Top 20 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Nigeria in May 2025
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Nigeria. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Nigeria. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Nigeria in May 2025
Investor | Manufacturing Nigeria investments |
---|---|
Future Africa | 3 |
Harambeans | 3 |
Justin Kan | 2 |
Consonance Investment Managers | 2 |
All On | 2 |
Stephen Pagliuca | 2 |
Flori Ventures | 1 |
Ugochukwu Aronu | 1 |
Echukwudi Daniel | 1 |
One Capital | 1 |
Partech | 1 |
AFEX | 1 |
Chibuzo Ujam | 1 |
Ardent Capital | 1 |
Aruwa Capital | 1 |
Eudaimonia Capital | 1 |
Launch Africa | 1 |
Khosla Ventures | 1 |
Acumen | 1 |
Vami Nigeria | 1 |
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.
Show more
Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Moove — Moove is a mobility fintech that provides revenue-based vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs, democratizing vehicle ownership globally. The company embeds its alternative credit-scoring technology onto ride-hailing, logistics, and last-mile/instant delivery platforms, which allows access to proprietary performance and revenue analyticsof mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.
- Juicyway — Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services.
- Filmmakers Mart — Find and book film locations, equipment, and services across Africa. Filmmakers Mart simplifies production logistics from start to finish.
Harambeans are African innovators who have pledged to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. Over the last decade, Harambeans has spawned a series of tech-enabled ventures such as Andela, Flutterwave, and Yoco, which have collectively generated over 3000 jobs, and raised over $700m from Google Ventures, CRE Ventures and Accel.
Show more
Investment focus
- Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
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.
- MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
- SHYFT Power Solutions — SHYFT builds industrial-grade IoT and integrated software to connect and intelligently manage distributed energy resources (DERs) in markets that struggle with resiliency. SHYFT is pioneering the development of integrated decentralized power systems in emerging markets like Nigeria, leapfrogging over traditional central infrastructure and enablingDERs to scale and support existing but unreliable grids.
Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Nigeria, India
Portfolio highlights
- Yuma AI — Yuma is using ChatGPT to automate customer support. We integrate directly with help desk software and focus on helping large Shopify merchants deal with their high volume of support requests.
- ClearGrid — Revolutionize your debt recovery with AI and advanced analytics. Our platform delivers faster, more personalized collections that benefit both your business and your customers.
- Qualified Health — Discover the Infrastructure for enforceable governance, agent creation, and post-deployment monitoring for Generative AI in healthcare
We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
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 — Tripesa offers payment solutions for Africa's travel and tourism industry.
- Plural — Plural is a company that provides public policy tools to help teams save time and discover opportunities in workflows.
All On: Energy Innovations. Powerful Collaboration. Our mission is to increase access to commercial energy products and services for under-served and un-served off-grid energy markets in Nigeria, with a special focus on the Niger Delta sources in Nigeria.
Show more
Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar
- Seed, Funding Round, Grant
- Nigeria, France, Senegal
Portfolio highlights
- Ceesolar — Ceesolar Energy Limited is a renewable energy firm specializing in solar system design & construction, energy systems deployment, providing advisory & consultancy services, and capacity building for businesses.
- mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Arnergy — ARNERGY's mission is to deliver energy solutions for productive use by deploying products, services and systems that power business operations and improve economic outcomes for our clients. Vision: Providing sustainable solutions to energy reliability issues across emerging markets.
Stephen G. Pagliuca has served as a director from July 1990 (except for a six month hiatus beginning in late 2009 when he entered the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race).Mr. Pagliuca is a Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and is also a Managing Partner and an owner of the Boston Celtics basketball franchise. Mr. Pagliuca joined Bain& Company in 1982, and founded the Information Partners private equity fund for Bain Capital in 1989.Prior to joining Bain, Mr. Pagliuca worked as a senior accountant and international tax specialist for Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company in the Netherlands.
Show more
Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Media and Entertainment
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, India, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- GAIL — Making Mobility Viable and Profitable
- 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.
- Liquid AI — Liquid AI is an MIT spin-off with a presence in Boston, MA, and Palo Alto, CA. Our mission is to build state-of-the-art, general-purpose AI systems from first principles and deploy capable, efficient, highly aligned, and trustworthy AI for all.
More than a seed-stage fund and a portfolio of startups: Our community of founders taps into the power of financial innovation to collaborate around global problems and unlock prosperity for all.
Show more
Investment focus
- Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
- Mento Labs — Mento Labs is a decentralized EVM platform for launching and managing multi-currency stable assets.
- Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android.
- Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.
Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.
Show more
Investment focus
- Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Arone pioneers technology that makes the world work more efficiently. In the air, Arone’s infrastructure enables hospitals access essential supplies on-demand for their patients. We also provide this infrastructure to logistics companies to enable a faster courier service for their customers. This infrastructure includes drones, dronedelivery stations (Avports), drone operators and license. For government institutions and organisations, Arone manufactures state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) saving lives and costs. For consumer electronics, Arone’s technology powers homes, offices and shops ensuring millions of people have access to electricity to live better lives.
