Top 50 Payments Startup Investors in Nigeria (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Ingressive Capital
VC Fund
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12 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $25k–$15M |
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Golden Palm Investments
VC Fund
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11 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Financial Services, Payments | $30k–$15M |
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund
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10 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Internet | $100k–$4M |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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10 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$37M |
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Lateral Frontiers
VC Fund
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8 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Energy | $500k–$15M |
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Voltron Capital
VC Fund
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7 | Nigeria, United States, Senegal | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $120k–$3M |
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VentureSouq
VC Fund
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6 | United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $225k–$50M |
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Berrywood Capital
VC Fund
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6 | 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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6 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $100k–$12M |
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Microtraction
VC Fund
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5 | Nigeria, United States, Ghana | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $30k–$1.3M |
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Musha Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $100k–$10M |
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Tencent
VC Fund
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5 | China, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce | $3M–$418M |
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GreenHouse Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | |
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Entrée Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Israel, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.5M–$54M |
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Kepple Africa Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$23M |
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Unpopular Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $500k–$34M |
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Kairos Angels
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Nigeria, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, B2B | $150k–$20M |
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Youcef Es-skouri
Angel
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3 | United States, France, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services | $125k–$46M |
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RaliCap
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Mexico, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $300k–$5.5M |
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Kinfolk Venture Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, Algeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Payments, FinTech, Software | |
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Olugbenga Agboola
Angel
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3 | Nigeria, Kenya, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $625k–$7.5M |
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Babs Ogundeyi
Angel
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3 | Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $780k–$6M |
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Flourish Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, Brazil | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $1.3M–$65M |
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Michael Seibel
Angel
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3 | United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$21M |
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Allen and Ollys International Limited -
Angel
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3 | Nigeria | Seed, Convertible Note | FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain | $1.1k–$4.2k |
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Flori Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $100k–$11M |
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Soma Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $125k–$35M |
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Silverbacks Holdings
VC Fund
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3 | Nigeria, United States, Egypt | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $100k–$32M |
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Nordea
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Sweden, Norway | Debt Financing, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Banking | |
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Heirloom
VC Fund
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2 | United States, France, Nigeria | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Fashion, Payments | $2M–$16M |
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Zrosk Investment Management
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $200k–$33M |
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Leadpath Nigeria
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria | Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Software | $35k–$1.1M |
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CardinalStone Capital Advisers
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria | Private Equity, Series A, Debt Financing | Retail, Banking, Payments | $3M–$357M |
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Future Africa
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology | $100k–$40M |
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CFV Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, Japan | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $20k–$5.4M |
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Constant Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria | Seed, Series A | Banking, FinTech, Payments | |
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The Chrysalis Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | $100k–$15M |
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MediaTek
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Taiwan | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Semiconductor, Hardware | $5M–$200M |
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SBI Investment
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, United States, South Korea | Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $1.3M–$60M |
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TRANSSION
VC Fund
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2 | China, Singapore, Uganda | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B | Manufacturing, Apps, FinTech | $15M–$224M |
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TLcom Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | $1.9M–$20M |
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Olumide Soyombo
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $260k–$2.1M |
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Bunmi Akinyemiju
Angel
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2 | Nigeria, Kenya, United Arab Emirates | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Financial Services, FinTech, Payments | $10k–$1.5M |
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Cadenza Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services | $1M–$28M |
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Abdul Hassan
Angel
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2 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $780k–$1.3M |
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Oui Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Nigeria, United States, Kenya | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Finance, Apps | $40k–$4.9M |
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Cristina Santin
Angel
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2 | Nigeria | Seed | FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain | $1.2k–$2.2k |
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CrossFund
VC Fund
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2 | Pakistan, Nigeria, Vietnam | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Marketplace, Financial Services | $22k–$2.5M |
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Liquid 2 Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Mexico, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $125k–$50M |
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True Capital Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Nigeria, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $125k–$555M |
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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.
Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 87
- Round size: Seed $230k–$6M; Pre-Seed $30k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- Talstack — Talstack is an all-in-one platform for employee growth and development
- MAKA — MAKA is a community commerce platform for fashion and beauty, enabling everyone to discover their style, feel represented.
