| Investor Type | Firm |
| Type of Fund | Venture Capital Fund |
| Industries | BioTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Impact • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Life Science • Consumer • Pharmaceutical (& Medicine) • Woman Focused • Diagnostics |
| Stages | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A |
| Investing | United States • South Africa |
| Investment Range | $50,000 - $6,000,000 |
| Investment Sweet Spot | $1,000,000 |
Jaza Rift Ventures is a venture capital and asset management advisory company with deep sector expertise, particularly in healthcare innovations and inventions across Africa. In partnership with Villgro Africa, they aim to be a leading global healthcare investment platform.
Their vision encompasses fostering sustainable, impactful advancements in healthcare through strategic investments ranging from pre-seed to Series A funding rounds, while also supporting later-stage SMEs and Corporates with transaction advisory. Jaza Rift Ventures holds specialized knowledge in opportunities and challenges within the African healthcare sector, focusing on digital health, medtech, and biotech.
Their investment strategy is designed to propel startups toward sustainable growth and facilitate strategic decision-making for private equity, venture capital firms, and business owners. They offer holistic support by providing access to a global community of healthcare experts through networks like the Strategic Healthcare Board (SHB), Founder Advisory Network (FAN), and Healthcare Collaborative Network (HCN). Driven by impact and data, they prioritize innovations that solve real-world healthcare challenges, leveraging data science and machine learning to inform their decisions.
Jaza Rift Ventures also boasts an Innovation Lab that supports disruptive digital health, medtech, biotech, and assistive technologies from ideation to scaling, focusing on sectors such as Climate, Gender, AI/ML, Accessibility, and Health.
Their portfolio includes companies like Neopenda, Figorr, and Revna Biosciences that specialize in solutions such as B2B hardware and software for neonatal and adult vitals monitoring, IoT-powered cold storage, and precision medicine research and diagnostics, serving markets across Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana.
The fund's investment parameters range from a minimum of $50,000 to a maximum of $6,000,000, with a sweet spot of $1,000,000.
We are a pre-seed to series A digital health, healthtech, medtech , biotech and assistive technology investment firm for Africa.
What we look for: We invest in pre-seed to series A digital health, healthtech, biotech, medtech and assistive technologies founders in Africa. Tickets: $100k-$2M.
How we help: 4Cs- Capital- Community- Coachin & Mentoring- Crazy 10x Growth
