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Top 20 Gaming Angel Investors in Nigeria (July 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Nigeria Gaming startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Nigeria Gaming startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Tayo Oviosu
Angel
3 Nigeria, Brazil, United States Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, SaaS, Credit $1.4M–$3.6M
Sandeep Nailwal
Angel
2 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1M–$40M
Michael Cohn
Angel
1 United States, Israel, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Social, E-Commerce $120k–$8.5M
Bashar Hamood
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $7k–$5M
Ayodeji Adewunmi
Angel
1 Nigeria Seed, Angel Apps, Gaming, Mobile
Shola Akinlade
Angel
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda Pre-Seed, Seed FinTech, Education, Insurance $181k–$4M
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Angel
1 Nigeria, India Seed, Pre-Seed EdTech, Banking, FinTech $1.2M–$2.5M
Ugochukwu Aronu
Angel
1 Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed Web3, Drones, Energy
Casper Johansen
Angel
1 Nigeria, United States Seed Blockchain, IaaS, PaaS
Juan Pablo Ortega
Angel
1 Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia Seed, Series A Restaurants, Financial Services, Banking $2.5M–$10M
Robert Herjavec
Angel
1 United States, Israel, Nigeria Seed, Angel Health Care, Food and Beverage, Pet $150k–$12M
Tyler Scriven
Angel
1 United States, Nigeria Seed, Convertible Note FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $1M–$4M
Sudeep Ramnani
Angel
1 United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom Venture - Series Unknown, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Sports $1.3M–$20M
John Obaro
Angel
1 Nigeria Seed E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage
michael k sam k sam
Angel
1 Nigeria Seed Web3, Gaming, Software
Ryan Bethencourt
Angel
1 United States, Chile, India Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage $100k–$4.6M
Vijay Pravin Maharajan
Angel
1 India, United States, Panama Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Web3, Software $120k–$18M
Hesham Zreik
Angel
1 United States, Nigeria, India Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $20k–$5M
Simon Borrero
Angel
1 Colombia, Brazil, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace $300k–$33M
Enagwolor Johnny
Angel
1 Nigeria Pre-Seed Delivery, Logistics, Mobile Apps
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Tayo Oviosu
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 3 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

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

  • 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.
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 187
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $8M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
  • Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
  • SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
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Michael Cohn
Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Michael Cohn serves as a Managing Partner at Overline VC. He attended Emory University - Goizueta Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Social, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $250k–$1.5M; Series A $2.3M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

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.
  • Monetization Solutions, Inc. — Monetizr™ is a turn-key solution enabling game developers and game IP holders to sell personalized game gear from inside the game’s UI and create meta-experiences for high-value players. Give players more than they expect!★ Platform to design, import, and control product inventory, launch, and manage campaigns in real-time. ★ A technologysolution that enables a to sell personalized game gear or give away physical rewards right from the game itself. ★ Support for multi-languages and multi-currencies with the most popular payment methods, including ApplePay, GooglePay, CreditCards, PayPal, Bitcoin. ★ Handling product procurement, fulfillment, legal compliance, and customer support for you. ★ Knowledge-base with the best campaign tactics recommendations to enhance the experience for your most high-value players.We've increased customer lifetime value (CLTV) by up to 25% and our conversion rates are as high as 10.6%. Today we're working with more than 30 game publishers, reaching 17 million monthly active users. Monetizr is focused on Mobile Games - the fastest growing (29% YoY) segment of the gaming industry with 41% of market share and $56.4 Billion dollars spent on digital currencies annually.Learn more at www.themonetizr.com
  • MessageGears — One warehouse-native platform to unify data, activate audiences, and engage customers.
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Bashar Hamood
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 387
  • Round size: Seed $14k–$2M; Pre-Seed $7k–$500k; Series A $33k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
  • Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
  • ZohoOptimizer AI — ZohoOptimizer AI is a platform designed to enhance Zoho’s suite of business applications by providing AI-driven process automation.
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Ayodeji Adewunmi
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