- Renda — At Renda, we are passionate about revolutionizing the logistics and mobility sectors with cutting-edge technology that enables businesses and operators to seamlessly scale in emerging markets.
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: 173
- Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $84M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
- Cybervergent — Cybervergent is a technology company that specializes in providing top-notch cybersecurity solutions to businesses and organizations.
- Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
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: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 187
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $43M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
- Nucleon Security — Zero-Trust and ML-based Endpoint Detection and Response Platform #EDR #FDR #EndpointSecurity
Lateral Capital is a mission driven venture fund investing in early and growth stage opportunities in Africa. We back companies that provide foundational technologies for the continent. We make debt and equity investments technology-enabled businesses that profitably solve significant pain points across financial services, healthcare, education,energy, agriculture, housing, logistics, mobility and more.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.5M; Series A $558k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $28M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Rhaeos — Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need.
- Wattnow — Wattnow's smart meters and AI show every machine's consumption live and flag waste in time to stop it. Plants cut energy costs by up to 30%.
- Octavia Carbon — Reversing Climate Change | Ending the Fossil Fuel Age | In Kenya.
On a mission to back the most extraordinary entrepreneurs out of Africa solving important problems in large markets.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $120k–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lingawa — Speak your native language with pride! Learn Yoruba and Igbo with fun, immersive online lessons for adults and kids (ages 5+).
- 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
- ZeroComplex AI — Transform your Business with AI. Click the Link below to get started!
VentureSouq (VSQ) is a MENA-based venture capital fund manager with a global portfolio. VSQ manages thematic funds, with a current focus on FinTech and ClimateTech.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $225k–$9M; Series A $6M–$37M; Series B $300k–$50M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Orbii AI — Our AI enriches & analyses borrower data, helping you make credit decisions in minutes. Accelerate your business loan Underwriting decisons.
- Siin — E-commerce Marketplace
- MilkStraw AI — Save 53% on your AWS bill in 5 minutes!
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!
Resilience17 is an Investment firm.
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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: 51
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pewbeam — Pewbeam provides AI-powered church presentation software that displays Bible verses, manages slides, and supports worship presentations.
- 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.
- Aeon Cyber Defense — Aeon is a cybersecurity company focused on securing cloud, code, runtime, and AI environments.
We invest in Africa's most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Ghana
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $30k–$1.3M; Angel $30k–$50k; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $15M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Growwr — Growwr is an AI-native workforce infrastructure platform building the operating system for global work.Its flagship product, Growwr AI, acts as an intelligent hiring agent that helps companies source, screen, evaluate, and hire talent through conversational workflows instead of manual recruiting processes. Companies can describe a role, definehiring priorities, and automatically receive ranked candidates based on verified skills, work history, and performance data.Beyond hiring, Growwr provides integrated global payment infrastructure that enables companies to pay talent across 180+ countries through cards, bank transfers, mobile money, and local payment rails.Because hiring, work, and payments happen inside one system, Growwr continuously generates verified workforce data around earnings, productivity, reliability, and work consistency. The company is leveraging this infrastructure to build workforce financial services including payroll, invoicing, credit scoring, and access to financial products for professionals in emerging markets.Growwr supports 90,000+ users across 15 countries, has processed over millions in payouts, and serves businesses across Africa, the UK, and the US.The company is building the AI and financial infrastructure layer powering the future of global work.
- Paycrest — Decentralized routing protocol for instant, secure, zero-fee payments in emerging markets.
- Cr3dentials — Cr3dentials provides a verification platform for digital earners, confirming income, reputation, and work history. The service links user accounts from marketplaces, creator networks, ecommerce systems, and crypto exchanges, including Upwork, YouTube, Shopify, and Binance. Aggregated data is transformed into verifiable credentials that captureearnings, activity, and tenure. These credentials are designed for sharing with platforms or institutions that need evidence of online work and revenue. The approach reduces manual document exchange and supports consistent proofs for digital workers. Offerings include account linking, data aggregation, and shareable verification profiles.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $120k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
- 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.
