Lateral Capital — Full Portfolio

Los Altos, US

Board seatJohn Lilly· per SEC Form D · $7.5M raise · filed Aug 2025

4G Capital provides business loans, financial training, and digital financial services to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Africa, using mobile money for loan disbursement and repayment.

AI & Machine LearningFintechImpact & Social GoodSt Helier, JE

Co-investorsCapria VenturesCeniarthGlobal Innovation FundIFC

Aperia develops tire management technology that monitors and maintains tire inflation and predictive maintenance for commercial fleets and consumers.

HardwareIoTLogistics & Supply ChainBurlingame, US

JOSHUA CARTER(Executive Officer, Director)BRANDON RICHARDSON(Executive Officer)

BoardJACK FUCHS(Director)HAL KRUTH(Director)ANDREW SMITH(Director)STEPHEN GRAND(Director)

Co-investorsBlackhorn VentureseLab VenturesEnerTech CapitalTrucks VCAugment Ventures

Asoko Insight provides data, research, and analysis on African companies, drawing on proprietary datasets and in-country research across 25+ African countries.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsCapria Ventures

Autochek is an automotive technology company that builds solutions for auto loans, vehicle maintenance and after-sales services, warranties, and transactional marketplaces within Africa's automotive sector.

FintechMarketplacesMobility & Transportation

Iyamu Mohammed(Founder)inEtop Ikpe(Founder)in

Co-investors4DX VenturesCapria VenturesEndeavor CatalystEnza CapitalMSA NovoNorrsken22+5 more

Lanre Oyedotun(Founder)in

Co-investorsAtlantica VenturesCapria VenturesVelocity Digital

Carry1st provides payment processing, game distribution, and marketing services for publishers entering African and Middle Eastern markets.

B2B MarketplacesFintechGaming

Lucy Hoffman(Founder)in

Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesSony Ventures CorporationAndreessen HorowitzAvenir Growth CapitalCapria VenturesCRE Venture Capital+8 more

Nelly Chatue Diop(Founder)in

Co-investorsAdaverseCapria VenturesLoftyInc CapitalMercy Corps Ventures

Kashier is a digital payment platform that lets businesses accept online payments from customers and partners through tools such as payment links, e-invoicing, e-commerce integrations, QR code payments, and subscriptions.

E-commerceFintechSaaSCairo, EG

Khaled Raslan(Founder)

Co-investorsCapria VenturesDigital Currency GroupFirst CircleSawari VenturesThe Fintech Fund

Co-investorsVKAV (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures)Waarde CapitalNovastar Ventures

San Francisco, US

CHRIS HALE(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Hale(Founder)inCatherine Nomura(Founder)in

BoardSTEVEN SCHOW(Director)

Co-investorsCapria VenturesMS&AD VenturesBootstrapLabs

Co-investorsCapria VenturesFounders Factory AfricaSeedstarsMusha Ventures

Co-investorsCapria VenturesODBA

Minka builds payments infrastructure that lets clearinghouses, banks, and fintechs network and clear payments in real time.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBogota, US

Domagoj Rozic(Chief Executive Officer)Paola Sánchez(Founder)Kai Schmitz(Director)Jorge Kuljis(Director)

Co-investorsTiger Global ManagementCapria VenturesCollab+CurrencyColle Capital PartnersKaszek Ventures

Mono provides financial data access, identity verification, and direct bank payments for businesses in Africa through an open banking platform.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechLagos, NG

Abdulhamid Hassan(Founder)inPrakhar Singh(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorCapria VenturesEntrée CapitalHoaQIngressive CapitalLoftyInc Capital+5 more

Octavia Carbon designs modular Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems that remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it permanently in basaltic rock formations, offering carbon removal and offsetting services.

CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech

Co-investorsE4E AfricaLaunch Africa VenturesRenew Capital

Pngme is a data infrastructure platform that aggregates financial data from institutions across emerging markets and transforms it into machine learning-ready features for credit scoring, risk assessment, and customer segmentation.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCapria VenturesConsenSys MeshOctopus VenturesRaptor GroupRising Tide Africa (RTA)+3 more

Qore provides multi-tenant core banking infrastructure and related technology, including automated lending, cloud-based API integrations, account management, card services, analytics, and white-label solutions.

Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS

Co-investorsGreen Visor CapitalSilverton PartnersTAU Ventures

Rhaeos develops FlowSense, a noninvasive wireless wearable skin patch that monitors fluid flow in the body, initially targeting hydrocephalus patients who depend on implantable shunts for cerebrospinal fluid management.

HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesEvanston, US

Dr. Chad WebbJohn A. Rogers(Executive Officer, Director)Roozbeh Ghaffari(Director)Anna Lisa Somera(Executive Officer)Chad Seaver(Director)R. Chad Webb(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCreative VenturesPortal Innovations

SeamlessHR provides an all-in-one HR software platform covering recruitment, onboarding, payroll, performance, time management, and employee benefits for businesses.

FintechHR TechSaaS

'Deji Lanain

Co-investorsArgonautic VenturesCapria VenturesConsonance Investment ManagersEnza CapitalHelios Digital VenturesIngressive Capital+5 more

SparkMeter provides metering and low-voltage transformer-sensing hardware combined with software for billing, payments, prepaid metering, customer and asset management, and grid management.

CleantechEnergyHardwareWashington, US

Daniel Schnitzer(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDaniel Goldman(Director)inBunmi Adekore(Director)Tokunboh Ishmael(Director)inRaymond Jay Dunn(Director)Allison Archambault(Director)

Co-investorsAlitheia CapitalBreakthrough Energy VenturesCapria VenturesEndgame CapitalClean Energy VenturesGoodwell Investments

Lateral Frontiers is a venture capital firm that invests in and works alongside portfolio companies, with a focus on the African market.

Sector Agnostic

Co-investorsCapria Ventures

Wattnow provides an energy management system combining smart sensors, software dashboards, and predictive algorithms to monitor consumption in real time, detect waste, and reduce energy costs for businesses across sectors such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, telecom, and retail.

CleantechEnergyIoTTunis, TN

Co-investorsE3 CapitalOcterra CapitalSatgana216 Capital

Workstyle Serviced Offices Limited operates furnished, shared office spaces in Westlands, offering flexible membership plans, amenities, and a community network for businesses to work, meet, and collaborate.

Future of WorkPropTechNairobi, KE

Co-investorsCapria Ventures

Zone operates a regulated blockchain network and payment infrastructure that routes and settles transactions directly between financial institutions without a central intermediary.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechLagos, NG

Obi Emetarom(Co-Founder & CEO)inWale Onawunmi(Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsAlter GlobalCapria VenturesDigital Currency GroupTimon CapitalTLcom CapitalTofino Capital+1 more