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Top 50 Angel Investors in Nigeria (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Nigeria startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Nigeria startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Hesham Zreik
Angel
16 United States, Nigeria, India Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $12k–$5M
Idris Ayodeji Bello
Angel
11 Nigeria, United States, Egypt Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed FinTech, Software, Financial Services $425k–$5.1M
Bashar Hamood
Angel
9 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $7k–$5M
Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
9 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $625k–$7.5M
Tayo Oviosu
Angel
7 Nigeria, Brazil, United States Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, SaaS, Credit $1.4M–$3.6M
Babs Ogundeyi
Angel
7 Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan Seed, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $780k–$6M
Michael Seibel
Angel
6 United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $500k–$21M
Olumide Soyombo
Angel
6 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $260k–$2.1M
Prosper Otemuyiwa
Angel
5 Nigeria, Canada, United States Pre-Seed, Angel FinTech, Software, CRM $200k–$1M
Shola Akinlade
Angel
4 Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Education, Insurance $192k–$4M
Abdul Hassan
Angel
4 Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $780k–$1.3M
Yves Guillemot
Angel
4 Nigeria Seed, Series A Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms, Location Based Services $500k–$2M
Ire Aderinokun
Angel
4 Nigeria, Germany Pre-Seed Software, Ticketing, E-Commerce $15k–$1.1M
Chris Adelsbach
Angel
4 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $120k–$19M
Gbite Oduneye
Angel
4 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Health Care $43k–$10M
Ham Serunjogi
Angel
4 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Apps $25k–$5.3M
Brandon Krieg
Angel
3 Nigeria, United States Pre-Seed, Series B, Seed Insurance, FinTech, InsurTech $3.5M–$28M
Youcef Es-skouri
Angel
3 United States, France, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$46M
Edmond Nonie
Angel
3 Nigeria Pre-Seed, Debt Financing SaaS, Software, Construction $9k–$13k
Sandeep Nailwal
Angel
3 United States, India, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $450k–$40M
Justin Kan
Angel
3 United States, Nigeria, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $890k–$23M
Sajid Rahman
Angel
3 India, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $150k–$6M
Haresh Aswani
Angel
3 Nigeria, United Kingdom Pre-Seed FinTech, Banking, Financial Services $1M–$1.6M
Ed Robinson
Angel
3 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech $3.5M–$28M
Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Angel
3 United Kingdom, Germany, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $125k–$35M
Kola Aina
Angel
3 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Internet $150k–$4.4M
Raffael Johnen
Angel
3 Nigeria, Germany, Australia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Payments, Financial Services $1.6M–$20M
Allen and Ollys International Limited -
Angel
3 Nigeria Seed, Convertible Note FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain $1k–$4k
Yuzuru Honda
Angel
2 Japan, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Angel Information Technology, SNS, Internet $2.8M–$5.7M
Arash Ferdowsi
Angel
2 United States, India, Brazil Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Isaac Ewaleifoh
Angel
2 Nigeria, United States Pre-Seed FinTech, Finance, InsurTech
Victoria van Lennep
Angel
2 United Kingdom, France, Spain Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed Financial Services, FinTech, EdTech $686k–$23M
Stephen Pagliuca
Angel
2 United States, India, Israel Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $10M–$250M
Ezra Olubi
Angel
2 Nigeria, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Banking, FinTech $1.7M–$5M
Enagwolor Johnny
Angel
2 Nigeria Angel, Pre-Seed Delivery, Logistics, Mobile Apps
John Obaro
Angel
2 Nigeria Seed E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage $3.2M–$3.2M
Bolaji Balogun
Angel
2 Nigeria, Kenya Seed Apps, EdTech, FinTech $350k–$3M
Immad Akhund
Angel
2 United States, India, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Financial Services $500k–$22M
Wes Schwalje
Angel
2 India, United States, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology $150k–$2M
Gabriel Hammond
Angel
2 Nigeria, United States Seed, Series A Internet, Wireless, FinTech $2.1M–$2.1M
Sahil Lavingia
Angel
2 United States, India, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, FinTech $750k–$30M
Tyler Scriven
Angel
2 United States, Nigeria Seed, Convertible Note FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $1M–$4M
Dale Mathias
Angel
2 Nigeria, The Netherlands Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Alan Rutledge
Angel
2 United States, India, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Angel
2 Nigeria, India Seed, Pre-Seed EdTech, Banking, FinTech
Damola Adegboyega
Angel
2 Nigeria Pre-Seed Finance, Health Care, Financial Services
Karim Atiyeh
Angel
2 United States, Brazil, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $2.2M–$250M
Leonard Stiegeler
Angel
2 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, B2B $1.3M–$6M
Bunmi Akinyemiju
Angel
2 Nigeria, Kenya, United Arab Emirates Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $10k–$1.5M
Walid Aradi
Angel
2 India, United States, Nigeria Seed, Angel, Series A Information Technology, Internet, Health Care $150k–$4M
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 16 investments in Nigeria startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 887
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $12k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Book Your Own — Book Your Own is building an integrated travel ecosystem designed to unify India’s fragmented travel market.
  • UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Idris Ayodeji Bello
Angel · 11 investments in Nigeria startups

