Top 15 B2B Angel Investors in Nigeria in April 2025
A list of 15 angel investors that invest in B2b startups based in Nigeria. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in B2b companies from Nigeria. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 B2B Angel Investors in Nigeria in April 2025
Investor | B2B Nigeria investments |
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Justin Kan | 2 |
Stephen Pagliuca | 2 |
Patrick Spaulding Ryan | 1 |
Julian Shapiro | 1 |
Paul Kokoricha | 1 |
Tristan Walker | 1 |
Arash Ferdowsi | 1 |
Alan Rutledge | 1 |
Abdulhamid Hassan | 1 |
Joshua Olulana | 1 |
Brett Kopf | 1 |
Michael Novogratz | 1 |
Vijay Shankar | 1 |
Maneesh Arora | 1 |
Sahil Lavingia | 1 |
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
- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Nigeria, India
Portfolio highlights
- Yuma AI — Yuma is using ChatGPT to automate customer support. We integrate directly with help desk software and focus on helping large Shopify merchants deal with their high volume of support requests.
- ClearGrid — Revolutionize your debt recovery with AI and advanced analytics. Our platform delivers faster, more personalized collections that benefit both your business and your customers.
- Qualified Health — Discover the Infrastructure for enforceable governance, agent creation, and post-deployment monitoring for Generative AI in healthcare
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
- Information Technology, Software, Media and Entertainment
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, India, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- GAIL — Making Mobility Viable and Profitable
- Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
- 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.
Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, FinTech, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, Mexico, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- CurveCatch — CurveCatch brengt de voordelen van een kleine lingerie speciaalzaak en online shoppen samen. Enerzijds nemen we je bij de hand en nemen we alle complexiteit rond maten en pasvormen weg door deze voor jou uit te kiezen o.b.v. 15 jaar ervaring. Anderzijds ben je op 5min klaar met bestellen en kan je thuis lingerie passen alvorens deze te betalen. Je betaalt achteraf alleen wat je houdt. Bestel nu jouw box en ervaar deze nieuwe manier van shoppen!
- Arrenda — Arrenda is a fintech startup that provides market-specific insurance and financial products to the real estate markets of Latin America. It also offers advance payments to landlords upfront to lower barriers to renting in the country. Arrenda was founded in 2021 and is based in Mexico City.
- My Little Mascara Club — Meet the little mascara everyone is subscribing to, exclusively at My Little Mascara Club. Seriously smudge proof, packed with clean ingredients, and just the right size for you to always have a fresh, clump-free mascara. Delivered!
Julian Shapiro is a Partner at Hyper and a Startup Investor at Julian.capital. He previously worked as the Founder of Demand Curve, a Columnist — Growth Marketing at TechCrunch, and VP of Marketing at Webflow. Julian attended Y Combinator.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
- Pogo — Unlock the power of your data to earn and save on shopping, finances and more. Download the Pogo app today to start earning and saving cash. 4.9 stars in the App Store.
- Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.
Paul Kokoricha
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Investment focus
- Internet, B2B, Software
- Private Equity, Seed
- Mauritius, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- WIOCC — WIOCC is Africa's leading provider of comprehensive, integrated core digital infrastructure solutions and managed network services in Africa...
- Decagon — Build faster with vetted remote software engineering talent
- Accelerex Holdings — Accelerex Holdings specializes in the fields of financial services and investments.
Tristan Walker is the Founder and CEO Walker and Company Brands. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stony Brook University.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Beauty, Women's
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Bujeti — Corporate Credit Cards, Spend Management software built for your African realities. It empowers your people to do more. It combines virtual, smart physical credit cards, payments and expenses into one experience powered by Visa Cards, dedicated NUBANs, Mobile Wallets and Faster Payments.
- Greptile — Tabnam is an AI-powered product research tool that scrapes the internet for customer experience data about a product to help shoppers make more informed decisions.
- AddGlow — AddGlow foster on-site community to increase retention.
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
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Onyx — The open-source AI enterprise search platform that helps teams find information across all company data.
- BenchFlow — Largest benchmark hub
- CodeCrafters — Real-world proficiency projects designed for experienced engineers. Develop software craftsmanship by recreating popular devtools from scratch.
