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Top 50 Hardware VC Funds & Investors in Nigeria (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Nigeria Hardware startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Nigeria Hardware startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Golden Palm Investments
VC Fund
5 Nigeria, United States, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Financial Services, Payments $100k–$15M
Microtraction
VC Fund
4 Nigeria, United States, Ghana Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Financial Services, FinTech, Software $30k–$1.3M
Ventures Platform
VC Fund
4 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $100k–$4.4M
Tofino Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, Nigeria, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $100k–$131M
Lynett Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Kenya, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Software, SaaS $120k–$49M
Social Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, India Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, FinTech $1M–$45M
Berrywood Capital
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Payments $100k–$3.7M
Silent Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A National Security, Military, Government $825k–$98M
Future Africa
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology $100k–$40M
Lux Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.8M–$150M
Nova
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United States Seed Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Big Data $5.7M–$22M
SHL Capital
VC Fund
2 India, Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Apps, Software, InsurTech $1.3M–$4M
Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon Pre-Seed, Grant Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Valor Equity Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Israel, India Series B, Series A, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $9.3M–$435M
4DX Ventures
VC Fund
2 Egypt, South Africa, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics $50k–$40M
RaliCap
VC Fund
2 United States, Mexico, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel FinTech, Financial Services, Payments $300k–$5.5M
MyAsia VC
VC Fund
2 India, United States, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Software $592k–$24M
Vy Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, India, China Seed, Series C, Series B Software, FinTech, Information Technology $1M–$675M
Western Technology Investment
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.5M–$65M
HoaQ
VC Fund
2 Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel FinTech, Financial Services, Internet $100k–$3.3M
Zeno Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $150k–$21M
Nama Ventures
VC Fund
2 Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B $100k–$35M
8VC
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence $2.5M–$175M
PolkaFoundary
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed Internet, Wireless, Information Technology
TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Software, Mobile, Information Technology $1.9M–$15M
Chain Capital
VC Fund
1 Singapore, United States, China Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology $1M–$80M
Unpopular Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Mexico, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $500k–$34M
AU21 Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.1M–$14M
Polymath Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Mexico, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$8.5M
Pluto Digital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, Israel, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Gaming, Information Technology $720k–$12M
DDF
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed Internet, Wireless, Video on Demand
N7 Labs
VC Fund
1 China, Nigeria, Malaysia Seed Cryptocurrency, Social, Internet $1.5M–$1.5M
Velocity Digital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Pre-Seed, Angel Information Technology, CRM, EdTech $85k–$440k
Picus Capital
VC Fund
1 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $549k–$33M
Kairos Angels
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Mexico Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, B2B $150k–$20M
The Fintech Fund
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Software $30k–$40M
Valar Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Banking $1.3M–$75M
Inclusion Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Singapore Seed, Corporate Round Blockchain, Financial Services, Fashion $1.2M–$5M
Assembly Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Cayman Islands Seed, Series A Information Technology, SMS, Internet $1.4M–$7.7M
Onega Ventures
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Panama Seed Gaming, Web3, Internet $735k–$1.8M
Jedar Capital
VC Fund
1 Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Delivery, E-Commerce $340k–$6M
Niche Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software $10k–$5.7M
Greenhouse Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Norway Series B, Series A Software, Financial Services, Manufacturing $500k–$39M
Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $100k–$23M
Consonance Investment Managers
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, B2B $50k–$10M
FirstCheck Africa
VC Fund
1 Kenya, Nigeria, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Consumer, Payments, Financial Services $100k–$4.5M
Strawhat Investment
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed FinTech, Computer, Software
Club 14
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Seed E-Commerce, Consumer Software, Retail Technology
cFund
VC Fund
