Five35 Ventures
Pan-African venture capital firm founded in 2020, investing at pre-seed and seed in technology-enabled, female-focused or female-led startups across five sectors.
Five35 Ventures is a Pan-African venture capital firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. It invests at pre-seed and seed stage in technology-enabled companies that are female-focused or female-led, applying a gender-lens investment approach - that is, an approach that explicitly evaluates how a company serves or is led by women.
The firm's portfolio spans five sectors: healthcare, agriculture, financial services, mobility and commerce. Beyond capital, it provides hands-on support intended to help ventures scale, and describes its mission as expanding opportunities for female-focused ventures while connecting investors with businesses contributing to Africa's growth.
Five35 Ventures operates across the African continent from its Johannesburg base. Its focus sits at the intersection of technology-enabled solutions and gender-lens investing, targeting the early stage of the market where female-focused and female-led ventures are seeking institutional capital.