# John Obaro

> John Obaro is a seed investor at SystemSpecs backing E-Commerce and Marketplace. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SystemSpecs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/systemspecs)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tani-obaro-75a8a5
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jtojohn?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechpointAfrica/posts/2851386244902641

John Obaro is a distinguished alumnus of both Ahmadu Bello University, University of Lagos, and the Chief Executive Program (CEP3) of Lagos Business School. He has served at various times on the Boards of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Information and Communication Technology, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ComputerProfessionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Governing Council of the National ICT Incubation Program (iDea), and many more.He is a fellow of the Center for African Policy Development and Research, Glasgow, Scotland; a Fellow of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS); an ex-member of the Governing Council of Computers Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN) – the highest industry practice regulatory body; and immediate past 1st Vice President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON). John Obaro was recently recognised with the honour of Leadership in Technology at the 2016 African Achievement Awards in Scotland and also recognised as the ICT Software Personality of the Year 2016 at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Award, in addition to other numerous indigenous and international awards he has received over the years.John Obaro’s successful entrepreneurial adventure in software development architecture has attracted and continues to attract attention from both local and international quarters. The prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) of the Pan-Atlantic University has written two case studies on SystemSpecs while many newspapers, magazines and journals have also featured him at one time or the other.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vendease | VendEase is a marketplace that lets restaurants in Africa, order supplies directly from farms and food manufacturers. Think of us as Amazon, but for food businesses. | $3.2M | Seed | Oct 25, 2021 |  |
| Vendease | VendEase is a marketplace that lets restaurants in Africa, order supplies directly from farms and food manufacturers. Think of us as Amazon, but for food businesses. | $3.2M | Seed | Aug 09, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hack VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hack-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kube VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kube-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MAGIC Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magic-carpet) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About SystemSpecs

VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria

Founded in 1992 with the aim of developing human capital management and financial software solutions, SystemSpecs Limited has emerged as a household name and pioneer of the software industry in Africa, with over two decades of providing robust solutions to individuals, corporate organisations – small, medium and large, and government at state andfederal levels in Nigeria and on the African continent.SystemSpecs commenced operations with the sales and support of SunSystems, the globally renowned financial management solution, and its own indigenously developed payroll and human resource management solution, HumanManager, which has revolutionised the Payroll and HR processes of several organisations and has been a market leader for over 20 years. SystemSpecs is now regarded as the leading electronic financial transactions company, from Africa to the rest of the world, through the deployment and support of its flagship product, Remita, which powers the Federal Government of Nigeria’s Treasury Single Account project – the largest and most successful of its kind in Africa.As a software house with humble beginnings, SystemSpecs has remained committed only to software development and is today Nigeria’s foremost software house. Several years on, the wholly indigenous software house remains firmly committed to its vision from inception: to become the software house of reference in Africa. SystemSpecs is convinced that this vision will give the continent its deserved recognition on the global software landscape.

1 contacts available at SystemSpecs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Obaro | Managing Director/Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-obaro |

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## FAQ

### What does John Obaro invest in?

John Obaro invests primarily in E-Commerce, Marketplace and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is John Obaro's check size?

John Obaro typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$3.2M 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 John Obaro participates in.

### When did John Obaro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Obaro closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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