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Top 50 Energy Startup Investors in Nigeria (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Nigeria Energy startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Nigeria Energy startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
All On
VC Fund
9 Nigeria, France, Senegal Seed, Grant Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar $50k–$2.5M
Norfund
VC Fund
5 South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria Private Equity, Debt Financing Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy $2.2M–$156M
CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $250k–$25M
LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$37M
Finnfund
VC Fund
3 Kenya, India, South Africa Debt Financing, Series B Financial Services, Energy, FinTech $2.7M–$135M
Sissili Limited
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy $1.1M–$1.1M
EDFI ElectriFI
VC Fund
2 United States, Kenya, France Debt Financing, Series A Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy $110k–$30M
Acumen
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Kenya Seed, Series A Agriculture, Solar, Health Care $300k–$12M
Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $25k–$15M
Proparco
VC Fund
2 India, Kenya, Nigeria Debt Financing, Seed Financial Services, Energy, Finance $400k–$153M
Seedstars Africa Ventures
VC Fund
2 Kenya, France, Rwanda Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Energy, Credit, FinTech $1.1M–$9.1M
Factor E
VC Fund
2 Kenya, United States, India Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture $20k–$10M
Frankford Re
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy $1.1M–$1.1M
Greenlabs Incubation Programme
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Pre-Seed AgTech, Waste Management, Food and Beverage
African Export-Import Bank
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, Zimbabwe, United States Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Post-IPO Debt Energy, Oil and Gas, Financial Services $250k–$1.4B
Blue Rinc Capital
VC Fund
2 Nigeria Seed PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy $1.1M–$1.1M
Helios Investment Partners
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Private Equity, Series A Financial Services, Energy, Banking $4M–$179M
Inspired Evolution Investment Management
VC Fund
1 Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria Private Equity, Series A Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar $20M–$60M
Social Investment Managers & Advisors
VC Fund
1 United States, India, Kenya Debt Financing, Series C, Post-IPO Equity Solar, Renewable Energy, Energy $150k–$90M
Voltron Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Senegal Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $195k–$3M
Ventures Platform
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $100k–$4.4M
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, France Series A, Series B Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing $10M–$195M
Zrosk Investment Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Finance $200k–$33M
Origin Capital Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Health Care, Energy, Software $2.7M–$3M
Jua Fund
VC Fund
1 Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria Pre-Seed Agriculture, B2B, Farming
Sovereign Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Private Equity Solar, Energy, Retail
Chibuzo Ujam
Angel
1 Nigeria Angel Drones, Energy, Delivery
Echukwudi Daniel
Angel
1 Nigeria Angel Drones, Energy, Delivery
Persistent
VC Fund
1 Ghana, Germany, Switzerland Seed, Series A Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy $500k–$10M
San Leon Energy
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Corporate Round Oil and Gas, Infrastructure
Investisseurs & Partenaires
VC Fund
1 France, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire Seed, Series A Financial Services, Health Care, Food and Beverage
GreenHouse Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
SCM Capital Asset Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed Solar, Energy
AfricInvest
VC Fund
1 Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco Private Equity, Series A Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech $6.5M–$65M
Whole Foods Market Foundation
VC Fund
1 United States, Senegal, United Kingdom Grant, Debt Financing Non Profit, Education, Agriculture $50k–$570k
British International Investment
VC Fund
1 India, Kenya, Nigeria Debt Financing, Series B Financial Services, Banking, Finance $7.5M–$137M
Partech
VC Fund
1 United States, France, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $1.1M–$55M
Chinedu Azodoh
Angel
1 Nigeria Pre-Seed Solar, Renewable Energy
EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Information Technology, FinTech, Software $200k–$22M
On.Capital
VC Fund
1
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
1 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $2.4M–$184M
Cascador
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, France, United States Debt Financing, Seed, Grant Agriculture, Internet, Renewable Energy $15k–$1.8M
FSDH Asset Management
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Debt Financing Solar, Renewable Energy
Adetayo Bamiduro
Angel
1 Ghana, Nigeria, United Kingdom Pre-Seed Solar, Software, Health Care $200k–$700k
Ugochukwu Aronu
Angel
1 Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed Web3, Drones, Energy
Ardent Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Software $100k–$15M
African Infrastructure Investment Managers
VC Fund
1 South Africa, Nigeria Private Equity, Debt Financing Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy $92M–$130M
Launch Africa
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $200k–$4M
Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Software $300k–$4.5M
Persistent Energy Partners
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe Seed, Series B Energy, Solar, Software $900k–$2.7M
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All On
VC Fund · Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria · 9 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

