Leverage Capital — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
Leverage Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Fintech, SaaS, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, SaaS, Real Estate, Other, Developer Tools, Healthcare, EdTech, Enterprise
- HQ
- Cape Town, South Africa
- AUM
- Not in our records
Seed
$500K – $3.0M
8+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Leverage Capital specializes in supporting African tech startups in fintech and B2B SaaS sectors with transformative potential.
How Leverage Capital invests
Leverage Capital is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, SaaS, Real Estate, Other, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer.
Leverage Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.
Leverage Capital has backed 8 companies in our records, including GLC Direct Credit Fund, LP (CIK 0001644387), Social Leverage Associates Fund III, L.P. (CIK 0001723386), Addy.
Partners & Team
John Mburu
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
GLC Direct Credit Fund, LP (CIK 0001644387)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Leverage Capital
Social Leverage Associates Fund III, L.P. (CIK 0001723386)
SEC Form D filing mentioning Leverage Capital
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- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, SaaS, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as John Mburu, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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