About
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) is a $60 million pan-African venture capital firm investing in tech-enabled, growth-stage companies. VKAV provides capital, operational expertise via a joint venture with Verod Capital, and exit opportunities through its affiliation with Japan, leveraging a predominantly Japanese LP base.

Investment Philosophy
VKAV backs visionary founders addressing Africa’s most pressing challenges. The firm’s sector-agnostic approach focuses on three key themes:

• Inefficiency Solvers: Innovations that address inefficiencies in existing African industries and fragmented markets

• Homegrown Innovation: Solutions for emerging African lifestyles, local content, and import substitution

• Infrastructure: Tech-enabled solutions filling gaps in traditional infrastructure, public goods, and barriers to scaling

VKAV emphasizes systemic value creation, combining a VC mindset with proven private equity operational expertise, offering dedicated support in talent, legal, ESG/impact, and finance.

Approach & Unique Advantages

• Operational Expertise: Local support for portfolio companies via Verod Capital networks

• Asia LP Base & Networks: Expanded funding, strategic partnerships, and exit opportunities

• Ecosystem Plug: Forums for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and portfolio engagement within African VC landscape and beyond

Portfolio Highlights
VKAV has invested in companies addressing diverse sectors across Africa, focusing on scalable, tech-enabled solutions that bridge gaps between the status quo and the ideal.

Geography & Stage Focus

• Primary: Pan-African, with offices in Lagos, Nigeria, and Nairobi, Kenya

• Stage: Growth-stage, tech-enabled companies (post-MVP, scaling focus)

Website: verodkepple.com