# Babs Ogundeyi

> Babs Ogundeyi is a seed investor at Kuda (Yaba) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kuda](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kuda-mf-bank)
- Location: Yaba, Nigeria
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babsogundeyi/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Babsogundeyi
- Website: https://x.com/Babsogundeyi

Babs Ogundeyi is a seed investor at Kuda in Yaba focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Cofounder and CEO of Kuda

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $780k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 5 | 42% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 42% |
| Finance | 3 | 25% |
| Payments | 3 | 25% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 7 | 58% |
| Zambia | 1 | 8% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Curacel | Curacel is an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management. Curacel automates the insurance claims process, allowing staff to process claims volumes quickly and efficiently, and automatically vets claims to detect fraud, waste and abuse. Curacel was established in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. | $3M | Seed | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Maplerad | Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira. | $6M | Seed | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Zazuu | Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border. | $2M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Zazuu | Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border. | $2M |  | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| 24SEVEN | 24seven.pk is using tech and data to digitize and disrupt the fresh food and FMCG verticals in one of the fastest-growing and rapidly evolving consumer markets in the world. | $6M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Klump | Klump offers flexible payment plans that give users the opportunity to purchase a desired product or service. | $780K | Pre-Seed | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Casava | Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Edukoya | Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Kippa | Kippa is a mobile app for African small company owners and bookkeepers that replaces physical record books. With its financial management and payments platform, it is enhancing the lifecycle of small businesses across the country. Small business owners can keep track of their daily income and expense transactions, generate invoices and receipts,manage inventory, and generally monitor how their businesses fluctuate over time. It allows merchants and typical neighborhood shops that already use its bookkeeping app to become a one-stop shop for their customers' essential financial services. | $3.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Union54 | Union54 is a debit card issuing API for fintech and corporates.Union54 allows any software company to issue debit cards to their customers without needing any bank or credit card processor. It provides BIN sponsorship., transaction processing, and settlement. | $3M | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [HoaQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoaq) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ODBA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/odba-co-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Resilience17](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resilience17) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Target Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/target-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Kuda

VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria

Kuda is a full service digital only bank with a mission to bank every African on the planet. Kuda was founded in 2019 by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha and is Headquartered in London

3 contacts available at Kuda.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Babs Ogundeyi | Founder / CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/babs-ogundeyi |
| Musty Mustapha | Co-Founder and CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/musty-mustapha |
| Bradley Want | Head of Growth and Analytics | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bradley-want |

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## FAQ

### What does Babs Ogundeyi invest in?

Babs Ogundeyi invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Babs Ogundeyi's check size?

Babs Ogundeyi typically joins rounds of $2M–$6M at Seed and $780k–$4M 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 Babs Ogundeyi participates in.

### When did Babs Ogundeyi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Babs Ogundeyi closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 12 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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