# Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in Nigeria in June 2026 ## Microtraction - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture ## Future Africa - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Future Africa is a collective of mission-driven founders and funders building unicorns to solve Africa’s biggest challenges. They are build a future where purpose and prosperity are within everyone’s reach. ## Ventures Platform - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services. ## Idris Ayodeji Bello - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Mobile Apps 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 isalso 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. ## MaC Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence MaC Venture Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups leveraging shifts in cultural trends and behaviors. ## EchoVC Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce 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. ## RaliCap - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Rally Cap is a global community of tech folks investing in an exclusive portfolio of top-tier early stage venture funds in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. ## 54 Collective - Type: VC Fund - Location: Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech Building and scaling African tech startups with catalytic capital, value-add support and our global network. ## Luminate Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, GovTech, Politics Luminate is a global foundation working to ensure that technology serves our needs and wellbeing. ## HoaQ - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet Startup Investment Club ## Nama Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B NAMA VENTURES TECH FOUNDERS FUNDING TECH STARTUPS LOOKING FOR FUNDING? APPLY NOW ## Wes Schwalje - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt ## Zeno Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Zeno Ventures invests in early stage technology enabled companies addressing consumer and enterprise markets. Zeno Ventures likes to back exceptional entrepreneurs before their businesses have scaled and often even before their business models are formed. Zeno Ventures seeks to partner with talented and passionate founders solving difficultproblems that were illuminated by their personal experience. ## Consonance Investment Managers - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech We are an investment company focused on helping early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build successful companies in Africa. ## Digital Technology Supercluster - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Grant, Seed, Corporate Round - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS DIGITAL fuels momentum for Canadian companies to grow in Canada, driving economic growth, creating jobs and building prosperity & wellbeing. ## Eric Okechukwu - Type: Angel - Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Music, Publishing, Music Label 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. ## Social Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people. ## Melo7 Tech Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Digital Media, Analytics Melo7 Tech Partners, LLC was founded by Carmelo Anthony and Stuart Goldfarb to invest in and develop opportunities primarily in early stage digital media, consumer internet and technology ventures. ## emPawa Africa - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Media and Entertainment emPawa Africa provides publishing administration and marketing solutions to independent music entrepreneurs. ## Tayo Oviosu - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 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. ## Kairos Angels - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, B2B An investment club partnering with visionary entrepreneurs to create disruptive and innovative companies that have the potential to be come regional leaders and global challengers. ideas@kairosangels.com ## Western Technology Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Portola Valley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Since 1980, WTI has helped more than 1,300 companies across every innovation sector finance their growth while minimizing dilution. ## ACE & Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services 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. ## Serena Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Wellness 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. ## LoftyInc Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Carmel, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors......... ## Cascador - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Analytics, Digital Media, Data Integration 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. ## Ire Aderinokun - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Ticketing, Mobile Apps Ire Aderinokun - Co-Founder , COO & VP of Engineering @ Buycoins ## Gabriel Hammond - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Wireless, FinTech Gabriel Hammond ## Walid Aradi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling ## Kepple Africa Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. ## Michael Seibel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University. ## Lynett Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Wireless, Mobile Lynett Capital is an early stage investment firm dedicated to the empowering technology companies. ## TLcom Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Information Technology 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. ## Vy Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology A global technology investment firm with a focus on category-defining technology companies with the potential to meaningfully impact humanity. ## Unicorn Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Internet, FinTech Infrastructure Training Mentorship Market Access Capital We provide infrastructure, training, mentorship, market access and patient capital for entrepreneurs, technology start-ups and early stage companies to address the challenges that they encounter. ## Assembly Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SMS, SaaS, Software Assembly Capital Partners operates as a Venture Capital. ## 4DX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Logistics 4DX Ventures is a Pan-Africa Focused Venture Capital Firm. Our mission is to connect people, ideas, and capital to create a vibrant African community. ## Ham Serunjogi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile Apps, Financial Services, FinTech Ham Serunjogi is a co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash. ## Adrenaline gaming - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Media and Entertainment Adrenaline gaming is an investment firm. ## L5lab - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 ## Tofino Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Tofino Capital is an early stage investor in emerging market technology companies. ## Vastly Valuable Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Financial Services Investing In Vanguard, Visionary, Valiant Founders ## RET Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Park City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Property Management Smarter Partners Drive Better Tech. Our Strategic Investors comprise the largest group of multifamily and single-family rental owner/operators ever amassed ## DDF - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Wireless, Video on Demand DDF Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in African startups. It specializes in seed stage investments. Founded in 2015 by Tim Draper and Toro Orero, DDF Capital is headquartered in San Mateo, California. ## Beta.Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, B2B Beta.Ventures invests in driven, early-stage entrepreneurs scaling tech and tech-enabled startups to become market leaders. They are focused on the opportunities made available by a 1.2 billion-person, mobile phone enabled Africa.Beta.Ventures works closely with founders and teams from product idea to product launch through to the next stage ofcompany development. We are focused on the opportunities made available by a 1.2 billion-person, mobile phone enabled Africa.We are experienced entrepreneurs ourselves and are able to share what has proven to work for product and service scaling, revenue growth and fundraising.Operations is key to success at early stage companies, and our environment often faces a dearth of experience scaling opportunities; Beta.Ventures focuses intensely on the operations of a company, adding value through several levers we know, from experience, will enable a company to succeed.Our partners, affiliates, and mentors lead some 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. ## Josh Jones - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: 3D Printing, Software, Internet Josh Jones is a Partner HMC INQ and Founder of Did I Err Productions. He is a former Co-Founder & CTO at DreamHost. ## IBM - Type: VC Fund - Location: Armonk, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence For more than a century, IBM has been a global technology innovator, leading advances in AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions that help businesses grow. ## Samuel Kwame Boadu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: News, Publishing, Digital Media Editor-In-Chief @ Accra Sports News Editor-In-Chief & Founder @ Accra Street Journal ## Ingressive Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology 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. ## UNCOVERED FUND - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce UNCOVERED FUND is a venture capital firm that leads the creation of industries in Africa and other emerging countries. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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