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Baobab Growth Partners

VC
Cape Town, South AfricaWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

23+ companies

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Supports seed-stage GovTech and EdTech startups addressing Africa-specific challenges using scalable AI and SaaS solutions.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
EdTech
AI / ML
SaaS
Enterprise
Fintech
Consumer
Developer Tools
Security
Real Estate

Portfolio Companies (23)

Other

ED

EduPlan Africa

EdTech
CI

Civic AI

GovTech
AK

Aktivate

MarTech / Influencer Marketing / B2B SaaS·Early / Seed / Accelerator cohort

Platform allowing brands to discover, collaborate with, and pay African influencers.

AL

Alal

FinTech / Financial Services·Early / seed

Infrastructure to make financial services smoother for SMEs.

AL

Alerzo

Logistics / FinTech / E-Commerce·Seed / Series A in some later follow-ups

Bringing informal retail sector online via logistics, warehousing, payments, and finance.

AN

AnalyticaBI

B2B SaaS / Data & Analytics·Early stage

Business intelligence tools for SMEs.

BE

BeBlocky

EdTech·Early / seed

Inspiring next generation coders via edtech (coding education).

BR

BrandDrive

FinTech / Payments / B2B SaaS·Early stage

Go-to-market, payments and accounting stack for SMEs in Africa.

BU

Bunce

SaaS / B2B·Seed / growth pre-Series A

Helps SaaS companies scale faster by reducing involuntary churn.

BU

Buyam

E-Commerce / Retail Tech·Early stage

E-commerce platform enabling product search, price comparison, direct bargaining with local stores.

How to pitch Baobab Growth Partners
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, EdTech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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