Africa: venture capital investors by type

Most investors participating in venture capital (VC) deals in Africa between 2014 and 2020 were private equity (PE) or VC fund managers, as they accounted for 36 percent of the total investors. PE/VC investment firms and corporate venture firms followed, constituting the origin of 21 percent and 10 percent of the early-stage funding, respectively. Government agencies accounted for three percent of the investments within the same period.

Distribution of investors participating in venture capital (VC) deals in Africa between 2014 and 2020, by type

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2014 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* <1 percent.

Percentages slightly over or below 100 are due to rounding.

The source adds the following information:
"Venture Capital (VC) is defined as financing that investors provide to start-up and early-stage companies and includes seed and post- seed to late stage VC funding."
"PE/VC Fund Managers are firms that have raised, or are currently raising, third-party funds from institutional investors.
PE/VC Investment Firms are firms that are not known to be investing through a fund structure, making mainly direct investments.".

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