LAVA (Africa) — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$500K Checks)
LAVA (Africa) is a Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-Series A venture capital firm investing in Other, Fintech, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$500K
- Portfolio
- 19 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-Series A
- Sectors
- Other, Fintech, AI / ML, Security, Developer Tools
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-02
Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-Series A
$100K – $500K
19+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Backing startups building financial layer & trust infrastructure across Africa; Web3 apps, stablecoins, payments, and identity.
How LAVA (Africa) invests
LAVA (Africa) is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, AI / ML, Security, Developer Tools.
LAVA (Africa) typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment.
LAVA (Africa) has backed 19 companies in our records, including honeycoin, paycrest, peswa.
Partners & Team
Co-investors & ecosystem
Co-investors & ecosystem
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Yoseph Ayele
Founder & Managing Partner
Founders
Founders
Building generational startups for African markets
Industry Focus
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Portfolio Companies (19)
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honeycoin
Africa's clearing house and the largest crypto payment orchestrator by volume in East and Central Africa.
paycrest
Decentralized stablecoin-to-bank payments protocol enabling instant local payouts for African businesses and global merchants.
peswa
Credit at scale for mobile money merchants. Lending around $10m per month.
cngn
Nigeria’s regulated Naira stablecoin issuer, enabling compliant digital NGN rails for fintechs and merchants.
zynta
Credit and payments rails that help African businesses manage cashflow and collect reliably.
ledig
Onchain call options for emerging market currencies. Transparent pricing, cheap hedging.
kotani pay
API and wallet infrastructure powering stablecoin payments, off-ramps, and payouts across East Africa.
spotflow
Cross-border payments and treasury platform helping African businesses collect, hold, and move money globally.
accrue
P2P agent network powering cross-border stablecoin transfers.
bmoni
Payments and settlement rails that help Nigerian merchants move money with stablecoins.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, pre-Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Co-investors & ecosystem, Co-investors & ecosystem.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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