Zachariah George

Active Investor

Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures

Cape Town, Western Cape

Zachariah George, Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures is an active investor based in Cape Town, Western Cape. This profile covers what Zachariah George backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Zachariah George is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Investment Officer at Startupbootcamp AfriTech. Mr. George is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at RxAll. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Startupbootcamp. He serves as a Venture Partner at Social Impact Capital. He also serves as an Advisor at Strove. He is the Founder of Cactus Advisors & Cactus Capital. He serves as a Strategic Advisor at MPost. He also serves as a Board Member at Digitech Africa. He also serves as a Venture Partner at FIVE35 Ventures. He has a Master's degree in Finance & Management from Stanford University and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He was formerly the head of Africa Investments for U-Start - the largest network of private Multi-Family offices in Europe. Before moving to South Africa, he was an investment banker on Wall Street covering M&A, corporate finance strategy, and risk management at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. He was featured on the cover of Fast Company Africa in May 2018, Destiny Man Magazine in November 2019, and in December 2019 was recognized as one of the Top 10 Most Influential People in Technology in Africa. In January 2020, he was listed as one of Africa's Top Four Movers and Shapers of Technology by the prestigious French business daily, Les Echos. He is widely recognized as one of Africa's most prominent Angel investors, with investments in 100+ of the leading tech startups in Africa, including Flutterwave, Kuda Bank, MPost, Peach Payments, RecoMed, and several others.

Investor type: AngelVCPEInvestment PartnerInvestment Bank
Stages: Early Stage VenturePre SeedSeed
Invests in: FintechLending & CreditHealthcare & BiotechDigital Health & HealthTechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2CDeveloper Tools & Data
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape
Typical check: $250K
Past investments: 11

Notable investments

Epic-ContestsAllan Gray Orbis FoundationBettr (Financial Software)Old Mutual South AfricaAbsa GroupFlutterwaveMedyearXenteZazuMoodswing (Africa)B2B Stack

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