Driveline Ventures
Driveline Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $150K–$1.5M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $150K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 7 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-06
Pre-Seed, Seed
$150K – $1.5M
7+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Africa-focused micro-fund investing in innovative mobility and AI-led startups solving local transportation problems.
How Driveline Ventures invests
Driveline Ventures is a vc firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Edtech.
Driveline Ventures typically writes checks of $150K–$1.5M per investment.
Driveline Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including EasyCommute ZA, Karu AI, Driveline Retail.
Partners & Team
Tumi Nkosi
Solo GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (7)
Other
EasyCommute ZA
Karu AI
Driveline Retail
A retail merchandising services provider.
Dana's Driveline division
An automotive driveline systems manufacturer.
Harbinger
Cotopaxi
Bobo's
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $150K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tumi Nkosi, Solo GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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