Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Nigeria (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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6 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $625k–$7.5M |
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Babs Ogundeyi
Angel
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6 | Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $780k–$6M |
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Olumide Soyombo
Angel
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5 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $260k–$2.1M |
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Michael Seibel
Angel
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4 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $500k–$21M |
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Idris Ayodeji Bello
Angel
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $100k–$5.1M |
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Tayo Oviosu
Angel
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3 | Nigeria, Brazil, United States | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, SaaS, Credit | $1.4M–$3.6M |
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Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $125k–$35M |
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Chris Adelsbach
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $120k–$20M |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $20k–$5M |
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Allen and Ollys International Limited -
Angel
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3 | Nigeria | Seed, Convertible Note | FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain | $1k–$4k |
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Ed Robinson
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech | $3.5M–$28M |
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Abdul Hassan
Angel
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2 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $780k–$1.3M |
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Ham Serunjogi
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United States, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Finance, Mobile Apps | $25k–$5.3M |
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Gbite Oduneye
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Education | $43k–$10M |
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Sahil Lavingia
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $500k–$30M |
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Brandon Krieg
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B | InsurTech, Insurance, Banking | $3.5M–$4M |
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Dale Mathias
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, The Netherlands | Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Finance, Internet | |
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Shola Akinlade
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Education, Insurance | $181k–$4M |
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Cristina Santin
Angel
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2 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain | $1k–$2k |
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Victoria van Lennep
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, France, Spain | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $637k–$23M |
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Alan Rutledge
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $600k–$8M |
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Oliver Jung
Angel
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2 | United States, Germany, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet | $770k–$160M |
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Bunmi Akinyemiju
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $10k–$1.5M |
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Youcef Es-skouri
Angel
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2 | United States, France, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1.8M–$46M |
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Karim Atiyeh
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $2.2M–$250M |
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Opeyemi Awoyemi
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Payments, Software, InsurTech | $200k–$4M |
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Raffael Johnen
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, Germany, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Payments, Software | $1.6M–$20M |
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Rob Solomon
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Travel | $1.5M–$8.6M |
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Eric Nadalin
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Financial Services | $1.3M–$4.2M |
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Wes Schwalje
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology | $150k–$2M |
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Maneesh Arora
Angel
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1 | United States, Japan, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps | $450k–$1.7M |
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Gregory Rockson
Angel
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1 | Kenya, Germany, Nigeria | Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | |
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Sandy Kory
Angel
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1 | United States, Australia, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$14M |
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Maijid Moujaled
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Gaming, Mobile | $3M–$5.3M |
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Brett Kopf
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | B2B, FinTech, Mobile Payments | |
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Zach Lipson
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Finance, Financial Services | |
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Hakeem Belo-Osagie
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Finance, Financial Services | |
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Kola Aina
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Internet | |
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Sajid Rahman
Angel
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1 | India, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | |
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | |
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Tristan Walker
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Beauty, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Sean Mahsoul
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Computer, Software | |
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Desigan Chinniah
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Nigeria, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Communities, Apps | |
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Will Neale
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Japan, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | |
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Samir Goel
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Seed | SaaS, Legal, Advice | |
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James Park
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Chile | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Internet, SaaS | |
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Wemimo Abbey
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Seed | SaaS, Legal, Advice | |
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Jim Chu
Angel
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1 | United States, Uganda, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Solar, Water, Energy | |
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Rene Reinsberg
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software | |
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Jonathan Wasserstrum
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Real Estate, Software, FinTech | |
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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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% 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 —
- Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.
Cofounder and CEO of Kuda
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- 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 — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.
Olumide Soyombo is the Co-Founder of Bluechip Technologies. Olumide Soyombo attended Aston University.
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- 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
- Wealth8 — Wealth8 is a black-owned investment platform that provides a simple and affordable way for the black community to save & invest in globally managed funds.