1 United States, Kenya, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Khosla Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, India, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
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Golden Palm Investments
VC Fund · Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana · 5 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Talstack — Talstack is an all-in-one platform for employee growth and development
  • MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
  • Renda — At Renda, we are passionate about revolutionizing the logistics and mobility sectors with cutting-edge technology that enables businesses and operators to seamlessly scale in emerging markets.
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Microtraction
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 4 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $30k–$1.3M; Angel $30k–$50k; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Accounteer — Accounteer is a cloud accounting platform for small businesses. Business owner can create invoices, track expenses and follow up on their finances with ease. Accounteer integrates with external services like banks, e-invoicing platforms and e-commerce. Future proof your business today by subscribing for a free Accounteer trial account.
  • Spring in Africa — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.
  • ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · 4 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 160
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
  • MarketForce — MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform.
  • ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.
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Tofino Capital
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 4 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$22M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M; Series A $25M–$131M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Vultron — Compress proposal production timeframes from weeks into days with Generative AI.
  • Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
  • Irreversible — Irreversible designs next-generation analog AI chips that enable meaningful intelligence anywhere — from sensors to robots.
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Lynett Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$3M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.7M; Series A $2.5M–$49M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Juxta — Juxta delivers infrastructure-free positioning for people, assets, and robots. Track indoors, outdoors, and GPS-denied environments with the Universal Positioning System, Software SDK, and Asset Tags.
  • Ribbon — Go live with an inheritance center that your members deserve
  • Luminate — Luminate Medical is developing LILY, the world's first pain-free and portable solution to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy.
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Social Capital
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 3 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 390
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $3.5M–$17M; Series B $10M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $600M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Athos — Athos uses EMG real-time biofeedback to help you go from guessing to knowing if you are performing at your best. #BuildBetterAthletes
  • Mason America, Inc. — Mason is the device innovation platform for product leaders who dare to deliver the next innovation in their field.
  • Biz AI Last — Your dedicated IT department. AI-assisted triage, live expert support via chat, remote connection to fix issues directly, and on-site technicians when needed.
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Berrywood Capital
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Berrywood Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.7M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
  • Workpay — Looking for the best payroll software in Kenya? Workpay provides the best payroll software and hr software for your business in Kenya, Nigeria and for Africa
  • Koa — Empower your business with our cutting-edge digital payments platform! Lotus simplifies your business banking tasks and offers tailored financial solutions to boost your business growth. Take control of your business finances by exploring Lotus today!
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Silent Ventures
VC Fund · Denver, Colorado, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups, 16 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: National Security, Military, Government
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $11M–$25M; Pre-Seed $825k–$5M; Series A $35M–$98M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Traysar — Building autonomous underground systems for strike and defense in the new subterra battlefield
  • Dominion Dynamics — Dominion Dynamics is building the interoperable command layer for the Arctic
  • Impulse Space — Economical and nimble last-mile space payload delivery
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Future Africa
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
  • Juicyway — The new shape of money? Fluid. Access global currencies with Juicyway. Buy, sell, hold, and pay globally using our fast APIs, web, or mobile apps. Download now.
  • Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
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Lux Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 613
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$30M; Series A $7.4M–$96M; Series B $14M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2007

