Pan-African pre-seed and seed VC with an open founder community
Lofty Inc. is a pan-African early-stage VC fund investing in African founders building category-defining tech companies. Invests $100K–500K at pre-seed and seed. Portfolio includes Payourse, Cova, and other breakout startups. Known for a community-first approach and active Slack community for African founders that is open beyond just portfolio companies.
Use when
You're raising pre-seed or seed and want both capital and membership in one of Africa's most active founder communities.
Skip when
You are raising a first cheque. The Alpha fund is deliberately aimed at late-seed and Series A, which is a different conversation from pre-seed.
Status (24 Sep 2026): deploying LoftyInc Alpha, its third fund, which reached a US$43 million first close in March 2025 with commitments from FMO, Proparco, IFC, AfricaGrow and US family offices. It targets late-seed and Series A specifically, to bridge the gap African companies hit after seed. Operating from Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya with Francophone coverage. One of the ecosystem's earliest investors: Flutterwave, Andela, Wave Mobile Money, Reliance Health, Moove and OmniRetail are all in the portfolio. The Lofty Community is free to join without investment and gives access to the operator network.
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