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African Blockchain Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($100K–$400K Checks)

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Zug, SwitzerlandWebsite

African Blockchain Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Zug, Switzerland investing in Other, Fintech, Consumer. The firm typically writes $100K–$400K checks and has 97 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$400K
Portfolio
97 companies on record
Partners
12 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Fintech, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
Zug, Switzerland
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-21

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $400K

Portfolio

97+ companies

Team

12 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage (pre-seed & seed) African blockchain and digital finance startups that create real-world utility, targeting founders building foundational infrastructure, identity, payments, remittances, and similar use cases.

How African Blockchain Ventures invests

African Blockchain Ventures is a vc firm based in Zug, Switzerland. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Consumer, AI / ML.

African Blockchain Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$400K per investment.

African Blockchain Ventures has backed 97 companies in our records, including 1inch Exchange, Aave, Abra.

Partners & Team

SB

Spencer Bogart

Research

TS

Tony Schmidt

Chief Operating Officer

KS

Kinjal Shah

General Partner

AL

Aleks Larsen

General Partner

JL

JoAnne Lauer

Director of Investor Relations

JF

John Filbert

Finance Director

ZA

Zalia Aliriza

CFO

DK

Donna Kampschuur

Director of Investor Relations

JD

Jason Di Piazza

Director of Capital Formation

EN

Enara Nazarova

Marketing Director

NO

Nneka Ogbonna

Managing Partner

Blockchain
Africa
HJ

H. Joshua Rivera

Operating Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Consumer
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (97)

Other

1I

1inch Exchange

DeFi·Series A
AA

Aave

DeFi·Seed
AB

Abra

CeFi·Series A
AC

Acadarena

Gaming·Series A
AC

Across

DeFi·Seed
AF

AFTR Market

Decentralized infra·Seed
AL

AlphaPoint

Decentralized infra·Series A
AN

Anchorage Digital

CeFi·Series B
AR

ArDrive

Decentralized infra·Seed
AR

Arweave

Decentralized infra·Seed
How to pitch African Blockchain Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $400K check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Spencer Bogart, Research.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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