Venture Capital Investment Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and social enterprises, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Funding is an equity investment. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Africa.
EPF Tech Fund provides venture capital investment to early-stage, high-growth technology businesses led by youth across Africa that address sector challenges in water, housing, energy, agriculture, safety, education, transport, healthcare, and employment. The fund targets innovative tech solutions to development and sustainability problems across multiple sectors.
About this grant
The EPF Tech Fund is a pan-African venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, high-growth technology businesses led by youth that address 10 key socio-economic challenges across the African continent. The fund focuses on identifying scalable, locally-developed technology solutions in sectors including water, housing, energy, agriculture, safety, rural education, transport, healthcare, unemployment, and other industries. The fund aims to bridge the gap between raw innovation and sustainable industrial growth, transforming local ideas into global enterprises while delivering exceptional returns to investors. The EPF Tech Fund is aligned with the Empire Partner Foundation's strategy to solve public sector challenges using technology solutions and has created tech hubs, made over 23 technology investments across Africa, impacted over 10 industries, and created over 150 SMME companies and 750+ jobs to date.
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Eligibility
The fund invests in early-stage, high-growth technology businesses that are youth-led, address one of the 10 key sector challenges identified by the fund, and are scalable across the African continent. While the page does not explicitly state formal eligibility restrictions, the fund's focus is on companies solving public sector challenges through technology innovation in Africa.
How it's scored
The page does not provide specific evaluation criteria, scoring methodologies, or panel composition details for how applications are assessed and funded.
Key requirements
- ✓Early-stage, high-growth technology business
- ✓Youth-led team
- ✓Operating in or serving Africa
- ✓Solving challenges in water, housing, energy, agriculture, safety, education, transport, healthcare, or employment sectors
Recent past awardees
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- Paypoint · 2019
- Visiosoft · 2017
- Smartview Technologies · 2018
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Venture Capital Investment?
- Eligibility covers organisations in AFRICA; startup, sme, social-enterprise. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
Relevant sectors
About this sector
Water funding covers supply, sanitation, wastewater treatment, water efficiency, catchment management and flood risk. A large share is public procurement for infrastructure and services, alongside grants for innovation and access in underserved areas. Bidders and applicants are typically assessed on technical capacity, operating experience and community impact.
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