Alan Rutledge
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, India, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Bujeti — Corporate Credit Cards, Spend Management software built for your African realities. It empowers your people to do more. It combines virtual, smart physical credit cards, payments and expenses into one experience powered by Visa Cards, dedicated NUBANs, Mobile Wallets and Faster Payments.
- 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.
Abdul "AB" Hassan is the Founder and CEO of Mono, an open banking platform facilitating secure access to customers' financial accounts for financial data, direct bank payments, and identity verification. With a decade of experience in technology and payments, he has held roles in product management and entrepreneurship. In 2016,Abdul founded Hyphen.AI, a chatbot platform later sold in 2017. He then initiated OyaPay, an offline mobile payment collection service via QR codes before joining Paystack in 2019.
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Investment focus
- B2B, FinTech, Payments
- Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Bujeti — Corporate Credit Cards, Spend Management software built for your African realities. It empowers your people to do more. It combines virtual, smart physical credit cards, payments and expenses into one experience powered by Visa Cards, dedicated NUBANs, Mobile Wallets and Faster Payments.
Joshua Olulana
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, Logistics
- Angel
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Dora — Dora is an all-in-one delivery management platform for planning, creating, assigning, notifying, and tracking customer delivery requests and fulfillment processes.
Brett Kopf
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Investment focus
- B2B, FinTech, Mobile Payments
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Flex Finance — Flex Finance is a simple, accessible mobile platform that allows SMEs manage and track their expenses, with little-to-no financial knowledge required. Using our inbuilt AI, business owners also receive insights that help them stop waste, save money and make smarter spending decisions. Flex is committed to enabling more SMEs make it past their thirdbirthday, so they can continue to provide the income and jobs that sustain the vast majority of Nigerians.
Mike Novogratz is the Founder, CEO and Chairman at Galaxy Digital.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Retail, Social
- Series A, Seed
- United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Alerzo — Alerzo is a B2B e-commerce retail company providing a technology and services platform that transforms how informal retail stores operate. It offers on-demand inventory distribution and financial services for small informal stores while also providing real-time market trends, customer feedback, and other consumer purchasing data to brands andmanufacturers.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Ibadan, Nigeria.
- Mansa — Built by Black creators with a passion for making culture-positive content, Mansa is the only place to stream the best in Global Black stories
- Soter Insure — Soter Insure is a provider of insurance products tailored to the digital asset economy. It provides the Web3 ecosystem with institutional-grade insurance for broader adoption against a lack of appropriate products and scarce capacity.
Vijay Shankar
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Winvesta — Receive international payments in India from 180+ countries. Save up to 80% in collection costs.
- Wander — Book luxury vacation home rentals with inspiring views, hotel-grade amenities, modern workstations, top-tier cleaning and 24/7 concierge service.
- Delight — Delight is a dating service where users only date one person at a time. Founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco.
Maneesh Arora is CEO & co-founder of MightyText. He is a product builder who previously worked at Google and Zynga.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, Japan, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- HOOKED — HOOKED (formerly Telepathic) is redefining entertainment for the Snapchat generation. We’ve pioneered a new media format called chat fiction, which has become a phenomenon among teens and millennials in the past year. Hooked has reached 50MM readers and has hit the #1 spot in the App Store in 25 countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany,Italy, Japan, and S. Korea. We’re building the media company of the future - the next Netflix, the next Disney. Hooked has raised venture funding from top investors in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, including Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, William Morris Endeavor, SV Angel, Founders Fund, Cowboy Ventures, Greylock and many more.
- CloudPeeps — CloudPeeps is a community, marketplace and platform that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. Hire a team of quality professional freelancers to get the job done. Work the way you want, wherever you are!
- Flex Finance — Flex Finance is a simple, accessible mobile platform that allows SMEs manage and track their expenses, with little-to-no financial knowledge required. Using our inbuilt AI, business owners also receive insights that help them stop waste, save money and make smarter spending decisions. Flex is committed to enabling more SMEs make it past their thirdbirthday, so they can continue to provide the income and jobs that sustain the vast majority of Nigerians.
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
- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
- Puter — Puter is a privacy-first personal cloud that houses all your files, apps, and games in one private and secure place, accessible from anywhere at any time.
- Capsule — Capsule is a startup that makes tools for editing short-form videos.
- 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.
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