Future Build Ventures

ACCESS AFRICAN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION & INGENUITY

Future Build Ventures is a South African based venture capital firm investing in tech-driven consumer-led startups. We help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful businesses.

Learn more: www.futurebuildventures.com

About the Firm

Building Ventures from Zero to One

We’re a pre-seed to seed venture fund in South Africa which backs scalable African, technology-driven start-ups.

Future Build Venture Fund I is a seed-stage venture fund based in South Africa investing in highly scalable, consumer focused, technology-driven start-ups. The fund is targeting a final close of ZAR 100 mil (USD 5 Million).

Learn more: https://futurebuildventures.com

Our focus areas
  • HealthTech
  • FinTech
  • Food / AgriTech
  • EdTech
  • Clean/GreenTech
  • Software & Digital Solutions

Meet Our Team

Yan Zhen Xu

General Partner

Thoriso Rangata

General Partner

Murendeni Matshete

Associate
Building Africa's Future, One Venture at a Time!

Future Build Venture Fund 1 is a pre-seed to seed stage venture capital fund investing primarily in South African ventures.The fund invests in B2B and B2B2C (and selectively in B2C) tech-based ventures - with a focus on 6 areas - HealthTech, FinTech, CleanTech, EdTech, Agri/FoodTech and Software / Digital Solutions. 

We aim to back black-founded (at least 50% of the fund) and female-founded (at least 25% of the fund) technology startups in South Africa with the aim of increasing venture capital funding to underrepresented founders.

Our fund offers investors access to the wave of technological innovation taking place in South African and across the continent.

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