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DOB Equity
Venture capital · Veessen, Netherlands · Europe
DOB Equity is an investor in innovative, scalable and impactful companies in East Africa. It works closely with entrepreneurs on portfolio management, governance and environmental, social and economic risk.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & BiotechEducation
In its own wordssustainable food systemsrenewable energywater and sanitationimpact investingeast africa
Your fit with DOB Equity
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Or find every investor that fitsDOB Equity lists 6 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (20%), Healthcare & Biotech (20%) and Education (20%). 40% of its companies are based in Uganda. It invests most often alongside Acacia Venture Capital Partners, Beyond Capital Ventures and Catalyst Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name DOB Equity, 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 roundDOB Equity does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 8th | 6 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 17th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Acacia Venture Capital Partners | 1 |
| Beyond Capital Ventures | 1 |
| Catalyst Fund | 1 |
| Eight Capital | 1 |
| Energise Africa | 1 |
| Impacc | 1 |
| Livelihood Impact Fund | 1 |
| Neer Venture Partners | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6100%
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| Education | 20% | 7% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 10% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 10% | 3% |
| Climate & Energy | 10% | 1% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Acacia Venture Capital Partners
Compare DOB Equity 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 DOB Equity| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for DOB Equity
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in DOB Equity's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
6 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Care offers health insurance products and services, including digital-based experiences and wellness programs. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI-based operating system for agriculture, tracking production and connecting harvest to buyers. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| NEI connects buyers and sellers across private-company deal flow. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Spouts is a social enterprise that offers impact-driven products, including ceramic water filters and improved cookstoves, to create life-changing environmental and social benefits for African households. | Healthcare & BiotechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Zembo provides electric motorcycles, batteries, and financing to riders, particularly for taxi and delivery services. | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Zydii provides digital training to African businesses | EducationEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- dobequity.nl
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 22 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 6
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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