Ethiopia · 
What does Renew Capital invest in?
Renew Capital invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.
Renew Capital highlights
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10 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 75% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 5 rounds, median undisclosed
What they do
Renew Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Africa’s tech-enabled startupsFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Sectors
- Technology
- Based in
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first10 appearances
- 2025
5 rounds
- Aug
- May
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- 2024
5 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Dec
- Oct
- Oct
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 registration2 named
LDLaura DavisManaging memberiFiling they signed
MDMatthew DavisManaging memberiFiling they signed
We also hold 2 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 they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
2 of 5 we have independently watched raise
Telegramhypeo.aiFunding ApplicationInvestor PortalTraining Portal
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.