Savannah Fund
savannah.vc Direct investor
Savannah Fund is a pan-African seed fund and accelerator that invests in early-stage technology companies across sub-Saharan Africa. It provides capital, mentorship, and access to global markets.
Savannah Fund is a venture capital firm headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, founded in 2011. It invests directly in companies, at seed, in fintech, education, Logistics/E-Commerce and SaaS. Its stated cheque size is US$50,000-US$1,000,000. $25M under management and 31 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Savannah Fund invests in high-growth technology companies across the continent, and runs an accelerator connecting founders to capital, mentorship and global markets.”
— Savannah Fund, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Stage
- Seed
- Invests in
- sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Sectors
- Fintech, Education, Logistics/E-Commerce, SaaS, Healthcare, Agtech, innovation at the bottom of the pyramid
- Cheque size
- US$50,000-US$1,000,000
- Founded
- 2011
- Assets under management
- $25M
- Portfolio
- 31 companies
Team, as Savannah Fund publishes it
- Mbwana Alliy Managing Partner
- Paul Bragiel General Partner
- Selva Govinden Senior Accountant
- Tommy Chia Venture Partner
- Mohamed Albeity Associate
Names and roles exactly as listed on savannah.vc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 22 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- LoftyInc Capital Management 3 shared companies: ebanqo.com, andofoods.co, rxall.net
- Borski Fund 1 shared company: root.io
- Decibel 1 shared company: root.io
- Drive Capital 1 shared company: root.io
- Konvoy 1 shared company: root.io
- Silver Lake 1 shared company: root.io
- TLcom Capital 1 shared company: knabu.me
- Courtside VC 1 shared company: smileidentity.com
- Norrsken22 1 shared company: smileidentity.com
- ValueStream Ventures 1 shared company: smileidentity.com
and 12 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Savannah Fund publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://savannah.vc/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, aum, status, confidence, stage_min, stage_max
- https://savannah.vc/savannah-fund-launches-second-25m-africa-tech-seed-fund-led-by-ifc-draper-and-others.htminvests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, portfolio_count
- https://savannah.vc/aboutcheque_size, people
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Record 1600 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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