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Vumela Fund

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Total investments 17
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 14
Rounds per year 1.13
Lead investments 10
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.18
Exits 1
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Home Services
  • Home Improvement
  • Logistics
  • Retail
Summary

Vumela Fund appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2009. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Hyde Park. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - South Africa. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline SweepSouth Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Recruiting, E-Commerce. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Vumela Fund, startups are often financed by Vinny Lingham, Seedstars, Prosus. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Newtown Partners, Vinny Lingham, Smollan. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Smollan, Prosus Ventures, Prosus.

The top activity for fund was in 2016. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 57 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. This Vumela Fund works on 18 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Rentoza

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Electronics
Retail Technology
$6M31 Aug 2023 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Kusini Water

Social Entrepreneurship
Social Impact
Water Purification
01 Dec 2021 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

SweepSouth

E-Commerce
Home Improvement
Home Services
Internet
Logistics
Retail
$3M07 Oct 2019 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Mobenzi

Education
Information Services
Software
$1M25 Apr 2017 Gauteng

SweepSouth

E-Commerce
Home Improvement
Home Services
Internet
Logistics
Retail
$600K25 Jan 2016 Gauteng

BrandScents

Consumer
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
01 Jan 2016 NA - South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Origin Maternity Hospital

Health Care
Hospital
01 Jan 2015 São Paulo

Destiny Changers Education Group

Association
Education
Non Profit
01 Jan 2013 Gauteng

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Total investments 17
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 1.13
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.18
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.35

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Rentoza

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Electronics
Retail Technology
$6M31 Aug 2023 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Kusini Water

Social Entrepreneurship
Social Impact
Water Purification
01 Dec 2021 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

SweepSouth

E-Commerce
Home Improvement
Home Services
Internet
Logistics
Retail
$3M07 Oct 2019 South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Mobenzi

Education
Information Services
Software
$1M25 Apr 2017 Gauteng

SweepSouth

E-Commerce
Home Improvement
Home Services
Internet
Logistics
Retail
$600K25 Jan 2016 Gauteng

BrandScents

Consumer
Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
01 Jan 2016 NA - South Africa, Gauteng, South Africa

Origin Maternity Hospital

Health Care
Hospital
01 Jan 2015 São Paulo

Destiny Changers Education Group

Association
Education
Non Profit
01 Jan 2013 Gauteng
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