Top 50 Media (Entertainment) Startup Investors in Nigeria (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Microtraction
VC Fund
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7 | Nigeria, United States, Ghana | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $30k–$1.3M |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$40M |
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Idris Ayodeji Bello
Angel
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4 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $425k–$5.1M |
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Hesham Zreik
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Nigeria | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | $10k–$5M |
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | |
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HoaQ
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Internet | $100k–$3.3M |
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Thescathcompanies
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Consulting, B2B, Gift | |
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MaC Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Technovision Communications
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech | $50k–$5M |
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Nama Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B | $100k–$35M |
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Unicorn Group
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant | Apps, Internet, FinTech | $100k–$2.3M |
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Cascador
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, France, United States | Debt Financing, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance | Agriculture, Solar, Energy | $146k–$1.8M |
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Berrywood Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $100k–$3.7M |
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Resilience17
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $100k–$12M |
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RaliCap
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Mexico, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $300k–$5.5M |
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DDF
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, Rwanda, United States | Seed | Mobile, Internet, Wireless | $35k–$2.1M |
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Luminate Group
VC Fund
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2 | Brazil, United States, Canada | Seed, Series B, Convertible Note | Software, Information Technology, GovTech | $600k–$3.3M |
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54 Collective
VC Fund
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2 | Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech | $40k–$2M |
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4DX Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Egypt, Kenya, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology | $50k–$40M |
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Consonance Investment Managers
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Information Technology | $50k–$10M |
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Zeno Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $150k–$21M |
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Kairos Angels
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, B2B | $150k–$20M |
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Serena Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Spain | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Health Care, Information Technology | $1M–$20M |
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Walid Aradi
Angel
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1 | India, United States, Nigeria | Seed, Angel, Series A | Information Technology, Internet, Health Care | $150k–$4M |
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emPawa Africa
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | Gaming, Video Games, Media and Entertainment | |
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Ire Aderinokun
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Germany | Pre-Seed | Software, Ticketing, E-Commerce | $15k–$1.1M |
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Ham Serunjogi
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Apps | $25k–$5.3M |
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Adrenaline gaming
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | Gaming, Video Games, Media and Entertainment | |
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L5lab
VC Fund
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Josh Jones
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | 3D Printing, Software, Internet | |
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Vastly Valuable Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $1.3M–$46M |
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Beta.Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, B2B | $100k–$3M |
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Ingressive Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $25k–$15M |
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Assembly Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | SMS, SaaS, Software | |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | |
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TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | |
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Eric Okechukwu
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | Music, Publishing, Music Label | |
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Tayo Oviosu
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Brazil, United States | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | |
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Michael Seibel
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | |
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Lynett Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Kenya, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Wireless, Mobile | |
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Western Technology Investment
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | |
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Vy Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, China | Seed, Series C, Series B | Software, FinTech, Information Technology | |
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Gabriel Hammond
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Wireless, FinTech | |
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ACE & Company
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | |
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | |
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Tofino Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $100k–$140M |
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Eyitayo Oviosu
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Brazil, United States | Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, SaaS, Credit | $1.4M–$3.6M |
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Digital Technology Supercluster
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Nigeria | Grant, Seed, Corporate Round | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $250k–$6.8M |
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UNCOVERED FUND
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $700k–$40M |
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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 — Tell Growwr who you need. Our AI hiring agent finds relevant talent, evaluates candidates, and helps you move from hiring brief to interview.
- Paycrest — Unifying fiat and stablecoin payments globally, with speed, transparency, and built-in compliance.
- Cr3dentials — Cr3dentials lets neobanks offer credit inside their app. We handle income verification, underwriting, capital, and collections. You keep the customer.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
- 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.
- Talent Nation — Talent Nation trains and places AI engineers with businesses through its Learn2Earn academy.
The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II) The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II) A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy. Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader. As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent. He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $450k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $425k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ScholarX — ScholarX enables you to study a variety of skills online, receive money for your education, upskill your employees, and expand your business. The company provides low-income Africans with digital and affordable education.
- Jem — We give employers the ability to send company-wide communications, deliver payslips, manage leave & give employees access to their earnings, via WhatsApp.
