing on social media, digital health, financial technology, media and entertainment, consumer software, and related areas such as quantum technologies, artificial intelligence in health, enterprise data, security, and climate. It partners with early-stage startups, fast-growing companies, and established corporations to frame strategic opportunities, drawing on founder passion and a broad network of investors. The firm seeks to leverage advances in AI, machine learning, and immersive technologies to identify opportunities across the United States, China, and other markets, aiming to back companies with global growth potential.
Stellantis Ventures invests in early and later-stage startups developing cutting-edge technologies for the automotive and mobility sectors, focusing on sustainability.
Fast Forward is a venture studio—and early-stage fund—that builds and backs companies to unlock prosperity through technology.
Fast Forward’s venture studio selects up to 10 ideas and founding teams annually—with priority on platform and infrastructure plays—in sectors including (but not limited to) B2B, Fintech, eCommerce, Edtech, Healthcare, Logistics, Deep Tech, SaaS, Future of Work, and Blockchain.
Fast Forward recruits dynamic entrepreneurs advancing concepts we believe will fast track to scale to at least 10M people and achieve >$10m ARR value in 3-5 years.
As a fund, Fast Forward invests pro rata in future rounds of venture studio companies and makes select investments in pre-seed African startups.
At Fast Forward, we put startup founders first. African entrepreneurs founding successful tech companies offer huge potential for exponential impact across the continent. African founders have the ability to scale business and social solutions, modernize economies, improve day to day lives and create jobs and upward mobility. Africa’s founder class can also bring additional benefits to the continent through philanthropy and positive political reform.
HoaQ is a venture angel group established in 2020 and based in Dublin, Ireland. The organization focuses on supporting early-stage technology and tech-enabled startups across Africa and its Diaspora. By fostering a community of creators and operators, HoaQ aims to back entrepreneurs in their efforts to develop scalable businesses that can thrive in the African market.
Future Africa is a Lagos-based venture capital firm established in 2016, dedicated to empowering mission-driven founders and innovators to tackle significant challenges across the African continent. The firm focuses on creating a future where purpose and prosperity are accessible to all. Future Africa invests in a diverse array of sectors, including agriculture, data and artificial intelligence, e-commerce, education, finance, healthcare, and technology, among others. By supporting startups and entrepreneurs, Future Africa aims to foster the development of transformative solutions that contribute to the continent's economic growth and social progress.
Founded in 2019, Flourish Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in San Francisco. It invests in early-stage companies focused on fintech, insurtech, regtech, and other sectors that advance financial health and prosperity for individuals and small businesses. The firm manages $850M in patient capital, deploying it with a long-term perspective across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States.
Founded in 2005, Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests across various sectors and stages. Known for embracing risk, the firm supports founders of exceptional products to achieve success on their own terms. Notable investments include Twitter, Discord, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker, and Tumblr.
Founded in Dubai in 2014, Wamda Capital is a leading venture capital firm investing in high-growth technology startups across the MENA region. It provides multi-stage funding, from seed to growth stages, aiming to support portfolio companies until exit.
Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.
Untapped Global facilitates data-driven investment opportunities for global investors in high-growth businesses across emerging markets. Its innovative Smart Asset Financing model provides real-time tracking of asset usage and revenue streams, ensuring transparency and profitability. With a presence in San Francisco, Brussels, and Africa, the company aims to create shared prosperity by unlocking economic opportunity in underserved regions.
Mobility 54 Investment, established in 2019, is a venture capital firm based in Paris, France, formed as a joint venture between Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO. The firm focuses on investing in mobility services and technology startups operating in Africa, aiming to support innovative solutions in the transportation sector across the continent.
Blue Collective is a Brooklyn-based investment firm that conducts venture capital and private equity activities. It funds technology-driven startups and growth-stage companies across pre-seed to late-stage rounds, with a focus on early potential and scalable business models. The portfolio spans sectors including B2B software, enterprise technology, hardware, consumer products, biotech and life sciences, and business services. The firm primarily targets opportunities in the United States, with select investments across North America and other regions as appropriate. By providing capital and strategic support, Blue Collective aims to partner with exceptional founders to accelerate product development, go-to-market plans, and growth trajectories.
Founded in 2019, Crossbeam Venture Partners is a New York-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology startups focused on FinTech and Internet Economies.
Founded in 2011, Musha Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies across Africa, with a particular interest in sectors such as education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain.
Injaro Investments Limited is a venture capital firm established in 2009 and headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with additional offices in Accra, Ghana, and Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The firm specializes in seed and startup investments, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises within the agricultural value chain in West Africa. Injaro Investments seeks to provide support through various investment forms, including debt, quasi-equity, and equity, to enhance the operations of companies involved in agriculture. This encompasses a wide range of activities from input suppliers to farmers and ultimately to consumers, aiming to strengthen the agricultural sector in designated countries across the region.