Top Venture Capital Firms And Angel Investors For African Startups

For startups looking to get funding for their business, there have been histories of venture capital funds and angel investors who have been vibrant in all round funding of startups. One fact from one reports on startup funding so far is that there is plenty of money out there, from plenty of hungry investors.

Knowing who these investors are would help you streamline your search for investors for your startups and cut the long journey short. The most dollars are going into late-stage startups, followed by early-stage funding, then funding for technology growth and angel or seed series rounds.

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Now find out who is handing out the cash.

This data shows who the active VCs are now, and who would probably be the best investors to pitch with your deck. 

Active Lead Investors

According to data from Crunchbase here are the 10 most active lead investors. 

Start-Up Chile

Insight Venture Partners

Tencent Holdings

New Enterprise Associates

Sequoia Capital China

Accel

Sequoia Capital

Higher Ground Labs

Quake Capital Partners

Goldman Sachs

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Most Active Seed Stage Investors

When pitching, an important point is to be pitching so as to reach to those who are most likely to fund your type of round. The most active investors in seed rounds during the past 3 months are:

Startup-Chile

Hiventures

Crowdcube

Plug and Play

Innovation Works

500 Startups

Innova Memphis

Entrepreneurs Roundtable

Berkeley SkyDeck Fund

Quake Capital Partners

Top Early Stage Investors

For those, going for early-stage funding, consider these active players: 

IDG Capital

New Enterprise Associates

Sequoia Capital China

Accel

Y Combinator

ZhenFund

Sequoia Capital

Matrix Partners China

Intel Capital

Index Ventures

Most Active Late Stage Investors 

Interested in looking for a Series B or anything above for a growth stage round, the following firms have been the most active globally.

Sequoia Capital

Tencent Holdings

Insight Venture Partners

Bpifrance

Goldman Sachs

Bessemer Venture Partners

New Enterprise Associates

Khosla Ventures

Andreessen Horowitz

Sequoia Capital China

These Investors Have Been The Most Active In Africa, Whether Early, Middle Or Late Funding

Click here to view the list of good investors in African startups. 

 

Charles Rapulu Udoh

Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based Lawyer with special focus on Business Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Entertainment and Technology Law. He is also an award-winning writer. Working for notable organizations so far has exposed him to some of industry best practices in business, finance strategies, law, dispute resolution, and data analytics both in Nigeria and across the world.

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