216 Capital

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VCMatch tracks 216 Capital as an investor focused on AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, and Edtech companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, Africa, MENA, and Tunisia markets, and $50k check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$50k

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Edtech

Geography

Africa, MENA, and Tunisia

Investment Thesis

216 Capital positions itself as an active, long-term partner for early-stage technology companies with an Africa-first outlook. The firm emphasizes building transformational businesses by combining capital with hands-on support — mentorship, introductions, strategic advice and operational help — and measures success both in financial returns and sustainable impact across the continent.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

216 Capital is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Edtech, and Hrtech, especially across Africa, MENA, and Tunisia, with public check-size signals around $50k.

Focus statement

216 Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage technology companies, investing "across sectors in determined and creative founders building transformational businesses" and helping them become investment-ready and scale regionally and globally (Africa, MENA, and beyond).

Value Add

Africa-rooted, Tunisian-founded firm with explicit pan-African and global ambition (operates across "4 Continents" and promotes regional rollout in Francophone Africa)
Operator-oriented, hands-on approach: offers fundraising support, strategic advice, introductions to key partners, and assistance to expand leveraging partners’ experience (site lists: "Fundraising support", "Strategic advices", "Introduction to key partners", "Assistance to expand").
Runs a six-month Venture Accelerator in partnership with Plug and Play that provides concrete resources: "€50,000 in initial funding", "+500 1 to 1 mentors sessions", "+30 1 to 1 investor meetings", access to "+15 regional funds" and Plug and Play’s global network.
Positions itself as impact-driven and tech-forward: explicitly states technology is central and invests in sectors like AI, EdTech, HRTech, SaaS, retail ops — evidenced by portfolio companies (Addvocate.AI, Deplike, Talenteo, Winshot).
Reputation as an engaged co-investor: portfolio coverage shows participation in rounds with notable international investors and support for startups expanding to markets such as the U.S., U.K., France and across Africa.
Quantified dealflow and local impact metrics on site: "1000+ Scouted Startups", "60+ Created jobs in Tunisia", "7 Subsidiaries of Global Startups in Tunisia".