# LoftyInc Capital

> LoftyInc Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 173 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Carmel, United States
- Total investments: 173
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Fund size: $14M
- Last fund: Aug 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/loftyinc-capital-managment/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/loftyincvc/
- Website: http://loftyinccapital.vc/

LoftyInc Capital is a VC fund in Carmel focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Over the last decade, LoftyInc Capital has invested over $25m into over 150 of Africa’s fastest growing enterprises, including three unicorns, and attracted c.USD1.5b in follow-on funding into our portfolio companies. With an overall goal to prioritize long-term growth and sustained benefits to communities, we have also built an extensive ecosystemin the process, spanning tech hubs, angel networks, and talent platforms. Across all funds, we have realized 14 exits and achieved 3.8x net DPI on our LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 2.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$2.4M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $200k–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 27 | 16% |
| FinTech | 24 | 14% |
| Software | 20 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 16 | 9% |
| Health Care | 14 | 8% |

175 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 71 | 41% |
| Pre-Seed | 52 | 30% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 5% |
| Series A | 8 | 5% |
| Series B | 2 | 1% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 38 | 22% |
| Nigeria | 27 | 16% |
| Egypt | 13 | 8% |
| Kenya | 6 | 3% |
| South Africa | 5 | 3% |

26 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Idris Ayodeji Bello | Founding Partner & Portfolio Manager | 37 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idris-ayodeji-bello |
| Kevin Simmons | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-simmons-54d6 |
| Lydia Idem | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lydia-idem-finkley |
| Mariam Kamel | General Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mariam-kamel |
| Marsha Wulff | Co-Founder | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marsha-wulff |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cauridor | Cauridor is a Financial Services company. | $2M | Series A | May 11, 2026 |  |
| WafR | WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops. | $4M | Seed | Feb 20, 2026 |  |
| Nucleon Security | Nucleon Security is a cybersecurity software company that develops advanced, AI-powered endpoint protection solutions based on Zero Trust principles. Our mission is to help organizations of all sizes detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats in real time—without compromising performance, usability, or sovereignty.At the core of our offeringis Nucleon EDR, a next-generation Endpoint Detection & Response platform designed to provide deep visibility, proactive defense, and automated response capabilities. Complemented by our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) services and Malprob, our malware detonation sandbox, we deliver a comprehensive security stack that adapts to evolving threat landscapes.Headquartered in France with operations across Europe and Africa, Nucleon Security partners with critical infrastructure, governments, and enterprises to strengthen their cyber resilience and accelerate secure digital transformation. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Salus Cloud | Salus Cloud is an AI-native platform for engineers to develop and manage security. | $3.7M | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| WideBot AI | WideBot is the first bot builder platform in the MENA region. We allow anyone to build his own intelligent chatbot without any coding or technical experience in just 10 minutes. | $3M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Mtor | Mtor is an online marketplace that is reshaping the automotive aftermarket and provides sophisticated technology solutions. | $2.8M | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| EMTECH | EMTECH is a fintech company that modernizes central banks for financial inclusion and resilience. It offers design and builds services for digital currency-based solutions customized for their economy. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York. | $4M | Seed | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Farmz2U | Helping farmers farm better with tailored agricultural expertise using data and access to market | $500K | Seed | Jul 31, 2023 |  |
| Terragon Group | Terragon is a leading Data and Marketing Technology company that uses data and analytics to help companies focused in Africa, intelligently connect at scale to their customers. We use an aggregation of online and offline data, and predictive scoring to help brands, marketing agencies and platforms accurately target people across channels anddevices. Headquartered in Lagos; Nigeria, we also have a presence in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India. | $9M | Series B | Jul 27, 2023 |  |
| Craydel | Craydel is transforming the way students and working professionals in Africa discover, compare and apply to higher education. Our online platform has thousands of quality undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational programs offering degrees, diplomas and degrees, certificates from leading universities and colleges in 15 countries around the world.Many of these programs are even available online from the comfort of your home.Craydel makes it easy for you to compare and select the programs and institutions that best fit your career goals, personality, grades and budget. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 07, 2023 |  |

10 of 173 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does LoftyInc Capital invest in?

LoftyInc Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 173 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is LoftyInc Capital's check size?

LoftyInc Capital typically joins rounds of $100k–$5M at Seed, $100k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed and $200k–$10M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LoftyInc Capital participates in.

### How do I contact LoftyInc Capital?

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### Who are the partners at LoftyInc Capital?

The team at LoftyInc Capital includes Idris Ayodeji Bello (Founding Partner & Portfolio Manager), Kevin Simmons (General Partner) and Lydia Idem (Chief Operating Officer), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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