# GreenHouse Capital

> GreenHouse Capital is a VC fund in Ikeja backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 64 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ikeja, Nigeria
- Total investments: 64
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akinyemiju
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/greenhousecap
- Website: http://greenhouse.capital/

GreenHouse Capital is a VC fund in Ikeja focused on Financial Services and FinTech. GreenHouse Capital’s Founding Partners took their own fintech company Venture Garden Group (VGG) from a 7 employee, ₦30 million revenue startup to a 200 employees, ₦2 billion power house in just 4 years and raised an attention grabbing Series A round from Convergence Partners of South Africa. The uniqueness of their position was not lost on thefounders who then cultivated Garden Institute of Business Entrepreneurs (GIBE) to identify, incubate, and invest in young and innovative tech startups solving global challenges in Emerging Markets. GIBE was created to build a world class talent management hub for young and passionate entrepreneurs while creating a pool of technology inclined businesses and innovation oriented leaders.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 28 | 44% |
| FinTech | 21 | 33% |
| Payments | 13 | 20% |
| Finance | 7 | 11% |
| Mobile Payments | 7 | 11% |

70 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 24 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 22 | 34% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 6% |
| Series A | 3 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 22 | 34% |
| United States | 9 | 14% |
| Kenya | 8 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 6% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 5% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zone | Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies. | $8.5M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| MarketForce | MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform. | $20M | Convertible Note | Jan 22, 2023 |  |
| Zemo | Zemo is a developer of a corporate expense management platform designed to do away with time-consuming expense reports and unnecessary spending in firms. Businesses can effectively manage their cashflow spending thanks to the company's spend management technology, which places controls on the cards issued to ensure spending is fully undercontrol and also provides administrators and accountants with visibility into the company's spending for every employee. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Keble | Keble is a platform that provides young Africans in the diaspora with accessible and affordable real estate options. They 're democratizing the benefits of real estate investing, providing Africans with a secure and stable way to build wealth. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| MANO | Mano is an AI-powered marketplace revolutionising on-demand delivery. With a seamless platform, Mano connects users to Quickmart, restaurants, flowers, gifts, electronics, and appliances, ensuring ultra-fast delivery in minutes. Leveraging advanced AI, Mano optimizes logistics, enhances customer experience, and enables bulk and wholesale orderingfor businesses. As a leader in instant commerce, Mano is redefining convenience with cutting-edge technology and smart delivery solutions. | $1M | Seed | Oct 03, 2022 |  |
| Credpal | Credpal is an innovative solution that allows businesses and individuals to buy anything and pay for it in installments across online and offline merchants by providing them with access to credit at the point of checkout. It provides a platform that offers transparency in services facilitating users to set up their accounts and choose their paymentplan to minimize risk and connect to multiple financial institutions that provide credit for customers.Credpal was launched in 2018 by Fehintolu Olaogun and Olorunfemi Jegede and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. | $15M | Convertible Note | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| Credpal | Credpal is an innovative solution that allows businesses and individuals to buy anything and pay for it in installments across online and offline merchants by providing them with access to credit at the point of checkout. It provides a platform that offers transparency in services facilitating users to set up their accounts and choose their paymentplan to minimize risk and connect to multiple financial institutions that provide credit for customers.Credpal was launched in 2018 by Fehintolu Olaogun and Olorunfemi Jegede and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. | $16.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Encore Pay | Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| Yep! | Yep! is a “financial super app” with payments, remittance, and banking features. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Mar 09, 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 |  |

10 of 64 investments shown.

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- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does GreenHouse Capital invest in?

GreenHouse Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 64 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did GreenHouse Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for GreenHouse Capital closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 64 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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