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AXIAN Investment
Corporate VC · Antananarivo, Madagascar
AXIAN Investment is the investment arm of AXIAN Group, holding strategic equity stakes across the group's sectors and investing in entrepreneurs and technologies that transform African industries. It describes a long-term strategy building a diversified portfolio spanning multiple asset classes, sectors and geographies.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine LearningEducation
Your fit with AXIAN Investment
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Or find every investor that fitsAXIAN Investment lists 8 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (39%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Education (15%). It invests most often alongside 212Founders, Launch Africa and 4Di Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name AXIAN Investment, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundAXIAN Investment does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 57% |
| Series A | 29% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 2 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 15th | 8 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 57% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 71th | 39% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 212Founders | 2 |
| Launch Africa | 2 |
| 4Di Capital | 1 |
| Acumen America | 1 |
| Algebra Ventures | 1 |
| Antler | 1 |
| Beta.Ventures | 1 |
| British International Investment | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 39% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Education | 15% | 7% |
| Legal & Compliance | 8% | 2% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare AXIAN Investment head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with AXIAN Investment| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 6 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Round | |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Series A | |
| 30 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for AXIAN Investment
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in AXIAN Investment's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
8 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIVE Ventures invests in high-growth companies that address economic inequality and transform the lives of low-income communities across Latin America. | FintechEducation | Feb 2026Round | Funding round | |
| BFREE invests in and manages distressed consumer loan portfolios in Africa | FintechLegal & Compliance | May 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| First Circle Capital invests in FinTech founders in Africa. | Fintech | Nov 2025Series A · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Hamilton Labs issues a stablecoin called USDh, which is backed by US T-bills and rewards holders with interest | Fintech | Mar 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Nucleon provides cybersecurity products and services, including endpoint detection and response, extended detection and response, and managed detection and response. | Cybersecurity | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Paytic provides intelligent components for payments operations, including dispute resolution, reconciliation, and compliance solutions | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Satlyt develops software that enables satellites to run AI and applications onboard and process data in orbit | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| WeLight deploys and operates mini-grids in Madagascar and Mali to contribute to energy inclusion across the African continent. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Jun 2026Series B | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- axian-group.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 8 Apr 2025
- Companies checked
- 8
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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