# Top 20 Gaming Angel Investors in Nigeria in June 2026

## Tayo Oviosu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit

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.

## Sandeep Nailwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

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.

## Juan Pablo Ortega
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Restaurants, Financial Services, Banking

Juan Pablo Ortega is the Co-founder of Rappi. He previously worked as a Board Member at Viva Air. He attended Cornell University.

## Robert Herjavec
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Pet

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.

## Tyler Scriven
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

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.

## Sudeep Ramnani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Sports

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.

## John Obaro
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage

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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- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Web3, Gaming, Software

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## Ryan Bethencourt
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage

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.

## Ayodeji Adewunmi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile

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.

## Enagwolor Johnny
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Mobile Apps

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

## Vijay Pravin Maharajan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Internet of Things

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

## Hesham Zreik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

## Shola Akinlade
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Education, Financial Services

Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.

## Michael Cohn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Social, Software, E-Commerce

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

## Bashar Hamood
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce

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

## Simon Borrero
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace

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

## Karthik Ramakrishnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Banking, FinTech

Karthik Ramakrishnan is an Engineering Executive @ Amazon Alexa.

## Ugochukwu Aronu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Drones, Energy, Delivery

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

## Casper Johansen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, IaaS, PaaS

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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