# Healthtech investors in Africa (2026 list)

> 26 healthtech investors in Africa, 77% active in the last 12 months. Led by Sequoia Capital, Google for Startups, First Round Capital.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/healthtech-investors-in-africa (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Healthtech investors in Africa

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a healthtech company in Africa in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

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**26** investors on the list No change this week

**455** cheques in 12 months *-17%* against the market

**$1.4M** median round they joined *-82%* against the market median

**77%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**46%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (19)

- 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **2,099** **$35M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 2 [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **811** **$1.4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 3 [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **807** **$18M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 4 [Hustle Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hustle-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **280** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 5 [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **154** **$40M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-fund-2) *Deploying now* Growth equity · United States **96** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 7 [Launch Africa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-africa-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Mauritius **96** **$1.1M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 8 [Hummingbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummingbird-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **91** **$20M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **82** **$5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 10 [Creadev](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creadev-grow-your-future) quiet VC firm · France **9** **$12M** median round **May 2025** last seen
- 11 [Madica](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madica) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6** **$883K** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 12 [E Squared Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e-squared-investments) *Deploying now* Accelerator · South Africa **5** **$1M** median round **Nov 2025** last seen
- 13 [Asia Africa Investments and Consulting](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaic-investment) *Deploying now* VC firm · Singapore **4** **$9M** median round **May 2026** last seen
- 14 [Invest International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-international) *Deploying now* Investment firm · Netherlands **4** **$1.8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [Impacc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impacc) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **3** **$1.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 16 [Anza](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anza) quiet VC firm · South Africa **2** **$2.9M** median round **Oct 2025** last seen
- 17 [DeveloPPP Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/developpp-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **2** **$1.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Admaius Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/admaius-capital-partners) *Deploying now* Private equity · Rwanda **1** **$40M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 19 [Alta Semper Capital Llp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alta-semper) quiet Private equity · United Kingdom **1** **$225K** median round **May 2025** last seen
- 20 [Baobab Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baobab-network) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Kenya **1** **$1.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 21 [O'Shaughnessy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/o-shaughnessy-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1** **$1.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [Ohara Pharmaceutical Co](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ohara-pharmaceutical-co) quiet Investment firm · Japan **1** **$225K** median round **May 2025** last seen
- 23 [Angel investors from Google, Tesla, and Unicredit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-investors-from-google-tesla-and-unicredit) quiet Angel network **1** **$1.4M** median round **May 2025** last seen
- 24 [Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boehringer-ingelheim-foundation) *Deploying now* VC firm **1** **$1.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [IFU](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ifu) quiet Investment firm **1** **$225K** median round **May 2025** last seen

**1 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **6** Nov **[Water Ledger Global](https://millionrounds.com/company/water-ledger-global)** Other *With* [Launch Africa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch-africa-ventures)
- **3** Nov **[Agrani Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrani-labs)** $108M *With* [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)
- **3** Nov **[Traversal](https://millionrounds.com/company/traversal)** Series B · $120M *With* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)
- **3** Nov **[Trajectory](https://millionrounds.com/company/trajectory)** Series A · $45M *Led by* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)
- **31** Oct **[OpenAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/openai)** Other · $20B *With* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)
- **31** Oct **[OpenAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/openai)** Other · $11B *With* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)

## Stages This Year

427 rounds

- Venture **20%**
- Series A **18%**
- Seed **16%**
- Series B **10%**
- Series C **8%**
- Other **28%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **245**
- Fintech **42**
- Big Data & Analytics **29**
- Healthcare **28**
- Financial Services **23**
- Robotics **21**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

128 Q1 25

181 Q2 25

139 Q3 25

139 Q4 25

145 Q1 26

111 Q2 26

107 Q3 26

45 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in health and biotech

- The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Clayton M. Christensen · 2008 4.21 from 1,158 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Innovation Moats and competition About the book A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation... Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care Jonathan Bush · 2014 3.78 from 598 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building Innovation About the book A bold new remedy for the sprawling and wasteful health care industry Where else but the doctor’s office do you have to fill out a form on a clipboard? Have you noticed that hospital bills are almost unintelligible, except for the absurdly high dollar amount? Why is it that… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris Richard Kluger · 1997 3.94 from 306 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book Ashes to Ashes is a monumental history of the American tobacco industry’s ironic success in developing the cigarette, modern society’s most widespread instrument of self-destruction, into the nation’s most profitable consumer product. Starting with its energized, work-obsessed… On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek Howard Markel · 2017 3.87 from 969 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book "What's more American than Corn Flakes?" --Bing Crosby From the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"--Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"--Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book… On AmazonListen on Audible

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## Quick answers about healthtech investors in Africa

### Who are the most active healthtech investors in Africa?

By cheques observed, the most active are Sequoia Capital, Google for Startups, First Round Capital, Hustle Fund and Google.

### How many healthtech investors in Africa are there?

26 are on record. 77% made an investment in the last 12 months and 46% have led a round.

### Which stages do healthtech investors in Africa back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Series A (25%) and Seed (24%).

### How big are the rounds healthtech investors in Africa join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $1.4M.

### Which sectors do healthtech investors in Africa back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Fintech and Big Data & Analytics.

### Which healthtech investors in Africa lead the most rounds?

Sequoia Capital (91 led), First Round Capital (15 led) and Hummingbird Ventures (5 led).

### Where are healthtech investors in Africa based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (9), the United Kingdom (2) and South Africa (2).

### What have healthtech investors in Africa invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Water Ledger Global (Other, Nov 2026, with Launch Africa), Agrani Labs (Nov 2026, with Google) and Traversal (Series B, Nov 2026, with Sequoia Capital).

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