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

  • Industry: Apps, Gaming, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • ChopUP — ChopUP, a division of Pledge51 Ltd is a leading mobile gaming startup in Nigeria developing locally relevant games that tell the African narratives. We are committed to consistently creating world class mobile games that are specifically designed with African themes.
  • 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.
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Shola Akinlade
Angel · Sunnyvale, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Shola Akinlade s based out of Sunnyvale, California and currently works as the CEO for Paystack.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Karthik Ramakrishnan
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Karthik Ramakrishnan is an Engineering Executive @ Amazon Alexa.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
  • 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.
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Ugochukwu Aronu
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

  • Industry: Blockchain, IaaS, PaaS
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Nirvana Labs — The modern cloud built from the metal up for AI, databases, trading, Web3 and real-time systems. High-performance storage, high-clock compute, zero egress.
  • Metaverse Magna — MVM is a B2B skill-based game provider powering 1v1 duels and multiplayer leaderboard competitions. RNG-free, compliance-certified, and API-first. Go live in days.
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Juan Pablo Ortega
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Juan Pablo Ortega is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Yuno. Juan previously worked at Viva Air as a Board Member. Juan Pablo Ortega attended Cornell University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Restaurants, Financial Services, Banking
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bacu — Bacu provides restaurant technology and offer a comfort food concept.
  • Trully — Trully
  • Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
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Robert Herjavec
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Robert Herjavec is based out of Arlington, Virginia, and is the Board of Directors of Lovelytics. Robert previously worked at CYDERES as the CEO. Robert Herjavec attended the University of Toronto. Robert Herjavec has been awarded an Emmy award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Pet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$12M; Angel $250k–$500k
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Supply — At Supply, we fuse classic traditions and plant-based ingredients with the most useful innovations of modern science and engineering. As seen on Shark Tank, GQ, Men's Journal, and more.
  • THEMAGIC5 — THEMAGIC5 has reinvented the swimming goggle. THEMAGIC5 swim goggles fit perfectly. They are comfortable to wear and prevent leaking - custom fitted to you.
  • Aryon Security — Aryon prevents multi-cloud security risks, without changing the definition, management, or operation of your cloud.
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Tyler Scriven
Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

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

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sequr — Genea Security Mobile Access Control software puts the power in your hands. Instantly grant or revoke access. Use mobile phone to unlock doors with a tap.
  • 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.
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Sudeep Ramnani
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Sudeep Ramnani is the Founder & Managing Partner of 885 Capital. He previously worked at PalmPay as Co-Founder, Board Member, and Investor. Sudeep attended the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he studied economics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Sports
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Science — Fearless pursuit of medicine's hardest problems
  • Voyage Foods — Voyage Foods has made sustainable and scalable alternatives to foods that have current obstacles –environmental, social, and health alike. Our breakthrough technology provides endless opportunities to make delicious, nearly identical, versions of beloved foods, without compromising individual health or our planet. We replicated the world’s favoritefoods so that we can all enjoy them, forever.
  • Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
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John Obaro
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