- Spleet — ProptechSpleet is an online marketplace for affordable residential rentals and rents financing in Africa. For the tenant, we simplify the rental process by providing flexible rental and payment options and eliminate bureaucracy and expediting the search process. For the landlords, we make renting quicker, safer and better by providing accurateinformation on the tenant and ensuring rental payments are made as and when due.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 191
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.1M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $5.9M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% 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 is a software firm that builds active learning systems and techniques like reinforcement learning.
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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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $700k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ScholarX — ScholarX is a Social Enterprise that supports education by helping students access scholarships
- 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.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- 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.
Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$17M; Pre-Seed $125k–$7.4M; Series A $8.8M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Palm — AI-powered cash forecasting that sits on top of your TMS/ERP. Go live in weeks
- 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.
Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 233
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2M; Series A $4.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% 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.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 752
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FellowMe — FellowMe is a social media platform that allows users to meet new people with a search experience, segmented by interests and location.
- Exnus Protocol — Exnus Protocol is a next-generation decentralized ecosystem built on the Solana blockchain.
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
Allen and Ollys International Limited -
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- 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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- 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.
- Kuda — Kuda is a full service digital only bank with a mission to bank every African on the planet. Kuda was founded in 2019 by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha and is Headquartered in London
Abdul Hassan
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- 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: 0% lead, 100% 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.
Ham Serunjogi is a co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $25k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $240k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
- Sudo — Sudo is an open API platform that enables businesses to embed powerful financial features into their products. Build in minutes, launch in days.
- CreditChek — Bridging the trust gap between global credit businesses and underserved African consumers.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $200k–$10M; Pre-Seed $43k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EATO — EATO is a media-led African culture and lifestyle platform — connecting Africa to the world through community and commerce, starting with food.
- Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
- Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9M; Pre-Seed $500k–$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.
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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- Industry: InsurTech, Insurance, Banking
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Pre-Seed $3.5M–$4M
- 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.
Dale Mathias
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Internet
- 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.
Shola Akinlade s based out of Sunnyvale, California and currently works as the CEO for Paystack.
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- 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 $181k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
- Earnipay — Earnipay is Nigeria's trusted e-invoicing partner. As an accredited NRS and NITDA systems integrator, we deliver secure, compliant invoicing for every business.
- Alvin — Alvin is a powerful mobile app that automatically creates and adjusts your budget to help you meet your goals.
Cristina Santin
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- Industry: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1k–$2k
- 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.
Victoria van Lennep - Co-Founder @ Lendable
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $2M–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $637k–$2M; Series A $16M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Virgil — Virgil is the trusted partner of all those who want to become owners but whose personal contribution is insufficient to buy the apartment they want.
- 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 !
- Framework — Framework is the world’s first on-demand business school, radically reimagined for them. Born out of Founders Forum, a private network of the world's top tech entrepreneurs, we’ve worked with over 100+ operators—across product, growth, ops, people, data, engineering & design, from some of the world's most innovative companiesincluding Monzo, Babylon, Bulb & Depop—to pioneer a new model of lifelong learning.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8M; Pre-Seed $600k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cekura AI — Cekura AI is an AI based Software Development firm offering Developer Tool to observe and test AI voice agents.
- Mentra — Mentra is a wearable technology company that develops smart glasses based on augmented reality and AI interface technologies.
- Cosmoserve Space — Cosmoserve Space is developing autonomous robotic spacecraft to mitigate the rapidly growing problem of orbital debris.
Oliver is a global investor and entrepreneur based in Tel Aviv. Oliver is investing in US and China based companies and helps them to go international. Previous projects include airbnb, houzz and hoteltonight.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $770k–$10M; Series A $4.4M–$25M; Series B $19M–$160M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tzafon — Tzafon's vision is to broaden the lightcone of awareness by pushing the boundaries of machine intelligence, striving to extend the frontier of what intelligent systems can perceive, understand, and contribute.
- Corgi Insurance — Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. ("Corgi") is an American technology company that operates an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered insurance carrier based in San Francisco, California. Corgi Insurance develops and operates a fully integrated insurance stack using AI agents to automate traditional carrier operations, becoming the world’sfirst “AI insurance company.” The company owns multiple subsidiaries operating under a dog-themed naming convention.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- 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.