Portfolio highlights

  • Toonimo — Toonimo humanize the web user experience with an engaging and personalized step-by-step interactive walkthrough
  • Kyruus Health — Kyruus Health is the leading care access platform on a mission to connect people to the right care.
  • Cajal Neuroscience — Cajal Neuroscience is a drug discovery company focused on neurodegenerative disease.
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Nova
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

A global talent investing firm on a mission to patron future world-historic individuals.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Big Data
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $5.7M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Midas — Premium mathematical datasets and formal verification tools for AI training
  • Vigil Labs — Machine intelligence for live markets.
  • Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
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SHL Capital
VC Fund · Portland, Oregon, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, InsurTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: India, Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • JiPay — JiPay - let the whole family go cashless. Order a free prepaid card for your helper or children.
  • Bumpa — The easiest way to set-up and manage your online store. Bumpa helps businesses sell on Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, and offline in-store.
  • Nova Benefits — We help companies find affordable health insurance and wellness benefits that their employees can trust.
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Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Women Entrepreneurship for Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ORIKI — A wellness + farm to skin brand that creates pampering experiences and luxurious natural personal grooming products. Sharing Africa!
  • Mukuru Clean Stoves — Earthshot Prize Winner 2022. We use recycled metal to manufacture improved, efficient and affordable cookstoves.
  • Loom Craft Chocolate — Loom Craft Chocolate is a artisanal cocoa processor with a strong focus on the quality of our products and the sustainability of our processes.
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Valor Equity Partners
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Valor Equity Partners is an operational growth investment firm that focuses on growth companies across various stages of development. For decades, it has served its companies with the expertise to solve the challenges of growth and scale. Valor Equity partners with companies and entrepreneurs who are committed to the highest standards of excellenceand the courage to transform their industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Israel, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 308
  • Round size: Series A $9.3M–$80M; Series B $20M–$200M; Series C $13M–$435M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.8B in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • BitGo — BitGo is the leader in institutional digital asset custody, trading, and finance. We enable our clients to navigate the complex landscape of digital assets with a connected, compliant, and secure suite of solutions.
  • HackerOne — HackerOne is a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The HackerOne Platform unites agentic AI solutions with the ingenuity of the world’s largest community of security researchers to continuously discover, validate, prioritize, and remediate exposures across code, cloud, and AI systems. Through solutions like bug bounty,vulnerability disclosure, agentic pentesting, AI red teaming, and code security, HackerOne delivers measurable, continuous reduction of cyber risk for enterprises. Industry leaders, including Anthropic, Crypto.com, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Lufthansa, Uber, UK Ministry of Defence, and the U.S. Department of Defense, trust HackerOne to safeguard their digital ecosystems. HackerOne was recognized in Gartner’s Emerging Tech Impact Radar: AI Cybersecurity Ecosystem report for its leadership in AI Security Testing and has been named a Most Loved Workplace for Young Professionals (2024).
  • Midas — Premium mathematical datasets and formal verification tools for AI training
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund · Brooklyn, New York, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Egypt, South Africa, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $456k–$8M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
  • Aether Bio — Aether uses its state of the art platform to rapidly engineer enzymes, enabling our customers to manufacture complex and novel products at fractional cost.
  • Aethex — End to end voice agents localized for your market.
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RaliCap
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cata — Launch your branded mobile app for ordering, CRM & loyalty. Increase order frequency & basket size. Learn how Cata can scale your business!
  • Upper — Transforming cross-border e-commerce in Latin America
  • Gangkhar — Gangkhar provides AI-native embedded insurance infrastructure for digital platforms, insurers, MGAs, and brokers to launch, optimize, and scale embedded protection.
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MyAsia VC
VC Fund · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

MyAsia VC

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$6M; Pre-Seed $592k–$2M; Series A $4M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sensesemi — Sensesemi Technologies is a healthcare startup that focuses on the development of unique medical devices. The company's inspiration stems from personal experiences with hypertension and diabetes in close family members. Sensesemi Technologies is known for its commitment to delivering optimal healthcare services. The company's productdevelopment is primarily in the field of medical devices, aiming to cater to a wide range of healthcare needs. The company has been recognized for its work, notably winning in the ESDM category at the 'Startup Karnataka Top Tech Awards'.
  • JustAI — An AI-first modern enterprise marketing stack that sets you in an always-on, set-and-forget motion. Increase your experimentation velocity and keep your team lean! Say goodbye to manual campaign management.
  • Squid — Squid offers a workspace for planning, modeling, and testing power grid networks with tools for network analysis and simulation.
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Vy Capital
VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series C, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series B $11M–$300M; Series C $10M–$675M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $354M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Temple — A wearable that measures Brain Flow and everything else.
  • Counterpart — Counterpart is a management liability platform powered by big data and artificial intelligence that offers a range of insurance products complemented with a suite of services that proactively measure and mitigates exposures. Counterpart was founded in 2019 by Tanner Hackett and is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
  • Neros Technologies — Neros is vertically integrating production of unmanned defense systems in the United States, securing the autonomous supply chain. Are you with us?
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Western Technology Investment
VC Fund · Portola Valley, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 259
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$13M; Series A $2.5M–$22M; Series B $5M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $375M in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • Meta — At Meta, they work on landmark AI challenges that have the power to transform how scientific knowledge is experienced and consumed. Meta provides innovators throughout the scientific ecosystem with powerful views of the current and future trajectories of science and technology with the goal of making all scientific knowledge computable. Meta’smission is to unlock all of the world’s scientific and technical insights using artificial intelligence.
  • RightsFlow — RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled provider of mechanical licensing and royalty accounting, reporting, and payment services for online music companies, record companies, distributors, artists, and songwriters. The RightsFlow technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licenseesand licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary licensing technology and 30+ million song database allow us to license content, render accounting, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately, ensuring that rights-holders are paid for the use of their work. RightsFlow was acquired by Google in 2011 and is now part of the team at YouTube helping to simplify music licensing, content identification, accounting and payments for songwriters and publishers worldwide.
  • Prosper Medical — Prosper Medical is a telemedicine platform that connects members with physicians for personalized healthcare services.
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HoaQ
VC Fund · Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Startup Investment Club