All On: Energy Innovations. Powerful Collaboration. Our mission is to increase access to commercial energy products and services for under-served and un-served off-grid energy markets in Nigeria, with a special focus on the Niger Delta sources in Nigeria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
  • Stage:Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Nigeria, France, Senegal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Grant $50k–$395k
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Eja-Ice — Eja-Ice is a technology company that provides solar cold chain systems, refrigeration solutions, and temperature-controlled transport.
  • Koolboks — Koolboks: solar-powered, financially accessible fridges with an integrated pay-as-you-go platform dedicated to making cooling accessible to all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Get a Koolboks refrigerator for as little as 25k Naira down payment today!
  • Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
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Norfund
VC Fund · Oslo, Oslo, Norway · 5 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Norwegian investment fund for developing countries

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Round size: Debt Financing $2.2M–$156M; Private Equity $7.4M–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2009

Portfolio highlights

  • WeLight — WeLight deploys sustainable and accessible solutions to accelerate energy inclusion in rural areas of Africa.
  • CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
  • mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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CRE Venture Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Founded in 2015, CRE Venture Capital invests in early stage tech companies that are levered to Africa. CRE is headquartered in the New York metro area, with a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$5M; Pre-Seed $250k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flood — Flood is a marketplace platforms that provides merchant solution, self services and big data solution.
  • Letly — Letly is developing an AI‑driven platform for the rental property market that automates tasks related to managing rental listings and tenant interactions. It aims to use intelligent agents to handle tasks such as scheduling viewings, responding to inquiries, and optimizing property management workflows. The platform is currently in a waitlistphase, signaling ongoing development and private access only.
  • 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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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund · Carmel, California, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 147
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $14M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Aku — Aku is a financial technology to drive financial inclusion on one mobile device. They provide payments and bring financial services to the doorstep. They support the new business owner in need of the right tools. They offer low-cost, accessible financial services that serve their customers. They radically democratized access to banking and digitalpayment channels.
  • Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
  • AlumUnite — AlumUnite is a purpose-built platform to connect all educated Africans to develop Africa's human capital through alumni groups. We crowd-resource education.
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Finnfund
VC Fund · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland · 3 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Finnfund is a Finnish development finance company that provides long-term risk capital for private projects in developing countries. Apart from co-investing with Finnish companies they can finance ventures that use Finnish technology, cooperate with Finnish partners on a long-term basis or generate major environmental or social benefits.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, FinTech
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: Kenya, India, South Africa

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Series B $5M–$41M; Debt Financing $2.7M–$135M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mobisol — We transform lives through solar energy access. Our solar home systems and mini-grids benefit millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • TPL Insurance — TPL Insurance is a Pakistan's first direct insurance company that take care of all insurance related matters.
  • Transvolt Mobility — Transvolt Mobility is an early-stage, technology-driven EV fleet operator, enabling India’s transition to sustainable, zero-emission transport by providing a scalable, multi-partner platform for commercial electric mobility across urban and industrial segments.
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Sissili Limited
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Private Investment Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy
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EDFI ElectriFI
VC Fund · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Impact investment in sustainable energy

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$30M; Debt Financing $110k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BURN — The future of clean cooking
  • GOGO Electric
  • MyJouleBox — MyJouleBox offers a solution for solar professionals in Africa to offer leased solar installations to their customers.
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Acumen
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Solar, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$2.5M; Series A $1.6M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.8M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Bintix — Bintix averts landfill waste ... one household at a time.
  • EduBridge — EduBridge is an organization started by a group of alumni and professors from IIM Bangalore & Lucknow in 2009. EduBridge works towards transforming the lives of the unemployed youth in the country across urban, semi-urban and rural areas. EduBridge provides them with a commercially relevant training at their doorstep and arm them with thenecessary skill sets and mindset to succeed in their professional careers and thus help transform their lives.
  • Energy Assured Nigeria — Energy Assured is an energy and utility procurement market provider for smaller businesses ranging from independent retailers and local franchisees to affinity group members in any sector. Users and customers benefit from economies of scale, more agile energy purchasing, and consistently lower gas, electricity, and water costs. Their expertsunderstand the pressures that small and medium-sized businesses face: they work to provide clients with exactly what they require so that clients can use energy as an asset to propel their business forward.
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Kaleo Ventures
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Kaleo Ventures is an investment firm prefers to invest in early-stage companies across Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $119k–$1.1M; Series A $9.1M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cuoral — Cuoral is an AI-native platform that helps businesses proactively detect and resolve customer issues before they escalate. We unify support, feedback, and engagement tools into one intelligent layer, transforming reactive customer service into a proactive growth engine. With real-time diagnostics, actionable insights, and automation, Cuoralempowers teams to deliver exceptional experiences at scale.
  • BankWise
  • PowerLabs — PowerLabs is an energy and climate technology research and implementation company whose goal is to use intelligent energy to build a world where human output is boundless.
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Proparco
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
  • Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 128
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$13M; Debt Financing $400k–$153M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nuru — Nuru is a solar hybrid site. Nuru (Swahili for "light") is a company dedicated to enhancing connectivity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nuru deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma, the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub-Saharan Africa.Nuru is arenewable and environment company that specializes in the fields of storage micro-grids and solar energy. The company deployed Congo's first solar-based mini-grid in 2017 and is currently constructing a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma.Nuru was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Goma, Nord-Kivu, Congo.
  • BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
  • Ecoener
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Seedstars Africa Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Seedstars Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in high-growth companies active across Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Credit, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Kenya, France, Rwanda