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 894
- Round size: Series A $3M–$157M; Series B $15M–$213M; Series C $23M–$418M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BYJU'S — BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company that provides highly adaptive, engaging, and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU's mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere.The BYJU's family of brands includes Disney-BYJU's Early Learn,BYJU's FutureSchool, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr, and WhiteHat Jr., along with the company’s beloved flagship product, BYJU's: The Learning App. Together, BYJU's solutions support pre-K–12 education and a wide range of competitive exams.BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the crossroads of mobile, interactive content, and personalized learning methodologies. Byju's geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level, and pace of each student. In addition, BYJU’S has innovative partnerships with some of the world's largest companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners.BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital, and IFC. Since 2017, BYJU’S has completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India, and Singapore. A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in more than 8 languages.
- VIPKID — VIPKid is a global education technology company that connects children with the world’s best teachers for real-time online English immersion learning.VIPKid’s mission is to inspire and empower every child for the future. VIPKid envisions a global classroom that empowers students and teachers through personalized learning, connection of culturesacross the world and the passion for lifelong learning. It believes that education is not one-size-fits-all, rather, all students are unique and the world is within their reach when connected with great teachers capable of personalizing learning and sparking curiosity.Founded in 2013 and formally launched in 2014, VIPKid has become China’s market-leading online education startup, attracting investment from Tencent, Coatue Management, Sequoia Capital, Sinovation Ventures, Yunfeng Capital, Matrix Partners, Learn Capital, Northern Light VC and Bryant Stibel, among others. The VIPKid platform currently connects over 500,000 paying students with over 60,000 teachers in the US and Canada.
- Z.ai — The AI Lab behind GLM models, dedicated to inspiring the development of AGI to benefit humanity. https://t.co/gOw7WpwkJt https://t.co/ot9sGVXU8x
GreenHouse Capital’s Founding Partners took their own fintech company Venture Garden Group (VGG) from a 7 employee, ₦30 million revenue startup to a 200 employees, ₦2 billion power house in just 4 years and raised an attention grabbing Series A round from Convergence Partners of South Africa. The uniqueness of their position was not lost on thefounders who then cultivated Garden Institute of Business Entrepreneurs (GIBE) to identify, incubate, and invest in young and innovative tech startups solving global challenges in Emerging Markets. GIBE was created to build a world class talent management hub for young and passionate entrepreneurs while creating a pool of technology inclined businesses and innovation oriented leaders.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
- Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
- MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
We are a team of former serial founders managing $1.5Bn across a number of funds, with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and New York. We back the next generation of category-defining companies with conviction of founders who have built companies themselves.We back founders with a partnership built on trust, fairness and real operating experience. Westand with founders through every challenge, and help them grow with clarity, resilience and purpose.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Israel, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 309
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $17M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $175M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Chamelio — Chamelio builds intelligent technology for in-house legal teams. We understand that every in-house legal team operates uniquely - shaped by their industry context, company culture, and strategic priorities. Our platform adapts to these distinct characteristics, delivering hyper-personalized workflows that evolve with your team's specific needs.
- Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices
- Lasso Security — Lasso Security defends the LLM frontier with advanced LLM Cybersecurity solutions. Embrace progress and strengthen your AI cybersecurity posture
Kepple Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $1.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
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.
- TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
The best companies, off the beaten path.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 622
- Round size: Seed $500k–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2.6M; Series A $6M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $13k in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Sourcepulse — Your early warning system for software delivery (YC S23)
- Morphic — The Sovereign AI platform for organizations to own their tribal knowledge
- NORDA Dynamics — NORDA Dynamics is an autonomous UAV piloting system for carrying out missions in areas with limited connectivity.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $125k–$9.8M; Series A $6.2M–$46M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tana — Tana is an agentic meeting platform. Work gets done in the meeting, not after. Agents create documents, file issues, and update your context graph while you talk. And each meeting makes future meetings smarter.
- Hypercubic — Hypercubic is agentic AI for mainframe modernization, helping enterprises and governments preserve institutional knowledge and modernize COBOL.
- Default — The command center for modern sales teams.
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: 63
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $300k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.5M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Gangkhar — Gangkhar provides AI-native embedded insurance infrastructure for digital platforms, insurers, MGAs, and brokers to launch, optimize, and scale embedded protection.
