Investors in Zambia

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AHL Venture Partners

Founded in 2007, AHL Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital investments. It focuses on sectors such as energy access, financial inclusion, agriculture, and climate across Eastern and Southern Africa, with offices in Vancouver, Nairobi, Lusaka, and Accra.
Made 2 investments in Zambia

Kukula Capital

Kukula Capital is an impact investment firm based in Lusaka, Zambia, established in 2009 through a joint venture between Danish and Zambian partners. The company specializes in venture finance and private equity, focusing on small and growing businesses in Zambia. It operates primarily in two areas: Fund Management and Advisory. Kukula Capital manages two venture funds, which provide capital and expertise to Zambian growth companies, aiming to build a diversified investment portfolio that delivers both financial and social returns. With offices in Lusaka and Solwezi, the firm leverages its strong local network and understanding to identify companies with promising long-term growth potential. Additionally, Kukula Capital offers advisory services that facilitate investments alongside their funds and assist international companies in entering the Zambian market. The firm's name, "Kukula," signifies growth in local dialects, reflecting its commitment to fostering economic development in the region. Kukula Capital is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zambia.
Made 3 investments in Zambia

Midnight Sun Mining

Midnight Sun Mining explores and evaluates mineral properties in Africa, focusing on the discovery of world-class copper deposits within the prolific Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. Its primary asset is the Solwezi Project in Zambia, strategically located adjacent to major mining operations.

Inspired Evolution Investment Management

Inspired Evolution Investment Management is a Cape Town-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on sustainable environmental and energy technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa. It targets equity investments across multiple growth stages, often as a lead investor seeking significant minority or majority stakes and board representation. The firm concentrates on clean energy and resource efficiency, including energy generation, water treatment, waste management, green chemistry, and related sectors, with additional exposure to sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and green real estate. The geographic focus spans Southern Africa and broader Sub-Saharan Africa, with activity in countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and neighboring states. Inspired Evolution operates through a multidisciplinary team to deliver returns aligned with social and ecological outcomes, and maintains offices in Cape Town and internationally in Grand Baie, Mauritius; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Nairobi, Kenya; and London, United Kingdom.

Subhkam Ventures

Subhkam Ventures, established in 1999 by Rakesh S. Kathotia in Mumbai, India, operates as a family office specializing in private equity, venture capital, and public market investments. With over 20 years of experience in financial services and capital markets, Subhkam focuses on investment opportunities in midsized companies, offering growth capital and, in select cases, initial-stage funding. The firm aims to identify and capitalize on robust investment prospects that promise substantial medium to long-term capital appreciation. In addition to providing financial resources, Subhkam actively supports its investee companies in realizing their potential through strong partnerships. Its investment portfolio spans a diverse array of industries, including infrastructure, biotechnology, financial services, aerospace, telecom, real estate, tourism, waste management, and healthcare.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Distributed Capital Partners

Founded in 2017, Distributed Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies involved in blockchain technology and distributed software.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Lattice Fund

Lattice Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2021. The firm specializes in early-stage investments primarily within the cryptocurrency and web3 sectors. Lattice Capital aims to support founders in building robust business models that can withstand competitive pressures, focusing on creating defensible market positions. By concentrating on innovative technologies and emerging trends in the digital asset landscape, Lattice Capital plays a crucial role in fostering the growth of the next generation of blockchain-based companies.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Maven 11

Founded in 2015 and based in Amsterdam, Maven 11 is a venture capital firm focused on investing in the cryptocurrency sector.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

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.
Made 2 investments in Zambia

IP Group

IP Group is a London-based corporate firm that provides financial, strategic, and commercial expertise to clients internationally. Founded in 2001, the company focuses on creating value through the commercialisation of intellectual property derived from research-intensive institutions. It manages the end-to-end process of identifying viable IP, developing or partnering to build value, and establishing commercial arrangements that translate scientific advances into practical products and businesses. IP Group combines industry insight and financial experience to support science- and technology-based ventures, offering capital as well as strategic guidance to help companies grow and accelerate the impact of research. Its work spans clean technology, life sciences, and other deep technology sectors, with a track record of backing and developing ventures that aim to deliver tangible societal and economic outcomes.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Flourish Ventures

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.
Made 3 investments in Zambia

Canaan Partners

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.
Made 2 investments in Zambia

Slow Ventures

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.
Made 2 investments in Zambia

Breyer Capital

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.
Made 2 investments in Zambia

Enygma Ventures

Enygma Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa, established in 2019. It focuses on early-stage investments in women-led startups within the Southern Africa region. It describes itself as a purpose-driven investor that combines capital with tailored support, leveraging networks to provide expertise, mentorship, and access to local and overseas markets. The firm emphasizes flexible, efficient deployment of capital and aims to be a collaborative partner for entrepreneurs. Its investment thesis centers on diversity and inclusion, targeting sectors such as education and training services, consumer products including food and personal products, and consumer finance, with a preference for businesses that generate social impact alongside growth. The firm draws on experience across Africa, the United States, and Europe to help portfolio companies scale and access markets.