The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $425k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ScholarX — ScholarX enables you to study a variety of skills online, receive money for your education, upskill your employees, and expand your business. The company provides low-income Africans with digital and affordable education.
  • TORA Africa — TORA Africa an academy that recruits, trains, verifies, insures and provides background-checked drivers for individuals and businesses.
  • Bata Shoe Organization — Discover a diverse selection of stylish footwear and accessories for the entire family at Bata's online store. From athletic sneakers to elegant designs, find the latest trends and comfortable options in one place. Shop now to experience unmatched style and comfort with our extensive collection.
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Bashar Hamood
Angel · 9 investments in Nigeria startups

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 476
  • Round size: Seed $15k–$2M; Pre-Seed $7k–$500k; Series A $33k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
  • Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
  • ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 9 investments in Nigeria startups

Olugbenga Agboola is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave. Olugbenga previously worked at Access Bank as a Head of Digital Factory and Innovation. Olugbenga Agboola attended EC-Council University. Olugbenga Agboola has been a Certified Ethical Hacker and a Security Analyst.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
  • Lorum Finance — Lorum is the correspondent institution for banks and fintechs: programmable access to global clearing, named custody, and treasury on a 100% reserve model.
  • Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.
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Tayo Oviosu
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 7 investments in Nigeria startups

Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Brazil, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RELAYTO AI Regulated Content Platform — RELAYTO converts your PDFs & presentations to interactive web experiences with instant branding, analytics & more
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
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Babs Ogundeyi
Angel · Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria · 7 investments in Nigeria startups

Cofounder and CEO of Kuda

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Pre-Seed $780k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
  • Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
  • Maplerad — Global payment infrastructure for businesses.
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Michael Seibel
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 6 investments in Nigeria startups, 12 in the past 12 months

Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 205
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $5.9M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kira — The easiest way for non-fintech enterprises to launch AI-powered, stablecoin-based financial products. Through a unified API platform, Kira enables businesses to embed remittances, payroll, wallets, and real-time cross-border payments.
  • Recall.ai — Recall.ai provides a single API for meeting bots on every platform like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and more.
  • Arena — Arena accelerates testing, debugging, and optimization for the world’s most advanced hardware. Atlas is an AI hardware engineer grounded in applied physics with an understanding of the real-world environment.
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Olumide Soyombo
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 6 investments in Nigeria startups

Olumide Soyombo is the Co-Founder of Bluechip Technologies. Olumide Soyombo attended Aston University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.3M; Angel $260k–$1M; Pre-Seed $260k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mono — Mono helps businesses link their customers accounts for financial data, bank payments and identity verification across Africa.
  • Spleet — Fintech Spleet Provides Tenant verification, Rent collection solutions for landlords and rent financing (Rent now, pay later) for Tenants
  • The Gradient Boost — The Gradient Boost is an online mentor guided data science school. The Gradient Boost focus on delivering an online data science education from both a theoretical and practical perspective.
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Prosper Otemuyiwa
Angel · 5 investments in Nigeria startups

