A decade of building.A deliberate decisionto go further.

We started as operators, became investors, then built a platform to make capital formation work for the whole ecosystem.

Founded by the operators behind Venture Garden Group.

The Greenhouse Capital team together at an ecosystem event.

56Investments in our first decade

17African markets

Built by operators.

Founded in 2015 as the investment arm of Venture Garden Group, we came to venture from inside the work of building African technology businesses. In 2026 we went from a fund that deployed capital well to a platform that makes deployment repeatable.

“Before we were investors, we were entrepreneurs. We know what it costs to build in Africa without the right infrastructure behind you.”

Bunmi AkinyemijuFounder & Managing Partner

From fund to platform

Ten years of backing founders, then a structural decision.

2015
Founded
Operators becoming investors, with a decade of African market experience behind us.
2015–25
A decade of conviction
56 ventures backed, 17 markets reached, and Africa’s first fintech unicorn.
2025
Foundations laid
Our first CVC client, our first continental university partnership, and a rebuilt investor community.
2026
The platform goes live
Infrastructure that makes African capital formation repeatable at scale.

Our vision

The most daring builders, equipped with the capital, infrastructure and support to advance economies and transform societies.

Our mission

To make capital formation in Africa repeatable, orchestrating capital, data and distribution across real-world asset verticals.

What a decade taught us

We think like operators
We built a business in Africa before we invested in one. That experience is the first thing in the room when we make a decision.
We built systems to move faster
Africa’s problem is the distance between capital and ventures. Structured origination, AI-informed evaluation and institutional partnerships close it.
We invest for evidence, not aspiration
We lead with what we have done, not what we intend to do. Every claim and metric on this site can survive a diligence conversation.