# Bolaji Balogun > Bolaji Balogun is a seed investor at Chapel Hill Denham backing Apps and EdTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Chapel Hill Denham](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chapel-hill-denham) - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Apr 2022 - Lead investor: 75% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bolaji-balogun-16a00467/ Bolaji Balogun is a seed investor at Chapel Hill Denham focused on Apps and EdTech. Bolaji Balogun is the Founder and CEOof Unilever Nigeria. He previously worked at Lafarge Africa Plc as a Chairman. Bolaji Balogun attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $350k–$3M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Apps | 1 | 25% | | EdTech | 1 | 25% | | FinTech | 1 | 25% | | Finance | 1 | 25% | | Education | 1 | 25% | 8 industries tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Nigeria | 2 | 50% | | Kenya | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 9jacodekids | 9jacodekids operates as an education and tech startup. 9jacodekids Academy advocates tech education and training for Nigerian children and young people, and also reiterated its commitment in training and bringing coding skills closer to children. | $350K | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 | | | OkHi | OkHi is a digital addressing system for emerging markets. The company wants to solve the lack of a physical address system in Kenya and beyond. They are building the next generation address system. This system will unlock commerce through enhanced logistics, save lives through improved emergency services, and grow access to finance through betterpersonal identification. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 09, 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 | | | OkHi | OkHi is a digital addressing system for emerging markets. The company wants to solve the lack of a physical address system in Kenya and beyond. They are building the next generation address system. This system will unlock commerce through enhanced logistics, save lives through improved emergency services, and grow access to finance through betterpersonal identification. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 24, 2020 | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Betatron Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betatron-venture-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Exfi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exfi) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [54 Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Interswitch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interswitch-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Resilience17](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resilience17) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Beta.Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Chapel Hill Denham VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria Chapel Hill Denham is a leading independent investment banking, securities trading and investment management firm. 1 contacts available at Chapel Hill Denham. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Bolaji Balogun | CEO and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bolaji-balogun | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Ventures Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-platform) — VC Fund - [Microtraction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/microtraction) — VC Fund - [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [All Angel Investors in Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-nigeria) - [Finance Angel Investors in Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/finance-angel-investors-nigeria) - [Finance Angel Investors in Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/finance-angel-investors-africa) - [Financial Services Angel Investors in Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/financial-services-angel-investors-nigeria) - [FinTech Angel Investors in Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/fintech-angel-investors-nigeria) - [Education Angel Investors in Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/education-angel-investors-africa) ## FAQ ### What does Bolaji Balogun invest in? Bolaji Balogun invests primarily in Apps, EdTech and FinTech startups, most often at 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 Bolaji Balogun's check size? Bolaji Balogun typically joins rounds of $350k–$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 Bolaji Balogun participates in. ### When did Bolaji Balogun last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Bolaji Balogun closed in Apr 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co