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.5M; Series A $8.2M–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kuunda — Kuunda provides consulting, liquidity management, data insight tools enabling users to fulfill financial needs through a digital platform.
  • Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Factor E
VC Fund · Fort Collins, Colorado, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Factor E is a finance company that impacts venture builders, dedicated to supporting the people and ideas that will turn the tables in the global battle for sustainable solutions to energy, agriculture, mobility, and waste challenges in emerging and frontier markets. It serves as a conduit between philanthropic and commercial investors throughmarket-driven forces.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Agriculture
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Kenya, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.6M; Series A $1.3M–$10M; Convertible Note $20k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ferntech — Take control of your decentralized power system with Odyssey's FernTech software and hardware. Get real-time insights and automate operations with our reliable data collection, system automation, and range of controllers and IoT gateways. Explore the FernTech product suite and see how it works in action. Contact us to learn more.
  • Open Access Energy — South Africa's first multilateral wheeling software platform that automates energy transactions.
  • 60Hertz Energy — Unify asset management with asset monitoring, enhance scheduling, and facile communication. Book a Demo Now!
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Frankford Re
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Private Investment Holding Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy
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Greenlabs Incubation Programme
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Greenlabs Incubation Programme provides mentoring and growth assistance, supported by the Consumer Advocacy and Empowerment Foundation in cooperation with Jacobs Ladder Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Waste Management, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Ecobag Mart — Ecobag Mart is a startup company that offers environmentally friendly solutions in the food supply chain.
  • Leovia Farms — Leovia Farms is an agri-tech startup focused on reducing food losses and climate pressures.
  • Geocycle — Geocycle is a startup company for developing solutions to reduce food loss in agriculture.
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African Export-Import Bank
VC Fund · Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

