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Foundation Ventures
Venture capital
Foundation Ventures is a thematic pre-Seed and Seed technology investor in Africa with deep roots in Egypt. It often writes the first check and stays close to founders long after, investing in operators with deep insight into a problem.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningE-commerce & MarketplacesFintech
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Your fit with Foundation Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsFoundation Ventures lists 4 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (29%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (29%) and Fintech (29%). It invests most often alongside British International Investment, TLcom Capital and Accel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Foundation Ventures, 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 75% |
| Series A | 25% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| British International Investment | 2 |
| TLcom Capital | 2 |
| Accel | 1 |
| Access Bridge Ventures | 1 |
| Alter Global | 1 |
| Anamcara Capital | 1 |
| BY Venture Partners | 1 |
| COTU | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4100%
- 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 | 29% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 29% | 6% |
| Fintech | 29% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 14% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with British International Investment
Compare Foundation Ventures 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 Foundation Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 30 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 9 May 2024 | Seed |
Round details for Foundation Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Foundation Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
4 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aydi exists to make choices for growers faster, smarter, and more reliable | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Flextock provides fulfillment solutions for businesses, including end-to-end fulfillment, delivery aggregation, and sales growth services. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Feb 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Prolo provides construction materials at competitive prices | Real Estate & Construction | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Swypex provides financial services including corporate cards, business banking, and expense management to businesses. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | May 2024Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- foundationventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 May 2024
- Companies checked
- 4
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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