# AECI: portfolio, investments and team

> AECI is a corporate vc based in South Africa. 1 investment on record, latest Mar 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/aeci (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# AECI

Last cheque observed Mar 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Corporate VC Quiet

Series A Chemical Manufacturing

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **609** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.8M** Rounds led **0 of 1**

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## AECI highlights

- 01 1 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Chemical Manufacturing
- **Based in:** Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Khula](https://millionrounds.com/company/khula)** Series A · ZA · Disrupt Africa **$6.8M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**Clariant Chemicals** **$37M** Feb 2014

## The cheque

Series A

Median round joined **$6.8M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies AECI put money into.

[**Khula** $6.8M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/khula)

## Quick answers about AECI

### What does AECI invest in?

AECI invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Chemical and Manufacturing.

### How active is AECI?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2025.

### What has AECI invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Khula (Series A, Mar 2025).

### How big are AECI's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.8M.

### Is AECI investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2025.

### What kind of investor is AECI?

AECI is a corporate VC based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

### When was AECI founded?

AECI was founded in 1896.

### Where does this information on AECI come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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