African Export-Import Bank - Transforming Africa's Trade

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Oil and Gas, Financial Services
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Non-Equity Assistance, Post-IPO Debt
  • Geography: Nigeria, Zimbabwe, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Post-IPO Debt $30M–$800M; Debt Financing $10M–$1.4B; Non-Equity Assistance $250k–$250k
  • Lead/follow: 90% lead, 10% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • First Bank of Nigeria
  • Central Bank of Tunisia — Central Bank of Tunisia provides a money museum that includes a collection of recovered Carthaginian coins.
  • African Trade and Distribution Company — The African Trade and Distribution Company (ATDC) is a strategic entity established to accelerate intra-African trade and industrialization. company's core mission is to facilitate the distribution and trade of raw materials, minerals, and value-added goods within Africa, thereby shifting the continent toward higher-value industrial products.ATDC supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and smallholder farmers by providing trade finance, logistics, warehousing, regulatory guidance, and access to market opportunities. It focuses on creating efficient supply chains and expanding market reach for African producers across the continent.
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Blue Rinc Capital
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Blue Rinc Capital is an investment holding company focused on growth investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: PaaS, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rensource Energy — Rensource develops, finances, and manages critical energy infrastructure for African enterprises with the objective of powering Africa's economy
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Helios Investment Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Bridging international capital and know-how with African talent and enterprise since 2004, Helios Investment Partners manages funds totalling c. $3 billion.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Energy, Banking
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$39M; Private Equity $45M–$179M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • HPVideo — HPVideo.io is a decentralized, wallet-driven AI video generation platform on the BNB Chain, allowing users to create videos using multiple AI models without submitting personal data.
  • SeamlessHR — Africa's Leading HR & Payroll Software - Empowering African Businesses for Productivity and Profitability Through Technology.
  • SolarAfrica — Our integrated solutions are designed to reduce electricity costs, provide energy security and improve the carbon footprint of your business.
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Inspired Evolution Investment Management
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Inspired Evolution established in 2007 as a specialised investment business to lead sustainable clean energy and resource efficiency investments across sub-Saharan Africa. Inspired Evolution offers a dedicated, multi-disciplinary, professional investment team with a deep track record targeting superior returns with measured development outcomes.Inspired Evolution’s investment focus is centered on clean energy and resource efficiency assets. We have demonstrated that capital deployment to investments in this specialised asset class, can generate exceptional returns at the nexus of social equity, ecological integrity and responsible economic growth. This lies at the heart of sustainable investing.Inspired Evolution’s view is that sustainability is not only everybody’s business as citizens of a rapidly globalising world, but that it will define the future of business and investment decisions.Inspired Evolution manages Evolution One Fund – its first dedicated, closed-ended third party investment fund. Evolution One Fund makes early stage, expansion and development stage, and later stage or mature equity and equity-related investments primarily for control or significant minority positions in market-leading growth businesses located principally in South and southern Africa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $20M–$35M; Private Equity $20M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 82% lead, 18% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $178M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Escotel — Escotel is an energy services company currently focused on Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Escotel provides energy services to mobile tower owners and operators, owning and operating decentralized renewable energy infrastructure across Africa
  • d.light — Founded in 2007 as a for-profit social enterprise, d.light manufactures and distributes award-winning solar lighting and power products designed to serve the more than 2 billion people globally without access to reliable electricity. Through five distribution hubs in East Africa, West Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the United States, d.lighthas impacted over 65 million lives with its products. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable, and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world, with the goal of reaching 100 million people by 2020. For more information, visit www.dlight.com.
  • Cold Solutions Kenya — Cold Solutions Kenya Ltd offers temperature-controlled storage and cold chain logistics for perishable goods.
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Social Investment Managers & Advisors
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

SIMA is a social asset manager dedicated to empowering the Bottom of the Pyramid by providing demand-driven commercial capital and advisory solutions

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Renewable Energy, Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series C, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: United States, India, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Debt Financing $150k–$90M
  • Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $68M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Altech Group — Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households.
  • Loom Solar Private Limited — Buy solar panel, battery and inverter for home, business, agriculture, DIY projects, and more. from 10 watts -100kW from Loom Solar - India's No. 1 solar company. Choose from solar panels, inverters, lithium batteries, charge controllers to solar installation kit. We provide solar finance for rooftop solar installation
  • Insolation Energy — Insolation Energy is one of the top solar panel manufacturers in India, delivering efficient solar solutions. As a trusted solar power company in India, we are committed to providing clean, sustainable, and affordable electricity for all.
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Voltron Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

On a mission to back the most extraordinary entrepreneurs out of Africa solving important problems in large markets.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Pre-Seed $195k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Allawee — Allawee is a corporate credit card with a credit line to help you spend smarter. We give you high credit limits, attractive cashback rewards and advanced spend management tools.
  • Raenest — Access Virtual Accounts, Invoicing, Multi-Currency Payouts, Auto Payroll, Accounting Integrations, and Virtual & Physical cards within minutes.
  • Woodcore Inc — Woodcore is a Cloud Enabled Core Banking System for Banks, Micro Financial Institutions and Neo Banks primarily for emerging markets. We provide them with the Core banking system to digitise their existing process from using excel or any manual ways of offering banking service and then provide them with the merchant payment platform which allowsthem to be technology ready for integrations from third parties.
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 148
  • Round size: Seed $325k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Brass — Get started with a modern current account
  • MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
  • ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Focused on developing and deploying the critical climate solutions our world needs to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 247
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$55M; Series B $30M–$195M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • WeaveGrid — WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energyresources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills.
  • 75F — 75F's award-winning smart sensors and controls improve indoor air quality and make commercial buildings more comfortable and energy efficient. Automatically.
  • Dandelion Energy — Dandelion's nation-leading geothermal drilling and heat pumps provide cost-effective, renewable home heating and cooling.
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Zrosk Investment Management
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Alternative investment solutions: private credit, discretionary portfolios, and the Magna Specialized Fund.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M; Series A $7M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
  • Lingawa — Speak your native language with pride! Learn Yoruba and Igbo with fun, immersive online lessons for adults and kids (ages 5+).
  • Definely — Definely creates legal tech solutions to free lawyers from frustration, saving them time when understanding, drafting and reviewing legal documents.
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Origin Capital Management
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Origin Capital Management is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor that invests in the public equity and hedging markets of USA.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Energy, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lyra Health — Lyra is your partner in building a culture that celebrates mental well-being. Learn more about how to partner with Lyra and transform workforce mental health.
  • Monica Healthcare — GE Healthcare Systems is a provider of technologies, digital infrastructure, data analytics and decision support tools used in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients.
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Jua Fund
VC Fund · Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