Kinfolk Venture Capital is an early stage venture capital firm and Pan-African fund
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- Industry: Payments, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Nigeria, Algeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dukka — Dukka provides easy-to-use technology that supercharges over 90,000+ small merchants in Africa to sell goods and services anywhere, accept any form of digital payment, and manage their daily operations. Dukka combines in-person and online payment processing with a full suite of mobile, retail and online sales and business management tools,all-in-one streamlined package.Small merchants who never had any technology exposure or had very little of it can now thrive in the digital age. For most users, the cost of using Dukka to manage daily operations is free. The cost of using Dukka's payment processing solution is transparent; free business banking, flat-rate payment processing fees, monthly maintenance fees, and complimentary technical support.For business owners looking to move from informal to formalised industry, Dukka Launchpad offers quick business formalisation tools that help them incorporate their businesses with the corporate affairs commission in a matter of days, contrary to the 3 months long wait period.
- Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
- Norebase — Norebase knows that there's an opportunity to grow successful businesses in Africa. It also understands the complexities of the market, and so is using technology to make doing business in Africa worthwhile. With Norebase get to operate in Africa with no hassle and with minimum risk.
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Browse database — It's Free!Olugbenga Agboola is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave. Olugbenga previously worked at Access Bank as a Head of Digital Factory and Innovation. Olugbenga Agboola attended EC-Council University. Olugbenga Agboola has been a Certified Ethical Hacker and a Security Analyst.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Lorum Finance — Lorum is the correspondent institution for banks and fintechs: programmable access to global clearing, named custody, and treasury on a 100% reserve model.
- Fuse Financial Technologies — Financial APIs for building products in the Middle East.
Cofounder and CEO of Kuda
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Pre-Seed $780k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- Maplerad — Global payment infrastructure for businesses.
We are an early-stage global venture capital firm investing in fintech founders.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 256
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.5M; Series A $3.5M–$25M; Series B $8.6M–$65M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $350M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- Stream — Stream is a company that helps make payments simpler, faster, and reliable.
- Jurisphere — Jurisphere.ai is an enterprise-grade AI platform tailored for law firms and in-house legal teams, integrating document review, legal research, drafting, and workflow automation into a unified workspace. The company's platform uses attorney verified AI workflows to surface relevant cases and insights from large volumes of legal documents,generate and refine contract drafts.
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: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 212
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$500k; Series A $5.9M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kira — The first agentic layer for cross-border payments.
- Recall.ai — Recall.ai provides a single API for meeting bots on every platform like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and more.
- Arena — Arena accelerates testing, debugging, and optimization for the world’s most advanced hardware. Atlas is an AI hardware engineer grounded in applied physics with an understanding of the real-world environment.
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- Industry: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.1k–$4.2k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
More than a seed-stage fund and a portfolio of startups: Our community of founders taps into the power of financial innovation to collaborate around global problems and unlock prosperity for all.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $250k–$11M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.5M; Series A $2.8M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mento Labs — Mento is bringing FX onchain. We provide institutions with access to onchain FX at real-world rates.
- Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android.
- Thrive Protocol — Thrive Protocol's vision is to maximize value creation for all people and communities.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1088
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.8M; Series A $5M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $37M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Starcloud — Starcloud is building a network of megawatt-scale data centers in space, scaleable to gigawatt capacity. Falling launch costs allow Starcloud to take advantage of the abundant energy, passive cooling, and high-speed connectivity in space.
- modus — Modus - The Context Warehouse for Enterprise AI. Automatically mine, compose, and deliver intent-based context to any AI platform. Backed by Insight Partners.
- Cognition — Cognition develops artificial intelligence systems for software engineering and code automation. The company operates Devin, an AI software engineer that plans, writes, tests, debugs, and deploys code through integrated development workflows. Its platform works with existing development tools and codebases to support engineering tasks acrossapplication development, maintenance, and issue resolution. Cognition also provides tools that assist teams with system design, technical workflows, and collaborative coding processes. The company focuses on AI agents that automate repetitive engineering work while supporting software teams in managing complex development tasks.
