# Afer Group

> Afer Group is a VC fund backing Developer APIs, Identity Management and Information Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Afer Group is an Investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 100% |
| Identity Management | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Youverify | Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification. | $1M | Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fronesyz Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fronesyz-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HTTP Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/http-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Octerra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octerra-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Orange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Afer Group invest in?

Afer Group invests primarily in Developer APIs, Identity Management and Information Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Afer Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Afer Group closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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