EARLY-STAGE, PAN-AFRICAN, VENTURE CAPITAL FUND INVESTING CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY IN A NEW GENERATION OF AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, B2B, Farming
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Side — Side is an e-commerce distribution channel that leverages the power of “community” or “group buying” to provide goods to end customers more cheaply.
  • BRYT Knowledge
  • Powerstove Energy — Powerstove Energy, which uses advanced technology to deliver a superior smokeless, IoT-enabled cookstove that generates electricity.
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Sovereign Capital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

We invest in service-based business in a number of sectors that have potential for expansion in the UK or internationally and have a differentiated market positioning.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Private Equity
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.
  • Zenitech — A strategic technology partner, designing and implementing creative technologies that transform businesses. Find out how we can transform your business now
  • AquaQ Analytics
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Chibuzo Ujam
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Chibuzo Ujam

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Drones, Energy, Delivery
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
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Echukwudi Daniel
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Echukwudi Daniel

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Drones, Energy, Delivery
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
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Persistent
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Ghana, Germany, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.3M; Series A $1.1M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 83% lead, 17% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dodai — Dodai manufactures and assembles the electric motorcycles.
  • EcoNetix — We help companies reduce emissions, offset with high-integrity carbon projects, and communicate impact transparently to achieve compliance certainty, climate
  • Circadian Technologies GmbH — AI-driven VPP unlocking revenue for telecom towers.
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San Leon Energy
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

San Leon Energy is a specialist oil and gas company with an extensive portfolio of assets across Europe and North Africa.San Leon Energy is a company built on solid foundations. We concentrate on using our leading-edge technical expertise in both conventional and ‘unconventional’ oil and gas. Our aim is to provide a sustainable energy future. Wework sympathetically with our local partners and communities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Oil and Gas, Infrastructure
  • Stage:Corporate Round
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Energy Link — Energy Link delivers crude evacuation services through our dedicated pipeline system anchored on OML18. Provide infrastructure for efficient and long-term crude storage and evacuation.
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Investisseurs & Partenaires
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Investisseurs et Partenaires

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Health Care, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: France, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • iProcure — iProcure is a Nairobi-based start-up working to optimize the agriculture input supply chain in rural Kenya. iProcure’s web and mobile technology solution improves agriculture retailers’ operations. It lets them manage ordering based on inventory, point of sale activities, and client profiles along with geo-located purchasing patterns, real-timeagent performance and transaction analysis, and built-in mobile payments. As a result, retailers can better predict demand with business intelligence data, improve inventory management, and streamline distribution efficiency.
  • Trackbit — Trackbit is a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
  • Lapaire — Discover a wide range of high-quality & affordable eyeglasses at Lapaire Glasses. Book a free vision test with our professional optometrists to help you find your perfect pair of glasses to enhance your vision and style. Shops in 7 african countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Uganda.
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GreenHouse Capital
VC Fund · Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

GreenHouse Capital’s Founding Partners took their own fintech company Venture Garden Group (VGG) from a 7 employee, ₦30 million revenue startup to a 200 employees, ₦2 billion power house in just 4 years and raised an attention grabbing Series A round from Convergence Partners of South Africa. The uniqueness of their position was not lost on thefounders who then cultivated Garden Institute of Business Entrepreneurs (GIBE) to identify, incubate, and invest in young and innovative tech startups solving global challenges in Emerging Markets. GIBE was created to build a world class talent management hub for young and passionate entrepreneurs while creating a pool of technology inclined businesses and innovation oriented leaders.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
  • Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
  • MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
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SCM Capital Asset Management
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

