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Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Nigeria in May 2025

A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Financial services startups based in Nigeria. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Financial services companies from Nigeria. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Financial Services Angel Investors in Nigeria in May 2025

Investor Financial Services Nigeria investments
Olugbenga Agboola 6
Olugbenga Agboola 6
Babs Ogundeyi 5
Michael Seibel 4
Olumide Soyombo 4
Philippe Teixeira da Mota 3
Idris Ayodeji Bello 3
Allen and Ollys International Limited - 3
Tayo Oviosu 3
Chris Adelsbach 3
Youcef Es-skouri 2
Dale Mathias 2
Brandon Krieg 2
Raffael Johnen 2
Oliver Jung 2
Ed Robinson 2
Sahil Lavingia 2
Bunmi Akinyemiju 2
Abdul Hassan 2
Karim Atiyeh 2
Cristina Santin 2
Ham Serunjogi 2
Alan Rutledge 2
Opeyemi Awoyemi 2
Shadi Abdulhadi 1
Arash Ferdowsi 1
Michael Vaughan 1
Damola Adegboyega 1
Musty Mustapha 1
Emmanuel Okeleji 1
Timi Aboyeji 1
Gbite Oduneye 1
Moses Koledoye 1
Tomiwa Olaosebikan 1
Ogundiran Kayode 1
Ronald Chagoury Jr. 1
Mumba Mumba 1
Richmond Bassey 1
Immad Akhund 1
Vishal Agarwal 1
Peter Kisadha 1
Sean Mahsoul 1
Kola Aina 1
Folabi Esan 1
Ali Rampurwala 1
Vijay Shankar 1
Sajid Rahman 1
Sandeep Nailwal 1
Edward Suh 1
Samvit Ramadurgam 1
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Olugbenga Agboola Angel
Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Sipay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
  • Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
  • 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.
Olugbenga Agboola Angel
Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • tushop — Tushop is a community group buying platform where members can sell groceries to those in their social networks and communities.
  • Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
  • 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.
Babs Ogundeyi Angel · Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Cofounder and CEO of Kuda
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan
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.
  • 24SEVEN — 24seven.pk is using tech and data to digitize and disrupt the fresh food and FMCG verticals in one of the fastest-growing and rapidly evolving consumer markets in the world.
Michael Seibel Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 31 investments in the past 12 months
Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • CTGT — CTGT builds efficient, trustworthy AI, preventing errors and maximizing ROI with secure, reliable enterprise-grade solutions.
  • Dripos — Dripos was crafted by restaurant operators like yourself to do it all. We aren't joking, everything from payroll & accounting to mobile ordering & marketing.
  • Arena — Arena is a software firm that builds active learning systems and techniques like reinforcement learning.
Olumide Soyombo Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Olumide Soyombo holds a BSc in Systems Engineering from University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MSc (Distinction) in Business and Information Technology from the Aston Business School, Birmingham, England; earning membership into the Beta Gamma Sigma Society for his high scholastic achievement.Olumide co–founded Bluechip Technologies Ltd in 2008 andhas grown the organisation from an organization with two employees to an organization with over 80 consultants spread across Lagos, Accra and Lusaka, Zambia.In 2014, Olumide setup Leadpath as a seed fund investing in local tech startups. He has invested in startups like Pushcv.com, Paystack, Piggybank.ng, Fashpa, Heels.com.ng , Delivery Science, Gloo.ng, and Cosign.co.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
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.
  • JADA — JADA focuses on both technical expertise and soft skill development and is designed to upskill experienced professionals in data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI.
  • 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.
Philippe Teixeira da Mota Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Co-founder of Shapers. Previously Partner at Hedosophia.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Palm — Cash Management for the Modern Treasury
  • 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.
Idris Ayodeji Bello Angel
The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Mobile Apps
  • Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
  • Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
  • SimpliFi — SimpliFi is on a mission to democratize payments by building the leading Cards as a Service (CaaS) platform for MENA and Pakistan.
  • ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Allen and Ollys International Limited - Angel
Allen and Ollys International Limited -
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
  • Seed, Convertible Note
  • Nigeria
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.
Tayo Oviosu Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • RELAYTO Content Experience 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.
