# Agrolay Advisors

> Agrolay Advisors is a VC fund in Ikoyi backing Financial Services, FinTech and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ikoyi, Nigeria
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agrolay-ventures/
- Website: https://x.com/agrolay

Agrolay Advisors is an investment firm that focuses on early-stage technological startups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 38% |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| AgTech | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 5 | 63% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Torche | Torche enables customers in Africa to make payments and other transactions with their fingerprint through biometric POS terminals. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| MyStash | MyStash is a Fintech company that develops applications to save money while doing financial transactions through the app. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Notto | Credit scoring technology | $100K | Seed | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Traction Apps | Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses. | $4M | Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Chaka Technologies | Chaka is a financial technology company lowering access barriers between African and global capital markets. The company provides a regulatorily compliant platform for African individuals and businesses to invest and trade in global capital markets. The service currently provides access to 3,000+ assets in 40+ countries including US, China, UK andmore. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| ShapShap | ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability. |  | Seed | Nov 26, 2021 |  |
| ReelFruit | ReelFruit’s had its humble beginnings in a small apartment in Surulere, Lagos. In 2012, their founder birthed the idea of a new snack company; A first-of-its-kind that would offer dried fruit snacks, made in Nigeria but sold to the world. With this dream in mind, we launched their first range of dried mango and pineapple in March 2013, their firstlucky break came from Prince Ebeano Supermarket, Lekki, who stocked their products – and the rest is history. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Releaf Earth | Releaf is a supply chain technology firm that sources ingredients for African food factories. It aims to create climate-adaptive supply chains as Africa's population grows by 3 billion people. Releaf also provides extension services to smallholders, acts as a buyer of their products, and converts the raw material into factory-grade inputs forvegetable oil factories. Releaf uses digital technologies such as USSD and open banking, in addition to hardware, to work seamlessly with its network of over 2,000 smallholder farmers, who have supplied over 15 million kilograms of quality palm kernel nuts to food factories. | $1.3M | Seed | Jun 01, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ventures Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-platform) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ardent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCG Expeditions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcg-expeditions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EchoVC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/echovc-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fairbridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fairbridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First circle capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-circle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Agrolay Advisors invest in?

Agrolay Advisors invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Agrolay Advisors last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Agrolay Advisors closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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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