- Bata Shoe Organization — Discover a diverse selection of stylish footwear and accessories for the entire family at Bata's online store. From athletic sneakers to elegant designs, find the latest trends and comfortable options in one place. Shop now to experience unmatched style and comfort with our extensive collection.
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1191
- Round size: Seed $20k–$2M; Pre-Seed $10k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FellowMe — FellowMe is the APP for the people to follow their passions while they are connecting with other people in a simple way. Coming soon...
- UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
- Primelocation care givers foundation — Primelocation care givers foundation is the promoter and sponsor of an 80-bed secondary..
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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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 130
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lengo — Lengo is an AI based intelligence platform that offers a large database on consumer goods for companies in the FMCG sector.
- Shekel Mobility — B2B marketplace for auto dealers to grow their dealerships leveraging on flexible inventory financing and management solutions. Available on web and mobile.
- Maad — Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans
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- 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.
Thescathcompanies (TSC) is a tech-enabled hybrid Venture capital firm dedicated to uncovering and nurturing talent and potentials across multiple verticals within emerging, underrepresented & underserved regions in Africa leveraging our diverse expertise to expand the footprint of Venture Capital to other sectors in a bid to fully harness thecapabilities and advance our mission of creating a more streamlined & structured pipeline in other verticals in order to maximize such sectors’ potential.
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- Industry: Consulting, B2B, Gift
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shopyetu — Shopyetu provides a shopping solution for high fashion thrifted pieces, handpicked and listed on their blockchain enabled online store.
- Phonecasecity — Phonecasecity provides a seamless solution for purchasing high end, iPhone cases built on the blockchain network.
- Theagrotrader — Providing agri-tech solutions that connect buyers & sellers of agro commodities while serving as a point of cash security & offering agro sponsorship.
MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups leveraging shifts in cultural trends and behaviors.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 216
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- LOST iN — LOST iN travel guides. Experience a new city from within. Curated travel guides - dive into what makes each city its own. In print and on mobile.
- Buzz Solutions — Buzz Solutions provides a software platform powered by Artificial Intelligence, Actionable Insights, and Predictive Analytics for faults and anomaly detection for the power line inspection process for power utilities. The company's platform automates the process of storing and organizing visual data (captured in the field through drones andhelicopters), analyzing for faults using its AI algorithms, mapping the data and providing heat maps as well as predictive insights for when, where and what kind of faults are happening on power line and assets. Using its solutions, power utilities save over 50% of cost and time to analyze data which makes condition-based maintenance efforts easier and time-efficient, thus, preventing wildfires, power outages, and other climate change effects on the physical infrastructure of the grid.
- Safire Technology Group — SAFIRE, our patented li-ion shear thickening battery electrolyte additive stops explosion/fire through an instantaneous liquid-to-solid transformation upon mechanical impact, and imparts ballistic protection -- all inherent in the electrolyte chemistry.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Niteon — Niteon - Where Africa trades with the world on its own terms.
- Blueroomcare — Blueroomcare offers private, affordable online counseling via app messaging, videos, and voice messages when you need it from licensed therapists. Get help, you deserve to be happy!
- HouseAfrica — NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited operates in the real estate industry. The company's primary focus is on software engineering, mobile development, and DevOps engineering. It also provides services related to internet use and communication. The company's team includes a CEO and a CTO, among others, who work together to deliver theirservices. NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited also has a connection with HouseAfrica, indicating a potential collaboration or partnership between the two entities.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $5.2M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PIESHIP — Pieship is a logistics startup serving last mile and their customers using Ai and crowdsourcing.
- Nodes — Nodes.inc is building the world’s first AI-native, full-stack hiring platform designed to automate and optimize the entire talent lifecycle — from candidate sourcing to predictive onboarding. Powered by multi-agent systems and self-learning AI, Nodes eliminates outdated ATS workflows, bloated HR stacks, and manual recruiting processes.Theplatform goes beyond incremental improvements: it creates rich persona-based candidate profiles, autonomously headhunts across the internet, engages with passive talent using hyper-personalized outreach, and continuously retrains itself based on hiring outcomes. With performance-based pricing and a modular architecture, Nodes enables enterprises to reduce hiring time from 120 days to under 14, slash early-stage attrition, and ensure every hire is a high-fit hire.Backed by top operators and used by Fortune 500 companies, Nodes.inc is redefining the infrastructure layer for the future of work.