Silverbacks Holdings is a Mauritius-based private investment firm established in 2019, focusing on Africa-related companies in underserved industries such As technology, sports, entertainment, and the creative economy. The firm aims for returns averaging 2x to 5x on its investments and has achieved 9 profitable exits since its inception. Its portfolio includes over 240 companies across Africa, collectively valued at over $10 billion. Landmark investments include the Cape Town Tigers (2024 BAL semi-finalists), Forever7 Entertainment (Netflix content deals), and Moove (a global mobility fintech backed by Uber), and Wave (a mobile money and global remittance focused fintech backed by Stripe).
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $200k–$8.3M; Series A $1.4M–$32M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$26M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vanhu Vamwe — Vanhu Vamwe is a luxury accessory brand that creates handcrafted, sustainable handbags using traditional African crafts and eco-friendly materials.
- The Rad Black Kids — The Rad Black Kids is a lifestyle and apparel company that specializes in fashion. The company’s main business includes selling clothing items such as hoodies, caps, t-shirts, and etc. It also offers a range of skate boards and vintage guitars. The Rad Black Kids was founded by Thulani Ngazimbi.
- African Warriors Fighting Championship — African Warriors Fighting Championship is Africa's leading promoter of traditional combat sports: Dambe and Wrestling.
Nordea Bank is Denmark's second-largest bank and counts every fourth Dane among its customers. Through their nationwide network of some 340 branch offices and a broad range of self-service facilities, they are able to offer you a full scale of financial products and services, including Netbank, Online Investment, telephone banking and cashdispensers.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, Norway
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tibber — Tibber is a digital electricity supplier that offers smart solutions to minimize their customers’ consumption and costs. Its vision is to make sustainable energy consumption simple and affordable for all households. Tibber's mission is to reduce the residential electricity consumption for European households by 20 %. Founded in Norway andSweden in 2016, the company has expanded its offer to Sweden and Germany where it powers hundreds of thousands of homes. Tibber replaces traditional utilities with smart technology, supplying its customers with renewable energy at fair and transparent prices. In addition, its app provides real-time analytics into energy usage, and pairs with a variety of smart home devices to reduce electricity consumption at home. The company sells tech-gadgets in their online store and recently was licensed to balance the main power grid in Sweden with EVs.
- Statzon — Make data-driven plans & faster decisions with a simple access to +1M datasets & market reports about 8,000 topics from +200 trusted data providers.
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Heirloom specializes in niche alternatives to help investors diversify their portfolios. Their alternative funds and co-investment opportunities are uncorrelated to the market and traditional asset classes and are designed to enable investors to better de-risk their portfolios while also earning stable and strong returns. They also offer otherbespoke investment services to help investors strengthen their portfolios. They offer heirloom funds, co-investment pools, and bespoke services.
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- Industry: FinTech, Fashion, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3M; Series A $15M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
- Faircraft — A sustainable, lab-grown alternative to animal leather.
- Confido — Confido is a software company that provides financial operations automation for consumer packaged goods brands. Confido helps CPG brands save time and money by automating cash applications, fighting deductions, and tracking trade costs in a platform. The company is based in New York, New York.
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Browse database — It's Free!Alternative investment solutions: private credit, discretionary portfolios, and the Magna Specialized Fund.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M; Series A $7M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
- Lingawa — Speak your native language with pride! Learn Yoruba and Igbo with fun, immersive online lessons for adults and kids (ages 5+).
- Definely — Definely creates legal tech solutions to free lawyers from frustration, saving them time when understanding, drafting and reviewing legal documents.
The Ultimate Information Hub
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $35k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fashpa — Welcome to Nigeria’s leading online fashion destination! Shopping online at Fashpa.com in Nigeria means the days of looking through endless boutiques and car boot sales to find that perfect fashion item and buying it at an expensive price when you do are long gone. Whether you are searching for the latest trends, clothing items, shoes,accessories or beauty products, FASHPA.COM brings you a huge collection of brands from which to choose the very best and latest. From shoes, such as heels, espadrilles, flats, sandals for women, wedges, down to clothes, like, swimwear, shorts, underwear or lingerie, and fashion jewelry. Our extensive range of international and local brands and designers such as Topshop, New look, Asos and Zara are literally at your fingertips. Our Mission is simple, the latest trends, hottest brands and best prices all delivered to your doorstep.At FASHPA Nigeria, we believe your online shopping experience should be fantastic and enjoyed as if you visited the best fashion store in Nigeria in person.This is why we have the latest collections and we remove all the stress and make sure you are able to receive your FASHPA order as quickly as possible - in major cities that's usually 1-3 working days. Enjoy free delivery in Lagos or a low shipping rate outside lagos with multiple payment options such as Pay Online, Bank Deposit and cash on delivery. Getting your fashion fix has never been easier and more secure.
