# Adedayo Amzat

> Adedayo Amzat is a pre-seed investor at Zedcrest Capital Limited backing Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zedcrest Capital Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zedcrest-capital-limited)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adedayoamzat/

Adedayo Amzat is a pre-seed investor at Zedcrest Capital Limited in Lagos focused on Financial Services and Banking. Saheed Adedayo Amzat is the founder of the Zedcrest Capital Group, a securities dealing and proprietary investment firm. He is also the founder of Zedvance Finance limited, a leading Consumer lending fintech institution in Nigeria. He graduated from the University of Ilorin of with a degree in Industrial Chemistry. He also holds an MBA (Management& Accounting) from Obafemi Awolowo University. Saheed holds the prestigious CFA charter from the CFA Institute. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Credit Management (ICA) and a Fellow & Member of Faculty of the Institute of Investment Advisers and Portfolio Managers (IAPM).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$9.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Banking | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Education | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 2 | 50% |
| Cameroon | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cutstruct | We build apps for building projects. Our apps are helping builders extend the value of every dollar and increasing the confidence of ordinary people to build. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Nov 10, 2022 |  |
| Leatherback | We are a Global Digital Banking and Treasury Solutions Provider primarily offering end-to-end financial services to businesses. Our goal is to enable trade relationships and Foster growth of businesses across all frontier markets. | $9.9M | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| PaySika | PaySika is a financial technology startup developing mobile and web-based banking solutions for French-speaking African countries. | $348K | Pre-Seed | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| TalentQL | TalentQL hires, develops, and manages remote talent for global companies. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Nov 17, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Africa Venture Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-venture-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DFS Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfs-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kaleo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaleo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tofino Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tofino-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zedcrest Capital Limited

VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria

Zedcrest Capital is a full-service capital management firm, with core interests in fixed income securities trading, asset management and proprietary investments

1 contacts available at Zedcrest Capital Limited.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adedayo Amzat | Group Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adedayo-amzat |

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## FAQ

### What does Adedayo Amzat invest in?

Adedayo Amzat invests primarily in Financial Services, Banking and Payments startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Adedayo Amzat's check size?

Adedayo Amzat typically joins rounds of $300k–$9.9M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Adedayo Amzat participates in.

### When did Adedayo Amzat last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adedayo Amzat closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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