# Ik Kanu

> Ik Kanu is a pre-seed investor at Atlantica Ventures backing FinTech and Internet. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Atlantica Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantica-ventures-ac1b)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ng.linkedin.com/in/ik-kanu-3027b3

Ik Kanu is a pre-seed investor at Atlantica Ventures focused on FinTech and Internet. Ik Kanu is the Founding Partner at Atlantica Ventures. He attended New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 50% |
| Internet | 2 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 50% |
| Insurance | 2 | 50% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salus Cloud | Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security. | $3.7M | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Nosible | Nosible is the creator of a search engine that helps investors find appropriate investment ideas. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2025 |  |
| Curacel | AI Driven claim processing and fraud detection for African health insurers | $450K | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Curacel | Curacel is an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management. Curacel automates the insurance claims process, allowing staff to process claims volumes quickly and efficiently, and automatically vets claims to detect fraud, waste and abuse. Curacel was established in 2019 by Henry Mascot in Ikoyi, Lagos. | $450K | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Consonance Investment Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consonance-investment-managers) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kepple Africa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kepple-africa-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LoftyInc Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loftyinc-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [P1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/p1-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Atlantica Ventures

VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria

Atlantica Ventures provide capital to early stage companies in addition to growth support.

2 contacts available at Atlantica Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ik Kanu | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ik-kanu |
| Anikó Szigetvári | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aniko-szigetvari |

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## FAQ

### What does Ik Kanu invest in?

Ik Kanu invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and 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.

### When did Ik Kanu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ik Kanu closed in Jun 2025. 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.

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