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Maru Ventures

VC
Cape Town, South AfricaWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$75K – $250K

Portfolio

36+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Maru Ventures invests in early-stage African fintech startups solving payments and remittance problems, with a focus on underbanked and informal economies.

Meet the Team

ZM

Zanele Moyo

GP

Africa-focused Fintech
Remittances

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
Healthcare
Food / AgTech
Consumer
EdTech
AI / ML
SaaS
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (36)

Other

PO

Pocket Fintech

Mobile Payments
SE

SendWave

International Remittances
MA

Maru/Usurv

Market Research/Insights·Acquired

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Provides research, insight, and advisory services powered by technology.

MA

Maru/edr

Market Research/Insights·Acquired

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Provides research, insight, and advisory services powered by technology.

MA

Maru/Matchbox

Market Research/Insights·Acquired

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Provides research, insight, and advisory services powered by technology.

FO

Fortel My Health

Health / Digital Health·Incubator / Accelerator II·MARU Incubator/Accelerator II

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Health-focused startup; likely delivering health services / tech

NO

Notifly

Tech / Communications·Incubator / Accelerator II·MARU Incubator/Accelerator II

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Startup (likely notification / communications platform)

GR

Greneta

Tech / Unknown sector·Incubator / Accelerator·MARU Incubator/Accelerator

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Early stage startup, possibly in tech or consumer / e-commerce area

SU

Subscribe

Unknown·Incubator / Accelerator

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Placeholder, undisclosed names

GR

Grou

Mixed / Multi-sector·Resident cohort via Maru180 / Maru360 selection·MARU cohort program

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Startup selected into MARU residential cohort; various fields including education, healthcare, finance, content etc.

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