Youcef Es-skouri
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$14M; 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 a software development company that reinvents how humans, teams, and computers work together. Tana was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
- SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$9.8M; Series A $8.5M–$35M; 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.
- Miravoice — Miravoice builds precision AI voice agents to automate phone surveys and interviews. Collect more data, faster, for less.
- Sovra — Sovra operates a fintech infrastructure platform that enables users to manage digital dollar assets through a self-custodial mobile application. Its business model functions as a non-custodial software layer, allowing clients to maintain absolute ownership of their private keys and funds without relying on traditional banking systems or centralizedintermediaries. The value proposition focuses on protecting capital from local currency devaluation and restrictive banking policies by facilitating peer-to-peer global transfers, integrated card spending, and optional yield generation via decentralized finance protocols.
Opeyemi Awoyemi is the Founder and Managing Partner of Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund. He previously worked at Moneymie as a Co-Founder. Opeyemi Awoyemi attended The Wharton School.
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- Industry: Payments, Software, InsurTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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.
- Remedial Health — We improve business to business access to medicines by providing such medicines from manufactures/registered distributors direct to large and small healthcare retail businesses (large pharmacies and remote chemist/PPMVs (Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors)) using technology to deliver just-in-time stock and provide financing and awide selection of inventory to such retail business.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Software
- 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.
Internet and Consumer Technology investor and executive with over 18 years of experience, including CEO, President/COO, general management, business operations, product management, product development, M&A, and strategy.Currently, Venture Partner at Accel Partners. Prior to Accel, President & COO at Groupon responsible for Sales,Marketing, Business Development, Operations & International. Prior to Groupon, Venture Partner at Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), one of the largest and most successful growth equity tech-focused VC firms with $8 billion under management.Previously, served as the President and CEO of SIDESTEP, the web's first real-time vertical search engine in the travel category. Led successful turnaround and $200 million all-cash merger with KAYAK.Prior to SideStep, served in multiple executive management roles at YAHOO including Senior Vice President, Commerce and Vice President/General Manager of the Yahoo Shopping Group responsible for Yahoo's Shopping, Travel, Auctions, Classifieds, Real Estate, E-Commerce Hosting and Vertical Product Search businesses.Other roles included product management and marketing at Electronic Arts, Cendant, Golfweb (funded by Redpoint), and Zaplet (funded by Kleiner- Perkins).Rob also competed at a high level in water polo earning All-America honors at UC Berkeley and was a member of two NCAA national championship teams.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.6M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SOTE — Where logistics, capital, and technology meet.
- Okra — Okra is empowering companies to build fintech solutions with ease. We provide trusted real-time financial data for your applications. Get started - It's free.
- Caymus Technology Ventures — Learning & education decisions made easier
Eric Nadalin has entrepreneurship experiences in both the payments and telecoms spaces for over 20+ years. He cofounded Nexmo and worked as a CTO managing product and engineering teams. The company was acquired by Vonage in May 2016. During the dotcom era, he was based in San Francisco and cofounded iPIN, which was later on acquired by Valista andwas integrated with major mobile operators around the globe. Eric holds several patents in telecommunication, a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Computer Science from Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cledara — Manage, control and automate your Company's cloud software so that you can scale your operational processes, comply with regulations and save money.
- Northflank — Northflank is the comprehensive developer platform designed for scale. Seamlessly deploy and release any project on our cloud or in yours.
- Oyster — Hire, pay, manage, and take care of your globally distributed team with confidence. Try Oyster for free today!
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: India, United States, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $150k–$2M; Pre-Seed $360k–$740k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VC Lab — We help idea-stage entrepreneurs and pre-seed startups get funding, build a team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, and launch impactful businesses.
- HelpNow — HelpNow Corporate Site
- OlaClick (YC W21) — Create electronic menu boards for your restaurant or store. It is totally free. QR codes menu or digital menu boards. Digitalize your menu in an instant and start receiving orders !
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Browse database — It's Free!Maneesh Arora is CEO & co-founder of MightyText. He is a product builder who previously worked at Google and Zynga.
