# Chinook Capital Limited

> Chinook Capital Limited is a VC fund in Lagos backing EdTech and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chinook-capital-limited
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/chinookng
- Website: http://www.chinook-capital.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chinook-capital-479060032481803

Chinook Capital Limited is a VC fund in Lagos focused on EdTech and Software. Chinook Capital is focused on investments in seed- and pre-stage companies in internet software, services, and media sectors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Retail | 1 | 11% |
| Internet | 1 | 11% |
| Health Care | 1 | 11% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 5 | 56% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Suru Avoseh | Partner and Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suru-avoseh |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edves | Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation. | $450K | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 10, 2022 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Propel | Propel is building an ecosystem for the future of work. The core offering is a CaaS (Community-as-a-Service) powered platform that helps fast-growing, post-raise companies across the world fill their critical tech hires with world-class African talent, either for full-time, remote or hybrid roles.With a talent focus on emerging markets with highgrowth potential, Propel is currently building the largest combined community of tech ecosystems in Africa, providing talent in these communities with access to work, embedded finance and other extended community benefits. | $56.2K | Pre-Seed | Jul 02, 2020 |  |
| Lifestores Pharmacy | Lifestores Pharmacy is a retail pharmacy start-up bringing disruptive innovation to the pharmaceutical sector. | $1M |  | Feb 26, 2020 |  |
| Lifestores Pharmacy | Lifestores Pharmacy is a retail pharmacy start-up bringing disruptive innovation to the pharmaceutical sector. | $1M | Seed | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Edves | Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation. | $120K | Seed | Nov 02, 2018 |  |
| Youverify | Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification. | $350K | Seed | Jul 13, 2018 |  |
| Safi.NG | Premium On-demand Drycleaning and Laundry to your door. | $500K | Seed | Oct 01, 2016 |  |
| Codepym | Codepym is a Software company that is focused primarily on education. Since its inception in 2016, Codepym has continued to take giants strides in reinventing learning and inspiring people to make lifelong positive impact.With more than 100 institutions, (primary, secondary, tertiary, and learning centres), with over 50 staff, everything we dohas our clients at the epicentre. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 05, 2016 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Consonance Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consonance-investment-managers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flying Doctors Nigeria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-doctors-nigeria) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growth-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Actions Capital (fka K50 Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/K50Ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kepple Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kepple-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Launch Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Chinook Capital Limited invest in?

Chinook Capital Limited invests primarily in EdTech, Software and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chinook Capital Limited's check size?

Chinook Capital Limited typically joins rounds of $120k–$1M 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 Chinook Capital Limited participates in.

### How do I contact Chinook Capital Limited?

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### Who are the partners at Chinook Capital Limited?

The team at Chinook Capital Limited includes Suru Avoseh (Partner and Co-Founder). 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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