Prosper Otemuyiwa is a Co-founder of forLoop Africa. He attended Babcock University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, CRM
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Frain technologies — We're passionate about the product delivery value chain.
  • Famasi — Find, Order & Refill medications across 1000+ pharmacies in Nigeria. Delivered in 1 hour. Compare prices, get the best offers, and enjoy free monthly delivery on recurring orders.
  • Sendchamp — Messagebird For Africa: Sendchamp provides Communication APIs & CRM for developers & businesses to reach their customers via different messaging channels such as SMS, Email, Voice, Whatsapp, and other digital messaging channels. Our APIs and No code tools help businesses in Africa from the stage of Customer Onboarding, CustomerEngagement, Customer Service & Customer Retention.
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Shola Akinlade
Angel · Sunnyvale, California, United States · 4 investments in Nigeria startups

Shola Akinlade s based out of Sunnyvale, California and currently works as the CEO for Paystack.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Education, Insurance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4M; Pre-Seed $192k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
  • Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
  • Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
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Abdul Hassan
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 4 investments in Nigeria startups

Abdul Hassan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $780k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
  • Klump — Use Klump to buy now and pay later in instalments for up to 12 months! Businesses accept payments, increase conversion rates, and boost revenue. The Easy Life! Try it now.
  • Topship — Topship is the easiest for African businesses to import/export parcels, cargo and freight to their customers, distributors and suppliers across the World. We use technology to drive transparency and delight, making it easy for African businesses to connect with customers, suppliers and distributors across the World.
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Yves Guillemot
Angel · Saint-mandé, Ile-de-France, France · 4 investments in Nigeria startups

Yves Guillemot is based out of Saint-Mandé and is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Ubisoft. Yves Guillemot attended the Institut de la PME.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms, Location Based Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.7M; Series A $915k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kwik — Your parcels delivered on-demand, safer, cheaper - Soon in Lagos
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Ire Aderinokun
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 4 investments in Nigeria startups

Ire Aderinokun - Co-Founder , COO & VP of Engineering @ Buycoins

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Ticketing, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $15k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ORDA — ORDA is a platform allowing guests to order and pay for food and beverage on a digital menu.
  • Prizeless.ng — Prizeless.ng is an online platform that compares product prices across online stores in one place. The service allows users to search for products and view listed prices from multiple sellers. Product categories include electronics, phones, laptops, groceries, gaming items, cameras, accessories, and home products. The platform shows trendingsearches and featured items based on search activity. Users can compare listings, review product details, and select a store to complete a purchase. The service also provides guides and articles that explain product choices and buying steps.
  • ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
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Chris Adelsbach
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in Nigeria startups

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 265
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.3M; Series A $4.4M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bourn — Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital.
  • Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
  • Emblematic — The first AI-driven Agentic Automation platform, designed to fully automate and enhance the accuracy of Finance Operations, including Bookkeeping, IFRS/GAAP Compliance, Reconciliations, and more.
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Gbite Oduneye
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in Nigeria startups

Gbite Oduneye is the Founder and Managing Partner of ODBA. He attended UWE Bristol and Said Business School, University of Oxford.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$10M; Pre-Seed $43k–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EATO — From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.
  • Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
  • Treepz — Treepz is using technology to help people move efficiently in Africa. Be it for daily, inter-city or corporate commutes, users can book predictable, reliable and comfortable trips through a world-class, demand-responsive app all at the tap of a button.Treepz was founded in 2019 and operates in 4 African countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Ugandaand Kenya. It is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.
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Ham Serunjogi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in Nigeria startups