Chris Adelsbach Angel · London, England, United Kingdom
Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
  • WealthOS — WealthOS is an cloud-native, enterprise, core wealth management platform. Launch and run superior digital wealth management value propositions faster and cheaper.
  • Camion — Empowering real estate to lead the energy transition with data and insights.
Youcef Es-skouri Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Youcef Es-skouri
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, France, Nigeria
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
Dale Mathias Angel
Dale Mathias
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance, Internet
  • Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Nigeria, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
  • Kosa — Kosa enables organizations across healthcare, hiring and HR, credit and risk, and insurance to build or deploy more inclusive technologies.
  • 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.
Brandon Krieg Angel · New York, New York, United States
Brandon Krieg is the Co-Founder of Collective Returns, Inc. and has been its Chief Executive Officer since July 11, 2016. Brandon Krieg served as the President of Collective Returns, Inc. until July 11, 2016 and serves as its Executive Director.
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Investment focus
  • InsurTech, Insurance, Banking
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
  • Nigeria, United States
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.
Raffael Johnen Angel · Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Raffael Johnen is CEO and founding partner of auxmoney. Already during his business studies, Raffael Johnen founded his first startup company. He later worked for six years at Investmentbank Rothschild in Frankfurt in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt Advisory areas, most recently as Vice President. Raffael Johnen is also the founder ofExcellion Capital, a successful company in corporate finance consulting and investment, based in London. As a writer, he made a name for himself when he wrote the chapter on leveraged buyouts in the "Praxishandbuch Unternehmensbewertung".
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Payments, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Nigeria, Germany, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Weel — With smart corporate cards and easy-to-use expense management software, Weel helps move your business forward. Try Weel for free today.
  • Weel — With smart corporate cards and easy-to-use expense management software, Weel helps move your business forward. Try Weel for free today.
  • Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
Oliver Jung Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, FinTech, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Germany, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Artisan AI — Artisan is on a mission to build the first generation of AI employees, called Artisans, who can automate specific roles & workflows.
  • 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.
  • Circleback — AI-powered meeting notes and automations. Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddles, and in-person conversations. Get started for free.
Ed Robinson Angel · New York, New York, United States
Ed Robison is a Co-Founder of Stash. He attended the University of Sydney from 2002 to 2004.
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Investment focus
  • InsurTech, Insurance, Banking
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
  • Nigeria, United States
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.
Sahil Lavingia Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Sahil is the founder and CEO of Gumroad.Gumroad exists to help every creative earn a living selling the stuff they make directly to their audience.Previously, he was early at Pinterest — a service that lets users collect, organize, and share the things they are into — and worked on turntable's mobile apps.He designs and buildsproducts for fun and profit.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Puter — Puter is a privacy-first personal cloud that houses all your files, apps, and games in one private and secure place, accessible from anywhere at any time.
  • Capsule — Capsule is a startup that makes tools for editing short-form videos.
  • Monumental Labs — Monumental Labs is building a robot stone-sculpting factory to unleash a renaissance. Our robot artisans complete commissions in days that previously took months, with all the precision of traditional sculpting, at a fraction of the cost.
Bunmi Akinyemiju Angel
Bunmi is a graduate of Computer Science from the Michigan State University, USA. An execution focused executive with over 16 years entrepreneurial experience in high-tech sales, solutions development and management, Bunmi has developed over 20 proprietary technologies in Aviation, Government, Education, Oil & Gas and Banking sector globally.Bunmi has built more than five companies till date – each a potential billion dollar company and has substantial experience/relationships in the areas of Software development, Technology Consulting, Revenue Collection Strategies, Software Project Management, Business Startups, Internet Technology & Business Development. Bunmi is the Founder, MD/CEO of Venture Garden Nigeria.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria, United Arab Emirates
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.
Abdul Hassan Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Abdul Hassan
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Nigeria
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.
Karim Atiyeh Angel · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Karim Atiyeh is the Co-Founder and CTO of Ramp, the fastest growing spend management platform and corporate card. Launched in 2020, Ramp gives Finance leaders an edge with powerful software that helps them save time and control spend before it happens. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold YCombinator-backed Paribus to CapitalOne in 2016.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Nigeria, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
  • 1Fort — Get peace of mind from digital threats with combined cyber insurance and security. All in a few clicks - no tech expertise needed.
