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Plug and Play Ventures

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Investisseur référencé à partir d'opérations publiées. Secteurs, pays, instruments et tickets affichés d'après ses opérations ; le fonds peut revendiquer sa fiche pour préciser sa thèse.

At a glance

Based on observed investment behaviour: 8 recorded deals

Investor type
Private equity or venture capital fund (inferred, not verified)
Capital type
Venture capital (inferred from deals)
Observed ticket
1 M$ – 8 M$, median 4 M$ (8 disclosed amounts)
Countries
Nigeria (4), Côte d'Ivoire (2), Kenya (1)
Activities
Agritech (1), Data and AI (1), Enterprise software (SaaS) (1)
Instruments
Equity (6)
Stages
Seed (4), Pre-Seed (2), Series A (1)
Recent activity
1 deal in 12 months, latest Dec 2025

Stated thesis versus observed behaviour

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Investment thesis

Criteria inferred from recorded deals: the fund has not stated its thesis yet.

Investment ticket
1 M$*
Instruments
Equity*
Preferred sectors
Agribusiness*, Fintech*, SaaS*, Digital health*, Business & personal services*
Target geographies
South Africa*, Côte d'Ivoire*, Kenya*, Nigeria*

* added from its deals

Stages (stated by the fund and from its deals)
Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Reference deals

Recent public deals: they say better than a thesis what the fund actually signs.

Zazu

December 2025 · South Africa
Pre-Seed1 M$EquityFintechLead

Activity : Neobank and digital banking

Zazu, a pan-African digital banking platform built for entrepreneurs and SMEs, has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding; the round includes Plug and Play Ventures.

Source : techinafrica.com

Winich Farms

October 2024 · Nigeria
Seed3 M$EquityAgribusinessCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside Acumen

Activity : Agritech

Winich Farms, a Nigerian agritech company that supplies farm grain produce to retailers, has raised $3 million in pre-series A funding to expand its order fulfillment centres and improve its technology.

Co-investors Acasia Ventures, Climate Resilient Africa Fund, Marula Square

Source : techcabal.com

Susu

December 2023 · Côte d'Ivoire
Seed4.9 M$EquityDigital healthCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside Janngo Capital

Activity : Health platforms and software

Vehicle : Janngo Capital Startup Fund

Susu offers health insurance bundles, a digital platform connecting patients with providers, and innovative financing models (diaspora, employers) across Francophone Africa.

Why they invested

  • Over 7,000 clients served with ~40 employees across 4 cities (Paris, Abidjan, Douala, Dakar)
  • Addresses a structural healthcare-access gap in Francophone Africa
  • Innovative diaspora and employer-based financing model
  • Strong health/impact investor syndicate (INCO, Al Mada, Health54/CFAO)

Co-investors Al Mada Ventures, Five35 Ventures, Health54 (CFAO Healthcare), INCO Ventures, Launch Africa Ventures, Open CNP

Source : janngo.comN1 · Primary source

Pastel

August 2022 · Nigeria
Seed5.5 M$EquitySaaSCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside TLcom Capital

Activity : Vertical software

Vehicle : TIDE Africa Fund II

Pastel offered a bookkeeping and digital-tools platform for Nigerian small merchants; the company had an exit in 2024.

Why they invested

  • Digitization of bookkeeping for informal Nigerian SMEs

Co-investors DFS Lab, Global Founders Capital, Golden Palm Investments, Soma Capital, Ulu Ventures

Source : techcrunch.com

In short

Plug and Play Ventures invests tickets ranging from 1 M$ to 1 M$, across the following sectors: Agribusiness, Fintech, SaaS, Digital health, and Business & personal services, in the following areas: South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Nigeria. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.