# Beta.Ventures

> Beta.Ventures is a VC fund in Lagos backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betaaventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/betadotventures
- Website: http://beta.ventures/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/people/BetaVentures

Beta.Ventures is a VC fund in Lagos focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Beta.Ventures supports Africa's leading tech entrepreneurs.We are a New York and Lagos based venture capital firm helping ambitious entrepreneurs build innovative products and services, with a focus on rapid revenue and profit growth. We are unique in our ability to help companies grow organically in Africa, while also scaling globally.Wework closely with talented founders and teams from product idea to product launch through to the next stage of company development with a goal to maximize success and minimize risk.Our partners, affiliates and mentors lead top technology companies locally and internationally and we encourage you to partner with us to take advantage of our experience building great products/services, negotiating partnerships and deals, leading teams, and raising money. With us, you will avoid mistakes we, and others, have made.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 6 | 40% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| B2B | 1 | 7% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |
| SaaS | 1 | 7% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 8 | 53% |
| United States | 3 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ike Eze | General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ike-eze |
| Ovo Emorhokpor | General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ovo-emorhokpor |
| Blessing Okoroafor | Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blessing-okoroafor |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stacs | Stacs allows you to quickly pay for what you need without breaking the bank by dividing your largest bills into tiny bits. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 20, 2023 |  |
| Rayda | Infrastructure to acquire, manage, insure and dispose fixed assets for businesses globally. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Voyance | Voyance is a big data company helping businesses predict the future using machine learning combined with their data. Our platform can be used to answer questions like what does my revenue look like in the next two months, is this transaction fraudulent, will this customer churn and much more. We are currently piloting with organisations like banks,ecommerce and fintechs companies across Africa and United Arab Emirates. | $520K | Pre-Seed | Feb 23, 2022 |  |
| Rivy | PayHippo is making it easier to finance small and medium sized businesses in Africa. There is a need for financing of $158 bn for SMEs in Nigeria alone. To start, PayHippo helps SMEs access and spend lender capital effectively. During their first full operational year in 2020, the PayHippo co--founders leveraged their domain expertise and foundingexperience to beat their 2020 goal by 50%. | $3M | Seed | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Knabu Distributed Systems | We are a DLT company based in London and have started our bank authorization process to solve the problem of denial of bank accounts to blockchain businesses. We are building a Utility Bank from scratch & engineering it to leverage DLT. | $2.5M | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Edves | Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation. | $575K | Seed | Sep 27, 2021 |  |
| eBanqo | eBanqo is a customer engagement SaaS provider that helps organizations automate customer-facing services and speed up the resolution of customer issues. It helps businesses extend their services to every digital channel their customers use - webchat, in-app chat, social media, USSD, and SMS - promoting connectivity and quick issue resolution.Equipped with the latest technology in AI, businesses using eBanqo’s platform provide a consistent personalized interaction across all digital platforms, leading to repeat customers and high brand affinity.eBanqo substantially lowers cost, while providing automated customer support, self-service, issue resolution, and multi-channel live chat on diverse messaging platforms. | $1.1M | Seed | Jul 15, 2021 |  |
| Smile ID | At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They havedeveloped image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters.Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda. | $7M | Series A | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| AfricaWeb | AfricaWeb provides impactful online solutions for advertisers and publishers. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| AjoCard | AjoCard is a method of providing financial services to the underserved by a company with extensive experience scaling startups, switching platforms, and using financial technology. The company makes it convenient for customers to safely obtain cash from their debit cards in locations where there are no ATMs and to use bank cards in remote locationsrather than looking for an ATM and cash before purchasing something. | $1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GreenHouse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Consonance Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consonance-investment-managers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Savannah Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savannah-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Silverbacks Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silverbacks-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Beta.Ventures invest in?

Beta.Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Beta.Ventures's check size?

Beta.Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Beta.Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Beta.Ventures?

Public channels for Beta.Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Beta.Ventures?

The team at Beta.Ventures includes Ike Eze (General Partner), Ovo Emorhokpor (General Partner) and Blessing Okoroafor (Analyst). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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