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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Japan, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $450k–$1.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Circa — More and more people are relying on mobile as their primary source of news yet the content itself continues to be produced in a format that translates very poorly to mobile devices. Rather than trying to shoehorn existing content into a new environment, Circa is creating the first born-on-mobile news experience. It will deliver news in a uniqueformat – native to mobile devices with an experience intuitive to mobile users. Through comprehensive yet to-the-point news updates paired with an engrossing mobile experience, Circa redefines how news is produced, delivered and consumed. Circa is news reimagined.Circa was founded by
- 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!
Gregory Rockson is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder & CEO of mPharma. Gregory previously worked at Six Days of Peace as a Founder. Gregory Rockson attended the University of Ghana.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Germany, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Float — Float helps you manage cashflow and gives you the credit your business needs to cover operational costs like payroll, inventory, or even marketing expenses.
- COMESO GmbH — COMESO exists to make healthcare access in Africa fair, transparent, and reliable. We build digital payment infrastructure that allows families both abroad and within their home countries to directly pay for medical services for their loved ones. Our mission is to ensure that every payment sent for health, whether from across the world or acrosstown, reaches hospitals and clinics in full, improving lives and strengthening local health systems.We combine financial technology with community-based healthcare delivery, COMESO enables the domestication of payments from afar, turning everyday financial support into a trusted channel for health access. Our goal is to reduce out-of-pocket spending, empower underserved families, and create a scalable model for inclusive health financing across emerging markets.
- Caantin — Kibanda Topup digitizes the supply for micro, small and medium-sized restaurants. Kibanda Topup allows restaurant owners to order inventory such as grains, poultry, beverages, and beef by app through a simple SMS and get the orders the next day.
Prior to MVP, he was Vice President at Arbor Advisors, leading their highly successful entry into the digital media and interactive marketing industries. He advised clients in a number of industry-leading transactions, such as the sale of WorldClass Strategy to EducationDynamics, the sale of ReliableRemodeler.com to Quinstreet, the sale ofInvestopedia.com to Forbes Media, and the sale of Interest.com to Bankrate.Sandy is a regular speaker at industry conferences, including Ad-Tech and LeadsCon. He received his B.A. in Psychology and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7M; Series A $8.6M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Float — Float helps you manage cashflow and gives you the credit your business needs to cover operational costs like payroll, inventory, or even marketing expenses.
- Mindset Health — Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy.
- Arkham Technologies — Unify your data and transform your operations with our Data & AI Platform
Maijid Moujaled is a co-founder and president at Chipper Cash.
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- Industry: FinTech, Gaming, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $3M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
- Rivy — Access flexible financing for solar energy projects with Rivy. Power homes, businesses, and communities with clean, affordable energy.
- Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.
Brett Kopf
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- Industry: B2B, FinTech, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Zach Lipson is the co-founder and CPO at Dutchie. Prior to that, he co-founded and served as head of product at RepPro.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Float — Float helps you manage cashflow and gives you the credit your business needs to cover operational costs like payroll, inventory, or even marketing expenses.
‘Keem holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, a law degree from Cambridge University and an M.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar. He started his career as a petroleum economist and a lawyer. For over three decades, he has been a key player in the Nigerian economy through hisparticipation in several businesses in the private sector particularly in the energy, finance and telecommunications sectors.‘Keem started his career in the service of the Federal Government of Nigeria working in various capacities in the energy sector ranging from Special Assistant to the Presidential Adviser on petroleum and energy, to Secretary of the Oil Policy Review and LNG Committees. He also served as Special Assistant to the Minister of Petroleum and Energy. He subsequently worked in the Petrochemicals Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He resigned his appointment in 1986 to set up CTIC, which became a leading energy consulting firm.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rivy — Access flexible financing for solar energy projects with Rivy. Power homes, businesses, and communities with clean, affordable energy.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Lead/follow: no public data
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 — We build apps for building projects. Our apps are helping builders extend the value of every dollar and increasing the confidence of ordinary people to build.
Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Sandeep Nailwal is the Co-Founder of Polygon. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Scopeweaver. He attended the National Institute of Industrial Engineering.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 107
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Rep3 — Rep3 is a Web3 community management application. Rep3 uses gamification methods to assist lps encryption projects in managing communities, members, and contributions.
- Orb — A community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on web3 built with Lens Protocol.
- Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Beauty, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Bujeti — Number #1 Spend management in Nigeria. Discover an all-in-one finance solution that helps businesses manage expenses, budget, issue corporate cards, invoice clients, reimburse employees, and more. Book a free demo!
- 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.
Sean Mahsoul
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- Industry: FinTech, Computer, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.
Tech Advisor | Startup Mentor | Angel Investor | Board MemberDesigan Chinniah, aka Dees, provides seasoned startup, dot-com hardened, functional, strategic, creative and zero-bullshit executive advice. Dees possesses a unique set of Swiss-Army-Knife like talents and experiences - at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Business Development,Marketing, Fundraising and Developer Relations.A self-confessed geek — this sneakerhead lives in London with his wife, Sanne and their two kids, Summer Skye & Kiran Quinn.You’ve come this far… Why not say hello? helloATdesiganchinniahDOTcom#africa #ai #ar #blockchain #bots #community #connectivity #crypto #ethics #fintech #gaming #iot #opensource #privacy #speech #startups #voice #vr #web
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- Industry: Software, Communities, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Klarytee — Klarytee is a SaaS platform that builds security into sensitive content to enable granular control wherever the data goes
- Odin — Community and investment tools for people building the future.
- TigerBeetle — TigerBeetle operates as a distributed financial accounting database for mission-critical safety and performance.
Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Japan, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Verisian — Verisian accelerates drug time to market with the industry's first platform offering real study traceability (CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, TFLs)
- Superlayer — Superlayer drives better performance for sales teams, leveraging and automating best practices to close more deals in less time.
- Kuai Commerce — Kuai Commerce is a next-generation solution for ambitious brands looking to sell directly to Chinese Gen Z consumers through the power of social commerce. Our tech-enabled services provide market entry and brand acceleration options for emerging category-leaders who otherwise would find the complexity of China prohibitively challenging
Samir is a social entrepreneur, writer, and connector committed to bridging the public and private sectors by bringing together diverse communities to eliminate the access gap.In 2015, Samir Co-Founded Esusu, a platform designed to empower users to better save, access capital, and build credit through community savings. Prior to Esusu, SamirCo-Founded Transfernation, a nationally recognized 501(c)3 non-profit which uses technology to ensure excess food from events goes toward underserved communities across New York City. To-date Transfernation has rescued over 300,000 thousand pounds of food and impacted 250,000 lives. For his entrepreneurial endeavors Samir has been recognized as a WEF Global Shaper, Global Good Fund Fellow, Dalai Lama Fellow, Resolution Fellow and was the recipient of the Jefferson Awards Foundation National Public Service Award.In addition to his work as a social entrepreneur, Samir has had the opportunity to build a robust skillset over his time at LinkedIn working across 5 offices in Customer Success Consulting, Talent Acquisition, and Sales Strategy & Operations focused on Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Previously Samir worked at The United Nations, Venture for America, and various non-profits in the New York City areaSamir is an avid writer and contributes for LinkedIn, The Daily Muse, Influencive, Mogul, and Quartz. Samir supplements his entrepreneurship and writing with public speaking engagements, which have ranged from The United Nations to the Clinton Global Initiative's Final Annual Meeting.Samir received his Bachelor's of Science from New York University's Stern School of Business. Samir enjoy's baking & cooking, staying active, travel, writing, and spending time with his family and 4 younger siblings.
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- Industry: SaaS, Legal, Advice
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mirza — We help employers hire and retain working parents and caregivers. Our care now, pay later childcare loan helps you support your workforce
- Rent Small Small — Rent Small Small is a Nigeria-leading prop-tech platform providing a unique rental solution to Nigerians in order to improve the home-seekers rental experience and increase homeowner's occupancy rate.Our business model is unique as it allows verified tenants to find a property on the go, stay within budget, and pay rent flexibly. We providefirst-of-its-kind rent insurance for property owners against rent default, and unlike traditional agents, we don’t charge agency and legal fee.Our mandate is to provide suitable and affordable homes for home-seekers, influence the conception and birth of new homes to boost the livelihood and productivity of Nigerian youths, and help homeowners make their property rentable and profitable.