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$3.3M; Angel $100k–$130k; Pre-Seed $115k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
  • Klas — Anyone, anywhere can teach online. Create & sell your ebooks, courses, and live classes- all on Klas.
  • La Ruche Health Inc. — LaRuche Health offers inclusive apps that simplify care delivery and improve patient access to preventive healthcare services.
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Zeno Partners
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$8M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$2.3M; Series A $3.4M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Beglaubigt.de — https://t.co/BCWk4L679n ist die erste Plattform zur Digitalisierung des Notariats in Europa.
  • Trace — Trace is an orchestration engine that breaks down existing workflows, assigns repetitive tasks to AI agents and routes the rest to the right people.
  • Eloquent AI — The AI Operator for Financial Services
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Nama Ventures
VC Fund · Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $5.2M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
  • Nodes — Talent Intelligence Layer for Regulated Industries
  • Rize — Rize is a PropTech platform transforming rental payments for both residential and commercial properties. With its “Rent Now, Pay Later” service, Rize allows tenants to split their annual rent into manageable installments, which benefits both renters, who can better manage their rental budgets, and landlords, who can reach a larger consumer base andreceive their yearly rental payment in advance. By enhancing affordability and flexibility, Rize inherently boosts occupancy rates across the rental market.
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8VC
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

8VC is a technology and life sciences investment firm that partners with founders to develop transformational technologies. The firm focuses on creating long-term economic and societal value through its investments across various sectors, including healthcare and logistics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 575
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$13M; Series A $8M–$57M; Series B $17M–$175M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Saronic — Providing the most advanced and capable autonomous vessels in the maritime domain.
  • Ushur — Ushur is a cloud-based automation platform that automates service workflows in both the backend process and conversational interfaces.The company develops intelligent automation solutions that include, Ushur Virtual Customer Assistant, smart technology that automates proactive member, claimant, agent, or broker communications across virtually anychannel, reaching out to customers, understanding what they need, and automatically taking the next steps; Ushur SmartMail, a software that allows insurers to process high-volumes of the customer, agent and broker email automatically, allowing carriers to respond faster and efficiently; Ushur Flowbuilder, the web-based no-code builder allows claims, broker services, and customer support teams to build, deploy and track rich digital engagements that improve business agility and the customer experience while minimizing the burden on IT. By leveraging the company's Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Language Intelligence Service Architecture (LISA), insurance companies can accelerating capital and time-intensive processes like claims, customer support, billing, and enrollment to digitally transform service workflows.
  • Flywheel.io — Flywheel is a data management and analysis platform built specifically for scientists and the researcher's workflow. They empower research momentum by focusing on data and medical image capture, content management, scientific computation, and collaboration. With reproducible research in mind, they combine open-source methods from topuniversities, a modern web user interface, and an extensible compute engine based on containerization technology. The result is a software platform to accelerate discovery and help researchers do science, not IT.Flywheel accelerates new scientific discoveries in life-science, biotech, and academic imaging research through cloud-scale collaboration. As a result, imaging researchers are able to avoid innovation bottlenecks, and accelerate discovery by doing more science, and less IT.
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PolkaFoundary
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

PolkaFoundry is a platform for creating borderless and frictionless DeFi apps. It is designed to unleashes developers to explore new horizons of the DeFi landscape.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Wireless, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
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TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

TLCOM finds and funds exceptional founders building technology companies across Africa. Seed to Series C. Lagos, Nairobi, London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$8.5M; Series A $3.8M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
  • HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
  • Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.
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Chain Capital
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$14M; Initial Coin Offering $5.5M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HodlHer — HodlHer.ai is an AI-powered Web3 platform with an emotional AI companion for smarter trading, portfolio management tools and data.
  • Metafyed — Unlocking real-world assets #RWA for everyone. Private credit, tokenized and compliant.
  • Kyuzo’s Friends — Kyuzo’s Friends focuses on user growth and player engagement.
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Unpopular Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

