Top 5 Infrastructure VC Funds & Investors in Nigeria (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Microtraction
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Ghana | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $30k–$1.3M |
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San Leon Energy
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Corporate Round | Oil and Gas, Infrastructure | |
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Shelter Afrique
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Mauritania | Debt Financing | Banking, Finance, Real Estate | $15M–$20M |
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9Yards Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland | Series A, Series B, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $1.5M–$130M |
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Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon | Pre-Seed, Grant | Health Care, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | |
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- 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
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Growwr — Growwr is an AI-native workforce infrastructure platform building the operating system for global work.Its flagship product, Growwr AI, acts as an intelligent hiring agent that helps companies source, screen, evaluate, and hire talent through conversational workflows instead of manual recruiting processes. Companies can describe a role, definehiring priorities, and automatically receive ranked candidates based on verified skills, work history, and performance data.Beyond hiring, Growwr provides integrated global payment infrastructure that enables companies to pay talent across 180+ countries through cards, bank transfers, mobile money, and local payment rails.Because hiring, work, and payments happen inside one system, Growwr continuously generates verified workforce data around earnings, productivity, reliability, and work consistency. The company is leveraging this infrastructure to build workforce financial services including payroll, invoicing, credit scoring, and access to financial products for professionals in emerging markets.Growwr supports 90,000+ users across 15 countries, has processed over millions in payouts, and serves businesses across Africa, the UK, and the US.The company is building the AI and financial infrastructure layer powering the future of global work.
- Paycrest — Decentralized routing protocol for instant, secure, zero-fee payments in emerging markets.
- Cr3dentials — Cr3dentials provides a verification platform for digital earners, confirming income, reputation, and work history. The service links user accounts from marketplaces, creator networks, ecommerce systems, and crypto exchanges, including Upwork, YouTube, Shopify, and Binance. Aggregated data is transformed into verifiable credentials that captureearnings, activity, and tenure. These credentials are designed for sharing with platforms or institutions that need evidence of online work and revenue. The approach reduces manual document exchange and supports consistent proofs for digital workers. Offerings include account linking, data aggregation, and shareable verification profiles.
San Leon Energy is a specialist oil and gas company with an extensive portfolio of assets across Europe and North Africa.San Leon Energy is a company built on solid foundations. We concentrate on using our leading-edge technical expertise in both conventional and ‘unconventional’ oil and gas. Our aim is to provide a sustainable energy future. Wework sympathetically with our local partners and communities.
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- Industry: Oil and Gas, Infrastructure
- Stage:Corporate Round
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Energy Link — Energy Link delivers crude evacuation services through our dedicated pipeline system anchored on OML18. Provide infrastructure for efficient and long-term crude storage and evacuation.
Shelter Afrique is the only pan-African finance institution that exclusively supports the development of the housing and real estate sector in Africa.By meeting the needs of the continent’s rapidly growing urban population, our work has a direct and positive impact on the lives of many.A partnership of 44 African Governments, the AfricanDevelopment Bank (AfDB) and the Africa Reinsurance Company, Shelter Afrique builds strategic partnerships and offers a host of products and related services to support the efficient delivery of affordable housing and commercial real estate.These include project finance, institutional lending, equity investments & joint ventures, trade finance, and social housing. We also offer practical advice and technical assistance to a wide range of industry stakeholders.
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- Industry: Banking, Finance, Real Estate
- Stage:Debt Financing
- Geography: Nigeria, Mauritania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Debt Financing $15M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mixta — Mixta provides the real estate development solution. They focus on affordable housing and have a home and property for everyone. Mixta's purpose is to add value to their clients' lives by providing innovative solutions.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 141
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$17M; Series A $7.2M–$35M; Series B $17M–$130M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $50M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Calibre — Calibre is a modern UK certification body helping tech companies get ISO 27001 certified without derailing the roadmap.
- Wonderful — AI for the Bold Enterprise
- Soctera — Soctera is developing the next generation of mm-wave electronics
Women Entrepreneurship for Africa
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- 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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