- Gamic — Gamic is a decentralized community app designed for the crypto community. With Gamic, you can connect with like-minded individuals and stay up-to-date on the latest trends in blockchain, NFTs, AI and cryptocurrency. Gamic is powered by Web3 technology, ensuring a secure and decentralized experience for all users. Plus, with our Airdrop feature, you can easily reward members of your community with crypto tokens. Join the Gamic community today and be a part of the future of social networking!
Echukwudi Daniel
Show more
Investment focus
- Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Angel
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Arone pioneers technology that makes the world work more efficiently. In the air, Arone’s infrastructure enables hospitals access essential supplies on-demand for their patients. We also provide this infrastructure to logistics companies to enable a faster courier service for their customers. This infrastructure includes drones, dronedelivery stations (Avports), drone operators and license. For government institutions and organisations, Arone manufactures state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) saving lives and costs. For consumer electronics, Arone’s technology powers homes, offices and shops ensuring millions of people have access to electricity to live better lives.
One Capital is a China-based private equity investment firm.
Show more
Investment focus
- Information Technology, Manufacturing, Virtual Reality
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- China, Japan, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- oVice — oVice is a virtual spatial platform that allows people to gather in one place, move, talk, and collaborate freely as avatars. With the mission of “maximizing effective online communication”, oVice develops and provides lifelike features that offer users a close-to-reality interactive online experience. Featuring customization, you can change thelayout to match the theme of your usage, build lockable rooms, place down static objects, and more!Use it as a remote office, an event venue, an academic conference hall, and even a space for parties!
- Beatrust — Tags connect and drive collaboration, expanding your team's potential
- SmarterEye — SmarterEye is a technology company dedicated to the R&D and manufacture of autonomous driving systems and related products.
Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, France, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Nawy — The ultimate real estate broker in Egypt. Browse areas, compounds, and properties by price, location, and amenities to find the perfect place.
- Shakers — We are Shakers and we are redefining the future of work. We connect companies and talent with a perfect match between personal and professional life through technology and methodology. We want to achieve a lifestyle in which work is synonymous with happiness so that you can work where, how and when you want. And thus be more productive and havebetter results in the projects in which you collaborate. Sounds good to you? You already have DNA Shakers, follow us !!
- AURA — A South African cloud-based security and safety startup .
AFEX is a provider of infrastructure and platforms drive capital to build a trust economy.
Show more
Investment focus
- AgTech, Farming, Agriculture
- Series A
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Agricorp International Development Limited — At Agricorp, we are putting Nigeria on the global export radar by leveraging on our investments to building simple processing systems for spices and other agro products
Chibuzo Ujam
Show more
Investment focus
- Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Angel
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Arone pioneers technology that makes the world work more efficiently. In the air, Arone’s infrastructure enables hospitals access essential supplies on-demand for their patients. We also provide this infrastructure to logistics companies to enable a faster courier service for their customers. This infrastructure includes drones, dronedelivery stations (Avports), drone operators and license. For government institutions and organisations, Arone manufactures state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) saving lives and costs. For consumer electronics, Arone’s technology powers homes, offices and shops ensuring millions of people have access to electricity to live better lives.
Leading Venture Capital & Builder in Southeast Asia | Experts in E-Commerce, B2B, B2C, Fulfilment Startups | Seed, Series A Funding
Show more
Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand
Portfolio highlights
- Laborhack — LaborHack offers a select network of tested and certified carpenters, plumbers, electricians, masons, welders, and other tradespeople. It provides cleaning, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC services.
- Trade Lenda — Trade Lenda: Access to Loans, Investments, Utility Payments, Credit Access, Insurance, and More! Unlock Opportunities to Earn, Invest, and Grow. Secure Personal or Business Loans Toda
- Feather Africa — Feather Africa provides money transaction services, such as enabling users to send and receive money from anyone using the application. It offers withdrawals of cash without ATM cards by sending money to the nearest cash vendors.
Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based, female-founded and led growth equity impact fund.
Show more
Investment focus
- FinTech, Big Data, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- MDaaS Global — At MDaaS Global, we build and operate modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centres in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria. Our big goal is to create affordable healthcare solutions for Africa's next billion.
- OmniBiz — Omnibiz is a digital platform for small businesses willing to attract new customers.
- Fastizers — Fastizers Food and Confectionery Limited is a newly formed food production firm in Nigeria that has been approved by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
Eudaimonia Capital Pte. Ltd. is a seed stage investments firm.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, China, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Releaf — 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.
- TILLIT — Tillit is a DIY investment platform for retail investors offering best-in-class funds across regions, asset classes and styles. We are built and backed by investment specialists who believe that the success to long-term investing lies in funds. With a clean design, a user-friendly interface and engaging content, we empower people to make moreinformed investment decisions. We want people to stop trading and start investing.
- Inclusively — Our employee productivity solution empowers employers to hire, retain and boost employee productivity through workforce personalization.
Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa
Show more
Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Affinity — Join over 60,000 who trust the Affinity mobile app to manage your personal banking needs and qualify for an Affinity Instant Loan
- ToumAI Analytics — ToumAI Analytics is a software development company providing voice analytics, real-time analytics, and reporting services.
