Janade Du Plessis

Successfully scaling over 100 early-stage startups across the African continent. Janade du Plessis is a 5-times Fund Manager, currently the Managing Partner of Launch Africa Ventures (the most prominent and active venture capital fund in Africa). Over the past 3-years, Launch Africa as invested in 150+ companies in 23 African countries. He is the co-founder and advisor at Five35 Ventures (a leading Pan-African female-focused VC fund in Africa). He has previously started and managed a corporate VC fund for a listed African investment bank, an female-focused Pan-African SME fund, as well as an impact fund called Abrazo Capital. He has invested in over 250+ technology start-ups in Africa.