Newtown Partners

Newtown Partners is a Cape Town-based seed and Series A venture capital firm focused on technology investments across South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in fintech, deep technology, and enterprise software. The firm invests with initial checks from $250,000 to $1.5 million in founders building scalable digital businesses with genuine technical depth. Portfolio companies include Field Intelligence, the Nigeria-based pharmaceutical supply chain intelligence company; and Flutterwave, the Nigerian payment infrastructure company. Note: Flutterwave is primarily backed by Tiger Global, Greycroft, Y Combinator, and Mastercard; Newtown Partners' specific investment relationship should be independently verified. Beyond its original investments, the portfolio includes additional South African and pan-African technology companies.