Jaza Rift Ventures

Overview

Jaza Rift Ventures is a venture capital and asset management advisory firm focused on healthcare innovations in Africa. Through its maiden Jaza Rift Pioneers Fund, the firm invests between $50,000 and $2 million in disruptive, impactful, and invention-based pre-seed, seed, and seed extension stage healthtech, medtech, and biotech startups across the continent. The firm also invests in assistive technologies in Africa. Jaza Rift Ventures aims to help founders scale their healthcare innovations and inventions 10x over the next 5-7 years in partnership with Villgro Africa. The firm provides a comprehensive support ecosystem, including coaching, co-investor access, networking opportunities, and access to a global community of healthcare experts. Beyond capital, Jaza Rift Ventures offers strategic investments, a network of advisors and coaches, and a comprehensive scaling methodology for digital health, medtech, and biotech innovations and inventions. The firm's decisions are grounded in the use of data science and machine learning to prioritize innovations addressing real-world challenges. Jaza Rift Ventures is committed to creating a lasting impact on healthcare outcomes and envisions a future where healthcare in Africa is a cornerstone of economic prosperity. The firm operates in multiple African countries, including Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Tanzania, with a primary focus on seed and early-stage investments in the healthcare sector.

Investment Focus

• Digital Health
• Medtech
• Biotech
• Assistive Technologies

Portfolio Companies