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Mercurio Ventures

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

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$25K – $250K

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Mercurio Ventures prioritizes African fintech startups solving cross-border payment inefficiencies using blockchain and financial access technologies.

How Mercurio Ventures invests

Mercurio Ventures is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech. It does not invest in Gaming, Media.

Mercurio Ventures typically writes checks of $25K–$250K per investment.

Mercurio Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including SendCrypto, ShillingPay.

Meet the Team

TM

Thandi Mokoena

GP

Blockchain
African Markets
VK

Viktor Kozma

Managing Partner

strategy & business development
operational efficiency
portfolio development
DD

Dávid Dohos

Managing Partner

industrial SMEs
CEE region buyouts
portfolio company value growth
ÁF

Ádám Forgács

Partner

corporate finance
M&A
industrial investments
restructuring

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech

Does Not Invest In

Gaming
Media

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

SE

SendCrypto

Blockchain
SH

ShillingPay

Payments
How to pitch Mercurio Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $25K – $250K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Thandi Mokoena, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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