- 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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- Industry: Apps, Internet, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $350k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Swept AI — Swept AI keeps policyholder data out of unapproved AI. Give your team the AI they want, with guardrails, spend limits, and NAIC-mapped evidence built in.
- Big Cabal Media — Big Cabal Media is a Nigerian digital media company making amazing content loved by young and passionate Africans everywhere
- Ubawa Technologies — A payment processing platform that helps social media entrepreneurs accept payments and increase their customer conversion and retention rate with our conversational AI chat bot.
Cascador | Business Growth Accelerator for Mid-Stage Nigerian Companies Cascador is a business growth program for Nigerian entrepreneurs leading mid-stage companies, providing mentoring and access to advisors, and investors.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Solar, Energy
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Non-Equity Assistance
- Geography: Nigeria, France, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Debt Financing $146k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $2M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Beauty Hut — Beauty Hut is a forward-thinking beauty distribution company that uses technology to make high-demand beauty items more accessible throughout Africa.
- Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
- BEYOND Fitness — BEYOND Fitness is a gyms and rehabilitation centres offered to business teams and professionals.
EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Shuttlers — Shuttlers is a platform that offers mobility solutions by providing scheduled bus-sharing services for the professionals within the region.
- Snowstorm — Snowstorm is a decentralized microproxy network. Already proven in crisis zones, it must now evolve into a next-generation system and internet freedom tool.
- Senga Technologies — Welcome to Senga, custom-built, with love, for businesses shipping in Africa.
Berrywood Capital is an investment firm.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- 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!
A testament to the continent's unyielding spirit, and a crucible where ambitious ideas are forged into reality through code, capital, and conviction.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vatar — Vatar is building safety infrastructure for Africa — a small device and on-device AI (Ogbon) that turns the CCTV cameras a home or business already owns into intelligent systems that understand what's happening, act on it in real time, and dispatch help when it matters.
- Lagos Life — Lagos Life a massively popular browser-based life-simulation game modeled after Nigeria's commercial capital. Within nine days of launch, the game attracted over 4.7 million players, featuring fully simulated career tracks, social hubs, local virtual economies, and real-time multiplayer functionality directly inside web browsers.
- Aeon Cyber Defense — Aeon is a cybersecurity company focused on securing cloud, code, runtime, and AI environments,Aeon platform appears to help organizations identify and manage security risks across modern, cloud-native technology stacks.AeonSec positions itself around integrated security visibility and protection for rapidly evolving software and AI infrastructure
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.5M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Fronte — Fronte is a cross-border financial platform designed to help families manage shared finances, recurring payments, and expenses across different countries.
- Cata — Launch your branded mobile app for ordering, CRM & loyalty. Increase order frequency & basket size. Learn how Cata can scale your business!
- Pago ASAP — Asap optimizes every process with speed, security, and efficiency by facilitating cross-border payments targeted at resource banking. Pago ASAP's payment infrastructure enables banks, fintechs, digital wallets, remittance companies, and businesses to transmit and receive payments.
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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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, Wireless
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Rwanda, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $35k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tizeti — Tizeti provides broadband internet services to densely populated urban centers in Africa. Tizeti is leveraging the large wireless capacity available with Wi-Fi and plummeting cost of solar panels to create a low CAPEX/OPEX network of owned and operated towers to offer disruptive, customer-friendly pricing for unlimited internet service rightacross Africa.
- Vuga — Vuga is a telecommunications company that offers a micro-internet network connection.The company invents NodeOne, a quick and affordable way for anyone to set up micro-internet networks without technical skills. NodeOne is built on simplicity but super powerful transmitting an omnidirectional signal, supporting +2.5k clients, with custom meshfirmware for all participants (nodes) to route traffic from other participants.In 2015, Ceddy Muhoza and Patrick Muhire set-up the company in Kigali, Butare.
- 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.
Luminate is a global foundation working to ensure that technology serves our needs and wellbeing.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, GovTech
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Convertible Note
- Geography: Brazil, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Stears — Stears Business has a simple mission: deliver original, analytical, well-written stories that make sense of the Nigerian economy
- Uptrust — FieldWare provides criminal justice, community supervision and public safety workforce SaaS solutions for increased administrative and operational efficiencies.
