Experience is the asset.
Capital is the vehicle
Full Circle Africa is a proprietary investment firm with a family of businesses across Venture Capital, Commercial Real Estate, and Hospitality.
We back builders,
Not bets.
We partner with founders solving real problems. We bring local insight and global standards, investing not just capital but belief, mentorship and the patience to stay for the build.
Vishal Agarwal
Vishal Agarwal founded Full Circle in 2017 to invest the way he had always operated - close to the work, for the long view. A decade in, he is regarded as one of the iconic venture investors in Africa's startup ecosystem.
His judgement was built on the hardest deals there are. He executed mass-privatisation transactions in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union, became a Senior Partner at PwC, and served as Managing Director of Development & Investments at GE Africa - a Global Top 300 leader within the company. An investment banker and infrastructure specialist in public-private partnerships and project finance, he has structured over
Author of the New York Times bestseller Give to Get, YPO Africa Board Officer, Founding President of TiE Africa, and a member of the Jane Goodall Global Board. He brings that full weight to every founder Full Circle backs.
The circle closes. Then it begins again.
We back founders in markets we have operated in for decades. What we learn, we reinvest.