Base10 Partners

Base Capital is a Cape Town-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on backing technology entrepreneurs across Africa, investing at seed stage in companies building digital financial services, enterprise software, and technology-enabled businesses targeting African markets. The firm backs founders who are using technology to solve fundamental infrastructure gaps across the continent, including in financial inclusion, payments, identity, and business software. Base Capital operates out of South Africa and brings experience with the particular challenges of building venture-scale businesses in African regulatory and infrastructure environments. The firm typically invests $500,000 to $2 million at seed stage, taking initial positions in companies that have demonstrated early traction and clear paths to product-market fit at continental scale. Portfolio companies cited in the source directory include Wave, the African fintech providing mobile money and financial services to underbanked populations, Stitch, a South African fintech that provides financial data and payment APIs for developers building financial products, Nile, a technology company, and Kwara, a Kenyan fintech platform enabling digital transformation for savings and credit cooperatives across Africa. Note: the portfolio companies listed may reflect early-stage or angel investments across various rounds and are reproduced as provided in the source data. Base Capital is part of the growing African venture ecosystem based in South Africa, where Cape Town in particular has emerged as a significant hub for technology investing and company building.