30 African startups that raised VC funding in March

All things considered, March was a slow month for tech deals across Africa.

Roughly 30 equity fundraises were announced in the month, totaling ~$44M in disclosed funding, according to Afridigest’s weekly tracking.

Here’s a look at startups that announced fundraising rounds in the month.

• almentor, an Egyptian Arabic-language online video learning platform, raised a $10M pre-Series C led by e& capital, with participation from Partech, Sawari Ventures, Egypt Ventures, Sango Capital, and Endure Capital.
• Powered by People, a Kenyan B2B wholesale e-commerce marketplace, raised an $8M Series A led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Golden Ventures and Susa Ventures.
• Ramp, a South African, British-headquartered analytics platform focused on revenue forecasting, raised a $5M seed round led by AlbionVC and Eurazeo, with participation from Triple Point Ventures. Nearly 80% of Ramp’s staff are based in Cape Town, including three of its four founders.
• Rwazi, a Mauritian/pan-African data collection & market intelligence platform, raised a $4M seed round led by Bonfire Ventures, with participation from Newfund Capital and Alumni Ventures.
• YMO (formerly YMoney), a Franco-Guinean digital payments platform, raised a ~$3.2M (€3M) seed round from Breega, INCO Ventures, and others.
• Payday, a Rwandan/Nigerian multi-currency, cross-border payments platform, raised a $3M seed round, raised a $3M seed round led by Moniepoint with participation from Ingressive Capital, Techstars, DFS Lab’s Stellar Africa Fund, Now Venture Partners, Angels Touch, HoaQ, and others.
• Credable, a Tanzanian, Dubai-headquartered provider of embedded finance infrastructure, raised a $2.5M seed round led by Ventures Platform, with participation from Launch Africa, MAGIC Fund, Acasia Ventures, AAIC Investment, Adaverse, and others.
• Palm, a Moroccan AI-powered HR data analytics platform, raised ~$2.2M (MAD 20M) from Kima Ventures, Station F, CDG Invest’s 212Founders program, and Bpifrance.
• Nuru, a Congolese cleantech platform that provides solar mini-grids, raised $1.5M in a bridge round to an upcoming Series B from Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP), Proparco, and E3 Capital.
• Konta, a Moroccan SaaS platform digitizing invoice management, raised ~$1.15M (MAD 12M) from Azur Innovation Fund.
• Fez Delivery, a Nigerian logistics platform, raised a $1M seed round led by Ventures Platform, with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures, and others.
• Conservio, a South African, Dutch-founded marketplace to book nature-based travel, raised $500K led by Volve Capital.
• Maltento, a South African agtech that transforms organic food waste into sustainable insect proteins using black soldier fly larvae, raised $788K from DEG’s Up-Scaling program.
• HouseAfrica, a Nigerian digital property validation system & blockchain-based land registry, raised $400K from Future Africa, SSE Angel Network (SSEAN), ARM Labs, CV VC, Startupbootcamp Afritech, Niche Capital, Rebel Seed Capital and others.
• Releaf, a Nigerian agtech platform that develops proprietary technology for food processing, raised $250K from Plesion Capital.
• VotreChauffeur and VotreColis, Moroccan on-demand transport & delivery sister companies, jointly raised $240K (MAD 2.5 million) from Afrimobility, the venture investing arm of Akwa Group.
• InfiniteUp, makers of a financial super app starting in Nigeria/Kenya, raised $150K from SOSV’s Orbit Startups program.
• Ivory Pay, a Nigerian crypto payments gateway, raised $135K* from the CV Labs Accelerator.
• Nyayomat, a Kenyan e-commerce platform offering working capital financing solutions to merchants powered by smart contracts, raised $135K* from the CV Labs Accelerator.
• Web3 Sanctuary, a South African online training platform focused on coding for Web3, raised $135K* from the CV Labs Accelerator.
• Xolani Health, a Nigerian provider of AI-assisted tools for radiologists, raised $120K* from the Techstars Tel Aviv accelerator program.
• Cancer Mutual, a South African healthtech platform focused on cancer risk assessment, detection, and insurance, raised 120K* from the Techstars Future of Longevity accelerator program.
• Shape, a Tunisian upskilling & training edtech SaaS platform, raised $50K from Oman Technology Fund.
• Yellow, a South African pay-as-you-go asset-backed financing platform, raised an undisclosed amount from Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF) in the first close of a Series B round.
• TIBU Health, a Kenyan digital health platform offering home-based health services, raised an undisclosed pre-Series A round led by Health54 (the health-focused corporate venture capital arm of CFAO Group), Boost VC, Founders Factory Africa, and others.
• Itot Africa, a Congolese edtech platform providing training & digital educational tools to corporates, SMEs, NGOs & entrepreneurs, raised an undisclosed amount from DRC Angels.
• Badili, a Kenyan used smartphone buy-back ‘re-commerce’ platform, raised an undisclosed amount from Renew Capital.
• Wazi, a Ugandan assistive tech prescription eyewear company, raised an undisclosed amount from Renew Capital.
• Rivuuz, a Zambian platform that connects customers to vetted builders, plumbers, electricians, and other construction workers, raised an undisclosed amount from Zambia Business Angels Network, Catalytic Africa, and others.
• Xente, a Ugandan business banking platform offering virtual bank accounts, physical and virtual corporate cards, and digital spend management solutions, raised an undisclosed amount from Renew Capital.

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