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Top 15 Gaming Angel Investors in Nigeria

A list of 15 angel investors that invest in Gaming startups based in Nigeria. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Gaming companies from Nigeria. We update this investor list every month.

Top 15 Gaming Angel Investors in Nigeria

Investor Gaming Nigeria investments
Tayo Oviosu 3
Sandeep Nailwal 2
Sudeep Ramnani 1
Karthik Ramakrishnan 1
Michael Cohn 1
Ayodeji Adewunmi 1
Vijay Pravin Maharajan 1
Ugochukwu Aronu 1
Juan Pablo Ortega 1
Enagwolor Johnny 1
Shola Akinlade 1
Casper Johansen 1
Tyler Scriven 1
Simon Borrero 1
michael k sam k sam 1
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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.
Sandeep Nailwal Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 33 investments in the past 12 months
Sandeep Nailwal - Co-Founder @ Polygon
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Mira — Mira is a decentralized infrastructure platform designed to increase access to advanced AI.
  • Compute Labs — computing Labs is a tokenized real-world asset (RWA) company dedicated to democratizing access to the computing industry using blockchain technology.
  • OpenLedger — OpenLedger is the sovereign data blockchain for AI.
Sudeep Ramnani Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sudeep Ramnani is a Technology Entrepreneur and Investor
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Investment focus
  • Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
  • Seed, Angel
  • Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
  • Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Karthik Ramakrishnan Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States
Karthik Ramakrishnan is an Engineering Executive @ Amazon Alexa.
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Investment focus
  • EdTech, Banking, FinTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
  • Grey — Open international bank accounts for free to receive and make foreign payments instantly or convert currencies - all in one place.
  • Augmend — Create documentation and an AI assistant from any video.
Michael Cohn Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Michael Cohn serves as a Managing Partner at Overline VC. He attended Emory University - Goizueta Business School.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Farming, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, Israel, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Farmcrowdy — Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos.
  • Monetizr — Engage with niche Gen Z and Millennial audiences through the fastest-growing mobile in-game advertising platform. Easy to set up and scale for all brands!
  • LEAF — LEAF is the first smartphone controlled, automated home grow system for medical plants and food. Learn more about Leaf and buy here.
Ayodeji Adewunmi Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Ayodeji Adewunmi is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Dot. He previously worked at GOKADA as a President & Co-CEO. Ayodeji Adewunmi attended Obafemi Awolowo University.
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Investment focus
  • Apps, Gaming, Mobile
  • Seed, Angel
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • ChopUP — Discover the ultimate Plinko gaming experience at Plinko India! Our platform offers an exciting blend of luck and strategy, allowing players to drop balls through a pegged board and aim for high-scoring slots.
  • Pledge51 — Pledge51 is a fresh mobile media company pursuing opportunities in Nigeria's mobile internet space. On Tuesday 29th May 2013, the company launched her social gaming platform; Chopup.Chopup is a social platform that allows mobile game players to interact based on in-game achievements. As part of the release of Chopup, the company alsolaunched Danfo Reloaded II; the first mobile game to come integrated with the Chopup Platform. The platform is unique because it caters specifically to Africa's mobile market which mostly consists of fairly basic devices and is only recently witnessing growing adoption of smart phones.The company's game/app portfolio has already crossed over 1 million downloads and growing till date.
Vijay Pravin Maharajan Angel · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Founder & CEO - bitsCrunch | Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | TEDx Speaker | Blockchain & NFT
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Web3, Internet of Things
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • India, United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • ZeroLend — ZeroLend is a user-friendly and frictionless lending experience to onboard the masses to Defi. Built on L2s
  • Gamic — Gamic is a decentralized community app designed for the crypto community. With Gamic, you can connect with like-minded individuals and stay up-to-date on the latest trends in blockchain, NFTs, AI and cryptocurrency. Gamic is powered by Web3 technology, ensuring a secure and decentralized experience for all users. Plus, with our Airdrop feature, you can easily reward members of your community with crypto tokens. Join the Gamic community today and be a part of the future of social networking!
  • Moove Protocol — Charting a new era of decentralization.
Ugochukwu Aronu Angel
Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.
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Investment focus
  • Drones, Energy, Delivery
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Arone — idebet adalah situs slot online terpercaya gampang menang menyediakan link login dan link alternatif permainan judi slot terlengkap.
  • Gamic — Gamic is a decentralized community app designed for the crypto community. With Gamic, you can connect with like-minded individuals and stay up-to-date on the latest trends in blockchain, NFTs, AI and cryptocurrency. Gamic is powered by Web3 technology, ensuring a secure and decentralized experience for all users. Plus, with our Airdrop feature, you can easily reward members of your community with crypto tokens. Join the Gamic community today and be a part of the future of social networking!