Ham Kakembo Serunjogi is based out of San Francisco, California and is the a Co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash. Ham previously worked at Facebook as a Global Accountant. Ham Kakembo Serunjogi attended the Grinnell College. Ham Kakembo Serunjogi has been names as one of the honorees on the Forbes 30 Under 30.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $240k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
  • CreditChek — Africa's #1 credit intelligence platform. Access credit bureau API, bank statement analysis, BVN/KYC verification & direct debit for lenders in Nigeria, Kenya & Uganda. Trusted by 100+ businesses.
  • Hisa Inc — Seamless trading, and Borderless investment for Africa.
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Brandon Krieg
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Brandon Krieg is the Co-Founder of Collective Returns, Inc. and has been its Chief Executive Officer since July 11, 2016. Brandon Krieg served as the President of Collective Returns, Inc. until July 11, 2016 and serves as its Executive Director.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Insurance, FinTech, InsurTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $3.5M–$4M; Series B $28M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Casava — Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone.
  • Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
  • Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
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Youcef Es-skouri
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Youcef Es-skouri

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9.8M; Series A $6.2M–$46M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lakera — Lakera Guard empowers organizations to build GenAI applications without worrying about prompt injections, data loss, harmful content, and other LLM risks. Powered by the world's most advanced AI threat intelligence.
  • Tana — Tana is an agentic meeting platform. Work gets done in the meeting, not after. Agents create documents, file issues, and update your context graph while you talk. And each meeting makes future meetings smarter.
  • Default — The command center for modern sales teams.
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Edmond Nonie
Angel · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Edmond Nonie

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Construction
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Debt Financing $9k–$13k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Track Your Build — We provide sustainable and innovative solutions for a better world.
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 195
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $450k–$6M; Series A $8M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
  • Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
  • SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
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Justin Kan
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Pre-Seed $890k–$20M; Series A $7.5M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Convex — All gas, no breakages. Convex is the reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.
  • FLORA — FLORA is an applied AI HCI company building creative tools.
  • Samepage — Building your second brain for product leaders
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Sajid Rahman
Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $385k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ImaliPay — ImaliPay is a financial health platform offering financial products to freelancers and blue collar gig workers in partnership with gig platforms.
  • EquityList — Equity management with online cap table management and employee stock option programs (ESOP) administration. Available free for Indian startups
  • 10 Minute School — 10 Minute School is the largest online educational platform in Bangladesh. Through our website, app, and social media, more than 10 Million+ students are accessing quality education each day to accelerate their learning.
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Haresh Aswani
Angel · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Haresh Aswani is Managing Director -Africa at Tolaram Group. He attended University of Houston during 1982-1984.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Banking, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $1M–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Teesas — Teesas provides a platform where educators and learners engage seamlessly and efficiently, with the aim of facilitating a fun and effective learning experience via the deployment of technology and the adoption of local culture and dialects.
  • OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
  • Kudimoney — Kuda is the digital bank built for Nigerians, fully licensed by the CBN. Zero maintenance fees, free transfers, and automatic savings. Join Kuda today!
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Ed Robinson
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Ed Robison is a Co-Founder of Stash. He attended the University of Sydney from 2002 to 2004.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech
  • Stage:Series B, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $3.5M–$4M; Series B $18M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Casava — Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone.
  • Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
  • Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
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Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$17M; Pre-Seed $125k–$7.4M; Series A $9M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Palm — Palm specializes in AI-powered treasury software designed to optimize financial operations for businesses. The platform offers solutions for generating accurate cash forecasts quickly and managing company funds efficiently. Palm's technology streamlines automated workflows for forecasting and cash movement, ensuring enterprise-grade securityand controls. The company focuses on addressing treasury challenges with innovative solutions, supported by a team with expertise in treasury and fintech. Palm's services are aimed at improving financial decision-making and operational efficiency for its clients.
  • Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.
  • Keyring Network — Blockchain compliance solutions for the financial sector.
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Kola Aina
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Kola Aina is an entrepreneur, technology operator and investor with vast experience working in Africa’s largest economic market. His prior entrepreneurial experience spans several sectors including venture capital, technology, media, agriculture, infrastructure, publishing and real estate. As an angel investor and while leading the early stageAfrican VC firm Ventures Platform. Venture Platform is a leading early stage African VC fund that provides founder friendly capital and support to early stage companies in a framework that is buoyed by corporate governance and hands-on support. Kola has lead investment in about 28 companies including Payments company; Paystack, Connectivity company; Tizeti, Healthcare company; MDaaS and the Agric-tech company; Thrive Agric.Kola, founded the enterprise technology company Emerging Platforms Limited, 9 years ago, quickly growing it to become one of the leading technology service delivery companies and leaders in the e-learning space in West Africa providing services to over 100,000 students. Emerging Platforms Limited is a software and technology firm that specializes in developing innovative technology solutions in education, national security and enterprise sectors.Prior to focusing on full time entrepreneurship, Kola worked in corporate finance, administration, corporate turn-around and strategy. He led strategy and finance for one of the largest publishing companies in Nigeria up till 2009. Before that he worked in corporate finance proving financial analysis at Fifth Third Bank in the USA.Kola is a leader in the African startup and investing ecosystem, a Ted speaker and volunteers his time advising founders, speaking at events and serves on the Presidential Committee for Job Creation and Youth Employment as well as the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Presidency on Creativity and Technology. Kola studied Electrical Engineering and then secured a Master in Business Administration degree with a specialization in Finance from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He has received further education from Berkley University, Harvard University and the Lagos Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $170k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Partna — We're democratising access to crypto by providing tools that help businesses build user-friendly crypto products.
  • Coinprofile — Coinprofile allows anyone, anywhere in the world send money to Africa. It's fast, seamless and free!
  • Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.
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Raffael Johnen
Angel · Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Raffael Johnen is CEO and founding partner of auxmoney. Already during his business studies, Raffael Johnen founded his first startup company. He later worked for six years at Investmentbank Rothschild in Frankfurt in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Advisory areas, most recently as Vice President. Raffael Johnen is also the founder ofExcellion Capital, a successful company in corporate finance consulting and investment, based in London. As a writer, he made a name for himself when he wrote the chapter on leveraged buyouts in the "Praxishandbuch Unternehmensbewertung".

