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Surge Ventures

VC
Johannesburg, South AfricaWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Surge Ventures invests in transformative African startups that digitize existing industries, with focus on fintech, marketplaces, and experiential technologies.

How Surge Ventures invests

Surge Ventures is a vc firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, Marketplace. It does not invest in Hardware.

Surge Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.

Surge Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including TicketTrove, CoinAfrica.

Meet the Team

NO

Ndidi Obi

Partner

Marketplace
African startups
Fintech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

TI

TicketTrove

Events Tech
CO

CoinAfrica

Fintech
How to pitch Surge Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ndidi Obi, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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