- Flourish Fi — Creating a banking experience that people love. Enable banks and credit unions to strengthen relationships with a rewards system, financial literacy and savings journey.
James is our Co-founder and has served as our Chairman since May 2015, as a member of our board of directors since March 2007, and as our President and CEO since September 2007. Previously, James served as a Director of Product Development at CNET Networks, as the President and a Co-founder of Wind-Up Labs, Inc. (an online photo-sharing companyacquired by CNET Networks in April 2005). He was also CTO and Co-Founder of Epesi Technologies, Inc., a software company. James attended Harvard College where he studied Computer Science. He was selected to serve as a member of our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as our Co-Founder, President, and CEO.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Chile
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- HoyTrabajas — We are a C.Vs information exchange platform for candidates, employers, and recruiters, that get people access to low-skilled jobs in the Latin-American markets, enables recruiters to share job-seekers and job openings in real-time, and supports SMEs in the recruiting of their low-skilled jobs.
- Positive Food Co. — Delicious, fresh food
Wemimo Abbey is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu. He attended University of Cambridge.
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- Industry: SaaS, Legal, Advice
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mirza — We help employers hire and retain working parents and caregivers. Our care now, pay later childcare loan helps you support your workforce
- Rent Small Small — Rent Small Small is a Nigeria-leading prop-tech platform providing a unique rental solution to Nigerians in order to improve the home-seekers rental experience and increase homeowner's occupancy rate.Our business model is unique as it allows verified tenants to find a property on the go, stay within budget, and pay rent flexibly. We providefirst-of-its-kind rent insurance for property owners against rent default, and unlike traditional agents, we don’t charge agency and legal fee.Our mandate is to provide suitable and affordable homes for home-seekers, influence the conception and birth of new homes to boost the livelihood and productivity of Nigerian youths, and help homeowners make their property rentable and profitable.
- Flourish Fi — Creating a banking experience that people love. Enable banks and credit unions to strengthen relationships with a rewards system, financial literacy and savings journey.
Jim Chu is the Founder & CEO at Untapped Global.
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- Industry: Solar, Water, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Uganda, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
- dloHaiti — dloHaiti is a Market Based Solution for Clean Water in Haiti. Sustainable and impactful, it provides clean drinking water to underserved areas of Haiti, areas where access to clean, safe drinking water is unreliable, expensive, or simply unavailable.
- Onelamp Uganda — Distributing solar fishing lanterns and solar lights in Uganda.
Rene Reinsberg is the Co-Founder and President of Celo.
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- Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ValuesCo — Socialstack is a community of creative leaders, creators, & developers co-creating community-driven economies that run on carbon negative blockchain infrastructure.
- Fountain — Fountain operates in the finance industry, providing a wallet platform specifically designed for teams. The platform allows users to create permission-controlled wallets in a matter of seconds, offering a centralized location for managing all transactions and treasury. In addition to its wallet services, Fountain also offers a unique way to enjoypodcasts, further diversifying its product offerings. With a team of six, Fountain continues to innovate in the realm of finance and entertainment.
- Capsule Wallets — At Capsule, we thrive on challenging the design of products we use every day. In doing so, we hope to introduce you to a simpler way of living.
Jonathan graduated from Columbia Business School in May 2012. Prior to business school, Jonathan worked in the International Capital Group at Jones Lang LaSalle where he advised foreign and domestic clients on more than $3 billion worth of transactions globally.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Jome — On our platform, you can search for and tour thousands of new construction homes and communities near you. Our new home experts are ready to guide you through the entire home-buying process and will help you turn your dream home into a reality
- BuyWander — BuyWander is a platform connecting consumers with returned products. The company appears to operate across various categories, including automotive, beauty & health, clothing, electronics, food & grocery, and home & kitchen.
- NewHomesMate — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.
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