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Payments, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Germany, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$14M; Pre-Seed $3.2M–$3.5M; Series A $15M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Weel — Weel is the all-in-one platform for finance teams. Issue smart corporate cards, automate accounts payable, and control company spend, all in one place.
  • Weel — Weel is the all-in-one platform for finance teams. Issue smart corporate cards, automate accounts payable, and control company spend, all in one place.
  • Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
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Allen and Ollys International Limited -
Angel · 3 investments in Nigeria startups

Allen and Ollys International Limited -

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $1k–$4k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
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Yuzuru Honda
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SNS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$5.7M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
  • Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
  • ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
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Arash Ferdowsi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Arash Ferdowsi is the Co-Founder & CTO at Dropbox. After studying at MIT, Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox with Drew Houston. Dropbox was a TechCrunch50 finalist in 2008.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
  • Wild Moose — Wild Moose helps on-call developers more quickly identify the source of production incidents, by providing a conversational AI trained on their environment. This allows developers to delegate the search through logs and metrics to lightning-fast AI.
  • The Wedding Company — The Wedding Company provides the best wedding services in India. Book end-to-end wedding planning services online with us and grab the best deals for your wedding, engagement, reception, and other events.
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Isaac Ewaleifoh
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Isaac Ewaleifoh is an Angel Investor | SDGs Ambassador.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Finance, InsurTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Fleri — Better healthcare for your family back home - Give your loved ones back home in Africa the gift of a better life with a healthcare coverage plan that works.
  • Famasi — Find, Order & Refill medications across 1000+ pharmacies in Nigeria. Delivered in 1 hour. Compare prices, get the best offers, and enjoy free monthly delivery on recurring orders.
  • CreditChek — Bridging the trust gap between global credit businesses and underserved African consumers.
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Victoria van Lennep
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Victoria van Lennep - Co-Founder @ Lendable

