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Updated List of Top Recently Funded Startups in Africa for 2025

Last update to database: June 30, 2025

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Exploring Africa’s Best Funded Companies for 2025

Explore the latest advancements in Africa’s fast-growing startup ecosystem with our updated list of recently funded startups for 2025. As one of the most dynamic and diverse regions for innovation, Africa is home to a vibrant array of startups securing significant investments across various industries. These investments are driving growth in sectors such as fintech, agriculture, health tech, and renewable energy.


Our list is updated weekly to provide the most current insights into emerging businesses across the continent, covering key funding rounds, major investors, and important industry trends.


Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, or stakeholder in the startup ecosystem, explore Africa’s top funded companies and discover the opportunities shaping the future of the region.

Comprehensive Database of Recently Funded Companies in Africa - Updated Weekly

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Company Name
Industries Funding Amount (USD) Recent Funding Date Recent Funding Type Company Headquarters # Employees Company Description Top 5 Investors Currently Hiring
Zero Carbon Charge Energy & Sustainability, ... $6M Subscribe to Unlock May 2025 Seed Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa 22 Pioneers a decentralized,... Development Bank of South... Subscribe to Unlock
Cutstruct Construction and Developm... $2M Subscribe to Unlock May 2025 Seed Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria 29 Digital marketplace trans... Techstars, CRE Venture Ca... Subscribe to Unlock
ARC Ride Energy & Sustainability, ... $5M Subscribe to Unlock May 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 48 Battery-as-a-service e-mo... British International Inv... Subscribe to Unlock
Sylndr E-Commerce & Retail $16M Subscribe to Unlock May 2025 Series A Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 230 Used-car e-commerce marke... 1984 Ventures, Nuwa Capit... Subscribe to Unlock
Thndr Financial Services, Payme... $16M Subscribe to Unlock May 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 240 App-based investment and ... Y Combinator, Endeavor Ca... Subscribe to Unlock
AURA CRM & Contacts, IT & Comm... $15M Subscribe to Unlock May 2025 Series B Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 110 Cloud-based safety and se... Partech, MultiChoice, HAV... Subscribe to Unlock
Sendy Logistics & Delivery, E-C... $2M Subscribe to Unlock May 2025 Series B Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 240 Logistics platform for tr... Vision Equity Partners, G... Subscribe to Unlock
OmniRetail E-Commerce & Retail, Cons... $20M Subscribe to Unlock April 2025 Series A Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria 790 B2B e‑commerce hub digiti... Ventures Platform, Aruwa ... Subscribe to Unlock
PsyLabs Health Care, Pharmaceutic... $500K Subscribe to Unlock April 2025 Corporate Round Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa 7 Licensed producer and exp... Psyence Biomedical Subscribe to Unlock
Arnergy Energy & Sustainability $15M Subscribe to Unlock April 2025 Series B Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria 120 IoT‑enabled distributed s... Breakthrough Energy Ventu... Subscribe to Unlock
Purple Elephant Ventures Venture Capital & Startup... $500K Subscribe to Unlock April 2025 Seed Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 21 Venture studio launching ... Untours Foundation, Klist... Subscribe to Unlock
Djamo Mobile & Web Applications... $17M Subscribe to Unlock April 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Abidjan, Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire 240 Financial application let... Y Combinator, Norrsken VC... Subscribe to Unlock
InfiniLink Search Engine Marketing, ... $10M Subscribe to Unlock March 2025 Seed Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 44 Semiconductor startup pro... M Empire Angels, MediaTek... Subscribe to Unlock
Sumet E-Commerce & Retail, Cons... $2M Subscribe to Unlock March 2025 Pre-Seed Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 28 Transforms FMCG market en... Seedstars, African Busine... Subscribe to Unlock
Trade Shield Artificial Intelligence, ... $822K Subscribe to Unlock March 2025 Seed Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa 42 Tech venture specializing... Vumela Fund Subscribe to Unlock
enza Financial Services, Payme... $7M Subscribe to Unlock March 2025 Seed Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt 59 Delivers advanced payment... Quona Capital, Algebra Ve... Subscribe to Unlock
Sedibelo Resources Mining Industry, Precious... $3M Subscribe to Unlock March 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Centurion, NA - South Africa, South Africa 31 Producer of platinum grou... Smedvig, African Lion Ltd Subscribe to Unlock
Pele Energy Group Energy & Sustainability, ... $31M Subscribe to Unlock March 2025 Private Equity Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 45 Renewable energy infrastr... Industrial Development Co... Subscribe to Unlock
Khula Agriculture & Farming, Ag... $7M Subscribe to Unlock March 2025 Series A Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 44 Software and mobile marke... Kgodiso Fund, Google for ... Subscribe to Unlock
Qme Artificial Intelligence, ... $3M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Seed Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 2 AI-based digital queuing ... AHOY Holding, Falak Start... Subscribe to Unlock
Medikea Health Care $200K Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Pre-Seed Dar Es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 18 Digital healthcare compan... Catalyst Fund, Baobab Net... Subscribe to Unlock
Khazna Mobile & Web Applications... $16M Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Series A Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 380 Financial super app offer... Village Capital, Shorooq ... Subscribe to Unlock