- PBR Life Sciences — A cloud-based real-world, non-observational pharmacy sell-out data
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.
Show more
Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Somite — Somite.ai is on a mission to transform the lives of millions of people by leveraging AI to produce human tissue for cell-based therapies.
- Realta Fusion — Realta Fusion develops fusion energy technology for the production of industrial heat and power. It applies advances in super-conducting materials, plasma physics, and computing power to a simple linear fusion reactor configuration. It utilizes abundant fuel sources to provide a zero-carbon source of heat and power.
- Cartwheel — Cartwheel is a powerful new way to animate characters for videos, games, 3D, movies, ads or social media.
Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.
Show more
Investment focus
- Financial Services, Health Care, Agriculture
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, India, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- AquaRech — AquaRech includes Farm management that enhances fish production, enables access to the market & promotes equal trade.
- Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
- ReCircle — They are a Waste Management service that provides a free doorstep pick-up service for offices, institutions, households and schools to dispose their recyclable waste (Raddi). They further supply this recycled waste to authorized recycling centres, ensuring safety and sustainability.
Vami Nigeria is a investment firm.
Show more
Investment focus
- AgTech, Farming, Agriculture
- Series A
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Agricorp International Development Limited — At Agricorp, we are putting Nigeria on the global export radar by leveraging on our investments to building simple processing systems for spices and other agro products
Investors by industry
Impact
Biotech
Gaming
FinTech
Google
Energy
Proptech
Marketplace
EdTech
Consumer
Sustainability
Venture Capital
Clean Energy
Hardware
Real Estate
Financial Services
Video Games
B2B
Artificial intelligence
Education
Publishing
Health Care
Finance
Food and Beverage
Beauty
Climate
Infrastructure
Web3
Photography
Retail
Big Data
Organic Food
Payments
Community
Social Media
Medical
Internet
Mobile Advertising
Manufacturing
eSports
Construction
Digital Media
Art
Platforms
Local
Sports
Music
Cannabis
Enterprise Software
Social Network
Wellness
Email
Franchise
Hospitality
Android
Mobile
Legal
Biotechnology
Automotive
Medical Device
Social
Crowdfunding
Travel
Wine And Spirits
CleanTech
Fitness
Transportation
Mobile Apps
Recruiting
InsurTech
LGBT
Enterprise
Fashion
Oil and Gas
Film
Non Profit
Life Science
Theatre
SaaS
Renewable Energy
Sporting Goods
Restaurants
Celebrity
Software
Social Impact
Cryptocurrency
Blockchain
Machine Learning
Agriculture (agtech)
Media (entertainment)
Facebook
Investors by country
United Kingdom
Germany
India
United States
Ireland
South Korea
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Middle East
Oceania
Europe
Asia
South Africa
Armenia
Brazil
Qatar
Indonesia
Finland
Spain
China
Estonia
Hungary
Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia
Sri Lanka
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Georgia
Africa
Egypt
LATAM
Ecuador
Denmark
Japan
France
Singapore
Faroe Islands
Ghana
Mali
Mexico
Croatia
Liberia
Israel
Gibraltar
Philippines
Bulgaria
Malaysia
Chile
Belize
Italy
Barbados
Costa Rica
Greece
Lithuania
Liechtenstein
Belgium
Kuwait
Bahrain
Norway
Belarus
Bermuda
Czech Republic
Morocco
Algeria
Myanmar
Sweden
Lebanon
Mauritius
El Salvador
Uruguay
Peru
Portugal
Jersey
Panama
Zambia
Malta
Ukraine
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Nigeria
Senegal
Bahamas
Namibia
Iceland
Seychelles
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela
Tajikistan
Jamaica
Taiwan
Honduras
Isle of Man
Bolivia
Luxembourg
Serbia
Uganda
Albania
Pakistan
Sierra Leone
Turkey
Grenada
Thailand
Romania
Tunisia
San Marino
Rwanda
Jordan
Puerto Rico
Argentina
Poland
Bangladesh
Russian Federation
Kenya
Tanzania
Slovenia
Zimbabwe
Togo
Kazakhstan
Cayman Islands
Cambodia
Oman
Cyprus
Latvia
Austria
Cameroon
Switzerland
Guatemala
Colombia
Marshall Islands
Investors in Nigeria by industry
Enterprise
Health Care
Sustainability
Impact
SaaS
Artificial intelligence
Hardware
Gaming
Energy
Marketplace
Real Estate
Mobile Apps
Fashion
Cryptocurrency
Financial Services
Big Data
Education
Payments
Finance
Food and Beverage
Medical
Restaurants
Internet
EdTech
Medical Device
Digital Media
Mobile
Venture Capital
Construction
Software
Enterprise Software
Travel
InsurTech
Hospitality
Automotive
Retail
B2B
Climate
Renewable Energy
Social Impact
Organic Food
Consumer
FinTech
Web3
Agriculture (agtech)
Manufacturing
Blockchain
Media (entertainment)
Sports
Community
Proptech
Transportation