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Emerging Markets Payments Ventures

VC
Johannesburg, South AfricaWebsite

Emerging Markets Payments Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$300K–$1.5M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, Enterprise
HQ
Johannesburg, South Africa
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$300K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on supporting payment startups in emerging markets to drive financial accessibility and efficiency.

How Emerging Markets Payments Ventures invests

Emerging Markets Payments Ventures is a vc firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise.

Emerging Markets Payments Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$1.5M per investment.

Emerging Markets Payments Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Afripay, TransactGlobal.

Partners & Team

LM

Lebo Mokoena

Managing Partner

Emerging Markets
Fintech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

AF

Afripay

Payments
TR

TransactGlobal

B2B SaaS
How to pitch Emerging Markets Payments Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lebo Mokoena, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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