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Africa Venture Pulse – Current State of Investment 2025

The Africa Venture Pulse – Current State of Investment 2025 presentation is a data-driven overview of venture capital and private investment trends across Africa, powered by Briter Intelligence

Built on Briter data, this presentation highlights Africa’s funding activity for the first eight months of 2025 (Jan–Aug) looking at the dynamics of the startup market and the flow of investment in Africa, offering actionable insights for investors, founders, corporates, and policymakers.

Key insights so far:

  • Startups across the continent have already raised $2.8B, matching all of 2024 by August, with investors writing bigger checks for more mature ventures than ever before
  • Debt Financing is gaining prominence. For the first time, debt funding topped $1B, narrowing the gap with equity and powering…

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September 11th, 2025

Africa Venture Pulse – Current State of Investment 2025

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Latest funding rounds captured

Locstat company logo
Locstat raised $2.3m

from Anza Capital, Portugal Gateway Fund

Spiro (formerly Mauto) company logo
Spiro (formerly Mauto) raised $100.0m

from Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA)

Moniepoint (formerly TeamApt) company logo
Moniepoint (formerly TeamApt) raised $90.0m

from undisclosed investors

Hypeo AI company logo
Hypeo AI raised $200.0k

from Madica (by Flourish Ventures), Africa Business Angels Network(ABAN)

Anavid company logo
Anavid raised $200.0k

from Madica (by Flourish Ventures), Africa Business Angels Network(ABAN)

SehaTech company logo
SehaTech raised $1.1m

from undisclosed investors

Julaya company logo
Julaya raised $1.4m

from CDC-CI Capital

Oliv company logo
Oliv raised $633.9k

from Suez Canal Bank

Nanovate company logo
Nanovate raised $1.0m

from Undisclosed

Ades raised $620.5k

from CDC-CI Capital

Most funded companies

1.

Jumia company logo
JumiaNigeria, 11 deals captured

$1.2b

2.

MNT-Halan company logo
MNT-HalanEgypt, 12 deals captured

$1.1b

3.

Zepz(formerly WorldRemit) company logo
Zepz(formerly WorldRemit)United Kingdom, 8 deals captured

$1.1b

4.

Sun King (formerly Greenlight Planet) company logo
Sun King (formerly Greenlight Planet)United States of America, 20 deals captured

$1.0b

5.

Crusoe company logo
CrusoeUnited States of America, 4 deals captured

$833.0m

6.

Zipline company logo
Zipline, 4 deals captured

$795.0m

7.

TymeBank company logo
TymeBankSouth Africa, 10 deals captured

$675.6m

8.

Tabby company logo
TabbyUnited Arab Emirates, 11 deals captured

$604.0m

9.

OPay company logo
OPay, 3 deals captured

$570.0m

10.

Frontier Car Group (Olx) company logo
Frontier Car Group (Olx)Germany, 5 deals captured

$569.0m