SCM Capital Asset Management Limited is the full-service Asset Management subsidiary of SCM Capital Markets Limited, which is registered as a Fund / Portfolio Manager with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SunFi — SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans.
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AfricInvest
VC Fund · Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is part of Integra Group, an investment and financial services company based in Tunisia.Uniquely positioned as one of the most experienced private equity investors on the continent, AfricInvest has dedicated investment teams focused on North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and employs 66 professionals based inseven offices.AfricInvest manages USD1 billion across 16 funds and benefits from strong, long-term support from both local and international investors, including leading development finance institutions in the United States and Europe.Having co-founded the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) as well as the Middle East North Africa Private Equity Association (MENAPEA) and the Euromed Capital Forum, the firm is an active promotor of the private equity industry in the region.Since 1994, AfricInvest has invested in 135 companies across 25 African countries in a variety of high growth sectors and maintains a broad network of high quality executives across Africa, offering extensive expertise in key growth industries, including financial services, agribusiness, consumer/retail, education and healthcare.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Manufacturing, FinTech
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series A
  • Geography: Tunisia, Kenya, Morocco

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Series A $7M–$65M; Private Equity $6.5M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 64% lead, 36% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Buzzkito — Buzzkito Network is disrupting the Avertising Industry by being the first BRAND TECH company in the MENA region. They fuse technology and brand building to make our clients happy. They are a data and psychological driven.
  • GoMyCode — GoMyCode is changing the education market by training talents in a dynamic belnded environement on digital skills and connects them with tech opportunities around the world. Based on 4 Main Aspects: - Data based Assessment - Data based matching - Business Analytics - Learning Platform - Content EditorGoMyCode provides digital Skills Training forthe Future of Work. In 4 Different fields: - DATA - DEVELOPMENT - DESIGN - DIGITAL MARKETING
  • RAYNAL Assurances — RAYNAL Assurances operates as an insurance company. RAYNAL Assurances underwrites a large range of non-life insurance risks associated to automotive, health, accident, fire, transport, and other multi-risks, addressing a clientele composed of both corporate and retail customers.
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Whole Foods Market Foundation
VC Fund · Austin, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups, 19 in the past 12 months

Whole Foods Market Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Whole Foods Market and based in Austin, Texas, unites the efforts of Whole Cities, Whole Kids, and Whole Planet initiatives launched since 2005. In 2024, these programs merged under the Foundation to streamline its mission of nourishing people and the planet through better nutritionaccess and financial stability opportunities. ​

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Non Profit, Education, Agriculture
  • Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
  • Geography: United States, Senegal, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Grant $50k–$570k; Debt Financing $67k–$449k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • School Food Matters — School Food Matters teach children about food and improve their access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. The company provides fully-funded food education programs to schools, such as cooking, growing, farm visits, and more. Delivering these programs informs and strengthens the organizations' campaigns, bringing thevoices of children, parents, and teachers to government policy. School Food Matters was founded in 2007 and is based in London.
  • Sustainable Food Center — Sustainable Food Center is a nonprofit organization that transforms the food system to nourish health, land, and livelihood.
  • Agricultural Institute of Marin — Agricultural Institute of Marin is an educational non-profit organization. They support local farmers, strengthen local economies, increase food access, and improve public health.
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British International Investment
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution. We've been at the forefront of supporting companies in developing countries for more than 70 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Finance
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series B
  • Geography: India, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 259
  • Round size: Series B $9.7M–$70M; Debt Financing $7.5M–$137M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • M-KOPA — M-KOPA is the global leader for “pay-as-you-go” energy services for off-grid customers. M-KOPA was established in 2011. Following 2 years of piloting and development, M-KOPA began commercial sales in Kenya in October 2012. M-KOPA expanded to Uganda in 2013 and commences operations in Tanzania in late 2014. Their team includes over 500 staff andwe sell our product through more than 1000 retail agents and shops. The founders of the company are experienced mobile technology innovators who believe in the huge potential of transformative, affordable products designed for underserved consumers. While excellent technology is a pre-requisite, technology alone does not solve for customer needs. Success comes when smart technology is combined with a commitment to on-going, on-the-ground delivery. To that end, M-KOPA is beginning to license its technology to experienced and reputable third parties in markets outside of East Africa (licensing queries should be sent to licensing@m-kopa.com). M-KOPA has developed a proprietary, patented technology platform that combines embedded GSM + mobile payments to revolutionize asset financing in emerging markets. The M-KOPAnet platform has been designed and built from the ground up by our talented team of software engineers, who continue to innovate and improve the system every day. It offers the powerful combination of accounting + customer relationship management + inventory tracking in one complete system. Aside from enabling our business operations to scale at record speed, the M-KOPAnet™ platform captures and processes huge volumes of data, enabling us to improve our proposition, customer service, and security in real-time.
  • The City Bank — From 1983 till date, City Bank has been a case study in evolution, having transformed over time from a traditional organization to a critically acclaimed multi-faceted institution that embraces global best practices and chooses to be at the forefront of technological initiatives. Unlike many, the Bank's criteria for success are not only thebottom-line numbers but also the milestones set towards becoming the most complete bank in the country.
  • Veritas Finance — Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation.
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Partech
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 539
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $4.2M–$27M; Series B $9M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Agicap — Agicap develops and sells a SaaS platform for SMBs to manage and forecast their cash flows. Agicap allows business owners to build dynamic, reliable forecasts and have real-time visibility over their current and future cash position. This data, which can be easily shared with banks, makes it easier for SMBs to access financing options and reducesthe risk of bankruptcy.
  • Teknovus — Teknovus, Inc., a fabless semiconductor and software solutions company, develops and supplies access chips and embedded software for the FTTx market. It offers Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) integrated chips for central office and customer premises applications; EPON customer premises equipment ONU; TDM transport chips that provide thecircuit emulation of T1/E1/J1 on various Ethernet switched networks; evaluation kits, which support original equipment manufacturers and service provider customers; EPON OLT solutions that offer a system-on-a-chip approach to the original equipment manufacturers; and TK3401 Intelligent EPON Node Controller that enables service providers to meet various needs of network topologies and subscriber densities. The company’s system-on-a-chips incorporate firmware for the embedded processor to control the hardware. Teknovus, Inc. markets its products through distributors in the United States, Europe, and China. Teknovus, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Petaluma, California with sales and support centers in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. The company also has a location in San Jose, California.
  • Almentor — almentor.net is a cutting-edge continuous e-learning platform curating top-rated video-based training programs delivered by leading subject matter experts and accessible through B2C and B2B channels to serve the needs of Arabs across the world. The platform was officially launched in January 2018 and currently offers the biggest Arabic high qualitycontinuous learning video library in the world, including paid courses, free talks, crash courses and books, primarily in Arabic.
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Chinedu Azodoh
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Co-Founder & CTO @ MAX

