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CRE Venture Capital

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

QuietNew fund $15M, Jul 2023VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ATech

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 6 on record
Since the last cheque521days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$10MRounds led3 of 6Mostly inNigeria, 50%
Pitch CRE Venture Capital

CRE Venture Capital highlights

  1. 01

    6 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 60% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 3 rounds

What they do

We invest in visionary founders building category-defining tech companies that are levered to Africa.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Tech
Based in
New York, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first6 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. May
    CutstructSeed · NG · Disrupt Africa$1.5MLed
  3. 2019

    3 rounds

  4. Dec
    RensourceSeries A · NG · TechCrunch$20MLed
  5. Mar
    FlexclubSeed · ZA · TechCrunch$1.2MLed
  6. Jan
    AndelaSeries D · US · FinSMEs$100MWith 2 others
  7. 2018

    1 round

  8. Oct
    FlutterwaveNG · Disrupt-africa$10MWith 4 others
  9. 2015

    1 round

  10. Nov
    Asoko InsightVenture · GB$1.4MWith 2 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.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named

PMPardon MakumbePresident / Chief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV

We also hold 6 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$405Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
Legal name
CRE Venture Capital, Inc.
SEC number
CRD 317875

Funds on its Form ADV

33 private funds, $376M in gross assets · filed Sept 2024

  1. CRE G4 SPV 2 LLCVenture13 investors$54M
  2. CRE Venture Capital Fund III A L.P.Venture118 investors$41M
  3. Africa Angels Network Seed Stage Fund One, L.P.Venture62 investors$40M
  4. CRE Venture Capital Fund II Limited PartnershipVenture85 investors$39M
  5. Kairos I, A Series of Falcon 5-2 LLCVenture126 investors$35M
  6. CRE G4 SPV 3 LLCVenture362 investors$22M
  7. CRE Andela C LLCVenture101 investors$18M
  8. Kairos III, A Series of Falcon 5-2 LLCVenture1 investor$14M
  9. CRE Andela B LLCVenture109 investors$14M
  10. SABI 7-1 LLCVenture87 investors$13M

And 23 more on the filing.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

7 of 13 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Recently backed

The latest companies CRE Venture Capital put money into.

Quick answers about CRE Venture Capital

What does CRE Venture Capital invest in?

CRE Venture Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Tech.

How active is CRE Venture Capital?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in May 2025.

What has CRE Venture Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Cutstruct (Seed, May 2025), Rensource (Series A, Dec 2019) and Flexclub (Seed, Mar 2019).

How big are CRE Venture Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M.

Does CRE Venture Capital lead rounds?

Yes: it led 3 of its 6 investments on record (50%).

Where does CRE Venture Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Nigeria (50%), South Africa (17%) and the United States (17%).

Is CRE Venture Capital investing now?

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

What kind of investor is CRE Venture Capital?

CRE Venture Capital is a VC firm based in New York, United States.

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