Nomvula Mahlangu

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Principal at Riverbend Seed Fund · venture capital, climate tech

Riverbend Seed Fund
Cape Town, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)
5+ years experience
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
English, Afrikaans
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Overview

I invest in climate at Riverbend Seed Fund, usually at pre-seed and seed. Sit on 2 boards. Most at home with climate tech and hardware. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

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Skills
venture capitalhardwareenergyclimate tech

Experience

  1. Principal
    Dec 2025 - Present
    Riverbend Seed Fund · 10 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.
    • Sit on 5 boards.
    • Backed 12 founders at pre-seed and seed.
  2. Senior Financial Analyst
    Nov 2022 - Dec 2025
    Equity Bank · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Saved $8 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
    GTBank · 1 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $102 million raise.

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Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon University Africa
    MS, Economics
    2022 - 2024
  2. University of Ghana
    BSc, Economics
    2017 - 2021

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