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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…

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September 11th, 2025

Africa Venture Pulse – Current State of Investment 2025

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Latest funding rounds captured

Synnefa (formerly Illumium GreenHouses) company logo
Synnefa (formerly Illumium GreenHouses) raised $300.0k

from Solidaridad, Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G)

Sikili company logo
Sikili raised $115.0k

from develoPPP Ventures (by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))

Waribei company logo
Waribei raised $115.0k

from develoPPP Ventures (by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))

Trenderz company logo
Trenderz raised $115.0k

from develoPPP Ventures (by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))

JOBO Interim company logo
JOBO Interim raised $115.0k

from develoPPP Ventures (by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))

Djoli company logo
Djoli raised $115.0k

from develoPPP Ventures (by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ))

BabyOrgano company logo
BabyOrgano raised $2.2m

from Sauce VC, RPSG Capital

KarmSolar company logo
KarmSolar raised $5.7m

from Eurobank

Sawa Energy company logo
Sawa Energy raised $2.9m

from EDFI Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI)

MoEngage company logo
MoEngage raised $100.0m

from Goldman Sachs, A91 Partners

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.

CloudWalk company logo
CloudWalkBrazil, 1 deals captured

$777.9m

8.

TymeBank company logo
TymeBankSouth Africa, 10 deals captured

$675.6m

9.

Tabby company logo
TabbyUnited Arab Emirates, 11 deals captured

$604.0m

10.

OPay company logo
OPay, 3 deals captured

$570.0m

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