The best companies, off the beaten path.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 596
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.6M; Series A $6M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sourcepulse — Your early warning system for software delivery (YC S23)
  • Giant — The Giant app turns screen time into personalized, interactive stories starring your child. Safe, ad-free, and designed to spark imagination.
  • NORDA Dynamics — NORDA Dynamics is an autonomous UAV piloting system for carrying out missions in areas with limited connectivity.
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AU21 Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 207
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.8M; Initial Coin Offering $1.2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PERL.eco — The Planetary Ecosystem Registration Ledger will be a dedicated blockchain for real-world ecological assets through tokenizing carbon credits and biodiversity, NFTs and decentralised (DeFi) rewards.
  • A-World — Welcome to Animal World, a battle game based on #BNBCHAIN's super metaverse card tower defense. By setting up a hero tower to destroy monsters.
  • NeuronX — The First AI-Driven Lending Protocol on @dfinity
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Polymath Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Polymath Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies with an emphasis on community, longevity, and financial democratization. As an operator-led firm, we partner with ambitious founders to build the next generation of market-changing companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Ozone — Meet Ozone, your AI-powered video editor.
  • Ozone — Meet Ozone, your AI-powered video editor.
  • Integrated Biosciences — Integrated Biosciences is the first company in history to be able to virtually stress cells.
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Pluto Digital
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Pluto Digital PLC (Pluto) is a crypto technology and operations company that makes Web 3.0 Decentralised Finance (DeFi) more accessible to all.Pluto is making DeFi available to everyone through products and services created by Pluto’s software development Labs division, new yield farming strategies through Pluto’s Yield division and collaboratingwith emerging DeFi projects and the NFT metaverse through Pluto’s Ventures division.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Israel, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $720k–$12M; Series A $4.7M–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IQ Labs — IQ Marketplace offers unique NFTs with exclusive utilities, boosting your in-game experience. With flexible renting parameters and multiple payment options, rent without collateral and unlock the full utility of NFTs. Say goodbye to gas fees with our gasless renting feature and multiply the value of NFT collections with our multi-utility renting. Explore now
  • Balthazar NFT Gaming — Balthazar is on a mission to empower the biggest community of gamers to create a self-sustaining,
  • Horizon Land — Horizon Land is the infrastructure platform that empowers builders to construct their own open and accessible virtual worlds; and to scale in a complete ecosystem of Games, Education, Entertainment, Social networks, …
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DDF
VC Fund · San Mateo, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Wireless, Video on Demand
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • wifi.com.ng — TIZETI (wifi.com.ng) has been deploying high speed internet access to estates, offices, multi-tenant building using next generation wi-Fi technology. They deploy unlimited internet to residential and business customers which allow customers get the full benefit of the internet with no data or time caps. They also offer VOIP and Video on Demandservices.
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N7 Labs
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Social, Internet
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: China, Nigeria, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Torum — Convert your crypto to Ringgit and spend it at any DuitNow QR-enabled merchant with ease.
  • Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
  • Bella Protocol — Bella Defi suite allows users to simply deposit and enjoy high yield from sophisticated arbitrage strategies, either on-chain or via custodian service.
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Velocity Digital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Syndicate focused on funding for the most Ambitious Founders in Africa

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, CRM, EdTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Angel $100k–$130k; Pre-Seed $85k–$440k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Klas — Anyone, anywhere can teach online. Create & sell your ebooks, courses, and live classes- all on Klas.
  • ZeroComplex AI — Transform your Business with AI. Click the Link below to get started!
  • Bridgecard — Issue physical or virtual cards that carry a MasterCard or Visa logo to your users with our card issuing APIs. Get started in a week.
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Picus Capital
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 415
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$12M; Pre-Seed $549k–$4.5M; Series A $4M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Enpal — Kostenlose Planung von Solaranlagen. Gewinnbringende & schnelle Umsetzung von Photovoltaikanlagen inklusive professionelle Installation & Netzanschluss. Zum Festpreis!
  • Lightbase — An always up-to-date view of your entire IT ecosystem for faster decisions and confident transformation at scale
  • Spot My Energy — The uptake of PV, EVs, home storage, and heat pumps leads to a gigantic need for digital and intelligent metering and for the integration of millions of...
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Kairos Angels
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$5M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.7M; Series A $4.2M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nestcoin — Nestcoin is a web3 application company that builds, operates, and invests in crypto-native products.
  • Belong — Belong is a personal finance platform for people who are ready to play the long game.
  • Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.
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The Fintech Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups, 8 in the past 12 months

