Africa: number of most active investors 2023

In 2023, only one startup investor in Africa, Techstars, participated in at least one deal a week that was over 100,000 U.S. dollars. In the same year, six investors took part in an average of at least one deal of 100,000 U.S. dollars a month. This number had reached 14 investors in the previous year.

Number of most active investors in Africa in 2023, by frequency of deals

Characteristic	At least one deal a month on average	At least two deals a month on average	At least three deals a month on average	At least one deal a week on average
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January 2024

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Africa

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Data refers to unique deals that are 100,000 U.S. dollars and above.

Deals comprise equity and debt and exclude grants and exits.

The source notes the following:

2019 deals: 1 million U.S. dollars and above

2020 deals: 500,000 U.S. dollars and above

2021-2023 deals: 100,000 U.S. dollars and above.

Deals include those that are publicly disclosed and those shared confidentially by selected investors.

The investors that participated in 2021 are the following:

At least one deal a week on average: Launch Africa
At least three deals a month on average: Flat6Labs, LoftyInc, Y Combinator, and Kepple Africa Ventures
At least two deals a month: Techstars, Future Africa
At least one deal a month on average: Musha Ventures, 4DX ventures, Norrsken, Founders Factory Africa, DFS Lab, Microtraction, Golden Palm Inv., Samurai Incubate, Endeavor, and Plug and Play

The investors that participated in 2022 are the following:

At least one deal a week on average: Launch Africa
At least three deals a month on average: Flat6Labs, Y Combinator, Techstars, and Future Africa
At least two deals a month: LoftyInc
At least one deal a month on average: Founders Factory Africa, Ventures Platform, 500 Global, Plug and Play, Katapult, CDG, First Circle Capital, Kaleo Ventures, UM6P Ventures

The investors that participated in 2023 are the following:

At least one deal a week on average: Techstars
At least one deal a month on average: Launch Africa, Founders Factory Africa, Ventures Platform, Catalyst Fund, Norrsken, and Y Combinator

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