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 51
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1.9M; Series A $1.2M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $8M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Printivo — Design & print Business Cards, flyers, mugs and other print products online and we will deliver your doorstep. Get instant quotes.
  • S&T Media — AdPump The Best Digital Platform to advertise your products and services
  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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On.Capital
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

On.Capital provides investments, fundraising, and advising services.

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Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 589
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$99M; Series B $4.3M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Moi — Moi Corporation was founded to deliver on the promise of the Twitcasting social live streaming platform. We developed Twitcasting to enable people to stream and share live video anytime, anywhere - connecting the world in real-time. TwitCasting provides a live streaming social platform that enables real-time chat between broacasters andviewers, through apps or desktop. Users can follow their favorite broadcasters and receive notifications when new a new live stream is about to start. Broadcasters can save and publish their live streams for later viewing.In early 2014 we added "Collabo" to Twitcasting, enabling as many as 6 users to broadcast together, in a single display. Viewers can join a broadcast that is already streaming live and broadcast together. It is the first app to support multi-device broadcasting in a single stream on mobile and PC. Our user base has doubled every year, and hit 7.5 million in September, 2014. While the largest part of our base is in Asia, users in US, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries are now growing rapidly. About 70% of our users are under 25 years old, & approximately 95% of broadcasters shoot on mobile. 
  • Wonderplanet — Wonderplanet designs and develops native language applications and games for smart phones and tablets. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Nagoya, Japan.
  • EneCoat Technologies — EneCoat Technologies is working on materials development for perovskite solar cells and the commercialization of modules.EneCoat Technologies will create the future of energy through thin-film solar cells with the aims of protecting the environment and effectively utilizing natural energy sources.
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Cascador
VC Fund · Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Cascador | Business Growth Accelerator for Mid-Stage Nigerian Companies Cascador is a business growth program for Nigerian entrepreneurs leading mid-stage companies, providing mentoring and access to advisors, and investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Internet, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Nigeria, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Grant $15k–$115k; Debt Financing $146k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 81% lead, 19% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Indigenius AI — CDIAL develops conversational AI tailored for African languages, enhancing communication and understanding through localized technology solutions.
  • Stears — Stears Business has a simple mission: deliver original, analytical, well-written stories that make sense of the Nigerian economy
  • Koolboks — Koolboks: solar-powered, financially accessible fridges with an integrated pay-as-you-go platform dedicated to making cooling accessible to all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Get a Koolboks refrigerator for as little as 25k Naira down payment today!
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FSDH Asset Management
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

