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TLcom Capital — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)

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Nairobi, KenyaWebsite

TLcom Capital is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Nairobi, Kenya investing in Other, Deep Tech, Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 33 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
33 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Deep Tech, Fintech, EdTech, SaaS, Healthcare
HQ
Nairobi, Kenya

Last verified: 2026-10-12

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

33+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2026Investments in last 12 months: 6

Investment Thesis

Leading Africa-focused venture capital firm backing category-defining companies across the continent. While broader than a pure climate specialist, it can support capital-efficient seed rounds with strong regional scale potential.

How TLcom Capital invests

TLcom Capital is a vc firm based in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech, Fintech, EdTech, SaaS.

TLcom Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Investing since at least 2017, TLcom Capital has backed 33 companies in our records, including Swypex, Satlyt, HoneyCoin. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 6 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Partners & Team

OJ

Omobola Johnson

Senior Partner

MC

Maurizio Caio

Managing Partner

DL

Daisy Liech

Director of Strategy

CS

Cyril Shonibare

Principal

SO

Sam Obuya

Accounting Manager

IA

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

Partner

Africa
Seed
EO

Eloho Omame

Partner

PG

Philippe Griffiths

Principal

AM

Andreata Muforo

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech
Fintech
EdTech
SaaS
Healthcare

Funds

Fund III

$200M2020
actively investing

Fund II

$150M2017
fully deployed

Fund I

$100M2014
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (33)

2026

SW

Swypex

Fintech·Series A

Swypex is a B2B fintech platform designed to centralize and automate financial operations for businesses.

SA

Satlyt

Space Technology / AI Infrastructure·Seed

Satlyt builds the software infrastructure that enables satellites to process, analyse, and share data in orbit.

2025

HO

HoneyCoin

Fintech·Seed

Honeycoin connects banking, mobile money, and stablecoins on one rail allowing individuals and businesses move money in and out of Africa without the friction of the legacy system.

AG

Agrails

Agritech·Pre-seed

Agrails is building an AI-powered investigative platform.

TU

Turnstay

Fintech·Pre-seed·TAPSI

TurnStay is a South African fintech startup providing a specialized, borderless payment platform.

FL

Flextock

E-commerce·Series A

Flextock brings warehousing, last-mile delivery, cross-border trade, marketplace access, and financing into a single integration for e-commerce merchants.

2024

CL

Cleva

Fintech·Pre-seed

Cleva is a fintech platform offering US dollar banking services.

ED

Educatly

Edtech·Seed

Educatly matches students with university programmes that fit their career goals.

KN

Knabu

Fintech·Pre-seed

Knabu is a financial technology company that designs software systems to secure transactions.

BR

Bright Financial

Fintech·Pre-seed

Bright Financial is expanding access to digital financial services for underserved consumers and businesses.

How to pitch TLcom Capital
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Omobola Johnson, Senior Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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