Kepple Africa Ventures
Kepple Africa Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Tokyo, Japan investing in Other, Fintech, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 50 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 50 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Fintech, SaaS, Enterprise, Healthcare, Developer Tools, Consumer, AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Marketplace
- HQ
- Tokyo, Japan
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-10
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $3.0M
50+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Japan-linked venture firm investing in African startups, frequently in fintech and B2B platforms.
How Kepple Africa Ventures invests
Kepple Africa Ventures is a vc firm based in Tokyo, Japan. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, SaaS, Enterprise, Healthcare.
Kepple Africa Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.
Kepple Africa Ventures has backed 50 companies in our records, including Jumo, Lori Systems, Wapi Pay.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (50)
Other
Jumo
Lori Systems
Wapi Pay
Fintech payment gateway
Kick Space Technologies
SUiCTE
A-wave
NOT A HOTEL
Smart Craft
YOAKE entertainment
PIAZZA
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Takahiro (Taka) Kanzaki, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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