VC firm
Newtown Partners
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-21Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Founded
- 2014
- Assets under management
- $28.3MForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-10Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 1
- Legal name
- NEWTOWN PARTNERS INC.
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About
Founded by serial entrepreneurs Vinny Lingham and Llew Claasen, Newtown Partners has been at the forefront of technology investing for over a decade. We don’t just write checks—we roll up our sleeves alongside founders tackling the world’s biggest challenges through breakthrough technology. Cape Town-based with international offices in San Diego and Rotterdam, we bridge global ambition with impact at scale.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- The critical intersection where cutting-edge innovation meets massive market opportunity, particularly in frontier economies where traditional capital falls short.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Takes board seats
- Yes
- Board policy
- Newtown Partners provides post investment management support through board participation, activity-based mentoring and coaching.
- Eligibility
- To receive investment from this investor syndicate your company must be: Highly disruptive and globally relevant Be a technology product or technology-enabled service
- Investing status notes
- The Newtown Impact Credit Fund is actively raising capital to back Africa’s most promising Series B+ technology companies.
Funds
- DP WORLD VENTURES 1 LIMITED
- Main fund
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- NEWTOWN PARTNERS INC.
- CRD number
- 319314 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-124985
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $28.3Mas of 2026-03-10
- Private funds reported
- 1
- Principal office
- SAN DIEGO, CA, United States
Locations
- Headquarters
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Office
- Rotterdam
- Office
- San Diego
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