- Nexo Jornal — Nexo is an independent digital news outlet for those who seek precise explanations and balanced interpretations on the main facts of Brazil and the world. It provide readers with contextualized information with an original approach. It was launched in November 2015 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $40k–$2M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
- Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Egypt, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Round size: Seed $200k–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $50k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $49M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Anda Africa — Anda is Angola’s leading mobility fintech platform, providing asset financing, ride hailing, and delivery services to empower mobility entrepreneurs. Built for emerging markets, Anda bridges the credit gap by financing productive assets such as motorcycles, tricycles, and cars, enabling drivers to own their vehicles, increase their earnings, andenter the formal economy. Through technology driven credit profiling and fully digitized payments, Anda creates financial identities for people who were previously underserved and unlocks responsible access to financial services. As an impact driven company, Anda brings together mobility, financing, and digital payments to deliver safe, affordable, and inclusive transportation while enabling a new generation of financially empowered entrepreneurs.
- 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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Browse database — It's Free!We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4M; Pre-Seed $185k–$1M; Series A $50k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% 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.
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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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $150k–$8M; Pre-Seed $150k–$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 — Legaltech startup from Germany https://beglaubigt.de
- Trace — AI orchestration layer for modern teams
- Eloquent AI — Banks, insurers and fintechs use Eloquent AI Operators to resolve operational requests end to end, inside their existing systems, with every action audited.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $150k–$5M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.7M; Series A $4.2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% 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.
Serena Ventures focuses on early-stage companies and giving them the opportunity to be heard. Serena Ventures extends relationships, encourages collaboration among portfolio companies, and expands partnership opportunities across my vast network.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$6.5M; Series A $4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $111M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Midi Health — Expert care for women 40+. Made for midlife. Delivered by experienced clinicians. Covered by insurance. Book a visit today.
- Trace — TRACE operates a collaborative e-commerce platform that allows users to offset luxury apparel expenses by listing items for rent or resale before finalizing their own retail purchases. The platform operates on a "presale marketplace" model where multiple consumers can secure future usage rights, structurally dividing the retail asset value into fractional rental periods or secondary buyouts. Its core value proposition centers on eliminating the "planning tax" of luxury clothing ownership by guaranteeing downstream liquidity and reducing single-wear wardrobe commitments.
- Ours Privacy — Ours Privacy is a HIPAA-compliant CDP + privacy platform that can unlock optimized HIPAA-compliant analytics and ads while making sure sensitive data never reaches non-compliant tools.
Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling
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- Industry: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: India, United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $150k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
- Termii — Prevent transactions like logins, payments, checkouts, fraud alerts, and OTPs from failing using AI. Built for banks, fintechs and modern enterprises.
emPawa Africa provides publishing administration and marketing solutions to independent music entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gamr — 5,000+ tournaments. $550K+ prize payouts. 480K+ gamers. 27+ countries. Africa's largest gaming ecosystem powering esports, tournaments, and gaming culture.
Ire Aderinokun - Co-Founder , COO & VP of Engineering @ Buycoins
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- Industry: Software, Ticketing, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Pre-Seed $15k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ORDA — ORDA develops digital products for gastronomy businesses to realize their potential. They create a digital experience culture for restauranteurs, their staff, and guests.
- Prizeless.ng — Prizeless.ng is an online platform that compares product prices across online stores in one place. The service allows users to search for products and view listed prices from multiple sellers. Product categories include electronics, phones, laptops, groceries, gaming items, cameras, accessories, and home products. The platform shows trendingsearches and featured items based on search activity. Users can compare listings, review product details, and select a store to complete a purchase. The service also provides guides and articles that explain product choices and buying steps.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Ham Kakembo Serunjogi is based out of San Francisco, California and is the a Co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash. Ham previously worked at Facebook as a Global Accountant. Ham Kakembo Serunjogi attended the Grinnell College. Ham Kakembo Serunjogi has been names as one of the honorees on the Forbes 30 Under 30.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $25k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $240k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
- CreditChek — Africa's #1 credit intelligence platform. Access credit bureau API, bank statement analysis, BVN/KYC verification & direct debit for lenders in Nigeria, Kenya & Uganda. Trusted by 100+ businesses.
- Hisa Inc — Seamless trading, and Borderless investment for Africa.