  • Icon — Icon helps brands partner with creators, turn 1 video into 20 videos with AI, and A/B test messaging to find winning ads. We’re backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, as well as founders & executives of OpenAI, Ramp, Flexport, Pika, & Cognition (Devin).
  • Capsule — Capsule is a startup that makes tools for editing short-form videos.
Cristina Santin Angel
Cristina Santin
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
  • Seed
  • Nigeria
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.
Ham Serunjogi Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Ham Serunjogi is a co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile Apps, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Nigeria, United States, South Africa
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.
Alan Rutledge Angel
Alan Rutledge
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • United States, India, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Bujeti — 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!
  • FlexDesk — FlexDesk is creating a new evolution of the flexible workspace model. Remote workers use the platform to discover and book a dedicated desk or private office by the day. FlexDesk unlocks this inventory by partnering with office landlords and coworking operators that have furnished, underutilized space.
  • SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
Opeyemi Awoyemi Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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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Investment focus
  • Payments, Software, InsurTech
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Nigeria, United States
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.
Shadi Abdulhadi Angel
Shadi Abdulhadi
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Mobile Payments
  • Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • NowNow — NowNow aims to democratise the mobile wallet space in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. We provide a bank and MNO agnostic online platform to recharge any mobile, pay bills, and utilities, send/receive money and pay@shop directly to merchants. The amount consumers pay is returned in the form of cashback and coupons making the recharge almostfree. We are PCI-DSS compliant and are licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.NowNow also offers a unique agent platform that enables additional revenue streams for individuals and businesses and provides financial services to the unbanked – allowing them to offer p2p, bank transfers, cash out, mobile recharge, pay bills etc.
Arash Ferdowsi Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 11 investments in the past 12 months
Arash Ferdowsi is the Co-Founder & CTO at Dropbox. After studying at MIT, Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox with Drew Houston. Dropbox was a TechCrunch50 finalist in 2008.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, India, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
  • Onyx — The open-source AI enterprise search platform that helps teams find information across all company data.
  • BenchFlow — Largest benchmark hub
  • Alinea — Alinea offers a social investing platform for crypto, stocks and playlists. We offer fractional investing, $0 commission on investments, and a minimum as low as $1.
Michael Vaughan Angel · New York, New York, United States
Michael Vaughan is the Operating Partner at Stripes.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Brazil, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Flip — Transfer uang, top up e-wallet & kirim uang ke luar negeri lebih mudah dengan Flip. Bayar pulsa, listrik, BPJS, PDAM, dan pembayaran lainnya bisa lebih hemat.
  • Trust Software — The corporate card, made social. Trust is the only corporate card that helps startups grow smarter, together. Learn more at trust.co
  • 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.
Damola Adegboyega Angel · London, England, United Kingdom
Damola Adegboyega is an Assembly Investors.
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Investment focus
  • Finance, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • CreditChek — Bridging the trust gap between global credit businesses and underserved African consumers.
  • Intron Health — Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients
Musty Mustapha Angel
Musty Mustapha - Co-Founder and CTO @ Kuda
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Investment focus
  • Education, InsurTech, Insurance
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
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.
Emmanuel Okeleji Angel
Emmanuel Okeleji - Co-founder and Ceo @ Insidify
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Anchor — Anchor is building the infrastructure needed for businesses to build, launch, and scale banking and payment solutions.
Timi Aboyeji Angel
Timi Aboyeji
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Gbite Oduneye Angel · London, England, United Kingdom
Gbite Oduneye is the Founder and Managing Partner of ODBA. He attended UWE Bristol and Said Business School, University of Oxford.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Financial Exchanges
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Nigeria, United Kingdom, Rwanda
Portfolio highlights
  • Edukoya — Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.
  • Cashmere App — Helping millennials and Gen Z's save up for their favourite luxury goods and experiences
  • 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
Moses Koledoye Angel
Moses Koledoye - Software Engineer, SRE @ Google
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Investment focus
  • Credit, FinTech, Lending
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • 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.
Tomiwa Olaosebikan Angel
Tomiwa Olaosebikan
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Ogundiran Kayode Angel
Ogundiran Kayode is an individual investor.
