Newtown Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that actively invests in emerging, disruptive technology startup businesses. Founded and run by internationally successful entrepreneurs, Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen, Newtown Partners has an entrepreneurial focus that goes beyond investment. The team operates out of offices in Cape Town, South Africa and San Diego, California.
The firm has a strong track record of investing in successful technology startups at the forefront of innovation and has successfully invested in and nurtured a number of early-stage companies from ideation to market-leading businesses.
Newtown Partners has a strong executive team with a proven track record in technology entrepreneurship. The team has successfully launched, grown and sold technology startup businesses as entrepreneurs themselves and know what is required to succeed locally and internationally.
Why we exist
We abhor the status quo
We provide
honest, impartial advice grounded in real world experience.
We drive
sustainable value and growth in a fundamentally positive way.
We are future and trend focussed
and think beyond the boundaries of today’s business world.
Meet our directors
Latest Insights
Why we invested in insurtech startup Lami
We recently invested in Lami, an insurtech startup which embeds insurance into existing digital infrastructure to increase insurance penetration across Africa. Shutterstock/ArtemisDiana Insurance market penetration remains low in Africa at less than [...]
Why we invested in vertical trucking SaaS platform BeyondTrucks
Newtown Partners via the Imperial Venture Fund has invested in the US-based trucking SaaS platform, BeyondTrucks. This undisclosed round of venture financing marks an increase in investment depth into the US trucking landscape. Shutterstock/PopTika [...]
Why we invested in Digital Health Platform Waspito
We recently invested in Waspito, a Cameroon-based digital health platform on a big mission to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the African continent. The $2.7m oversubscribed Series Seed round of venture financing [...]
Want to pitch to us?
If you think you could be the next Newtown Partner’s success story, download our pitch deck template and succinctly explain why Newtown Partners should consider investing in your startup.