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Sherpa Ventures
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Sherpa Ventures is a pre-seed and seed investor founded by startup operators in Africa, backing founders building technology companies on the continent. It supports portfolio companies with market insights, strategic partnerships, hiring and preparation for follow-on capital.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
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Or find every investor that fitsSherpa Ventures lists 1 checked portfolio company on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest theme is Healthcare & Biotech (100%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Genesis Capital, Qiming Venture Partners and RA Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Sherpa 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 | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 100% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 100% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Genesis Capital | 1 |
| Qiming Venture Partners | 1 |
| RA Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1100%
- 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 Sherpa 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 Sherpa Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 22 Sept 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Sherpa Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Sherpa Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
1 company checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AusperBio uses cookies and other technologies to improve its website. | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2025Series B · 2 rounds | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- sherpa.africa
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 22 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 1
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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