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Investment focus
  • Finance, Financial Services
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • CreditChek — Bridging the trust gap between global credit businesses and underserved African consumers.
Ronald Chagoury Jr. Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Ronald Chagoury Jr. is the Vice Chairman of South Energyx Nigeria Limited, which is part of the Chagoury Group, a multinational business conglomerate based in Lagos, Nigeria. The company is currently working on Eko Atlantic, a new city construction project located on Victoria Island, adjacent to Lagos. As the Vice Chairman, Ronald Chagoury Jr. hasremained a driving force behind some of the city’s key developments, including the Marina District of Eko Atlantic, an international hospital, international school and luxury shopping center. These features add value to not only investors but also the citizens of Nigeria, as the country represents one of the world’s last emerging growth markets. In that vein, Ronald Chagoury Jr. hopes to represent Africa in a positive, powerful light and demonstrate that Africa is a global power through innovative and prosperous projects like Eko Atlantic. Ronald Chagoury Jr. has been heavily involved in this high-tech project since 2008 when the land off of the coast of Lagos began being reclaimed. Eko Atlantic is a large scale development on Victoria Island, that will solve the real estate shortage facing the surrounding areas, as well as improving the quality of life for residents put Nigeria at the forefront of technological innovation in Africa. Unlike other smart cities around the world, the Eko Atlantic project creates an entire city from scratch, making sure every process is environmentally safe. The Eko Atlantic project had humble beginnings before it became a massive stretch of land, over 10 million square kilometers. Originally, the major concern was protecting Lagos from coastal erosion by creating a solid sea wall. For years, Lagos was subjected to dangerous storm surges that put the residents and property at risk. Over the course of a hundred years, the land that was originally off of the coast of Lagos has washed away and land depletion became a serious problem. As the seawall project was being planned by South Energyx Nigeria Limited, the idea came about that this project could actually be a positive catalyst for incredible change for not just Lagos, but Nigeria as a whole. In order to ensure that the reclaimed land could withstand immense and powerful storms, research was completed by world-renowned experts on the best way to go about this undertaking. The land was created by pumping land from the seafloor to the surface, and a substantial sea wall, called the Great Wall of Lagos, was constructed eight and a half meters above sea level and was tested by the world-renowned Danish Hydraulic Research Centre. The massive structure will not only protect Lagos, it will also protect Eko Atlantic from dangerous currents and waves. This project of reclamation and sustainability is designed with the future in mind. Ronald Chagoury Jr. is passionate about being a part of the Eko Atlantic project, which will provide a great service to the people of Nigeria by giving the growing middle class a place to work and live. The project will serve as a way to increase the available housing options for the people of Lagos, as there is currently a shortage of housing for the residents due to a rapidly increasing population. Current numbers show that the housing market only represents 0.5% of the Nigerian GDP, which equals to about $3 billion in mortgages per year. In contrast, the housing market contributes to nearly 22% of their national GDP, equaling $77 billion per year. The Eko Atlantic project will inadvertently affect these numbers in a positive way and will increase the availability of housing, not only to current residents but also for those choosing to move to the country. Eko Atlantic will also serve to provide a greener way of life for those who live and work in the city. Lagos is a major economic player in the Nigerian economy, serving as the backbone for manufacturing, agriculture, banking, mining, telecom, and the energy industry. Ronald Chagoury Jr., alongside the Chagoury Group, which aims to facilitate growth and expansion in Africa (particularly Nigeria), supports numerous industries such as those depicted above because of the influence of the Nigerian economy. The infrastructure of Lagos, although has improved in recent years, still has a way to go. With investments in the Eko Atlantic city, there is no reason that the economy will improve substantially, while also improving the economies of neighboring countries and even neighboring continents like Europe. Ronald Chagoury Jr. and South Energyx Nigeria Limited have been working with the Nigerian government on plans to improve the public transportation that is available in the country. Projects like the new railway and ferry system will work alongside the Eko Atlantic project, which is completely privately funded. Ronald Chagoury Jr. and his family have been in Nigeria for more than 40 years, allowing them to gain a deep understanding of how the country has evolved. Helping Lagos become a financial center for Sub-Saharan Africa, and eventually, the continent was a natural fit for the Chagoury Group. At their core, the Chagoury Group aims to dispel myths about Africa’s limitations when it comes to economic and structural growth. Ronald Chagoury Jr., at the head of the Eko Atlantic project, hopes that this new green city and all of its parts serve to support that goal.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
Mumba Mumba Angel
Mumba Mumba is an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs.