We support the best teams in fintech and defi today.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$24M; Pre-Seed $30k–$5.7M; Series A $15M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rhythmic — Rhythmic landing page implementation with high-fidelity design and refined scroll motion.
  • Axiom Trust — Axiom Trust is an AI-powered trust startup that modernises professional trust administration during the "Great Wealth Transfer" of over $100 trillion in assets.
  • The Better Money Company — Stablecoin infrastructure built for the next era of money. https://t.co/W2rE9J4tms
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Valar Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 207
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Series A $6.5M–$41M; Series B $18M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Bound — Bound helps SME's protect themselves from currency risk, whilst using technology to simplify the process. We aim to help the 78% of SME's who are at risk of losing money everyday
  • Octane — Simple financing for motorcycles, ATVs, mowers, and more. Check your rate with no impact to your credit.
  • Panacea Financial — Whether you're transitioning to residency, refinancing your student loans, or funding a new practice - Panacea Financial can help.
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Inclusion Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Inclusion Capital invest in interoperable blockchain companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Financial Services, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Nigeria, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
  • Sienna Networks — Sienna is a privacy-first and cross-chain decentralized finance platform where you can privately swap, lend and convert your tokens into their private equivalent. ‍
  • Trace Network Labs — Trace Network Labs is a metaverse technology firm for fashion and lifestyle that offers a shopping experience through a metaverse.
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Assembly Capital Partners
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Assembly Capital Partners operates as a Venture Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, SMS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Cayman Islands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aqua Voice — Fast, accurate, and private speech-to-text for Mac, Windows, iPhone, and AI workflows.
  • Index Coop — Index Coop builds decentralized and exchange traded (ETF) crypto index funds based on web3 product themes. Buy & build your crypto assets investment portfolio with us today
  • Termii — Prevent transactions like logins, payments, checkouts, fraud alerts, and OTPs from failing using AI. Built for banks, fintechs and modern enterprises.
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Onega Ventures
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Web3, Internet
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Panama

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $735k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wicrypt — Wicrypt is a dynamic organization that consistently allows its users to get paid by sharing their Wi-Fi.
  • Gamic — Africa's biggest gaming guild.
  • Rise Of Defenders — Rise of Defenders is a very interesting Metaverse NFT game, you can use your creativity and tactical thinking to become an excellent player and receive extremely attractive rewards.
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Jedar Capital
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

VC venture capital investing in early stage startups from seed to series A in fintech, insurtech, marketplaces, foodtech, SaaS, healthtech and agritech

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Delivery, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$4M; Pre-Seed $340k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ElGameya — ElGameya is a fintech mobile application that helps users organize and manage micro-savings and credit. The platform offers collaborative lending options and runs on the concept of a shared economy.
  • Paismo Inc — Paismo HR & Payroll is the Next-Gen Human Capital Management software giving you access to Schedule Management, Time Off, Timesheets, Payroll, etc.
  • Fincart — Fincart is a leading shipping platform in Egypt, connecting your business with top courier services, automating operations, and helping you scale your eCommerce logistics.
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Niche Capital
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Venture Capital firm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $872k–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $10k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bemi — Automatic Audit Trail for Postgres
  • Sytemap — We are building a blockchain-based property record to help home buyers and financial companies access, view and verify properties starting from digitizing Estate project layouts (Sytemap) Sytemap is a first step that allows us access to a large pool of property data. The end goal can really be described as building Zillow for Africa.
  • Monark Markets — Monark is an infrastructure platform that enables brokerages, wealth managers, and clearing firms to embed alternative assets natively into their existing product stacks.
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Greenhouse Capital Partners
VC Fund · Sausalito, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Greenhouse Capital Partners invests in B2B technology solutions that improve resource efficiency, drive climate change resiliency and unlock new value streams across legacy industrial supply chains and infrastructure.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Norway