GreenTec Capital Partners

Founded in 2015, GreenTec Capital Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in impact investing. Based in Frankfurt, Germany, with additional offices in Africa and Europe, the company focuses on investing in early-stage startups and small to medium-sized enterprises across sectors such as agriculture, technology, sustainable resources, digitalization, energy, healthcare, and water. The firm prefers companies based in Africa and aims to create exclusive investment opportunities with economic, social, and/or environmental impact.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Blufolio

Blufolio is a Swiss-based venture capital firm focused on blockchain and sustainability technology companies. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Versoix, it makes equity and token investments in technology firms operating in blockchain and sustainability sectors, including companies based in Geneva. The firm partners with organizations such as Swisscom Blockchain, Zurich Insurance, and KPMG to support portfolio companies through strategic expertise and networks.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Stellantis Ventures

Stellantis Ventures invests in early and later-stage startups developing cutting-edge technologies for the automotive and mobility sectors, focusing on sustainability.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Nefco

Nefco is an international financial institution that finances the initial scale-up of Nordic green solutions on international markets. Nefco has financed and implemented over 1,500 projects in energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean water and sanitation, waste management, and cleaner industrial processes, among others. Their task is to accelerate the shift to green by financing the initial scale-up of Nordic environmentally and climate-friendly solutions in international markets.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

FJ Labs

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.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Spark Capital

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.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Wamda Capital

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.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

The Fund for Export Development in Africa

The Fund for Export Development in Africa (“FEDA”) is the impact investment subsidiary of the African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank” or the “Bank”) set up to provide equity, quasi-equity, and debt capital to finance the multi-billion-dollar funding gap (particularly in equity) needed to transform the Trade sector in Africa. FEDA pursues a multi-sector investment strategy along the intra-African trade, value-added export development, and manufacturing value chain which includes financial services, technology, consumer and retail goods, manufacturing, transport & logistics, agribusiness, as well as ancillary trade enabling infrastructure such as industrial parks.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Seedstars

Seedstars is an accelerator and investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 2012. It supports startups in emerging and frontier markets across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia, backing ventures that address financial services, healthcare, education, and commerce through accelerator programs and early-stage investments.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Opes Impact Fund

Opes Impact Fund, an Italy-based venture capital fund, supports the development of enterprises that aim to make a positive social impact.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

EIT InnoEnergy

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Omidyar Network

Omidyar Network, established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, is a global impact investing firm that combines philanthropy and venture capital to catalyze social change. It invests in for-profit and non-profit organizations across sectors such as digital society, emerging technology, education, financial inclusion, governance, and property rights. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, typically committing between $1 million to $10 million in for-profits and $0.5 million to $5 million in non-profits. Omidyar Network operates globally, with a significant focus on India, and seeks to create opportunities for people to improve their lives and make a difference in their communities.
Made 2 investments in Zambia

Quona Capital

Quona Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in fintech companies in emerging markets, focusing on financial inclusion for underserved consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises. The firm backs startups developing financial products and services beyond microcredit, including alternative lending, remittances, insurance, prepaid services, and payments infrastructure, as well as software that enhances distribution, financial management, and online bill payments. It targets companies leveraging digital platforms to expand access to banking and financial services in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Typical investments range from about 1 to 10 million. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, DC, with additional offices in Bengaluru, Lima, Cape Town, and Mexico City, Quona Capital aims to fuel inclusive fintech and related adjacencies such as agriculture, healthcare, education, commerce, and mobility finance.
Made 2 investments in Zambia

Crossbeam Venture Partners

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.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Blue Collective

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.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

ShEquity

ShEquity is an impact investment firm established in 2020 and based in Ebene, Mauritius. The firm focuses on providing smart and sustainable investments specifically for female entrepreneurs and innovators across Africa. ShEquity aims to support female-led startups that deliver significant social impact, favoring investments in sectors such as technology-enabled solutions, renewable energy, fast-moving consumer goods, digitalization, fintech, hospitality, the service industry, agriculture, and healthcare. Through its strategic investments, ShEquity seeks to empower women in business and contribute to the growth of impactful enterprises on the continent.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Ground Squirrel Ventures

