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Novastar Ventures
London, United Kingdom
Focus on bold African entrepreneurs delivering financial, social and environmental impact for people and planet.
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19+
Employees
25+
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AfricaUnited Kingdom
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Novastar Ventures
Focus on bold African entrepreneurs delivering financial, social and environmental impact for people and planet.
Portfolio
19+
Employees
25+
Founded
N/A
AUM
N/A
Stages
No stages listed
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
AfricaUnited Kingdom
Sources
Showing 19 of 19 matched portfolio companies
BasiGo provides electric bus technology and fleet solutions tailored for African public transport operators. The company offers state-of-the-art electric buses paired with a Pay-As-You-Drive leasing model to mitigate high upfront capital expenditure. This is supported by a dedicated charging and service network to ensure reliable, low-carbon mobility operations.
Funding: $99.2M
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Funding: $99.2M
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Breadfast is a mobile application that provides instant delivery of over 3,000 household essentials, including groceries, bakery items, and personal care products, within minutes. By utilizing a streamlined logistics network, the platform addresses the need for quick access to daily necessities in urban areas of Egypt, ensuring freshness and convenience for consumers.
Funding: $29.2M
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Funding: $29.2M
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Elephant provides a digital health platform, ElephantOS, that streamlines primary and secondary care services by delivering real-time information to clinicians, enabling consultations to be completed in just three minutes. The platform enhances patient care by reducing waiting times by 20-40% and ensuring secure, continuous access to healthcare across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Funding: $14.8M
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Funding: $14.8M
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Elephants is a relationship management tool that utilizes voice recognition technology to capture and organize contact details, tasks, and notes about professional connections. It addresses the challenge of maintaining meaningful relationships by providing reminders for follow-ups and enabling users to track important interactions efficiently.
DeFi Tools is a Web 3.0 employment marketplace that connects skilled software engineers with companies seeking to fill talent gaps in areas such as computer vision and web applications. The platform enhances workforce growth by facilitating direct access to experienced professionals, including those developing Rust compilers for Solana Dapps.
Ko is a networking platform that organizes educational resources and facilitates the creation of professional profiles for individuals and teams. It addresses the challenge of connecting job seekers with educational opportunities by providing a centralized space for resource sharing and job postings.
mPharma provides financing and inventory management solutions to health insurance and pharmaceutical companies, ensuring that patients can access affordable medications even when they face financial constraints. By aggregating and predicting demand across a network of hospitals and pharmacies, mPharma enables lower prices and consistent availability of essential medicines for over 2 million patients across Africa.
Funding: $225.0K
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Funding: $225.0K
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Lo provides a platform for managing and automating commercial real estate leasing workflows. It centralizes lease documentation, tracks key dates, and streamlines communication between landlords and tenants. This system helps commercial property managers reduce administrative overhead and ensure compliance across their portfolio.
Funding: $1.6M
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Funding: $1.6M
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Ola is a finance super app designed specifically for US Hispanics and Latinxs, providing tools for investment, savings, and financial planning. By addressing the significant gap in stock and cryptocurrency ownership among Latinx individuals, Ola empowers users to create personalized financial strategies and access high-yield investment accounts.
Paygo provides blockchain developers with a verifiable application pattern for instant, non-custodial payments featuring fixed transaction costs. Its TypeScript SDK enables seamless integration for managing on-chain fees and supporting core payment functionalities like sending, receiving, and escrowing funds with zero-knowledge proof guarantees.
The startup provides wireless broadband services to low-income and rural communities in East Africa, utilizing advanced radio frequency technology to deliver high-speed internet access. This service addresses the lack of reliable internet connectivity, enabling users to access educational resources, trade opportunities, and social platforms at affordable rates.
Funding: $50.3M
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Funding: $50.3M
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Point provides a browser extension that allows users to save and manage text snippets, templates, and other content for easy reuse across various websites. This tool addresses the inefficiency of repetitive content entry, enhancing productivity for individuals and teams.
Funding: $141.0M
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Funding: $141.0M
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Prenda offers a student-led learning system through microschools that utilize evidence-based techniques to enhance engagement and academic performance in K-8 education. By providing personalized curricula and ongoing support for both students and guides, Prenda addresses the limitations of traditional education that often fail to cater to individual learning needs.
Funding: $45.8M
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Funding: $45.8M
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RA UNLIMITED harnesses solar photovoltaic technology to generate clean and affordable electricity for homes, businesses, and communities in the Philippines. The company addresses the reliance on fossil fuels by providing sustainable energy solutions that create jobs and enhance the quality of life for Filipinos.
Re is an on‑chain reinsurance protocol that tokenizes real reinsurance treaties, issuing fully collateralized tokens backed by verified insurance premiums. The platform provides institutional investors and insurers with regulated, transparent access to the $800B+ reinsurance market, delivering 8‑16% annual yields that are largely uncorrelated with traditional assets while maintaining defined risk limits and underwriting discipline.
Funding: $7.0M
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Funding: $7.0M
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Sistema.bio manufactures prefabricated modular biodigester systems that enable farmers to convert organic waste into biogas and organic fertilizer. This technology addresses the need for sustainable waste management and provides a renewable energy source, enhancing agricultural productivity and reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers.
Funding: $3.5M
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Funding: $3.5M
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JoinSoko is a social marketplace that connects Black talent with tech startups seeking diverse candidates. The platform addresses the underrepresentation of Black professionals in the tech industry by facilitating direct access to job opportunities and fostering community engagement.
Funding: $2.6M
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Funding: $2.6M
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The startup operates an online retail marketplace that connects customers with surplus and deadstock building materials and DIY products from retailers. By offering these goods at significantly reduced prices, the platform addresses the issue of waste in the construction industry while providing affordable options for consumers.
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100+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $5.9M
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Funding: $5.9M
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TradeDepot is a B2B e-commerce platform that connects SME retailers with global suppliers, facilitating the sourcing of consumer goods tailored to local markets. The platform also offers embedded finance solutions, enabling retailers to access flexible payment options and improve their cash flow management.
Funding: $123.0M
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Funding: $123.0M
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