# Bunmi Akinyemiju

> Bunmi Akinyemiju is a pre-seed investor at Venture Garden Group backing Financial Services. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Venture Garden Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturegarden-group)
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Bunmi Akinyemiju is a pre-seed investor at Venture Garden Group focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Bunmi is a graduate of Computer Science from the Michigan State University, USA. An execution focused executive with over 16 years entrepreneurial experience in high-tech sales, solutions development and management, Bunmi has developed over 20 proprietary technologies in Aviation, Government, Education, Oil & Gas and Banking sector globally.Bunmi has built more than five companies till date – each a potential billion dollar company and has substantial experience/relationships in the areas of Software development, Technology Consulting, Revenue Collection Strategies, Software Project Management, Business Startups, Internet Technology & Business Development. Bunmi is the Founder, MD/CEO of Venture Garden Nigeria.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$1.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $10k–$425k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 5 | 50% |
| FinTech | 3 | 30% |
| Payments | 2 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 10% |
| Internet | 1 | 10% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 6 | 60% |
| Kenya | 2 | 20% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Encore Pay | Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| GetEquity | GetEquity is a NASDAQ for venture capital. We provide an exchange and liquidity for private companies, and an infrastructure for different cadres of venture capital around investing, founder liquidity, and shareholder management | $425K | Pre-Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Pezesha | Pezesha aims to be the first Africa-focused digital financial marketplace that converges lending amongst other financial services and products for both borrowers, lenders and investors, facilitating a shared economy. | $1M | Seed | Sep 07, 2021 |  |
| Route | Route is a savings management and tracking programe that aids users in investing their money and beginning to accumulate wealth. | $10K | Pre-Seed | Aug 19, 2021 |  |
| Scalex | Scalex leverages blockchain technology and cryptocurrency rails to build highly scalable alternative financial solutions. They provide a secure platform for traders to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. | $10K | Pre-Seed | Aug 19, 2021 |  |
| Collect Africa | Collect Africa is a mobile app that assists companies in obtaining payments from clients. Their application accepts payments using several online payment options. Their payments to businesses. | $10K | Pre-Seed | Aug 19, 2021 |  |
| Dojah | Dojah provides wholistic end-to-end identity verification APIs and tools for digital services targeting Africa. | $10K | Pre-Seed | Aug 19, 2021 |  |
| BFree | BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances. | $800K | Seed | May 14, 2021 |  |
| SureGroup | Commerce in Africa is deeply facilitated by cash, but cash-based transactions are expensive, unsafe, and difficult to track. Suregifts identified an opportunity to take advantage of the growth and adoption of the internet and all things digital in Africa by creating a simple, yet safe alternative currency to be utilised for specific purposes;Vouchers.At the core of what SureGifts does, is selling and maintaining an inventory of vouchers, which can be exchanged between two or more parties, and spent at a closed but extensive network of merchants across Africa for a near-unlimited assortment of goods and services. | $300K | Seed | May 18, 2015 |  |
| SureGroup | Commerce in Africa is deeply facilitated by cash, but cash-based transactions are expensive, unsafe, and difficult to track. Suregifts identified an opportunity to take advantage of the growth and adoption of the internet and all things digital in Africa by creating a simple, yet safe alternative currency to be utilised for specific purposes;Vouchers.At the core of what SureGifts does, is selling and maintaining an inventory of vouchers, which can be exchanged between two or more parties, and spent at a closed but extensive network of merchants across Africa for a near-unlimited assortment of goods and services. | $25K | Angel | Jan 07, 2014 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GreenHouse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beta.Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fastforward-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flying Doctors Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-doctors-nigeria) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Venture Garden Group

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Venture Garden Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bunmi Akinyemiju | Founder, CEO & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bunmi-akinyemiju |

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## FAQ

### What does Bunmi Akinyemiju invest in?

Bunmi Akinyemiju invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bunmi Akinyemiju's check size?

Bunmi Akinyemiju typically joins rounds of $300k–$1.5M at Seed and $10k–$425k 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 Bunmi Akinyemiju participates in.

### When did Bunmi Akinyemiju last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bunmi Akinyemiju closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 10 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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