Investors in Sao Tome and Principe
CapLink tracks 46 active investors in Sao Tome and Principe, forming a focused but well-defined funding ecosystem within Africa.
The mix is led by VC, PE/Buy-Out and Government-backed, alongside 7 other investor types. Deal coverage spans Pre-Seed through PE/Buy-out, with the largest concentration at Seed.
Top sector themes include AI, Cloud/SaaS, Climate, Fintech and Hardware. Ticket sizes range from roughly $10K to $350M, covering everything from early angel cheques to growth-stage rounds.
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Ecosystem Overview
São Tomé and Príncipe has one of the smallest and least developed startup ecosystems in Africa, constrained by a tiny population of roughly 220,000, limited infrastructure, and minimal local venture capital activity. The country lacks dedicated startup accelerators or domestic VC funds, and most entrepreneurial activity is informal and micro-scale. International development finance institutions and NGOs play a larger role than private investors in supporting early-stage ventures. Given its geographic isolation and small market size, the most viable startups tend to address local needs in agriculture, fishing, and tourism, often seeking regional or diaspora funding.
Sao Tome and Principe investor database
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![]() An Israeli venture capital firm and venture studio investing in early-stage, revenue-generating startups. They provide hands-on support and U.S.-based growth initiatives to help companies achieve product-market fit and scale from pre-seed to IPO. |
Good and Well is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments in social purpose businesses. The firm seeks to invest in Canada. The firm primarily make investment of $100,000 to $500,000. Good and Well is based in Toronto, Canada. |
![]() Reiten & Co is an ambitious owner in private and listed companies, investing in tomorrow’s winners since 1996. They focus on creating positive partnerships through insight, dedication, and passion. |
![]() We serve up a sumptuous spread of stills and sparkling moving image to restaurants, brands and organisations. Chef films, how-tos and branded content. |
![]() Ideas & Capital (I&C) is a Venture Capital firm based in Mexico that invests earlystage and growth capital in companies with high potential in the Mexican and Latin American markets. The team has been successfully investing since 2005 and has a proven-track record as investors, entrepreneurs, consultants and business advisors. The management team of I&C is very active in helping entrepreneurs define the best strategies for growth and implementing best practices in order to maximize value creation. |
Builders + Backers is an AI-powered venture studio that helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses through a combination of AI guidance, human expertise, and innovative funding, removing traditional barriers like pitch decks and insider networks. |
![]() Fagerberg and Dellby AB operates as a private equity firm. The Company offers start-up to mature company. Fagerberg and Dellby operates in Sweden. Fagerberg and Dellby buys mature, profitable and well-managed companies where we can accelerate growth and accelerate a new development curve. |
Black & Brown Founders was created by our Executive Director, Aniyia Williams, during her entrepreneurship residency with Code2040 in 2017. Through fundraising for her tech company, Aniyia discovered the many gaps of venture funding and disparities in supporting people of color. Less than 2% of venture capital goes to Black and Latinx entrepreneurs, yet they are the driving force behind business creation in the United States.
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Investment opportunities with private equities will continue to expand in the future, despite various global economic uncertainties such as the growth of emerging countries and regional economic / geopolitical risks.With our deep understanding of corporate management, business models and markets, we pursue activities to provide equity funds with the goal to continuously expand asset management opportunities for investors and to also provide funding to companies. What drives us is our strong dedication to be a part of the industrial financing, and to deliver powerful support to companies. |
An early stage venture capital firm based in Minnesota investing globally in food tech, health tech, and enterprise SaaS, leveraging local corporate networks to help founders scale. |
Plug and Play Tech Center is a global innovation platform headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, dedicated to catalyzing technological advancement by connecting startups, corporations, and investors worldwide. Founded in 2006 by Saeed Amidi, the firm has established itself as a leading accelerator and venture capital firm, operating over 60 industry-focused accelerator programs across more than 35 cities globally. These programs support startups at various stages, from seed to Series C, and cover a wide range of industries, including Fintech, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Brand & Retail, Mobility, New Materials & Packaging, Sustainability, Food & Beverage, Travel & Hospitality, Health & Wellness, and Supply Chain & Logistics.