- Piggyvest — Piggyvest is a very secure online savings platform that makes saving possible by combining discipline plus flexibility to make you grow your savings.
- Leadspace — We provide reliable and flexible coworking/office spaces for entrepreneurs or founders of small and medium-sized businesses. A @p_incubator Company
CardinalStone Partners Limited is a boutique investment banking firm that offers financial advisory services. The firm provides mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyout arrangements, balance sheet optimization, capital restructuring, and competitor strategies advisory services. Additionally, it offers private placements, equitycapital markets and debt financing, and information services.
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- Industry: Retail, Banking, Payments
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A, Debt Financing
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $6M–$10M; Debt Financing $3M–$357M
- Lead/follow: 80% lead, 20% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $64M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Nomba — Nomba is a design manufacturer and distributor of a variety of payment, inventory management, invoice, and banking electronic devices.
- Arnergy — Arnergy is a trusted solar energy company that provides clean, reliable, and affordable solar power solutions for homes and businesses, helping you save money while enjoying uninterrupted energy.
- Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading — Official Twitter Account of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) aka the Bulk Trader.
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: 91
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.7M; Series A $7M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
- Juicyway — The new shape of money? Fluid. Access global currencies with Juicyway. Buy, sell, hold, and pay globally using our fast APIs, web, or mobile apps. Download now.
- Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.
Early stage venture capital firm focused on Fintech
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $20k–$5.4M; Pre-Seed $20k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.7M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- AleFi — AleFi is a social investing app that connects retail investors interested in the financial world to know where and when to invest. Users can connect with other investors on the platform, as well as view other users' investments, profitability, and portfolio composition. It aims to provide its users with a way to follow and view the portfoliosof credible investors. Customers will pay $5 per month to gain access to successful investors' trading portfolios through AleFi's service. The company and the investor split the fees 20/80.
- Konduit — Connecting consumers with 300+ local lenders that are hard-to-find online and offer better deal on loans
- Konduit — Konduit is a no-code fintech infrastructure allowing banks quickly onboard and adopts third-party fintech solutions. It connects banks, fintechs, and other technology in a seamless, no-code platform for financial institutions. The platform delivers real-time pre-qualified rates for consumer loans at a fraction of the cost. Lenders can use theKonduit platform to combine individual fintech solutions to solve end-to-end business use cases.Konduit was founded in 2021 and is based in Reston, Virginia.
Constant Capital is a leading private Pan-African financial services company that specializes in Corporate Finance Advisory Services and Principal Investing in Private Equity and Real Estate. The firm provides top quality services to privately-held and publicly-traded companies in Africa and to domestic and international institutional investors.Constant Capital has offices in Accra, Ghana, Lagos, Nigeria, Johannesburg, South Africa and the Seychelles.Constant Capital provides a full range of financial advisory services, including corporate finance and M&A advisory services, restructuring and reorganizations, private placements and public offerings of equity and debt securities.Constant Capital’s Principal Investing utilizes the firm’s proactive deal originating capabilities to make Private Equity investments in unique investment opportunities in a broad range of sectors and in Real Estate.
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Appzone Group — We are now Zone; a blockchain enabled payment infrastructure company. Our original business is now a separate stand-alone company called Qore.
With integrity, hardwork, and discipline, we harness raw passion for technology to build global institutions.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $10M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Koa — Koa is a savings and financial services platform that provides tech solutions and financial services apps via its API. The company was co-founded by Alexis Roman and Delila Kidanu.
- Ladder — Make smart choices, reach your goals and secure your financial future with Ladder, your AI-powered partner in financial success.
- Bitmama — Bitmama is the best cryptocurrency trading platform that lets you buy, sell Bitcoin, ETH, Celo, USDT, XRP, and more. Available in Nigeria & over 100 countries.
