# Leadpath Nigeria

> Leadpath Nigeria is a VC fund in Lagos backing Banking, FinTech and Finance. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 6
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/LeadPathNG
- Website: http://leadpath.com.ng
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadpathng/

LeadPath Nigeria is a seed capital fund that specializes in providing short, medium and long term funding to small and medium sized start-up businesses in high growth technology areas such as software, web and mobile technologies.At LeadPath, their mission is to power legendary companies in Africa by bridging the gap between start-up to marketdominance. Hence, they work with only technology entrepreneurs who have an irrevocable appetite for achieving the extraordinary.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Debit Cards | 1 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Piggyvest | Piggyvest enables Nigerian debit card holders save little amounts of money frequently with minimal effort. They automate the process of saving tiny amounts daily, weekly, or monthly; and then allowing you to withdraw for free on only set withdrawal dates thereby practically making saving more possible for you by eliminating the temptation towithdraw.Piggyvest is a platform that helps individuals and businesses manage their finances effectively - save and invest with ease.As Piggybank.ng, Piggyvest operated in partnership with 2 Microfinance banks and used their licenses. However, in early 2018, Piggyvest acquired Gold Microfinance bank and its license. Piggyvest is also a registered cooperative- Piggytech Cooperative Multipurpose Society Limited (Registration number, 16555). All saved funds are now warehoused with and managed by AIICO Capital, the leading asset management company in Nigeria, registered and licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). | $1.1M | Seed | May 31, 2018 |  |
| AfriQbuy | Africa Afriqbuy is an online one-stop shop selling brand new and U.K. used phones, laptops, servers, and any other electronic gadget. It is an African digital market connecting technology related merchants with customers all over Africa. It allows users to shop from multiple merchants, checkout, and pay via one shopping cart.Africa Afriqbuyalso allows individual merchants manage their own accounts, and they have full control over product listing and price setting. The platform is based in Lagos. |  | Seed |  |  |
| Meditell | Meditell is a robust and user-friendly platform for scheduling reminders to patients or guardians, to ensure medical adherence. ‘Meditexts’ and/or ‘Medicalls’ are scheduled to patients or guardians with reminders on their medication, irrespective of the type of mobile phones they are holding. |  | Seed |  |  |
| RealE | RealE is an easy-to-use property management application with all the tools an estate agent or property manager requires to carry out his or her daily tasks from managing properties to clients engagement. Features include client management, property sharing/publishing, customised forms for letters, reminders, search and analytics. |  | Seed |  |  |
| PushCV | PushCV is a service that provides unlimited access to pre-screened and fully tested candidates for top organisations.They are focused on the features that matter most to an employer and hence, the job seeker. Through continued iteration on difficult employment problems, they seek to provide continuous improvements to the service that alreadymakes thousands of people find their dream jobs a lot faster, safer and more seamless.In PushCV, they believe that if great people are employed in an organisation, that organisation will expand, thereby creating more Jobs for others. Their systems were built from scratch, allowing scalability, flexibility and creativity. Their dedication and cross collaborative efforts to improving on this service helps us apply what they've learned to new products. They believe that persons should secure jobs based on what they know (Skill, Knowledge and experience) rather than who they know. |  | Seed |  |  |
| Uregista | URegista is an online form builder that can be used to create contact forms, event registration forms, surveys etc and can also process payments through your form. It is the only form builder fully serving African entrepreneurs and businesses by supporting popular apps among African businesses. |  | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ventures Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-platform) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Village Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Leadpath Nigeria invest in?

Leadpath Nigeria invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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