Cathay AfricInvest Innovation — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($1.0M–$10.0M Checks)
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Tunis, Tunisia investing in Food / AgTech, Enterprise, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$10.0M checks and has 112 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$10.0M
- Portfolio
- 112 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- AUM
- $1.5B
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Food / AgTech, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Healthcare
- HQ
- Tunis, Tunisia
Last verified: 2026-10-14
Seed, Series A
$1.0M – $10.0M
$1.5B
112+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Pan-African venture fund backing innovative and inclusive technologies across Africa. Invests in sectors including agtech and digital infrastructure with a broad Africa mandate.
How Cathay AfricInvest Innovation invests
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation is a vc firm based in Tunis, Tunisia. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Healthcare.
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation typically writes checks of $1.0M–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.5B in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
Investing since at least 2017, Cathay AfricInvest Innovation has backed 112 companies in our records, including MOONSHOT AI (KIMI), Logical Intelligence, AMI Labs. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 4 investments logged over the last 12 months.
Partners & Team
Jacky Abitbol
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund III
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund II
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund I
Portfolio Companies (112)
2026
MOONSHOT AI (KIMI)
China's leading long-context AI lab, built to reason across massive inputs where others fall short.
2025
Logical Intelligence
AI that doesn't guess.
AMI Labs
Building a new class of AI systems with persistent memory, real-world understanding, and controllability by design.
Galaxea
Full-stack humanoid robotics combining advanced AI with hardware built for real deployment.
2024
Nabla
The most advanced AI assistant in clinical care.
Bioptimus
Building the first universal AI foundation model for biology.
2021
Palmpay
The on-ramp to financial opportunity for millions across Africa and Asia.
2018
Ledger
The world leader in crypto security.
2017
Chime
America's #1 choice for banking.
Momenta
Building the AI brain for autonomous vehicles.
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $10.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Romain Dufourcq, Vice President.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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