Executive Summary
Early-stage venture capital fund backing Israeli startups scaling across Africa’s frontier markets. Radhanite Ventures Fund I is a US-registered early-stage VC fund backing Israeli founders and startups scaling into Africa. We invest in agritech, climate-tech, health-tech, and AI, providing capital and strategic support for cross-border growth. Kemi Oyebanji (Female, CEO): Kemi brings over 10 years of financial analysis experience supporting SMEs across Nigeria's retail, fashion, and food industries. She temporarily leads Radhanite Ventures' overall organizational strategy and team direction (as a transitioning CEO), bringing deep operational instincts and a grounded lens for evaluating early-stage ventures built for African markets. Banke Aje (Female, CFO): A seasoned finance professional with over 10 years of experience spanning banking, insurance, microfinance, and financial advisory. Former CFO and Financial Controller at AFEX and Carbon — two of Nigeria's leading fintech institutions. Harvard Business School executive education alumna. Banke oversees all financial strategy, fund operations, and LP relations. Abubakar Sanusi (Male, CIO): A marketing and PR strategist turned investor with 12 years of experience. Former startup founder and investor relations professional who previously supported fundraising of $600,000 for a prior venture. Leads deal sourcing, investment thesis execution, and portfolio strategy — with a particular focus on identifying and onboarding Israeli founders entering African markets. On our 1st close for Fund I. 90% of our investment focuses on Israeli startups/founders building technological innovation for the African market across AgTech, ClimateTech, CleanTech and HealthTech. 10% of our investment is dedicated to the African Creative Economy (Fashion, Film/TV, Gaming, Animation and Art) We've raised $150,000 in crowd funding (Family and Friends) and dedicated $10,000 to SMEs in the creative economy in Nigeria. Africa represents a multi-trillion-dollar long-term growth opportunity, driven by a 1.4B population, rapid digital adoption, and major gaps in finance, agriculture, healthcare, and infrastructure. Radhanite Ventures targets this opportunity by backing Israeli founders building scalable, tech-enabled solutions for underserved African markets with strong demand, clear expansion potential, and attractive venture returns.
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This opportunity has been posted by a member of our Africa Business Community, Africa’s leading business network. We use AI to match our members to the most attractive business and investment opportunities in Africa. As a member you can add any number of business opportunities and will receive Africa business opportunities matched to your chosen country and business sector preferences. Membership is free. Our dashboards are powered by AFSIC – Investing in Africa, perhaps Africa’s most important investment event.
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Miss Banke Aje
A seasoned finance professional with over 10 years of experience spanning banking, insurance, microfinance, and financial advisory. Former CFO and ...
About Us
This opportunity has been posted by a member of our Africa Business Community, Africa’s leading business network. We use AI to match our members to the most attractive business and investment opportunities in Africa. As a member you can add any number of business opportunities and will receive Africa business opportunities matched to your chosen country and business sector preferences. Membership is free. Our dashboards are powered by AFSIC – Investing in Africa, perhaps Africa’s most important investment event.
List of Products
| Code | Level | Title | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80151505 | Commodity | Multinational marketing enterprises | |
| 80151502 | Commodity | Trade expansion | |
| 94101504 | Commodity | International business associations | |
| 93171504 | Commodity | Development of small scale industries | |
| 21101604 | Commodity | Seed drills | |
| 84141503 | Commodity | Minority owned business programs | |
| 21101602 | Commodity | Transplanters | |
| 60103801 | Commodity | African history resource books | |
| 93151513 | Commodity | Multinational public corporations services | |
| 31121610 | Commodity | Lead investment machined castings |
About Us
This opportunity has been posted by a member of our Africa Business Community, Africa’s leading business network. We use AI to match our members to the most attractive business and investment opportunities in Africa. As a member you can add any number of business opportunities and will receive Africa business opportunities matched to your chosen country and business sector preferences. Membership is free. Our dashboards are powered by AFSIC – Investing in Africa, perhaps Africa’s most important investment event.