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, EdTech
  • Stage:Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, France, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $686k–$2M; Series A $16M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GoodCourse — GoodCourse is where TikTok-style content meets expert-made learning paths - to build safer and bias-free cultures.
  • Virgil — Virgil provides a financial solution to assist individuals in purchasing a home. For the buyer, Virgil is a dormant partner: in exchange for an investment of 10% of the price, Virgil buys 15% of the apartment and is paid at the time of resale, at the latest 10 years after the purchase. Virgil allows young working people to become owners on average7 years earlier than the average first-time buyer, i.e. as much rent saved. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Paris, France.
  • Defacto — Never fall behind with defacto's instant financing solution. We also integrate with your accounting systems & scale to your needs. Join our wait list !
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Stephen Pagliuca
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Stephen G. Pagliuca has served as a director from July 1990 (except for a six month hiatus beginning in late 2009 when he entered the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race).Mr. Pagliuca is a Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and is also a Managing Partner and an owner of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. Mr. Pagliuca joined Bain& Company in 1982, and founded the Information Partners private equity fund for Bain Capital in 1989.Prior to joining Bain, Mr. Pagliuca worked as a senior accountant and international tax specialist for Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company in the Netherlands.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, India, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Series A $13M–$250M; Series B $10M–$160M; Series C $32M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lula — Making Mobility Viable and Profitable
  • Liquid AI — Liquid AI is an MIT spin-off with a presence in Boston, MA, and Palo Alto, CA. Our mission is to build state-of-the-art, general-purpose AI systems from first principles and deploy capable, efficient, highly aligned, and trustworthy AI for all.
  • MaintainX — MaintainX helps you track your reactive maintenance, preventive maintenance, and control the daily operations of your business. Get started for Free!
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Ezra Olubi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Ezra Olubi is the CTO and Co-Founder at Paystack.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
  • Brass — Get started with a modern current account
  • Fleet Device Management — Manage, update, and secure all your devices like it's 2026
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Enagwolor Johnny
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Enagwolor Johnny is the co founder and president at Treepz. He attended University of Benin.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Delivery, Logistics, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jise — Jise provides restaurant food delivery services, connecting customers with local businesses.We are extremely passionate about transforming local businesses and dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. By building the last-mile delivery infrastructure for local cities, Jise is bringing communities closer, one door at a time.It connects customers with their favorite local and national restaurants within Lekki Phase 1 for now. Marvelous Gbenro, Osazuwa Agbonze Jeremiah, Ibukun Olasupo, and Majid Tokurah came together to found the company in 2021. It is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.
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John Obaro
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

John Obaro is a distinguished alumnus of both Ahmadu Bello University, University of Lagos, and the Chief Executive Program (CEP3) of Lagos Business School. He has served at various times on the Boards of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Information and Communication Technology, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ComputerProfessionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Governing Council of the National ICT Incubation Program (iDea), and many more.He is a fellow of the Center for African Policy Development and Research, Glasgow, Scotland; a Fellow of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS); an ex-member of the Governing Council of Computers Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN) – the highest industry practice regulatory body; and immediate past 1st Vice President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON). John Obaro was recently recognised with the honour of Leadership in Technology at the 2016 African Achievement Awards in Scotland and also recognised as the ICT Software Personality of the Year 2016 at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Award, in addition to other numerous indigenous and international awards he has received over the years.John Obaro’s successful entrepreneurial adventure in software development architecture has attracted and continues to attract attention from both local and international quarters. The prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) of the Pan-Atlantic University has written two case studies on SystemSpecs while many newspapers, magazines and journals have also featured him at one time or the other.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $3.2M–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vendease — VendEase is a marketplace that lets restaurants in Africa, order supplies directly from farms and food manufacturers. Think of us as Amazon, but for food businesses.
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Bolaji Balogun
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Bolaji Balogun is the Founder and CEOof Unilever Nigeria. He previously worked at Lafarge Africa Plc as a Chairman. Bolaji Balogun attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, EdTech, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OkHi — Smart addressing for emerging markets. Enabling businesses to collect an accurate address, navigate to it without getting lost and verity it remotely.
  • Rivy — Access flexible financing for solar energy projects with Rivy. Power homes, businesses, and communities with clean, affordable energy.
  • 9jacodekids — Coding, Programming, Robotics in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos. We empower kids ages 4-16 to start creating their own games, mobile apps, websites, robots.
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Immad Akhund
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.5M; Series A $9M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vorflux — Cloud agents that ship production code. An opinionated harness that runs the full SDLC on dedicated machines.
  • Aseon Labs — Robotic pitstops for self driving cars. A depot in a box for charging, cleaning & inspecting AVs directly in operating zones. Backed by @ycombinator
  • Axiom Trust — Axiom Trust is an AI-powered trust startup that modernises professional trust administration during the "Great Wealth Transfer" of over $100 trillion in assets.
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Wes Schwalje
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $360k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
  • PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
  • Chhotastock — SAUDARATOTO adalah daftar situs toto slot dan bandar togel resmi 4D & 5D terpercaya yang menawarkan layanan aman, transaksi cepat, serta peluang menang besar setiap hari. Nikmati permainan lengkap dengan sistem stabil dan akses mudah kapan saja.
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Gabriel Hammond
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Gabriel is founder of Emles Advisors .

