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Silicon Cape Ventures

VC
Cape Town, South AfricaWebsite

Silicon Cape Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Cape Town, South Africa investing in Marketplace, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.0M checks and has 66 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $2.0M

Portfolio

66+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on supporting African startups leveraging technology to transform industries, especially in marketplaces and entertainment tech.

How Silicon Cape Ventures invests

Silicon Cape Ventures is a vc firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Consumer. It does not invest in Hardware.

Silicon Cape Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$2.0M per investment.

Silicon Cape Ventures has backed 66 companies in our records, including MusicJam, MarketPlace Africa, S-SENTIA.

Meet the Team

EN

Emma Ncube

General Partner

Marketplace
Entertainment Tech
RC

Richard Curtin

Managing Partner

TV

Tarun Verma

Managing Partner

AB

Atiye Bayman

Partner

JB

Jessica Binzoni

Partner

NK

Nick Kepler

Chief Operating Officer

SR

Sean Redmond

Managing Partner

PR

Pete Rodriguez

CEO

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (66)

Other

MU

MusicJam

Entertainment Tech
MA

MarketPlace Africa

Marketplace
S-

S-SENTIA

BR

Brain-CA Technologies

VI

VisIC Technologies

AT

Athos Silicon

MO

MoRF

WI

WiConnectGlobal

CH

Chevin Technology

DI

Diamond Quanta

How to pitch Silicon Cape Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Marketplace, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emma Ncube, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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