Plug and Play collaborates with over 500 industry-leading corporations and partners with more than 300 venture capital firms to invest in over 250 companies annually. Notable companies in its portfolio include PayPal, LendingClub, Dropbox, NatureBox, SoundHound, Zoosk, Matcha (acquired by Apple), VentureBeat, FiscalNote, CreditSesame, Api.ai (acquired by Google), Milo (acquired by eBay), AddThis (acquired by Oracle), Baarzo (acquired by Google), ChangeTip (acquired by Airbnb), Danger (acquired by Microsoft), Ellie Mae (acquired by Ellie Mae), and Vudu (acquired by Walmart). The firm's mission is to make innovation open to anyone, anywhere, fostering collaboration and accelerating the development of cutting-edge technologies. |
Acorn Agri and Food Limited is a private equity firm specializing in growth, expansion, middle market, later, Industry Consolidation, Recapitalizations and mature stage investments. The firm is not restricted to any particular industry but prefers to invest in production, agri input, services, energy, logistics, agri production and food processing. The firm prefers to invest in agriculture and food chain sectors preferably in Southern Africa. It prefers to invest in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and mainly in South Africa. The firm prefers to invest at least ZAR 50 million ($2.88 million) to ZAR 750 Million ($43.40 million) in companies with companies having enterprise value of minimum ZAR 100 million ($5.77 million). The firm also prefers to invest in family owned or entrepreneurial businesses, and where management has a stake in the company. The firm acquires at least 25.1 percent stake in any portfolio company and up to 35 percent stake in a venture capital portfolio company. It prefers to exit its investments within five to ten years. Acorn Agri and Food Limited was founded in June 2009 and is based in Somerset West, South Africa and has additional offices in Somerset West, South Africa. |
J.F. Lehman and Company, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, industry consolidation, corporate divestitures, mature, and acquiring lower middle market companies. It does not invest in deeply troubled or turnaround situations. The firm typically invests in the manufacturing & service companies with focus on defense, aerospace, infrastructure, construction, engineering and maritime, government, shipping industries, environmental and technical services. It prefers to invest in the United States, Europe, North America and United Kingdom defense markets. It prefers to invest between $50 million and $350 million in companies with enterprise values between $30 million and $300 million & EBITDA between $15 million & $150 million. The firm seeks to make majority stake and control investments in its portfolio companies. It prefers to take board seat in the portfolio companies. J.F. Lehman and Company, LLC formerly known as J.F. Lehman & Company, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Washington D.C, Virginia and London, United Kingdom. |
![]() Black and Brown Capital Group is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed/startups, early venture and growth capital investment. The firm prefers to invest in Consumer, Energy Transition & Sustainability, Financial Services, Health Care & Business Services, Real Estate, B2B, pharmaceutical, industrial & business services, media & telecommunications and Technology sector. The firm prefers to invest in North and South America, Europe, China, southeast, Asia and India. The firm prefer Hispanic and Black-owned businesses. Black and Brown Capital Group is based in Los Angeles, California. |
![]() Brown and White Ventures, LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies and startups. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare services, medical technologies, information technology, energy, transportation, and cutting-edge technology sectors. It invests in Finger Lakes, Central New York, Upstate and Western New York regions. The firm prefers to invest in companies led by women and minorities. Brown and White Ventures, LLC is based in Fairport, New York. |
Johnson & Johnson is the largest and most broadly based healthcare company in the world. We’re producing life-changing breakthroughs every day, and have been for the last 130 years. The combination of new technologies and your expertise enables amazing things to happen. Teams from J&J’s consumer business are creating digital tools to help people track the health of their skin. Those working in medical devices are 3-D printing artificial joints personalized for each patient, while researchers in pharmaceuticals use AI to discover lifesaving drugs. Imagine what the rest of our team of 134,000 people at 260 companies in more than 60 countries across the world is accomplishing. We redefine what it means to be a big company in today’s world. |
A Matching Fund that aims to foster Co-investment in high growth startups in Portugal, with national or international private Co-investors |
![]() Iranian VC fund that is a part of Iranian company Zagros Petrochemical Company (Zagros) |
E2D is a new growth fund focused on defence and dual-use technologies, a collaboration between Earlybird and AVP. It aims to provide European startups with the capital and support needed to scale within the region, addressing a funding gap in the sector. |
The Crimean Research and Technology Fund is one of several funds launched in the year to create nongovernmental partnerships and investments and provide quantitative and qualitative support for applied-development research activities as well as providing unique and unique financial services to specialist entrepreneurs and innovators. |
![]() Khorasan Razavi Non-Governmental Fund for Research and Technology as the third country fund of the year, with the aim of attracting financial resources for development, participation and investment in research and technology and establishing a nongovernmental sector investment, providing financial facilities and legal support. Researchers, technologists, and assisting executives have been established for commercialization. |
![]() Waterford Finance and Investment Ltd is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in incubation and investments in seed and start-ups, early stage, mid stage, late stage, middle market, buyouts, and PIPES transactions. The firm prefers to invest in oil, gas, and consumable fuels; metals and mining; real estate; and energy equipment and services. It seeks to invest in companies based in Africa and Middle East and in European Emerging Markets. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $100 million in companies with enterprise value between $10 million and $500 million. It uses its personal and balance sheet capital to make investments. Waterford Finance and Investment Ltd was founded in 1995 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |
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