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Newtown Partners

Founders Llew Claasen Vinny Lingham

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Total investments 25
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 18
Rounds per year 2.50
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.28
Key employees 2

Areas of investment

  • Logistics
  • Health Care
  • Retail
  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
Summary

In 2014 was created Newtown Partners, which is appeared as VC. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Cape Town. The venture was found in Africa in South Africa.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Newtown Partners, startups are often financed by Vinny Lingham, Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars - London, Vumela Fund. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Vumela Fund, Vinny Lingham, Smollan. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Vumela Fund, Smollan, Prosus Ventures.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 30 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year.

The fund was created by Llew Claasen, Vinny Lingham. We also calculated 2 valuable employees in our database.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SweepSouth. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Blockchain, Banking. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Africa.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MDaaS Global

Health Care
Medical Device
Professional Services
$3M06 Mar 2024 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Chefaa

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Pharmaceutical
Retail
$5M17 Dec 2023 Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Waspito

Apps
Consulting
Health Care
$2M22 Nov 2023 Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

Complete Farmer

Agriculture
AgTech
Big Data
$7M20 Sep 2023 Accra, Ghana

Waspito

Apps
Consulting
Health Care
$2M28 Mar 2023 Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

Lami

Financial Services
InsurTech
$3M02 Aug 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

BeyondTrucks

Finance
FinTech
Logistics
SaaS
Transportation
$4M01 Jun 2022 San Mateo, California, United States

Treggo

E-Commerce
Logistics
Same Day Delivery
$1M01 May 2022 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Waspito

Apps
Consulting
Health Care
$2M28 Mar 2022 Douala, Littoral, Cameroon
News
Clockwork Logistics Systems Raises $5.5M in Seed Funding

– Clockwork Logistics Systems, a Proof of Delivery (POD) data logistics platform based in Newark NJ, raised $5.5M in Seed funding.
– The round was led by Newtown Partners with participation from Newark Venture Partners, PSA UnboXed, Vineta Ventures and Estes Final Mile.
– The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and business reach.

Portcast gets $3.2M to create more transparent and sustainable supply chains

– Portcast, a logistics operating system, raised $3.2m in pre-Series A funding.
– The round was led by Newtown Partners, with participation from Wavemaker Partners, TMV, Innoport and SGInnovate.
– Based in Singapore, Portcast serves clients in Asia and Europe.

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Total investments 25
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 2.50
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.28
Group Appearance index 0.84

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

MDaaS Global

Health Care
Medical Device
Professional Services
$3M06 Mar 2024 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Chefaa

Health Care
Mobile Apps
Pharmaceutical
Retail
$5M17 Dec 2023 Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Waspito

Apps
Consulting
Health Care
$2M22 Nov 2023 Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

Complete Farmer

Agriculture
AgTech
Big Data
$7M20 Sep 2023 Accra, Ghana

Waspito

Apps
Consulting
Health Care
$2M28 Mar 2023 Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

Lami

Financial Services
InsurTech
$3M02 Aug 2022 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

BeyondTrucks

Finance
FinTech
Logistics
SaaS
Transportation
$4M01 Jun 2022 San Mateo, California, United States

Treggo

E-Commerce
Logistics
Same Day Delivery
$1M01 May 2022 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Waspito

Apps
Consulting
Health Care
$2M28 Mar 2022 Douala, Littoral, Cameroon
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