Adrenaline gaming is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Gamr — Gamr is an online subscription platform that allows gamers to interact with each other and enables tournament organizers to host events. It also organises its own e-sports tournaments, including Techplus e-sports, which hosts over 4,000 gamers annually.
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DavtonLearn — Davtonlearn is powering modern DIY (Do it yourself) Learning & engagement management system with packaged content services for corporate organizations, enabling connected skilling for workplace relevance. We are focused on lowering the multiple barriers to adopting technology-based learning, including the costs associated with development,deployment, and maintenance through our proprietary e-learning solution that enable enterprises to have customized LMS and curated the future of work-related content in less than 30 minutes.
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Browse database — It's Free!Josh Jones is a Partner HMC INQ and Founder of Did I Err Productions. He is a former Co-Founder & CTO at DreamHost.
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- Industry: 3D Printing, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
- FlyCoin — Flycoin is a first of its kind crypto-based rewards program that pays guests every time they fly or transact with our partners.
- Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Investing In Vanguard, Visionary, Valiant Founders
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $2M–$46M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.3M; Convertible Note $20M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Qardy — Qardy provide SMEs with a comprehensive array of financial services, such as factoring, leasing, long-term and short-term loans, and leasing. Our objectives are to empower SMEs, encourage financial inclusion, and close the loan financing gap.
- CreditChek — Africa's #1 credit intelligence platform. Access credit bureau API, bank statement analysis, BVN/KYC verification & direct debit for lenders in Nigeria, Kenya & Uganda. Trusted by 100+ businesses.
- 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.
Beta.Ventures supports Africa's leading tech entrepreneurs.We are a New York and Lagos based venture capital firm helping ambitious entrepreneurs build innovative products and services, with a focus on rapid revenue and profit growth. We are unique in our ability to help companies grow organically in Africa, while also scaling globally.Wework closely with talented founders and teams from product idea to product launch through to the next stage of company development with a goal to maximize success and minimize risk.Our partners, affiliates and mentors lead top technology companies locally and internationally and we encourage you to partner with us to take advantage of our experience building great products/services, negotiating partnerships and deals, leading teams, and raising money. With us, you will avoid mistakes we, and others, have made.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $100k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.2M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Rayda — Equip, manage, track, and retrieve employee devices across 170+ countries with Rayda. Simplify IT device lifecycle management for global teams.
- Voyance — Voyance is a big data company helping businesses predict the future using machine learning combined with their data. Our platform can be used to answer questions like what does my revenue look like in the next two months, is this transaction fraudulent, will this customer churn and much more. We are currently piloting with organisations like banks,ecommerce and fintechs companies across Africa and United Arab Emirates.
- Stacs — Stacs allows you to quickly pay for what you need without breaking the bank by dividing your largest bills into tiny bits.
Ingressive Capital is a renowned $50M Pan-African Venture Capital Fund that invests in indigenous founders and startups across Africa, with focus on Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria. Specializing in early-stage investments, particularly Pre-Seed and Seed stages, it targets technology companies led by top-tier talent driving transformativegrowth in Africa's GDP. The firm's thesis focuses on B2C solutions that cater to the explosive growth within the tech-enabled, decentralized-learning youth demographic, as well as B2B solutions that increase Africa’s value chain ownership from resource extraction to end-product sale. Its goal is to become becoming a highly valuable VC partner on the founders' cap tables, and being at the forefront of supporting and enabling entrepreneurial success across Africa.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $600k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $25k–$2M; Series A $500k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- SehaTech — Welcome to SehaTech, the groundbreaking company revolutionizing the health insurance market with our innovative solutions!
- Chat Cash — Turn conversations into commerce. The unified operating system for payments, inventory, and AI sales on WhatsApp & USSD.
- REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
Assembly Capital Partners operates as a Venture Capital.
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- Industry: SMS, SaaS, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Instanda — Digital insurance solution that enables carriers, brokers, and MGAs to design, build and launch insurance products. Learn more.
- 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 — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 113
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mtor — Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions.
- EMTECH — EMTECH provides solutions for Digital Currency regulatory compliance, development and management to help Central Banks and FinTechs build, run and manage modern financial systems.
- Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.
