Rob Eloff is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lateral Frontiers. See contact routes.
Rob Eloff is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lateral Frontiers, a mission-driven venture capital firm he established in 2017 to invest in digital infrastructure across Africa and the Global South. His investment thesis targets early and growth-stage technology-enabled companies, with a primary focus on fintech, cleantech, and digital infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa and emerging markets. The firm recently raised $28 million for its $100 million Fund II to back these African tech ventures, though specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior for Eloff individually are not publicly detailed. Notable portfolio companies include SeamlessHR and Pngme, alongside frontier technology investments in the U.S. such as Gecko Robotics, Divergent 3D, and Cambium Biomaterials. Eloff’s distinctive point of view centers on building “efficient frontiers” where scalable businesses can thrive in complex, underserved markets by serving the next 3 billion customers. Before founding Lateral Frontiers, he spent a decade in capital markets at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, transitioning across hedge fund coverage and private equity in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, a
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