John Obaro is a distinguished alumnus of both Ahmadu Bello University, University of Lagos, and the Chief Executive Program (CEP3) of Lagos Business School. He has served at various times on the Boards of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Information and Communication Technology, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ComputerProfessionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Governing Council of the National ICT Incubation Program (iDea), and many more.He is a fellow of the Center for African Policy Development and Research, Glasgow, Scotland; a Fellow of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS); an ex-member of the Governing Council of Computers Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN) – the highest industry practice regulatory body; and immediate past 1st Vice President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON). John Obaro was recently recognised with the honour of Leadership in Technology at the 2016 African Achievement Awards in Scotland and also recognised as the ICT Software Personality of the Year 2016 at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Award, in addition to other numerous indigenous and international awards he has received over the years.John Obaro’s successful entrepreneurial adventure in software development architecture has attracted and continues to attract attention from both local and international quarters. The prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) of the Pan-Atlantic University has written two case studies on SystemSpecs while many newspapers, magazines and journals have also featured him at one time or the other.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Vendease — VendEase is a marketplace that lets restaurants in Africa, order supplies directly from farms and food manufacturers. Think of us as Amazon, but for food businesses.
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michael k sam k sam
Angel · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Web3, Gaming, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Gamic — Gamic is a community communication/collaboration app for gamers, creators, and web3 enthusiasts.The platform combines the advantages of blockchain technology with the conventional web2 community setup, creating a seamless environment where users can interact and enjoy the benefits of web3 advancements. This simplifies the process for web2communities to access and leverage the latest blockchain technology innovations, eliminating the need to navigate across various platforms.Today, the user experience is poor for online communities trying to engage with Web3 products and services because users are required to jump across different platforms. Sharing, trading, or managing Web3 assets on most traditional communication and social apps is hard. Addressing this is crucial because Web3 access means financial freedom and opportunity for many all around the world, especially in Africa. Gamic’s central mission is to encourage blockchain adoption as a means to improve the socio-economic opportunities available to global communities. We enable users to communicate and operate in the same place, with increased security and better monetisation opportunities.
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Ryan Bethencourt
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth and a co-founder and Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures, bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder and former Program Directorat IndieBio and has invested in over 130 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. His work at the interface of science, food, and business has been covered by many major publications.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Chile, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$945k
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Evo Foods — EVO foods is creating India’s first 100% plant based liquid egg
  • Sobo Foods — Sobo Foods is a plant based comfort food provider.
  • Veggie Victory — VeggieVictory is Nigeria’s first plant-based food tech company bringing people a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle through plant-based meats and meals.
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Vijay Pravin Maharajan
Angel · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Vijay Pravin Maharajan is the Chief Builder of bitsCrunch. He attended Anna University and Technical University of Munich.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Web3, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, Panama

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gamic — Gamic is a community communication/collaboration app for gamers, creators, and web3 enthusiasts.The platform combines the advantages of blockchain technology with the conventional web2 community setup, creating a seamless environment where users can interact and enjoy the benefits of web3 advancements. This simplifies the process for web2communities to access and leverage the latest blockchain technology innovations, eliminating the need to navigate across various platforms.Today, the user experience is poor for online communities trying to engage with Web3 products and services because users are required to jump across different platforms. Sharing, trading, or managing Web3 assets on most traditional communication and social apps is hard. Addressing this is crucial because Web3 access means financial freedom and opportunity for many all around the world, especially in Africa. Gamic’s central mission is to encourage blockchain adoption as a means to improve the socio-economic opportunities available to global communities. We enable users to communicate and operate in the same place, with increased security and better monetisation opportunities.
  • NATIX Network — Earn passive income by owning a part of your favourite city
  • Movement Labs — Movement Labs is on a mission to create a global community of Move Builders, working together to improve decentralized network user experience.
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 755
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% 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.
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Simon Borrero
Angel · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Colombia, Brazil, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Pre-Seed $300k–$6.7M; Series A $6.7M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Telepatia — Telepatia is a health tech platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to support medical professionals.
  • Leona — Todos tus chats con pacientes de WhatsApp ahora en una sola app para que nunca pierdas un mensaje importante.
  • Nauta — Nauta is a cutting-edge, AI-powered B2B SaaS platform designed to streamline and transform the logistics and trade industry. With a focus on interconnecting the key players in the supply chain, Nauta helps companies automate up to 75% of operational tasks, reducing manual processes and errors.Founded by industry experts who experienced firsthandthe challenges of fragmented logistics operations, Nauta offers a user-friendly platform that doesn’t require technical knowledge or complex integrations. It provides real-time visibility and control over shipments, enabling companies to better manage their supply chain, save time, and lower costs.By leveraging AI to capture and structure data, Nauta helps businesses make informed decisions, ensuring smooth operations across the logistics chain. Trusted by companies across the world, Nauta is revolutionizing the logistics sector, one container at a time​​.
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Enagwolor Johnny
Angel · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Gaming startups

Enagwolor Johnny is the co founder and president at Treepz. He attended University of Benin.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Delivery, Logistics, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

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.
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Gaming Angel investor funding in Nigeria at a glance

Stats across 14 deals from 24 investors.

24
investors
in Nigeria Gaming startups
14
deals
in Nigeria Gaming startups
$1.7M
median round
in Nigeria Gaming startups
8%
lead investors
lead at least one round
57%
Seed
most common funding stage

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