Juan Pablo Ortega Angel · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Juan Pablo Ortega is the Co-founder of Rappi. He previously worked as a Board Member at Viva Air. He attended Cornell University.
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Investment focus
  • Restaurants, Financial Services, Banking
  • Seed, Series A
  • Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
  • Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
  • Trully — Trully
  • Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
Enagwolor Johnny Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Enagwolor Johnny is the co founder and president at Treepz. He attended University of Benin.
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Investment focus
  • Delivery, Logistics, Mobile Apps
  • Pre-Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Jise — Jise provides restaurant food delivery services, connecting customers with local businesses.We are extremely passionate about transforming local businesses and dedicated to enabling new ways of working, earning, and living. By building the last-mile delivery infrastructure for local cities, Jise is bringing communities closer, one door at a time.It connects customers with their favorite local and national restaurants within Lekki Phase 1 for now. Marvelous Gbenro, Osazuwa Agbonze Jeremiah, Ibukun Olasupo, and Majid Tokurah came together to found the company in 2021. It is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.
Shola Akinlade Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Education, Financial Services
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda
Portfolio highlights
  • Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
  • Earnipay — Gain access, consolidate, and manage all your financial needs in one place.
  • 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.
Casper Johansen Angel
Casper Johansen is a lawyer turned investment banker turned entrepreneur. He spent over 7 years in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs doing mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt financings, leveraged buyouts and advisory work for the world's leading companies and private equity funds. During his time at GS, Casperworked in the London and Hong Kong offices. He left as an Executive Director in mid-2008 to scratch his entrepreneurial itch. While at GS, Casper co-founded a Turkish furniture company and a China-based e-learning company. He also made angel investments in a Hong Kong based communications company and a Cambodia-based real estate fund. Casper continues to be an active angel investor in the Asian region. His most recent investments include a childrens' learning platform and a discotech.Casper is currently the CFO and COO of Seravia. Seravia was founded by Casper and his partners in 2008 in Hong Kong, and re-located to Beijing in March 2009. Seravia is the simplest way for anyone in the world to understand and create business records.Casper has a background as a First Lieutenant (R) in the Royal Danish Air Force and holds a BA in Law and a Master of Laws, LL.M. (magna cum laude) from Aarhus University, Denmark. He lives in Beijing with his wife and two children.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, IaaS, PaaS
  • Seed
  • Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Nirvana Labs — Our mission is to make blockchain infrastructure economical and accurate, ultimately lowering the barriers to entry for Web3 engineers.
  • Metaverse Magna — Play the best games on the AppStore with friends & frenemies for prize money via PvP and multi-player eSport tournaments. Daily prize pools bigger than $1K.
Tyler Scriven Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Tyler is an entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor. He currently serves as a Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta. Prior to joining Techstars, Tyler was a member of the senior leadership team at Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley, where he served as Chief of Staff and Head of Operations. During his tenure with Palantir, he wasbroadly engaged in scaling the operations of the business from 100 to nearly 2,000 employees.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, FinTech, Food Processing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
  • United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Sequr — Cloud-based access control for a new era. Access control portal built for managing credentials, assigning mobile keys, & monitoring activity.
  • Landed — We help education, healthcare, and government employees buy homes by providing access to funds, trusted partners and guidance.
  • Farmcrowdy — Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos.
Simon Borrero Angel · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Colombia, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
  • Wizzer — Wizzer is an AI-driven parenting copilot that provides guidance through highly personalized multi-modal conversations.
  • Chowdeck — Enjoy fast delivery from best restaurants near you. Order African food, Asian food, Pizza, fit-fam, Drinks from restaurants near you in Ikeja, Yaba, Surulere, Ogudu, Lekki.
michael k sam k sam Angel
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Investment focus
  • Web3, Gaming, Software
  • Seed
  • Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
  • Gamic — Gamic is a decentralized community app designed for the crypto community. With Gamic, you can connect with like-minded individuals and stay up-to-date on the latest trends in blockchain, NFTs, AI and cryptocurrency. Gamic is powered by Web3 technology, ensuring a secure and decentralized experience for all users. Plus, with our Airdrop feature, you can easily reward members of your community with crypto tokens. Join the Gamic community today and be a part of the future of social networking!
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