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Zachariah George

Managing Partner, Launch Africa

About

Zachariah George is a Wall Street investment banker turned African tech ecosystem builder who spent a decade at Lehman Brothers and Barclays before moving to South Africa and pivoting into early-stage African tech investing, co-founding accelerator Startupbootcamp AfriTech and building corporate innovation programs. He personally backed over 50 African startups including Flutterwave, KudaBank, and Yoco as an angel investor, while maintaining a multi-hyphenate profile as a musician with albums on iTunes and Spotify, theatre performer, and author working on a non-fiction book. Zachariah George is a Wall Street investment banker turned African tech ecosystem builder who spent a decade at Lehman Brothers and Barclays before moving to South Africa and pivoting into early-stage African tech investing, co-founding accelerator Startupbootcamp AfriTech and building corporate innovation programs. He personally backed over 50 African startups including Flutterwave, KudaBank, and Yoco as an angel investor, while maintaining a multi-hyphenate profile as a musician with albums on iTunes and Spotify, theatre performer, and author working on a non-fiction book.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
FinTech
Health
Climate
Food
Ag
Education

Investment details

Avg check size$10K - $300K
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
Africa