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Investment focus
  • Credit, Wealth Management, Financial Services
  • Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Pivo — Pivo is an all-in-one financial services platform for businesses in the supply chain. Set up accounts, access credit and manage your finances in one simple application.
Richmond Bassey Angel · Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
Richmond Bassey is the Co-founder and CEO at Bamboo. He served as the Chief Of Staff for Helium Health prior to that.
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Investment focus
  • Payments, Financial Services
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Klump — Use Klump to buy today, and pay in 4 equal instalments over 3 months! Businesses accept payments and increase conversion rate and revenue. The Easy Life! Try it now.
Immad Akhund Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
  • Aerodome — The future of air support.
  • Substrate — We're building a unified API for open-source ML models – elegant abstractions, powered by fast, reliable, affordable systems. Explore infinite possibilities at the frontier of applied ML with dozens of lines of code, not hundreds or thousands.
  • Amplifier Security — Workforce security automation and security copilot for employees
Vishal Agarwal Angel · New York, New York, United States
Vishal Agarwal serves as a Founder & CEO at ItsaCheckmate.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
  • OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
  • Momint — Momint is the Web3 investment platform of the future. The safest and easiest to use NFT marketplace in the world. Discover the real-world potential of NFTs.
Peter Kisadha Angel · Kampala, Kampala, Uganda
Peter Kisadha - Founder and CEO @ Digest Africa
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Sean Mahsoul Angel
Sean Mahsoul
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Computer, Software
  • Seed
  • Nigeria
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.
Kola Aina Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Kola Aina is an entrepreneur, technology operator and investor with vast experience working in Africa’s largest economic market. His prior entrepreneurial experience spans several sectors including venture capital, technology, media, agriculture, infrastructure, publishing and real estate. As an angel investor and while leading the early stageAfrican VC firm Ventures Platform. Venture Platform is a leading early stage African VC fund that provides founder friendly capital and support to early stage companies in a framework that is buoyed by corporate governance and hands-on support. Kola has lead investment in about 28 companies including Payments company; Paystack, Connectivity company; Tizeti, Healthcare company; MDaaS and the Agric-tech company; Thrive Agric.Kola, founded the enterprise technology company Emerging Platforms Limited, 9 years ago, quickly growing it to become one of the leading technology service delivery companies and leaders in the e-learning space in West Africa providing services to over 100,000 students. Emerging Platforms Limited is a software and technology firm that specializes in developing innovative technology solutions in education, national security and enterprise sectors.Prior to focusing on full time entrepreneurship, Kola worked in corporate finance, administration, corporate turn-around and strategy. He led strategy and finance for one of the largest publishing companies in Nigeria up till 2009. Before that he worked in corporate finance proving financial analysis at Fifth Third Bank in the USA.Kola is a leader in the African startup and investing ecosystem, a Ted speaker and volunteers his time advising founders, speaking at events and serves on the Presidential Committee for Job Creation and Youth Employment as well as the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Presidency on Creativity and Technology. Kola studied Electrical Engineering and then secured a Master in Business Administration degree with a specialization in Finance from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He has received further education from Berkley University, Harvard University and the Lagos Business School.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Nigeria, United States, Kenya
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.