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Wireless, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • QuantumStreet AI — Powering $1.5 Billion in global assets, EquBot's AI investment platform with IBM Watson helps global investment professionals deliver custom AI portfolios with better outcomes through portfolios as a service (PaaS). EquBot's AI is utilized by some of the largest financial institutions like HSBC, Athene, and Amundi and reaches investorsall over the world, including the US, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Russia. EquBot is an IBM partner and was started at UC Berkeley by a team from Intel, Goldman, and Fidelity.
  • wifi.com.ng — TIZETI (wifi.com.ng) has been deploying high speed internet access to estates, offices, multi-tenant building using next generation wi-Fi technology. They deploy unlimited internet to residential and business customers which allow customers get the full benefit of the internet with no data or time caps. They also offer VOIP and Video on Demandservices.
  • Creative Market — Creative Market is a marketplace for ready-to-use design assets, including fonts, graphics, templates, add-ons, photos, and themes, from independent creators around the world.
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Sahil Lavingia
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Sahil is the founder and CEO of Gumroad.Gumroad exists to help every creative earn a living selling the stuff they make directly to their audience.Previously, he was early at Pinterest — a service that lets users collect, organize, and share the things they are into — and worked on turntable's mobile apps.He designs and buildsproducts for fun and profit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9M; Pre-Seed $750k–$2M; Series A $6M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BackerKit — BackerKit simplifies the post-campaign fulfillment process by helping project creators handle all the realities of crowdfunding. It allows its clients to survey, collect data, accept pre-orders, and process pledges for fulfillment. BackerKit was founded in 2012 by Rosanna Yau and Maxwell Salzberg and is based in San Francisco, California.
  • Monumental Labs — Monumental Labs is building a robot stone-sculpting factory to unleash a renaissance. Our robot artisans complete commissions in days that previously took months, with all the precision of traditional sculpting, at a fraction of the cost.
  • PierSight Space — PierSight is building a constellation of SAR satellites to provide persistent monitoring for the maritime industry.
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Tyler Scriven
Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Tyler is an entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor. He currently serves as a Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta. Prior to joining Techstars, Tyler was a member of the senior leadership team at Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley, where he served as Chief of Staff and Head of Operations. During his tenure with Palantir, he wasbroadly engaged in scaling the operations of the business from 100 to nearly 2,000 employees.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sequr — Genea Security Mobile Access Control software puts the power in your hands. Instantly grant or revoke access. Use mobile phone to unlock doors with a tap.
  • Landed — We help education, healthcare, and government employees buy homes by providing access to funds, trusted partners and guidance.
  • Farmcrowdy — Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos.
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Dale Mathias
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Dale Mathias

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kosa — Domain name KOSA.ai is a powerful tech-driven brand with a sleek, modern appeal. The name KOSA conveys a sense of intelligence and sophistication, making it perfect for AI-focused startups or businesses in the technology sector. As a short,
  • Octamile — Octamile is Africa's best Embedded Insurance & Claims Automation solution for Insurers & B2C businesses. Get a quote today...
  • Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
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Alan Rutledge
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Alan Rutledge