FSDH Asset Management is an asset management and financial advisory firm that offers investment schemes, income funds, and employee savings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Debt Financing
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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Adetayo Bamiduro
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Adetayo Bamiduro is the Co-Founder and CEO of MAX. He previously worked at Techstars as a Techstars Program (NYC Fall 2015 Class). Adetayo Bamiduro attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Ghana, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$700k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kunda Kids — Kunda Kids brings African stories to life! Award-winning books, music & media that make early learning joyful, empowering & proudly cultural.
  • Rivia Clinics — Rivia is an asset-light healthcare chain that partners with existing clinics to improve their quality of service to patients. They offer their partners:1. Loans for infrastructure upgrades and inventory. 2. A hospital management system to simplify administrative tasks. 3. Support with customer acquisition and marketing. 4. Adherence to"Rivia Standards", a set of patient-centric quality guidelines. Overall, Rivia aims to provide a "modern healthcare experience" for patients in emerging markets.
  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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Ugochukwu Aronu
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Web3, Drones, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
  • Gamic — Gamic is a community communication/collaboration app for gamers, creators, and web3 enthusiasts.The platform combines the advantages of blockchain technology with the conventional web2 community setup, creating a seamless environment where users can interact and enjoy the benefits of web3 advancements. This simplifies the process for web2communities to access and leverage the latest blockchain technology innovations, eliminating the need to navigate across various platforms.Today, the user experience is poor for online communities trying to engage with Web3 products and services because users are required to jump across different platforms. Sharing, trading, or managing Web3 assets on most traditional communication and social apps is hard. Addressing this is crucial because Web3 access means financial freedom and opportunity for many all around the world, especially in Africa. Gamic’s central mission is to encourage blockchain adoption as a means to improve the socio-economic opportunities available to global communities. We enable users to communicate and operate in the same place, with increased security and better monetisation opportunities.
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Ardent Capital
VC Fund · Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Leading Venture Capital & Builder in Southeast Asia | Experts in E-Commerce, B2B, B2C, Fulfilment Startups | Seed, Series A Funding

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$350k; Series A $1.1M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $13M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Laborhack — LaborHack offers a select network of tested and certified carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, welders, and other tradespeople. It provides cleaning, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services.
  • Trade Lenda — Trade Lenda: Access to Loans, Investments, Utility Payments, Credit Access, Insurance, and More! Unlock Opportunities to Earn, Invest, and Grow. Secure Personal or Business Loans Toda
  • Feather Africa — Feather Africa provides money transaction services, such as enabling users to send and receive money from anyone using the application. It offers withdrawals of cash without ATM cards by sending money to the nearest cash vendors.
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African Infrastructure Investment Managers
VC Fund · Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) develops and manages private equity infrastructure funds designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in African infrastructure projects.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Private Equity, Debt Financing
  • Geography: South Africa, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Private Equity $92M–$130M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SolarAfrica — Our integrated solutions are designed to reduce electricity costs, provide energy security and improve the carbon footprint of your business.
  • NOA Group — NOA Group offers a vertically integrated energy platform to provide net zero-oriented renewable energy solutions to customers in the commercial and industrial sectors.
  • The Logistics Group — The Logistics Group is a provider of logistics and warehousing services to serve the mining, agricultural, trading, manufacturing, and shipping sectors.
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Launch Africa
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $36M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Yamify — Yamify is an AI platform where intelligent agents reliably run mission-critical business workflows in Africa. Founded by Silicon Valley engineers, our platform automates complex operations by integrating humans, systems, and infrastructure reliably, even under connectivity, latency, and compliance challenges. Starting with on-prem deployments,Yamify is evolving into a full AI automation infrastructure for African enterprises.
  • Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
  • Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

We back exceptional founders in and from Africa who are addressing deep gaps between the status quo and the ideal.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
  • TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
  • Onboard — Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities.
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Persistent Energy Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Energy startups

Africa's Climate Venture Builder - We believe in the power of climate-positive economic development in Africa. For the last decade, we have been working hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures on the continent. Our companies offer competitive financial returns required to drive lasting impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Nigeria, Senegal, Zimbabwe

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ecobodaa
  • Altech Group — Altech Group aims at expanding access to clean, renewable, and affordable energy both for poor-grid and off-grid households.
  • Beacon Power Services — Beacon Power Services is a utility company that provides energy management software and analytics for utilities.
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Energy Investor funding in Nigeria at a glance

Stats across 167 deals from 136 investors.

136
investors
in Nigeria Energy startups
167
deals
in Nigeria Energy startups
$1.2M
median round
in Nigeria Energy startups
58%
lead investors
lead at least one round
25%
Grant
most common funding stage
95/5
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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