Riccardo Petrantoni

Tech Entrepreneur & Executive | Startup Advisor

📍 South Africa🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2025
VC🌍 South AfricaInvested this year
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Angel Squad Member
Sep 2025
Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders. Learn more about Hustle Fund and pitch us here: hustlefund.vc If you are here to learn about ANGEL SQUAD, youve come to the right place. We help teach professionals how to invest in startups alongside Hustle Fund. Learn how we do this here: https://hustlefund.vc/squad
Angel Investor
Feb 2025
Jozi Angels is an angel network based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We exist to grow the startup ecosystem and facilitate the growth of innovative startups. Through our broader network we have sourced the hottest startups and facilitated several investments. Our members are approved investors serious about providing capital and coaching to early stage companies. Our our mission is to further develop the startup ecosystem through investment, events and education. We facilitate investments in to startups that suit the investor’s professional background while at the same time supporting South Africa’s emergent innovation economy. Aggregating resources and knowledge through a group we are able to make larger investments and diversify risk. It also allows for more effective deal sourcing and screening. Apart from this, there are intangible benefits such as camaraderie and goal sharing. We operate in a sexy space, investors get hands-on​ in exciting opportunities that may become the next big thing! Scam Alert: we are aware that fraudsters are claiming to be investors at Jozi Angels. Please note that when contacting you we will only use official company email addresses. Always be on the look out for suspicious cues in the communication you receive.
Investor
Dec 2024
A54 is a global, operator-led investment community supporting Africa’s most promising founders. Founded by veterans from the world’s leading tech companies, A54 provides curated access to early-stage and growth-stage deals, combining capital with hands-on expertise to help African startups scale with confidence.
Board Member
Sep 2017
Interlogica is first and foremost a team. An innovative work group made up of specialists, at the service of medium-sized and large companies. We create tailored software and ready-made service packages. To put it simpler, we solve problems which we tackle all the complexity of, so that we can give our customers advanced solutions. Every day the markets demand continual evolution in terms of effectiveness and competitiveness. And every day we support companies worldwide so that they can be successful in those markets. This is our work. And we do it with the utmost discretion.
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2026
Venture Fellow | Cohort 10
Feb 2026
The Venture Cooperative is a free educational program and inclusive community that makes Laconias investments, processes, and learnings accessible for the next generation of early stage investors. The first of its kind, this structure expands financial access into the asset class and sheds light on the inner workings of a venture firm. . Members financially share in our success, participate in our investment processes, share expertise within our community, and collaborate with early stage founders. Apply for our next cohort here: https://bit.ly/3e0VPjm
2025
VC Resident
Nov 2025
- An emerging micro VC firm focusing on early stage investments: Pre-seed to to Series A in Middle East & Africa - Offering consulting services to investors & VCs in USA & Europe looking to expand their portfolio regionally into Middle East & Africa (especially Egypt)
Angel Squad Member
Sep 2025
Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders. Learn more about Hustle Fund and pitch us here: hustlefund.vc If you are here to learn about ANGEL SQUAD, youve come to the right place. We help teach professionals how to invest in startups alongside Hustle Fund. Learn how we do this here: https://hustlefund.vc/squad
Angel Investor
Feb 2025
Jozi Angels is an angel network based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We exist to grow the startup ecosystem and facilitate the growth of innovative startups. Through our broader network we have sourced the hottest startups and facilitated several investments. Our members are approved investors serious about providing capital and coaching to early stage companies. Our our mission is to further develop the startup ecosystem through investment, events and education. We facilitate investments in to startups that suit the investor’s professional background while at the same time supporting South Africa’s emergent innovation economy. Aggregating resources and knowledge through a group we are able to make larger investments and diversify risk. It also allows for more effective deal sourcing and screening. Apart from this, there are intangible benefits such as camaraderie and goal sharing. We operate in a sexy space, investors get hands-on​ in exciting opportunities that may become the next big thing! Scam Alert: we are aware that fraudsters are claiming to be investors at Jozi Angels. Please note that when contacting you we will only use official company email addresses. Always be on the look out for suspicious cues in the communication you receive.
2024
Investor
Dec 2024
A54 is a global, operator-led investment community supporting Africa’s most promising founders. Founded by veterans from the world’s leading tech companies, A54 provides curated access to early-stage and growth-stage deals, combining capital with hands-on expertise to help African startups scale with confidence.
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