MediaTek is another name for incredible innovation that powers the brands you love. From smartphones to smart homes, we are always by your side.
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- Industry: Software, Semiconductor, Hardware
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Taiwan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $10M–$40M; Series A $7M–$200M; Series B $5M–$83M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ayar Labs — Ayar Labs develops a monolithic in-package optical I/O (MIPO) solution for applications that require high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects.The company disrupts the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by driving improvement in interconnectbandwidth density at lower power. Its patented approach uses industry-standard cost-effective silicon processing techniques to develop high speed, high density, low power optical-based interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical-based I/O. Ayar’s flagship product is a chip called TeraPhy that implements its optical technology on compact silicon die. The chip can be integrated directly into a central processing unit, graphics card, or another processor to give it optical data transmission capabilities.The Emeryville, California-headquartered company was established in 2015 by Alex Wright-Gladstein, Vladimir Stojanovic, Chen Sun, and Mark Wade.
- Oxmiq Labs — Licensable GPU IP and a unified runtime for the age of inference. OXMIQ Labs is re-architecting the GPU stack from atoms to agents.
- ChipAgents — Empowering the future of semiconductors design and verification with AI Agents. Book a demo now! https://t.co/S8E5g2i6G3
SBI Investment supports the business development and growth of private venture companies through fund investment. It manages and manages venture capital funds under the management philosophy of becoming a leading company responsible for the creation and development of core industries in the 21st century as a "new industry creator".SBIInvestment has invested in a total of 986 companies in the past, of which 169 (17.1% of investment companies) have exited through IPO or M & A.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United States, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 454
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $4.5M–$60M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $77M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
- Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
- Direava — Direava is a medical device company that manufactures, sells, leases, and maintains medical equipments along with consulting services.
TRANSSION HOLDINGS, the company formerly known as TECNO TELECOM LIMITED, established in July 2006, is a high-tech company specializing in the R&D, production, sale and service of mobile communication products. After years of development, TRANSSION has become an important part of the mobile phone industry and one of the major mobile phonemanufacturers in the world. Currently, it has full ownership of three famous mobile phone brands TECNO, itel and Infinix, and an after-sales service brand Carlcare.The company has set up offices in many countries and regions, such as Dubai, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon and Bengal, and even has built a factory in Ethiopia, which has provided great support for all its brands.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Apps, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
- Geography: China, Singapore, Uganda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Series A $15M–$100M; Series B $15M–$224M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Future Intelligence — Vision Intelligence is a AI smart hardware company that manufactures and sells interactive intelligence based electronic consumer products.
- Sharpa — Sharpa is an AI robotics company dedicated to developing ultra-high performance robots and core components. We Manufacture Time by Making Robots Useful.
- Zhilun Ultra-Pure — Zhilun Ultra-Pure is a high-tech firm that combines high-quality resources, works autonomously, and is distinguished by "specialization, precision, and special innovation" by three technology-based new material companies. It is dedicated to ultra-high-purity electronic-grade epoxy. The Electronic Chemical New Material IndustryAlliance's governing unit is R&D and production and sales resin.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$8.5M; Series A $3.8M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
- Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
- LittleFish — Full stack enterprise platform that extends your infrastructure, instead of replacing it.
Olumide Soyombo is the Co-Founder of Bluechip Technologies. Olumide Soyombo attended Aston University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.3M; Angel $260k–$1M; Pre-Seed $260k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- JADA — JADA focuses on both technical expertise and soft skill development and is designed to upskill experienced professionals in data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI.
- Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
- Spleet — Fintech Spleet Provides Tenant verification, Rent collection solutions for landlords and rent financing (Rent now, pay later) for Tenants
Bunmi is a graduate of Computer Science from the Michigan State University, USA. An execution focused executive with over 16 years entrepreneurial experience in high-tech sales, solutions development and management, Bunmi has developed over 20 proprietary technologies in Aviation, Government, Education, Oil & Gas and Banking sector globally.Bunmi has built more than five companies till date – each a potential billion dollar company and has substantial experience/relationships in the areas of Software development, Technology Consulting, Revenue Collection Strategies, Software Project Management, Business Startups, Internet Technology & Business Development. Bunmi is the Founder, MD/CEO of Venture Garden Nigeria.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $10k–$425k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GetEquity — GetEquity is a NASDAQ for venture capital. We provide an exchange and liquidity for private companies, and an infrastructure for different cadres of venture capital around investing, founder liquidity, and shareholder management
- SureGroup — Commerce in Africa is deeply facilitated by cash, but cash-based transactions are expensive, unsafe, and difficult to track. Suregifts identified an opportunity to take advantage of the growth and adoption of the internet and all things digital in Africa by creating a simple, yet safe alternative currency to be utilised for specific purposes;Vouchers.At the core of what SureGifts does, is selling and maintaining an inventory of vouchers, which can be exchanged between two or more parties, and spent at a closed but extensive network of merchants across Africa for a near-unlimited assortment of goods and services.
- Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
Global Investors in Transformative Technologies
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- Industry: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4.3M; Series A $3.5M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $50M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Rime — AI voice models built for real-time conversations. 600+ voices, 50+ languages, sub-100ms latency. Trusted by global enterprise.
- Pangram Labs — The most accurate technology to detect AI-generated content. Detects ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI, Claude, and more. Supports 20+ languages with 99.98%+ accuracy.
- Quantum Bridge — Quantum Bridge is a pioneer in Distributed Symmetric Key Exchange (DSKE) technology. It offers quantum-safe cybersecurity products and services. Quantum-safe product and services, Quantum-safe roadmap and quantum-safe solutions implementation.
Abdul Hassan
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Pre-Seed $780k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Duplo — We enable businesses across Africa to simplify their payment flows.
- Klump — Use Klump to buy now and pay later in instalments for up to 12 months! Businesses accept payments, increase conversion rates, and boost revenue. The Easy Life! Try it now.
- Topship — Topship is the easiest for African businesses to import/export parcels, cargo and freight to their customers, distributors and suppliers across the World. We use technology to drive transparency and delight, making it easy for African businesses to connect with customers, suppliers and distributors across the World.
Oui Capital is an Africa-focused VC firm backing tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed & seed stage.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Finance, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $600k–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $40k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- Herconomy (Ex AGS Tribe) — Herconomy is a platform that allows women build their finances, capacity, collaborate and access opportunities.
- Alliance Chemicals Global — Alliance Chemicals Global supplies raw materials, commodities, and specialty chemicals to manufacturers across sectors such as home and personal care, food and nutrition, plastics, polymers, construction, coatings, and industrial applications. The company supports chemical distribution, sourcing, and logistics, including local currency invoicingand dedicated transport. It focuses on compliant, sustainable supply, working with global manufacturers and African clients. Its projects include plastic chemical recycling and development of a shea butter value chain. The organization serves customers mainly across African markets.
Cristina Santin
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- Industry: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.2k–$2.2k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
For Angels, By Angels
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- Industry: FinTech, Marketplace, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Pakistan, Nigeria, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $90k–$2M; Angel $22k–$315k; Pre-Seed $56k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nuvolaris — Speed up #CloudNative Development and Run Anywhere. #Nuvolaris: #Serverless #Stack for #Everyone
- Swag Kicks — Guaranteed Original Sneakers, Trainers and Casual Shoes. Easy Return & Exchange.
- Sehat Kahani — Book online video appointments with the best Doctors and Specialists, such as Skin Specialists, General Physician, Child Specialists, etc in Pakistan.
Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 868
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3M; Series A $6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Albedo — Aerial quality imagery - from space.
- Eden — Developer of non-invasive health technology designed to democratize access to early cancer risk assessment.
- Attention — Attention is building an AI co-pilot designed to automate repetitive, multi-app desktop tasks.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 151
- Round size: Seed $949k–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $125k–$725k; Series A $9.1M–$555M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $18M in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- StackAI — Stack AI supercharges businesses. Deploy AI-powered applications in minutes, automate processes, and skyrocket productivity by connecting LLMs to data sources using Stack AI's no-code platform. Export your work with user-centric interfaces (chatbots and forms) and developer-friendly APIs.
- Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.
- Kapital — Kapital empowers SMBs with a tech-banking platform giving visibility and control of their treasury, and their employees
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