TLcom Capital, is an Africa focused tech VC, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London. TLcom had been investing since 1999 in Tech, Media, Mobil and Internet companies across Europe, US and Africa, which is the exclusive focus of its most recent TLcom TIDE Africa funds. TLcom manages total commitments of approximately 300 million USD in thesesectors via a series of dedicated investment vehicles. Our investment strategy is to identify, back and assist world class entrepreneurs and management teams with disruptive technologies and business models, compelling intellectual property and deep market knowledge. We primarily target companies focused on Africa as a prime market, in the following investment themes: Access to Data Service; Financial Services; eCommerce; B2C applications (including but not limited to: health, education, energy, media and entertainment); and Software solutions to corporates and SMEs.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Educatly — We help you get into the University of your dreams. We are the only platform with all the information you need to Study Abroad
- Zone — Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies.
- Terragon Group — Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.
I enjoy spending time looking at issues another way. I live a very quiet life that allows me to spend a lot of time building.
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- Industry: Music, Publishing, Music Label
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- InterSpace Entertainment — InterSpace Entertainment is a Music Publishing & Entertainment Agency, headquartered in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Founded in 2021, the group has expanded at a steady rate and currently houses a Record label, Music Publishing / Distribution service and a creative management Agency for Artists, Brands and Enterprises.
Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- RELAYTO Content Experience Platform — RELAYTO converts your PDFs & presentations to interactive web experiences with instant branding, analytics & more
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dripos — Dripos was crafted by restaurant operators like yourself to do it all. We aren't joking, everything from payroll & accounting to mobile ordering & marketing.
- Retell AI — RetellAI is an API for creating human-like conversational voice AI. Developers can build a voice AI similar to JARVIS in just a day — with an ~800ms response time and the ability to handle interruptions.
- Superorder — The top off-premise operating system for restaurants. Focus on making the food that you love and we'll take care of the rest.
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Browse database — It's Free!Lynett Capital is an early stage investment firm dedicated to the empowering technology companies.
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- Industry: FinTech, Wireless, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Kenya, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hadrius — RIA Compliance Powered By AI. Our next-gen platform automates the entire RIA ongoing compliance process, saving you 90%+ of the time and with better accuracy than humans.
- OpenYield — OpenYield is the modern bond exchange for retail. Equity-like liquidity for corporates and treasures.
- Notabene — Crypto Compliance for VASPs & Regulators made simple! Notabene is a platform designed to bridge crypto markets with traditional financial systems. Book a demo today.
Since 1980, WTI has helped more than 1,300 companies across every innovation sector finance their growth while minimizing dilution.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 190
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Joy — Joy is the creator of the first Smart Photo Album that allows you to curate and share your favorite photos with friends and family. Designed to live on your coffee table and sit comfortably in your lap, the Joy Album makes your most cherished moments instantly viewable in gorgeous layouts, finally modernizing the lost art of creating a physicalphoto album.The Joy team hails from Apple and Sonos and is building a premium all-in-one hardware and software photo solution for families to share memories with loved ones near and far.The company was founded in February 2016 and is backed by top investors including Obvious Ventures, David B. Heller, Maywic and The Chernin Group.Joy is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, visit http://www.joy.co.
- Cosmos Innovation — Cosmos Innovation specialize in full stack software development, product design, cloud hosting, and MVP deployment.
- Intuition Robotics — The AI care companion robot for older adults
A global technology investment firm with a focus on category-defining technology companies with the potential to meaningfully impact humanity.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- xAI — XAI is an AI company that develops a platform to accelerate human scientific discovery. The company primarily focuses on developing advanced AI systems that are truthful, competent, and maximally beneficial for all of humanity. Its mission is to understand the true nature of the universe.
- Pomelo — Send money cross border with zero transfer fees. Use and build credit with Pomelo.
- Astuto Technologies — Continuous Cloud Cost Optimization | Anomaly Detection | Waste Prevention
Gabriel Hammond
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- Industry: Internet, Wireless, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- QuantumStreet AI — Powering $1.5 Billion in global assets, EquBot's AI investment platform with IBM Watson helps global investment professionals deliver custom AI portfolios with better outcomes through portfolios as a service (PaaS). EquBot's AI is utilized by some of the largest financial institutions like HSBC, Athene, and Amundi and reaches investorsall over the world, including the US, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Russia. EquBot is an IBM partner and was started at UC Berkeley by a team from Intel, Goldman, and Fidelity.