Ground Squirrel Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that focuses on early-stage opportunities addressing climate change. The firm prioritizes frontier-market investments and clean energy initiatives, seeking to fund companies that advance climate mitigation and sustainable development. Its activity spans regions including Africa, with additional investments in Haiti, Asia, and Latin America, reflecting a global approach to deploying capital where climate-related challenges and growth potential intersect. Ground Squirrel aims to support seed-stage ventures that can scale impact in frontier markets and contribute to energy transition and environmental sustainability.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Silverbacks Holdings

Silverbacks Holdings, established in 2019 and headquartered in Cybercity Ebene, Mauritius, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. The company focuses on the intersection of sports, technology, and entertainment sectors within the African market, providing financial services to support the growth of innovative startups in these domains.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation

Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation is a Helsinki-based development-oriented investment firm established in 1980. It pursues direct and fund-of-fund investments in small and mid-sized enterprises in developing countries with Finnish links, aiming to deliver environmental and social impact. The firm focuses on sectors such as renewable energy, sustainable forestry and agriculture, financial institutions, digital infrastructure, manufacturing, health services, and related services, and it supports ventures that use Finnish technology. Typical commitments range from 1 to 10 million euros, with minority positions up to 30 percent and options for mezzanine financing or investment loans. It co-invests with other development finance institutions and can finance microfinance and infrastructure projects. The firm emphasizes projects aligned with Finnish development cooperation, including activity in Russia and various developing countries, and seeks to partner with entities that bring measurable development outcomes.

Seed Capital

Seed Capital is an investment firm that focuses on late seed-stage technology companies in Denmark with global potential. The firm typically invests between 1 to 3 million euros in funding rounds ranging from 1 to 6 million euros. Annually, Seed Capital aims to invest in 15 to 20 new companies, primarily from the Nordic region. With a strong network of angel investors and international venture capitalists, Seed Capital often collaborates with other investors to support its portfolio companies through various stages of growth. In addition to financial backing, the firm provides valuable assistance in areas such as management support, business development, strategic planning, and operational guidance. Seed Capital has a successful track record, having invested in notable companies like Trustpilot, Vivino, and Endomondo, contributing to their development into significant players in the tech industry.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Marubeni Ventures

Marubeni Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Marubeni Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan. Established in 2019, it makes mid-stage investments in startup companies and generally seeks minority stakes as part of Marubeni's strategic venture activities.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Blockchain Founders Fund

Founded in Singapore in 2018, Blockchain Founders Fund is a venture capital firm investing globally in early-stage blockchain startups. It offers a Venture Program to aid entrepreneurs across key business functions for accelerated growth.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Satya Capital

Satya Capital is an independent investment firm focused on providing long-term growth capital to African businesses. It partners with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies, investing between $20m and $150m across sectors such as Consumer & Retail, Healthcare, TMT, and Financial Services.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Swedfund International

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.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

4Di Capital

Established in 2009, 4Di Capital is a South African venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments in technology-focused sectors such as fintech, insurtech, healthtech, mobile, internet, and enterprise software. Based primarily in Cape Town with an additional office in Atlanta, Georgia, the firm invests between ZAR1 million to ZAR5 million, taking equity stakes ranging from 15% to 40%.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Musha Ventures

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.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Social Starts

Founded in 2012, Social Starts is a venture capital firm based in California. It focuses on early-stage investments, primarily at the Series A level, in technology and healthcare companies operating within the United States.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Fledge

Fledge is a venture capital and accelerator firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with additional offices in Lima, Peru, and Barcelona, Spain. The firm specializes in supporting mission-driven for-profit startups that address significant global challenges such as poverty, hunger, sustainability, and inequality through innovative business models. Fledge operates a network of business accelerators worldwide, each tailored to the specific needs of local entrepreneurs and the unique problems they aim to solve. Through its ten-week program, Fledge provides seed-stage companies with investment ranging from $15,000 to $20,000 for a six percent equity stake. The firm is committed to fostering impactful startups, offering various programs including those focused on cooperative businesses and opportunities for companies looking to relocate to Canada.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Kinnevik

Founded in 1936, Kinnevik is an investment company focused on building digital consumer businesses globally. It partners with talented founders to create and invest in fast-growing companies, aiming to deliver both shareholder value and positive social impact.
Made 1 investment in Zambia

Fiera Capital Asia

Founded in 2001, Fiera Capital Asia offers investors access to diverse credit investment opportunities across Asia. With over USD8.1 billion invested in more than 350 deals, the firm specializes in performing high yield credit, direct lending, and special situations. It maintains local offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Chongqing.