Folabi Esan Angel
Folabi Esan has been a partner at Adlevo Capital since it was founded in 2007.Prior to joining Adlevo Capital, Folabi was the founder and Managing Consultant of Catalyst TDC, a Nigeria-based consulting firm that advises clients on technology adoption issues within their companies. Prior to founding Catalyst TDC, Folabi was the Managing Directorof SAP Nigeria, the Nigerian subsidiary of the leading enterprise software company, for five years. He successfully drove the company to profitability within three years and was instrumental in building the company up to its current position as the leading provider of enterprise software to large corporations in the region.Before he joined SAP, Folabi managed Heureka Consulting, a marketing consulting firm that provided consulting services to small and mid-sized IT Companies in Nigeria. He started Heureka Consulting after founding and running Wood Products Limited, a Nigeria-based manufacturer of wood products. Folabi’s previous experience also includes positions with Bain & Company in the US and Andersen Consulting in Nigeria.Folabi received a B. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering (First Class Division) from Ahmadu Bello University, an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.Sc. in Innovation Management and Technology Policy from University of London.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Mobile Payments, AgTech
  • Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Paga — Paga is a mobile payment company. We are building an ecosystem to enable people to digitally send and receive money, and creating simple financial access for everyone. Our mission is to make it simple for one billion people to access and use money. Our first market is Nigeria where Paga is the leading mobile payment company.
  • OnePipe — OnePipe aggregates APIs from banks and fintechs into a standardized gateway that is easy to integrate and makes partnerships seamless.
  • COOKO — “Cooko” means “Source” or “Wellspring” in the proto-Bantu language of West Africa. This reflects the spirit of the company. We aim to go to the source, to work from the ground up to improve the livelihood of Cacao farmers.Our key innovation changes the way that cacao is sourced. Not only does it provide a better quality bean, we also providefirst-mile traceability. This has been identified as the key factor in transforming the industry into a more sustainable and equitable economic force.The farmer benefits: In one day they can make the money that would have required 10 days labour.The industry benefits: International traders are increasingly frustrated with low-grade cacao, contaminated with everything from stones to unfermented beans. By changing the first step in the process we lock the beans into a controlled refinement process.The consumer benefits: When you see the source-fermented™ label, you will know that your cacao (or chocolate) has been equitably sourced.
Ali Rampurwala Angel
15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate strategy, angel investing, and business development having an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and being a CAIA Charterholder.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Egypt, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
  • Otida — Otida is an app that acts as a nutritionist, a fitness coach and physician, among other roles, for patients with diabetes who struggle while navigating through their day-to-day lives.
  • 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.
Vijay Shankar Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Vijay Shankar
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series C
  • United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Winvesta — Receive international payments in India from 180+ countries. Save up to 80% in collection costs.
  • Wander — Book luxury vacation home rentals with inspiring views, hotel-grade amenities, modern workstations, top-tier cleaning and 24/7 concierge service.
  • Delight — Delight is a dating service where users only date one person at a time. Founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco.
Sajid Rahman Angel · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Sajid currently works as Managing Partner at MyAsiaVC He attended London Business School.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • India, Nigeria, Kenya
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 Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 24 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, Singapore
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.
Edward Suh Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Edward Suh
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Mobile Apps, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Vietnam
Portfolio highlights
  • Kippa — ## Build Setup
  • Pushas — Buy & Sell Authentic, Brand-New Sneakers From Australia's Favourite Sneaker Store. Widest selection of hype, exclusive sneakers: Air Jordans, Yeezys, Nike, Adidas, Off-Whites & more. AfterPay, Klarna, ZipPay & Laybuy available. 'Authenticity' guarantee on every sneaker purchase or your money back.
  • Clever Real Estate — We match you with top agents nationwide and help you save. Sellers get full service for just a 1.5% listing fee. Buyers can get cash back after closing.
Samvit Ramadurgam Angel · Berkeley, California, United States
Samvit went through the Y Combinator program and started his first venture-backed company when he was nineteen years old. Prior to starting Equidate, Samvit co-founded Streem, a cloud storage company which was acquired by Box in 2014. Samvit is an active angel investor and frequently invests in startups through S2 Capital, where he serves asfounding partner. His previous work spans numerous startups,most recently including Asana where he built out distributed systems infrastructure and Livemagic where he developed audio fingerprinting algorithms. In a previous life, he conducted research on high temperature superconductivity at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Samvit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Analytics, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, India, Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • AiPrise — Combine identity verification, fraud protection and compliance in one single platform, allowing you to expand globally hassle free.
  • Integration Labs — RootFi provides a dependable and secure integration layer with an expanding list of APIs, allowing you to focus on developing features that your consumers will appreciate. Begin shipping solutions for credit risk assessment, accounting automation, and analytics.
  • Grey — Open international bank accounts for free to receive and make foreign payments instantly or convert currencies - all in one place.
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