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Five35 Ventures: Capital Raising
Pan-African pre-seed/seed VC Five35 Ventures is raising its fund after a first $1M close; the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund anchored in late 2025 and a close is expected within three to six months. It is also shifting toward bigger cheques and exits after selling its Complete Farmer stake for 3.5x.
Source: TechCabal (Africa)
- Who
- Five35 Ventures · Africa
- What happened
- Pan-African pre-seed/seed VC Five35 Ventures is raising its fund after a first $1M close; the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund anchored in late 2025 and a close is expected within three to six months. It is also shifting toward bigger cheques and exits after selling its Complete Farmer stake for 3.5x.
- When
- 2026-10-19
- Source
- TechCabal (Africa)
- So what
- Five35 Ventures raising is a leading indicator for everyone it is about to fund.
The leadership read
Five35 Ventures raising is a leading indicator for everyone it is about to fund. Capital at the fund level converts into operator demand across a portfolio, not into appointments at the manager. The EMEA question is which stage and sector the fund leans into, because that is the shape of the hiring that follows next year.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 109.3 (Hot) (up 7.6 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-3.6pts) on signal share.
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