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Series A $500k–$12M; Series B $500k–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lifefactory — Lifefactory designs healthy housewares solutions for modern life. The Company brings the purity of glass, the protection of silicone, and the power of color to a full line of products designed for everyday use by healthy families. The Lifefactory line began with baby bottles, and has grown to include iconic adult water bottles, wine and beverageglasses and oven-friendly food storage. All components are made in North America or Europe. The Company is privately held and headquartered in Sausalito, CA. Learn more at http://www.lifefactory.com.
  • Revive Kombucha — Since 2010, we have been brewing up beverages that taste as good as they are good for you! Revive is the healthy alternative to soda. Our award winning and innovative new Revive Sparkling Kombucha line; with 5g sugar, 20 calories and 5 billion probiotics, is your delicious and healthy adventure ready partner in a can.
  • Linkage Biosciences — Linkage Biosciences is a molecular diagnostics company developing products that hope to improve and expedite complex genetic testing. Their initial focus is on diagnostic products for solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation where their proprietary technology will have an impact. The company offers human leukocyte antigen testingproducts used in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, as well as provides pharmacogenomic and autoimmune disease testing and research and genetic marker tests.Lingkage Biosciences was founded in 2004 and is based in
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $1.1M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
  • TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
  • Onboard — Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities.
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Consonance Investment Managers
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$4M; Pre-Seed $450k–$1M; Series A $50k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
  • Tripesa — Control what AI coding assistants can install. Approve libraries, MCP servers, and extensions before they enter your codebase.
  • EMTECH — Cari pragmatic slot gacor? Cek info RTP slot Pragmatic Play terupdate di AkongCuan. Mulai modal slot depo 5K sekarang, mainkan, dan raih cuan maksimal!
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FirstCheck Africa
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer, Payments, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jumba — Jumba is the trusted digital partner for hardware stores. Through tech, we support hardware stores to grow. Get cement at unbeatable prices. Access cement LPOs even at midnight. Get inventory on credit through Jengwa.
  • Uncover — Dermatologist-tested K-Beauty formulas powered by African botanicals for melanin-rich skin. Shop SPF 50 sunscreen, serums & kits with free Kenya shipping.
  • Cleva — For anyone with global financial needs, A US-based dollar account in your name to receive, hold, and save USD.
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Strawhat Investment
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Strawhat Investment is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Computer, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Maplerad — Global payment infrastructure for businesses.
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Club 14
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Club 14

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Consumer Software, Retail Technology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bumpa — The easiest way to set-up and manage your online store. Bumpa helps businesses sell on Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, and offline in-store.
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cFund
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

cFund is an early-stage sector agnostic venture firm in the Blockchain industry anchored by IOG and managed by Wave Digital Assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Pezesha — Digital Financial Ecosystem for connecting MSMEs to Capital.
  • EigenLabs — Eigen Labs is an engineering and research organization that contributes to protocols like EigenLayer and EigenDA
  • Liqwid Labs — Liqwid is a non-custodial liquidity market protocol for lending and borrowing on Cardano, offering fast, affordable, and transparent liquidity solutions.
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Khosla Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in Nigeria Hardware startups

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early- to late-stage companies across sectors like AI, healthcare, sustainability, and consumer technology. It manages multiple funds, focusing on startups with innovative technologies or business models. The firm primarily targets sectors like AI, climate tech, digital health, and medtech,offering strategic support to help build long-lasting companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 981
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Periodic Labs — Periodic Labs develops artificial intelligence systems that simulate and predict the properties of materials using machine learning. The company applies computational models to support the discovery and design of materials used in sectors such as energy, electronics, and infrastructure. It builds tools that aim to reduce the time and costassociated with traditional research and development processes. Periodic Labs uses AI to analyze large-scale scientific data and collaborates with academic and industry partners to support material science research.
  • Vectra AI — Vectra is the world leader in AI threat detection and response. The Cognito platform uses AI to detect attackers in real time and perform conclusive investigations.
  • Point One Navigation — Precise Positioning for the next generation of transportation. 10cm accuracy everywhere.
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Hardware VC funding in Nigeria at a glance

Stats across 101 deals from 134 investors.

134
investors
in Nigeria Hardware startups
101
deals
in Nigeria Hardware startups
$200k
median round
in Nigeria Hardware startups
46%
lead investors
lead at least one round
28%
Grant
most common funding stage

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