Investors / Jedar Capital
Jedar Capital
Venture capital
Jedar Capital is an early-stage venture firm founded in 2021 by Sherif Nessim that invests in post-revenue startups. It began as a syndicate investing across the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan and now runs Africa Fund I, focused on African trade infrastructure.
Invests inE-commerce & MarketplacesFintech
In its own wordsafrican tradelogisticsb2b fintechtrade financeagribusinessdigital infrastructure
Your fit with Jedar Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsJedar Capital lists 11 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (25%), Fintech (25%) and Food & Agriculture (10%). It invests most often alongside Launch Africa, LoftyInc Capital and Orbit Startups.
No funding round on record names Jedar Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Jedar Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 11. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 25% | 6% |
| Fintech | 25% | 12% |
| Food & Agriculture | 10% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 10% | 1% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 18% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Launch Africa | 3 |
| LoftyInc Capital | 3 |
| Orbit Startups | 3 |
| Start Equity Ventures | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Antler | 2 |
| Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund | 2 |
| Microtraction | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 27th | 11 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers11100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Jedar Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
11 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaldal delivers groceries and other products to customers in Bangladesh | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Elgameya is an online platform that digitizes the traditional ROSCA model, allowing users to join savings cycles and manage their finances | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Fincart provides a platform for managing shipping and courier services | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bumpa provides business tools for inventory, sales, orders, and customer management | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Jem is a workforce management platform for deskless teams, built on WhatsApp, that helps connect, manage and reward workers. | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Julaya provides payment and collection solutions for businesses | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Krave Mart delivers groceries and everyday essentials to customers | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Paismo provides human resources and payroll software to manage employee data, time, attendance, and performance, as well as automate payroll processing and disbursements. | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Sully provides a platform for healthcare systems to manage patient care and administrative tasks. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Treepz provides corporate travel solutions, including booking and management of flights, hotels, and vehicle rentals, as well as event planning and group bookings. | Legal & ComplianceMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Ufarmx enables retailers, banks, and institutions to safely extend credit to smallholder farmers across Africa. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- jedar.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 11
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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