Many team members at Unicorn Nest are Ukrainians affected by Russian aggression. We do our best to solve any issues and answer your questions in the shortest possible time frames but some delays are possible.

Umkhathi Wethu Ventures

Overview

Investments

Unlock datapoints

Portfolio analytics

Team

News & Media

Add fund to favorites
info
Save this fund for later to form your own custom list of funds
This summary is composed by our algorithm based on the analysis of the deals. If you think that some of this information is not accurate, please let us know about it and provide any supporting evidences if possible. Such cases will be analyzed by our ML-algorithm and implemented in our database, which will improve this summary.

Need help with fundraising?

We offer an assisted fundraising option for startups

Learn more
Total investments 11
Average round size
info
The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 6
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
info
How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.45
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Emerging Markets
  • Mobile Payments
  • Payments
  • Insurance
  • E-Commerce

Related Funds

Funds investing in previous rounds
These funds often invest in the rounds preceeding the rounds of Umkhathi Wethu Ventures:
Typical Co-investors
Umkhathi Wethu Ventures is more likely to invest in rounds together with the following funds:
There are no funds here. If we find new data, we will add it here.
Funds investing in following rounds
These funds have a tendency to invest in the following rounds after Umkhathi Wethu Ventures:
There are no funds here. If we find new data, we will add it here.

Funds with similar focus

Funds from South Africa
Funds with similar focus located in South Africa:
Funds with the same geo focus
Funds with similar geography of portfolio companies:
Funds doing lead investments
Funds with similar focus acting as lead investors:

Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Peach Payments

E-Commerce
Emerging Markets
Mobile Payments
Payments
$31M04 Apr 2023 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Synatic

SaaS
Software
$2M05 Dec 2022 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

MFS Africa

Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
$70M10 Nov 2021 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Synatic

SaaS
Software
$1M12 Feb 2021 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Synatic

SaaS
Software
$1M23 Oct 2020 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Inclusivity Solutions

Emerging Markets
FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$1M28 May 2020 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Signapps

Apps
Health Care
Health Insurance
$544K30 Jul 2019 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Inclusivity Solutions

Emerging Markets
FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$1M13 Jun 2019 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Review

  • No reviews are submitted yet.
Do you want more?
We provide dozens of additional datapoints about this fund.
Sign up and get access to full fund profile and advanced analysis.
Full team
Industries heatmap
Stages heatmap
Georgaphy breakdown
Coinvestors
Portfolio analysis
Performance indexes
Latest highlights
Unlock all data
Do you represent Umkhathi Wethu Ventures?
Get access to manage this page
Get in touch
Found incorrect info? Let us know!
Total investments 11
Average round size 9M
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.45
Group Appearance index 1.00

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Peach Payments

E-Commerce
Emerging Markets
Mobile Payments
Payments
$31M04 Apr 2023 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Synatic

SaaS
Software
$2M05 Dec 2022 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

MFS Africa

Financial Services
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
$70M10 Nov 2021 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Synatic

SaaS
Software
$1M12 Feb 2021 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Synatic

SaaS
Software
$1M23 Oct 2020 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Inclusivity Solutions

Emerging Markets
FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$1M28 May 2020 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Signapps

Apps
Health Care
Health Insurance
$544K30 Jul 2019 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Inclusivity Solutions

Emerging Markets
FinTech
Insurance
InsurTech
$1M13 Jun 2019 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa
Crunchbase icon

Content report

The following text will be sent to our editors: