Venture-Backed Startups

Aflo develops a smart inhaler device that teaches patients correct inhalation technique and monitors their usage patterns alongside air quality data to support respiratory condition management. The company serves patients with respiratory conditions seeking improved self-management and remote clinical monitoring.

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The AFM (Autoriteit Financiële Markten) is the Dutch financial markets regulator, supervising financial advisers, intermediaries, and financial firms in the Netherlands and Caribbean Netherlands. It handles market monitoring, licensing checks, complaints, and reporting of fraud and misconduct in financial markets.

1 investor

Afori provides AI-powered automation tools for insurance professionals, automating routine tasks like policy comparison, coverage inquiries, and document review. The platform learns from user workflows and requires no configuration, helping insurance teams reduce back-office work while maintaining DSGVO compliance.

3 investors

Aforza offers a suite of cloud and mobile applications built for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, connecting trade planning and field sales teams to manage product distribution and customer engagement. It serves consumer products companies such as breweries, food and beverage manufacturers, consumer healthcare firms, and distributors worldwide.

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Contract research organization specializing in CNS preclinical efficacy and neurotoxicity evaluations using its patented Enhanced Spine Profiling (ESP) technology.

1 investor

Afresh builds AI-based demand forecasting, inventory management, and ordering software for grocery retailers, focused on fresh and perishable categories. Its models handle grocery-specific complexity such as random-weight products, shrink, spoilage, and inconsistent supplier data to reduce waste and improve stock decisions.

17 investors

AfriBlocks is a freelance marketplace that matches clients with vetted African freelancers—including software engineers, designers, and Web3 professionals—for project-based work. Its Workstation platform lets clients post jobs, hire freelancers, build teams, and process payments through escrow.

2 investors

Distributor of life sciences equipment and consumables for East African markets.

1 investor

Africa Climate Ventures is a venture builder and investment firm that develops and scales climate-focused businesses across Africa, using models such as technology transfer, cross-market expansion, and adding carbon revenues to existing businesses. It backs companies in areas like regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, and carbon markets on the African continent.

1 investor

Africa Foresight Group (AFG) connects homegrown African companies with local talent and consultants to support private-sector growth across the continent. Founded in Ghana, the firm focuses on bridging the talent gap and advancing job creation in Africa.

2 investors

Africa Healthcare Network operates a dialysis treatment chain across Sub-Saharan Africa, delivering high-quality kidney disease care at accessible prices. The company combines clinical expertise with operational experience suited to resource-limited healthcare markets in the region.

3 investors

Meren Energy is an independent full-cycle exploration and production (E&P) oil company with production and development assets in deepwater Nigeria, a carried position in the Orange Basin across Namibia and South Africa, and operated licences in Equatorial Guinea. It focuses on production, development, exploration, and appraisal of oil and gas assets.

1 investor

Africa Prudential Plc provides share registration services and capital market solutions to organizations in the Nigerian capital market. With over five decades of experience, the company leverages digital technology to support shareholder management and business operations.

1 investor

Africa Re is a regional reinsurance institution serving clients across the African continent and select markets in Asia, Brazil, and the Middle East. It provides reinsurance solutions backed by strong capitalization and international A-grade ratings.

1 investor

Africa Specialty Risks provides captive insurance solutions for companies operating in Africa, helping them manage risk, reduce insurance costs, and accelerate project execution by establishing and managing captive insurance companies.

1 investor

Africa Capitalworks (ACW) is an investment firm that deploys long-term capital and partners with entrepreneurs and management teams across Africa, providing strategic and corporate finance support. It operates from offices in Johannesburg, Casablanca, and Mauritius.

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Africa Eats is a holding company that invests in and supports food-supply and agriculture-related businesses across Africa. Its portfolio includes companies such as Paniel Meat Processing and Paniel Transport & Logistics in Rwanda.

1 investor

AfriCAN CODE promotes STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) education in Africa, focusing on developing learners' creative and analytical skills. The organization aims to unlock potential and build pathways to innovation and opportunity across the continent.

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Afreximbank (African Export-Import Bank) is a pan-African multilateral trade finance institution that provides loans, guarantees, syndicated facilities, factoring, and project preparation financing to banks, governments, and businesses across Africa and the Caribbean. It also supports industrialization, intra-African trade, and the continent's creative economy through programmes and subsidiaries.

1 investor