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Bluehaven Ventures

VC
Cape Town, South Africa

Bluehaven Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Fintech, Other. The firm typically writes $300K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$300K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Fintech, Other
HQ
Cape Town, South Africa
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-12

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$300K – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on African startups building scalable fintech and e-commerce solutions to address emerging market inefficiencies.

How Bluehaven Ventures invests

Bluehaven Ventures is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other. It does not invest in Media.

Bluehaven Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$3.0M per investment.

Bluehaven Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including PayWay, AfricaMall.

Partners & Team

DP

Dave Peppin

Vice President of Training

NM

Nancy Miller

Director of Finance

RR

Ryan Ripley

President

BB

Buzz Burnett

Chief Financial Officer

MR

Michael Rees

Construction Manager

AM

Akilah Moyo

GP

Emerging Markets
Fintech
E-commerce

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other

Does Not Invest In

Media

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

PA

PayWay

Fintech
AF

AfricaMall

E-commerce
How to pitch Bluehaven Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $300K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dave Peppin, Vice President of Training.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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