# Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Nigeria in June 2026

## Microtraction
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture

## Golden Palm Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Payments

Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.

## Ventures Platform
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet

We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.

## Tofino Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Tofino Capital is an early stage investor in emerging market technology companies.

## Social Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people.

## Lynett Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Mobile, Wireless

Lynett Capital is an early stage investment firm dedicated to the empowering technology companies.

## Prosper Otemuyiwa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, CRM, Finance

Prosper Otemuyiwa is a Co-founder of forLoop Africa. He attended Babcock University.

## Future Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach.

## HoaQ
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet

Startup Investment Club

## 4DX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics

4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community. 

## Western Technology Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portola Valley, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Since 1980, WTI has helped more than 1,300 companies across every innovation sector finance their growth while minimizing dilution.

## Silent Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: National Security, Military, Government

Silent Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in exceptional founders building unrivaled defense, national security, and deep technology companies. Founded by Jackson Moses. Located in Dallas, Texas.

## Vy Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series C, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

A global technology investment firm with a focus on category-defining technology companies with the potential to meaningfully impact humanity.

## Nova
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Big Data

Nova is an investment firm that offers venture investment management services.

## Nama Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B

NAMA VENTURES TECH FOUNDERS FUNDING TECH STARTUPS LOOKING FOR FUNDING? APPLY NOW

## Michael Seibel
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech

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.

## Gabriel Hammond
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Wireless, FinTech

Gabriel Hammond

## Zeno Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Zeno Ventures invests in early stage technology enabled companies addressing consumer and enterprise markets. Zeno Ventures likes to back exceptional entrepreneurs before their businesses have scaled and often even before their business models are formed. Zeno Ventures seeks to partner with talented and passionate founders solving difficultproblems that were illuminated by their personal experience.

## Lux Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Lux Capital manages over $5 billion in assets focused on founding, seed, early-stage, and growth investments at the intersection of technology and the sciences. Lux takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses in high-growth sectors. Its investment team has built over 20 companies from scratch. Lux's investmentstrategy ensures portfolio companies are better connected, have a deeper insight, and command industry leadership faster than their competitors.

## RaliCap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Rally Cap is a global community of tech folks investing in an exclusive portfolio of top-tier early stage venture funds in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.

## Berrywood Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology

Berrywood Capital is an investment firm.

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

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

## The Fintech Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

We support the best teams in fintech and defi today.

## Lanre Adelowo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization

Lanre Adelowo is the CEO/CTO @ Fluidcoins.

## Unpopular Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

The best companies, off the beaten path.

## Yusuf Abdulmalik
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization

Yusuf Abdulmalik is an individual investor.

## Isaac Ewaleifoh
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, InsurTech

Isaac Ewaleifoh is an Angel Investor | SDGs Ambassador.

## FirstCheck Africa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Consumer, Financial Services, Payments

FirstCheck Africa is an early believer for a generation of African women in tech. We invest early, with high conviction, in high-growth female-led startups with category-leadership potential.

## Chibuzo Ujam
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Drones, Energy, Delivery

Chibuzo Ujam

## Echukwudi Daniel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Drones, Energy, Delivery

Echukwudi Daniel

## Elizabeth Williams
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Network Security, Telecommunications

Elizabeth Williams

## Wes Schwalje
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

## Velocity Digital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: CRM, EdTech, Software

Syndicate focused on funding for the most Ambitious Founders in Africa

## Lanre Ogungbe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: CRM, Software, Telecommunications

Co-Founder @myidentitypass | Strategic Advisor at @FastForward_U | Ex  @Accounteer

## Chain Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Chain Capital was established in April 2015. The teams covered in Silicon Valley, Toronto, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Moscow, London and Shanghai. The core members are the industry experts from Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Mangament, Facebook, Qudian, Ogilvy, ShopEx and others. Chain Capital specializes in investing blockchain projects, discoverand help the outstanding teams to better use blockchain technology in order to make the world better.

## N7 Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Social, Internet

N7 Labs is a San Diego-based consulting and retail organization.

## Consonance Investment Managers
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa.

## Greencap Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Payments

Greencap Equity - A Pan-African Investment Company

## Assembly Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SMS, SaaS, Software

Assembly Capital Partners operates as a Venture Capital.

## Josh Jones
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, 3D Printing, SMS

Josh Jones is a Partner HMC INQ and Founder of Did I Err Productions. He is a former Co-Founder & CTO at DreamHost.

## Kairos Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B

An investment club partnering with visionary entrepreneurs to create disruptive and innovative companies that have the potential to be come regional leaders and global challengers. ideas@kairosangels.com

## ACE & Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

ACE offers three core investment strategies across the stages of private investment: Secondaries, Buyout, and Venture. Our portfolio construction guidelines ensure that our investors access the necessary customization to achieve their risk and return requirements.ACE aims to drive returns by managing risks and strategically adjusting investmentexposure to the stage of a company’s development. We strongly believe that diversification and sizing of investments according to the risk profile are the most effective approaches to investing private capital.ACE’s specialized investment teams provide the support to create long-term and sustainable investment results.

## Onega Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Wireless

Onega Capital investment targets are early-stage blockchain projects, and it aims to formulate strategic conditions for mutual learning, common practice, common progress, common retreat, mutual encouragement and common prosperity, and attract investment in an open and embracing way.

## Sandeep Nailwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Ham Serunjogi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Mobile Apps

Ham Serunjogi is a co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash.

## Tayo Oviosu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Kepple Africa Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

We back exceptional founders in and from Africa who are addressing deep gaps between the status quo and the ideal.

## Samson Goddy
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: CRM, Software, Telecommunications

Samson loves building communities around products and loves everything open source. A developer advocate and community builder. He is the co-founder of Open Source Community Africa, a community centered around supporting the open source movement in Africa. He is one of the board members of Open Source Collective and served on the board of SugarLabs, Inc.

## Darlene Monroe
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Network Security, Telecommunications

Darlene Monroe

## DDF
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Wireless, Video on Demand

DDF Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in African startups. It specializes in seed stage investments.
Founded in 2015 by Tim Draper and Toro Orero, DDF Capital is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co