HAVAÍC
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HAVAÍC is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cape Town, investing in high-growth, impactful technology start-ups in Africa, particularly in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya. It provides strategic support and capital-raising expertise to its portfolio companies.
HAVAÍC is a venture capital firm headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in technology.
“Our investment philosophy is driven by identifying innovative and impactful technology products, processes, or platforms that provide real-world solutions with disruptive growth potential to effectively scale into markets both locally and internationally.”
— HAVAÍC, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Invests in
- South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya
- Sectors
- technology
Team, as HAVAÍC publishes it
- Ian Lessem Managing Partner
- Rob Heath Partner
- Kiara Suttner-Tromp Partner
- Tyrone Moodley Principal
- Ismaeel Abrahams Associate
- Madimetja Mashilo Associate
- Ilke Kemp Investment Support & Administration
- Berit Fehrenbacher Investment Support & Administration
- Nicola Venter Investment Support & Administration
- Steffan Bradley Jantjies Investment Support & Administration
- Rob Hamer Investment Committee Chair
- Jonathan Schlosberg Investment Committee
Names and roles exactly as listed on havaic.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page HAVAÍC publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.havaic.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status
- https://www.havaic.com/aboutstage_min, stage_max, people
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Record 1599 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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