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TLcom Capital
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
TLcom Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in tech-enabled, scalable businesses in Africa. It has offices in Nairobi, Lagos and London and describes itself as active in the ecosystem, co-investing and supporting its portfolio founders.
Invests inFintechE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordsafricatechnologyscalable businessesseedgrowth
Your fit with TLcom Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsTLcom Capital lists 27 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (34%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (22%) and AI & Machine Learning (10%). It invests most often alongside British International Investment, Enza Capital and Timon Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name TLcom Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not TLcom Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 27. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 60% |
| Series A | 40% |
| 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 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 64th | 27 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 60% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 62th | 34% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 34% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 22% | 6% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 2% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| British International Investment | 14 |
| Enza Capital | 6 |
| Timon Capital | 4 |
| Ventures Platform | 4 |
| 4DX Ventures | 3 |
| DCG | 3 |
| Y Combinator | 3 |
| Alter Global | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers27100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with British International Investment
Compare TLcom Capital 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 TLcom Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Series A | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 14 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for TLcom Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in TLcom Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
27 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrails provides financial and climate insights using artificial intelligence and satellite verification | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Ajua helps businesses create experiences that customers and employees love by providing customer experience, employee experience, and consumer insights solutions | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Andela connects global technologists with opportunities in the AI era and helps companies build and deploy AI systems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Autochek builds solutions to enable and enhance commerce in the automotive sector, including auto loans and transactional marketplaces. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Bright Financial builds and operates payment rails, settlement infrastructure, and banking services for underserved markets in Africa and the Middle East | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| FairMoney provides financial services including loans and savings products | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Flextock provides fulfillment solutions for businesses, including end-to-end fulfillment, delivery aggregation, and sales growth services. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Feb 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Cleva allows users to send money across borders, particularly to Nigeria, and provides other financial services such as multi-currency accounts and virtual cards. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| HoneyCoin provides financial services and tools for businesses to manage cross-border payments, treasury operations, and currency exchange. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| HUB2 provides payment services and solutions for fintech leaders in Africa, including pay-in, pay-out, and international remittance services. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Ilara Health provides primary care clinics with equipment, medicines, and digital solutions to deliver healthcare | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ILLA provides trucking and logistics services to help businesses deliver goods domestically and internationally | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Kola connects consumer brands to verified retailers across Ghana and West Africa | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Littlefish provides a platform that connects and integrates various systems for banks, telcos, and fintechs to manage merchant services, payments, and commerce. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Mar 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Myka provides and manages various insurance policies, including life, health, motor, and property insurance. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides an online tool to download Instagram videos, photos, Reels, Stories, and IGTV clips | Media & EntertainmentConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Pula innovates agricultural data science and insurtech solutions for smallholder farmers, government and business across Africa and Asia | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Satlyt develops software that enables satellites to run AI and applications onboard and process data in orbit | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| SeamlessHR provides human resource management software for companies | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- tlcomcapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 27
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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