About
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 knows what is required to succeed locally and internationally.
Investment criteria
Pre-seed
Invests
Seed
Invests
Series A
Invests
Series B
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Growth
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- Sectors
- SaaS & SoftwareVenture Capital & Private Equity
- Geographies
- Canada · Egypt · Ghana · Hong Kong · Kenya · Mexico · Netherlands · Nigeria · Singapore · South Africa · United Kingdom · United States
- Round role
- Leads and co-leads rounds
Highlights
Highlights coming soon
Notable work and milestones will show up here.

