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Launch Africa Ventures

VC
Cape Town, South AfricaWebsite
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $500K

AUM

$103M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Pan-African pre-seed/seed fund and syndicate backing a high volume of early-stage African startups, including fintech and SaaS.

Meet the Team

FB

Florence Bavanandan

Director of Platform and Operations

UU

Uwem U.

Director of Investments

PS

Pier Spinazze

Director of Strategy

KS

Kartik Sharma

Chief Exit Officer

LK

Lina Kacyem

Investment Manager

JP

Janade Plessis

Fund Manager

VM

Vuyo Mzini

Portfolio Manager

NA

Natnael Asmerom

Investment Manager

MK

Mohamed Karar

Venture Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

OK

OkHi

Identity/location verification fintech
LI

Lipa Later

Fintech
KI

Kippa

SMB fintech

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