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Emurgo Kepple Ventures
Emurgo Kepple Ventures is a joint venture between Emurgo Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures, with the aim of providing investment-based support for web3...
Emurgo Kepple Ventures
Emurgo Kepple Ventures is a joint venture between Emurgo Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures, with the aim of providing investment-based support for web3 startups in Africa. Our mission is to create a better world by empowering businesses and people with a more transparent and efficient system backed by blockchain technologies. We aim to accelerate this transformation by creating more collaboration and synergies between Web2 and Web3 startups, and by catalyzing the capital flow from the conventional businesses and financial institutions to Web3 startups in Africa.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2023
Location
Region
Middle East
Country
United Arab Emirates
City
Dubai
Corporate office
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What is the relationship between Emurgo Kepple Ventures and the Cardano blockchain?
Emurgo Kepple Ventures is a joint venture co-owned by Emurgo, one of the three founding entities of the Cardano blockchain protocol. Emurgo is responsible for driving commercial adoption of Cardano through investments, enterprise solutions, and ecosystem development. This gives the venture arm a direct mandate to fund startups that build on or integrate with Cardano, making it a protocol-aligned strategic investor rather than a purely financial VC.
Where does Emurgo Kepple Ventures deploy capital geographically?
The firm exclusively targets the African continent, with a known concentration in sub-Saharan markets. Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa are primary geographies, reflecting Kepple Africa Ventures' existing deal network and the regions where blockchain adoption for payments, remittances, and digital identity has gained measurable traction. The firm itself is domiciled in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
How does Emurgo Kepple Ventures source its deal flow?
Deal flow is generated primarily through Kepple Africa Ventures' on-the-ground network across the continent, which provides boots-on-the-ground origination, and through Emurgo's blockchain developer community, which surfaces technical founders building within the Cardano ecosystem. The joint venture structure is expressly designed to combine local sourcing with protocol-level access to founder communities that traditional African VCs do not reach.
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