- 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.
- Creative Market — Creative Market is a marketplace for ready-to-use design assets, including fonts, graphics, templates, add-ons, photos, and themes, from independent creators around the world.
ACE & Company (“ACE”), founded in 2005, is a global investment group specialized in private investments with total assets of over $1.6 bn across three investment strategies and investment solutions. With headquarters in Geneva and offices in London, New York, and Cairo, ACE’s global presence brings the company in direct contact with sourcingpartners, investment firms, as well as entrepreneurs and provides investors unparalleled access to a network of opportunities. ACE’s passion is for finding investment opportunities where we have an advantage through many years of relationship building, a carefully developed position of knowledge in the sectors which we are active, and a culture of efficiency to gain first mover’s advantage. ACE’s purpose is to offer investors a long-term and collaborative investment approach that values honesty, transparency and rigorous execution, so that our strategies not only provide unique access to value accretive, risk-managed deals, but fosters what we consider our bedrock—trust.ACE’s progress has been marked by a globally respected track record since the Company was founded in 2005. In the last four years we have increased our total assets by fivefold and in 2017 received the Swiss Financial Supervisory Authority (FINMA) authorization.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 181
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
- DePoly — DePoly is a spin off out of the LSMO lab at EPFL- Valais that has developed a novel technology allowing for the chemical recycling of PET plastic back to its main two components ethylene glycol (EG) and terephthalic acid (TPA). Our approach turns low valued materials (PET waste) into high-valued chemicals like TPA creating a circular economy. Weexpect this process to generate revenue from chemically recycling PET to TPA/EG, which can be sold back to industry to make new virgin PET plastic and allowing for a sustainable source of TPA and EG on the market.
- ANYbotics — ANYbotics provides autonomous legged robots for industrial applications to provide high availability and reliability in automated routine inspections.
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
- 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.
- Carry1st — Carry1st develops and publishes enriching mobile games and content apps for African consumers.
Tofino Capital is an early stage investor in emerging market technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- 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–$140M
- 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.
Eyitayo David Oviosu is based out of Lagos, Lagos and is the Founder & CEO of Paga Group. Eyitayo previously worked at Cisco as a Manager, Acquisitions and Venture Investments. Eyitayo David Oviosu attended the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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- Industry: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit
- Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RELAYTO AI Regulated Content Platform — RELAYTO converts your PDFs & presentations to interactive web experiences with instant branding, analytics & more
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
DIGITAL fuels momentum for Canadian companies to grow in Canada, driving economic growth, creating jobs and building prosperity & wellbeing.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Canada, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Grant $650k–$6.8M; Corporate Round $250k–$2.6M
- Lead/follow: 92% lead, 8% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Koonkie Cloud Services — Koonkie Learn More
- Trax — With Trax Codes, our vision is to transform, digitize and modernize the building code user experience for AEC professionals by providing the Provincial and National Building Codes of Canada through an intelligent app that is easy to navigate, always up-to-date, and available anywhere at any time!
- Unity Health Toronto — Unity Health Toronto, comprised of providence healthcare, st. joseph’s health centre and st. michael’s hospital works to advance the health of everyone in our urban communities and beyond, that provides a health network that serves patients, residents and clients across the full spectrum of care, spanning primary care, secondary community care,tertiary and quaternary care services to post-acute through rehabilitation, palliative care and long-term care while investing in world-class research and education.
UNCOVERED FUND is a venture capital firm that leads the creation of industries in Africa and other emerging countries.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $700k–$2.1M; Series A $4M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $15M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Sylndr — Sylndr is an automotive focused e-commerce marketplace bringing innovation to the used-cars market, where customers can reliably and transparently sell and buy used cars. The company is aiming to build trust in the used-car market by becoming the go-to place for customers seeking to sell and buy their cars, through an extensive range ofhigh-quality used vehicles accessible across a diverse set of financing solutions.
- Chari — Chari is an e-commerce and fintech app for traditional retailers in French-Speaking Africa allowing them to order any consumer goods they sell and get delivered for free in less than 24 hours. Chari is also a financial services provider for these retailers, offering them microloans
- Mecho — Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses in Africa.
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