Newtown Partners

Venture Capital

Cape Town-based VC co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen, investing in disruptive technology startups across Africa and frontier markets.

Cape Town · 10+ investments · 22 portfolio companies

Seed
Early Stage
Growth
Digital Health
E-Commerce
Fintech
Headquarters
Cape Town
Founded
2014
Portfolio Companies
22
Total Investments
10
Last Investment
Mar 2024
Geographic Focus
Africa, South Africa

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage and growth-stage disruptive technology startups in frontier economies where traditional capital falls short, offering hands-on support from founders who have built and exited companies themselves.

Newtown Partners is a Venture Capital firm based in Cape Town. It has made 10 investments in Digital Health and E-Commerce, including Clockwork Logistics, Atheer and Chefaa.

Portfolio22

Co-investors24

Sign up to view co-investors

24 co-investors across 32 shared portfolio companies — who they back alongside, and how often they lead.

Venture Capital ×21 · Accelerator ×2 · Corporate VC ×1 · 16 shared rounds

Investment History

Sign up to view investment history

Create a free account with 25 free credits every month, no card needed, to unlock deal history, amounts, and round details.

Your firm? Embed this profile

Add the live badge to your site — it stays current as your portfolio data updates.

Newtown Partners on Indexed.vc
<a href="https://indexed.vc/investors/newtown-partners"><img src="https://indexed.vc/api/badge/investor/newtown-partners" alt="Newtown Partners on Indexed.vc" width="260" height="76" /></a>