EasyBank Financial Services, Payme... $372K Subscribe to Unlock February 2025 Seed Hammam Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia 9 Financial services provid... Subscribe to Unlock
NjiaPay Payments & FinTech, Mobil... $1M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Pre-Seed Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 5 Payments-as-a-Service pro... HAVAÍC Subscribe to Unlock
Furaha Financial Financial Services, Payme... $10M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Kampala, Kampala, Uganda 9 Financial technology comp... SC Ventures, Yabx Technol... Subscribe to Unlock
Enko Education EdTech, Media & Content P... $24M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Venture - Series Unknown Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 410 Africa-wide network of in... Oikocredit International,... Subscribe to Unlock
Naked Financial Services, Insur... $38M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Series B Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 150 South African insurtech s... International Finance Cor... Subscribe to Unlock
SeamlessHR HR & Staffing, Artificial... $9M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Series A Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria 240 End-to-end cloud-based HR... Bill & Melinda Gates Foun... Subscribe to Unlock
Faro Fashion & Apparel, E-Comm... $6M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Seed Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa 26 Provides inexpensive appa... Jean-Paul Zammitt, Daniel... Subscribe to Unlock
The Awareness Company Data & Analytics $2M Subscribe to Unlock January 2025 Seed Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 5 Uses data to tell stories... Holocene, Microsoft, Cata... Subscribe to Unlock
Sourcefin Financial Services, Ventu... $8M Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Private Equity Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 32 Financial service company... Futuregrowth Asset Manage... Subscribe to Unlock
Sturdee Energy Energy & Sustainability $44M Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Undisclosed Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa 8 Develops and operates ren... Swedfund International, I... Subscribe to Unlock
Hub2 Financial Services $9M Subscribe to Unlock December 2024 Series A Port Louis Town, Port Louis, Mauritius 26 Payments digitalization p... Bpifrance, Digital Curren... Subscribe to Unlock
ariika E-Commerce & Retail, Cons... $3M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Series A Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 82 Is a direct-to-consumer d... Beltone Venture Capital, ... Subscribe to Unlock
Socium HR & Staffing, IT & Commu... $5M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Seed Dakar, Dakar, Senegal 43 HR-tech company providing... SuperCapital, Kima Ventur... Subscribe to Unlock
Amenli Insurance $2M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Seed Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 66 First licensed online ins... European Bank for Reconst... Subscribe to Unlock
InfraCredit Financial Services $30M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria 63 Providing local currency ... African Development Bank,... Subscribe to Unlock
GlobalCorp- Credit, Financial Service... $26M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Undisclosed Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 160 Provides a complete range... Subscribe to Unlock
Energenic Holdings Battery, Energy $5M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Private Equity Gauteng, NA - South Africa, South Africa 28 Specializes in power solu... Sanari Capital Subscribe to Unlock
Agventure Limited Agriculture, AgTech, Farm... $10M Subscribe to Unlock November 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Meru, Eastern, Kenya 59 Agventure is a farmer-own... AgDevCo Subscribe to Unlock
Pargo Delivery, Last Mile Trans... $4M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa 110 Pargo understands that pa... 3 Capital Ventures, Endea... Subscribe to Unlock
BasiGo Automotive, Electric Vehi... $24M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Series A Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 87 BasiGo is an e-mobility c... United States Agency for ... Subscribe to Unlock
Colis.ma Logistics $300K Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Pre-Seed Oujda, Oriental, Morocco 3 Colis.ma is the best way ... Baobab Network, Orange Co... Subscribe to Unlock
Lapaire E-Commerce $3M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 330 Technology-enabled eye ca... AfricInvest, Proparco, Sa... Subscribe to Unlock
Octavia Carbon Carbon Capture, Environme... $4M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Seed Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 53 Octavia Carbon is a Direc... Renew Capital, Village Ca... Subscribe to Unlock
Horizon Surgical Artificial Intelligence (... $30M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Series A Malibu, California, United States 34 Horizon Surgical Systems ... Main Street Advisors, ExS... Subscribe to Unlock
Grid Africa Energy, Solar $3M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Bryanston, NA - South Africa, South Africa 3 Grid Africa provides sola... Rifuwo Energy Partners Subscribe to Unlock
Rabbit Mobility Electric Vehicle, Informa... $1M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 37 Rabbit is a clean-tech tr... 500 Global, Untapped Glob... Subscribe to Unlock
Konnect Financial Services, FinTe... $1M Subscribe to Unlock October 2024 Seed Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia 11 A cross-border payment so... Flat6Labs, Founders Facto... Subscribe to Unlock
Dhamana Guarantee Company Credit, Financial Service... $10M Subscribe to Unlock September 2024 Venture - Series Unknown Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 6 Dhamana Guarantee operate... African Development Bank,... Subscribe to Unlock

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