# Lexi Novitske

> Lexi Novitske is a seed investor at Singularity Investments backing B2B and Banking. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Singularity Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singularity-investments)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexi-novitske-cfa-a5054a4/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/anovitske
- Website: https://x.com/anovitske
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexi.novitske

Lexi Novitske is a seed investor at Singularity Investments focused on B2B and Banking. n 2012 Lexi moved to Nigeria, from The United States, believing that the country held immense untapped potential. In 2014, Lexi launched Singularity Investments, a venture capital vehicle backed by the Darwish family office. Singularity lends its relationships and expertise to source extraordinary investment opportunities, while supplying theskills, resources, and capital to grow portfolio companies into industry leaders across Africa.Lexi previously managed investments at Nigerian private equity firm Verod Capital Management. Prior to joining Verod, she was focused on Africa investments at Small Enterprise Assistance funds and in financial services at New York-based Sandler O’Neill Asset Management. Lexi is a board member and advisor to several companies and faculty member and mentor to several accelerators and startup academies. Lexi is a CFA Charterholder and Kauffman Fellow.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 25% |
| Banking | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 13% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 13% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lua | Lua provides AI-powered virtual agents for sales, support, and bookings across channels like WhatsApp, Messenger, and email. | $5.8M | Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Raenest | Raenest helps African talents get paid in minutes by clients and businesses globally while saving costs on fees by automating their invoicing and using foreign bank accounts with cards to localise their payments | $11M | Series A | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Nala | Nala is a FinTech company developing a mobile payments application to simplify money transfers and transactions without data connectivity. Their services include financial inclusion, digital financial services, mobile money, and fintech. | $40M | Series A | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Smile ID | At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They havedeveloped image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters.Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda. | $20M | Series B | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Smile ID | At Smile Identity they believe anyone should be able to prove their identity easily, anywhere in the world. Their team is made up of American and African engineers and financial services professionals with experience across global markets in highly regulated environments. They have built encryption, authentication and security solutions. They havedeveloped image processing technology from the chip level up. They have been part of security investigations and have pursued fraudsters.Having worked with, or for, telecoms, lenders, banks and startups, they know the challenges of building world class technology and they understand the needs of the African consumer and enterprise customer. They are backed by leading Silicon Valley & African investors and they have pan-African reach, with representation in the United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda. | $20M | Series B | Feb 13, 2023 |  |
| Brass | Brass is a digital bank that provides small and medium businesses with a suite of products and tools designed to help them grow. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| Asoko Insight | Asoko Insight is Africa’s leading corporate information platform, providing market mapping solutions to investment firms, banks, corporates and governments looking for research on Africa’s key private sector landscapes. Users can access industry reports, supply chain analyses, and a database of companies to help with origination, businessdevelopment and due diligence. The company's local research analysts, based out of several regional offices, work with executives and data partners to monitor corporate data from key companies in the region. As Asoko consolidates their footprint in the largest economies, they are also expanding data collection operations to surrounding countries across the continent. | $3.6M | Series A | Apr 06, 2018 |  |
| Asoko Insight | Asoko Insight is Africa’s leading corporate information platform, providing market mapping solutions to investment firms, banks, corporates and governments looking for research on Africa’s key private sector landscapes. Users can access industry reports, supply chain analyses, and a database of companies to help with origination, businessdevelopment and due diligence. The company's local research analysts, based out of several regional offices, work with executives and data partners to monitor corporate data from key companies in the region. As Asoko consolidates their footprint in the largest economies, they are also expanding data collection operations to surrounding countries across the continent. | $3M | Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Two Culture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/two-culture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Costanoa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/costanoaventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Intercept Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intercept-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Singularity Investments

VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria

Singularity is a private investment company led by one of Africa’s most prominent and successful entrepreneurs, Issam Darwish, Founder, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of IHS Towers.They look to invest in, and support, dynamic entrepreneurs and teams that lead disruptive technology, media and telecommunications companies which are building thefuture.Their focus is at the early and growth stages of these businesses, where they can provide real strategic value through their network and experience to help them achieve scale.They are always excited to speak to entrepreneurs that share their excitement and passion for making an impact. Please contact one of their professionals below to see if they are the right partner for you and your team.

3 contacts available at Singularity Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lexi Novitske | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lexi-novistske |
| Mo Darwish | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mo-darwish |
| Nathan Kelly | Principal Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-kelly |

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## FAQ

### What does Lexi Novitske invest in?

Lexi Novitske invests primarily in B2B, Banking and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Lexi Novitske last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lexi Novitske closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 8 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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