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bujeti — Bujeti is the finance control centre for African businesses. Manage expenses, automate payments, and issue corporate cards for total control and visibility.
  • FlexDesk — FlexDesk is creating a new evolution of the flexible workspace model. Remote workers use the platform to discover and book a dedicated desk or private office by the day. FlexDesk unlocks this inventory by partnering with office landlords and coworking operators that have furnished, underutilized space.
  • SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
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Karthik Ramakrishnan
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Karthik Ramakrishnan is an Engineering Executive @ Amazon Alexa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
  • Grey — Open international bank accounts for free to receive and make foreign payments instantly or convert currencies - all in one place.
  • Augmend — Create documentation and an AI assistant from any video.
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Damola Adegboyega
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Damola Adegboyega is an Assembly Investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • CreditChek — Bridging the trust gap between global credit businesses and underserved African consumers.
  • Intron Health — Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients
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Karim Atiyeh
Angel · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria startups, 17 in the past 12 months

Karim Atiyeh is the Co-Founder and CTO of Ramp, the fastest growing spend management platform and corporate card. Launched in 2020, Ramp gives Finance leaders an edge with powerful software that helps them save time and control spend before it happens. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold YCombinator-backed Paribus to CapitalOne in 2016.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$9.8M; Series A $8.5M–$88M; Series B $43M–$250M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 1001 AI — 1001 is the AI-powered intelligence layer helping enterprises transform decisions, orchestrate actions, and accelerate outcomes.
  • Augustus — Building the clearing bank for the AI era
  • Prime Intellect — Prime Intellect democratizes AI development at scale. Our platform makes it easy to find global compute resources and train state-of-the-art models through distributed training across clusters. Collectively own the resulting open AI innovations, from language models to scientific breakthroughs.
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Leonard Stiegeler
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Leonard Stiegeler is an entrepreneur & investor in projects unlocking potential. Educated in Europe, he founded companies across EMEA and is now investing globally. He is passionate to develop opportunities with & for others. The companies he co-founded include Jumia, now a leading eCommerce company in Africa and Pulse, now a leading mediacompany in Africa. His investments include Paystack, Flutterwave, Scalable Capital, Conversion and many more. Dedicated to creating trusted connections to enable potential, he founded two networks - Africa Collective, focused on elevating the continent's role globally, and Counder, focused on enabling visionary leaders embrace emerging trends & regions collectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
  • Bamba — Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far.
  • Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
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Bunmi Akinyemiju
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Bunmi is a graduate of Computer Science from the Michigan State University, USA. An execution focused executive with over 16 years entrepreneurial experience in high-tech sales, solutions development and management, Bunmi has developed over 20 proprietary technologies in Aviation, Government, Education, Oil & Gas and Banking sector globally.Bunmi has built more than five companies till date – each a potential billion dollar company and has substantial experience/relationships in the areas of Software development, Technology Consulting, Revenue Collection Strategies, Software Project Management, Business Startups, Internet Technology & Business Development. Bunmi is the Founder, MD/CEO of Venture Garden Nigeria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $10k–$425k
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GetEquity — GetEquity is a NASDAQ for venture capital. We provide an exchange and liquidity for private companies, and an infrastructure for different cadres of venture capital around investing, founder liquidity, and shareholder management
  • SureGroup — Commerce in Africa is deeply facilitated by cash, but cash-based transactions are expensive, unsafe, and difficult to track. Suregifts identified an opportunity to take advantage of the growth and adoption of the internet and all things digital in Africa by creating a simple, yet safe alternative currency to be utilised for specific purposes;Vouchers.At the core of what SureGifts does, is selling and maintaining an inventory of vouchers, which can be exchanged between two or more parties, and spent at a closed but extensive network of merchants across Africa for a near-unlimited assortment of goods and services.
  • Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
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Walid Aradi
Angel · 2 investments in Nigeria startups

Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
  • Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
  • Termii — Prevent transactions like logins, payments, checkouts, fraud alerts, and OTPs from failing using AI. Built for banks, fintechs and modern enterprises.
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Angel investor funding in Nigeria at a glance

Stats across 234 deals from 286 investors.

286
investors
in Nigeria startups
234
deals
in Nigeria startups
$638k
median round
in Nigeria startups
15%
lead investors
lead at least one round
39%
Pre-Seed
most common funding stage

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