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Top 20 VC funds according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are active VC funds that have invested over the last 5 years. These funds are actively investing in Finance industry.

Top 20 VC funds in Sub-Saharan Africa with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Finance industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Market analysis

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Sub-Saharan Africa is $1.5 B, which is 0.2% from the total amount of money raised in Finance industry.

About the top Funds:
  • The first place is taken by LeapFrog Investments which is a VC. The last place belongs to Naspers which is a VC.
  • The most common country among top VCs is South Africa which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Kenya, Mauritius and Nigeria.
  • VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2006 to 2019. For some funds 2014 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • The minimum number of portfolio companies for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 129. Average number of portfolio companies is 23.6 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of portfolio companies for VCs in the sample is 2.