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Emerging Fintech Africa

VC
Cape Town, South AfricaWebsite

Emerging Fintech Africa is a Series A venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Fintech, Other. The firm typically writes $1.5M–$5.5M checks and has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.5M–$5.5M
Portfolio
9 companies on record
Partners
14 listed
Stage
Series A
Sectors
Fintech, Other
HQ
Cape Town, South Africa
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Series A

Check Size

$1.5M – $5.5M

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

14 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Empowers African fintech startups that drive progress in digital payments and banking solutions.

How Emerging Fintech Africa invests

Emerging Fintech Africa is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Series A stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other. It does not invest in Agriculture, Real Estate.

Emerging Fintech Africa typically writes checks of $1.5M–$5.5M per investment.

Emerging Fintech Africa has backed 9 companies in our records, including PayLink, Flutterwave, Expedier.

Partners & Team

SN

Sipho Ngcobo

General Partner

Fintech
Payments
JD

Jack Dorsey

Co-Founder & CEO, Block

SA

Shola Akinlade

Co-Founder & CEO, Paystack

GA

GB Agboola

Co-Founder & CEO, Flutterwave

TE

Tosin Eniolorunda

Founder & CEO, Moniepoint

CE

Chuba Ezenwa

Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking Sub-Saharan Africa (Excl. SA), Bank of America

JK

Jean-Marie Kananura

Chief Investment Officer, Rwanda Finance Limited

MS

Michael Seibel

CEO, Y Combinator

HW

H.E Wamkele Mene

Secretary-General

AfCFTA
TE

Tomiwa Erinosho

General Partner

Regfyl Technologies Limited
NI

Nancy Imadi

Head of Policy for Fintech and Innovation

Bank of Ghana
Passport Licensing
Cross-Border Payments
MA

Maria Adebayo

Moderator

VM Consulting Group
LO

Lanre Ogungbe

Prembly

Prembly
BG

Betre Gizaw

King & Spalding

King & Spalding

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other

Does Not Invest In

Agriculture
Real Estate

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

PA

PayLink

Payments
FL

Flutterwave

EX

Expedier

PR

Prembly

PA

Paystack

BL

Block

MO

Moniepoint

RE

Regfyl Technologies Limited

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Emerging Fintech Africa

Venture Capital / Fintech

Venture firm name mentioned in relation to potential fintech investments in Africa, though no verified portfolio could be identified.

How to pitch Emerging Fintech Africa
  • Raising at 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 $1.5M – $5.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sipho Ngcobo, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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