# Microtraction

> Microtraction is a VC fund in Lagos backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 106 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 106
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microtraction/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/microtraction
- Website: https://www.microtraction.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/microtraction/

Microtraction is an investment platform that funds Africa’s most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stages of their venture and helps them build enduring companiesThey identify the best early-stage, growth-driven technology startups with the potential to become billion dollar companies. They get startups to a point wherethey are impressive enough to raise more funding or join world-class accelerators. Finally, they introduce startups to later stage investors and help them navigate the process of raising a larger round of funding.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Microtraction. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Microtraction. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/microtraction?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $30k–$1.3M |
| Angel | $30k–$50k |
| Pre-Seed | $50k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 35 | 33% |
| FinTech | 21 | 20% |
| Software | 15 | 14% |
| Payments | 12 | 11% |
| Finance | 11 | 10% |

115 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 62 | 58% |
| Seed | 24 | 23% |
| Angel | 4 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 2% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 40 | 38% |
| United States | 18 | 17% |
| Ghana | 4 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 4% |
| Kenya | 2 | 2% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Volk | limited Partner & Global Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-volk |
| Yele Bademosi | Founder and Managing Partner | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yele-bademosi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Growwr | Growwr is an AI-native workforce infrastructure platform building the operating system for global work.Its flagship product, Growwr AI, acts as an intelligent hiring agent that helps companies source, screen, evaluate, and hire talent through conversational workflows instead of manual recruiting processes. Companies can describe a role, definehiring priorities, and automatically receive ranked candidates based on verified skills, work history, and performance data.Beyond hiring, Growwr provides integrated global payment infrastructure that enables companies to pay talent across 180+ countries through cards, bank transfers, mobile money, and local payment rails.Because hiring, work, and payments happen inside one system, Growwr continuously generates verified workforce data around earnings, productivity, reliability, and work consistency. The company is leveraging this infrastructure to build workforce financial services including payroll, invoicing, credit scoring, and access to financial products for professionals in emerging markets.Growwr supports 90,000+ users across 15 countries, has processed over millions in payouts, and serves businesses across Africa, the UK, and the US.The company is building the AI and financial infrastructure layer powering the future of global work. | $218K | Pre-Seed | Apr 17, 2026 |  |
| Paycrest | Paycrest decentralized payment routing protocol enabling secure conversion and settlement between stablecoins and fiat. | $404K | Pre-Seed | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Cr3dentials | Cr3dentials provides a verification platform for digital earners, confirming income, reputation, and work history. The service links user accounts from marketplaces, creator networks, ecommerce systems, and crypto exchanges, including Upwork, YouTube, Shopify, and Binance. Aggregated data is transformed into verifiable credentials that captureearnings, activity, and tenure. These credentials are designed for sharing with platforms or institutions that need evidence of online work and revenue. The approach reduces manual document exchange and supports consistent proofs for digital workers. Offerings include account linking, data aggregation, and shareable verification profiles. | $20K | Pre-Seed | Feb 05, 2025 |  |
| Juicyway | Juice is a developer of a payment network platform for cross-border business payments for businesses and individuals. It facilitates financial transactions between parties regardless of location to allow enterprises to participate in international trade and the exchange of goods and services. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| PBR Life Sciences | PBR Life Sciences connects businesses with real-world opportunities in life sciences by combining data, technology, and people. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Intron Health | Intron provides clinical speech recognition for 200+ accents spoken in developing countries starting with Africa, reducing documentation time by 6x so doctors can spend more time with patients | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| One Plan | One Plan provides financial and wealth planning for vendors, teachers, mechanics, drivers, and other low and medium income groups. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Dec 14, 2023 |  |
| Aya Data | Aya Data provides data annotations, data collection, natural language processing, and transcription services. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Nov 10, 2023 |  |
| Graph | Graph is a financial technology platform for businesses which provides access to corporate cards, multi-currency accounts, & global payouts. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2023 |  |
| Clafiya | Clafiya connects patients to health practitioners to provide fast and affordable on-demand primary care services in Africa. | $610K | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2023 |  |

10 of 106 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Microtraction invest in?

Microtraction invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 106 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Microtraction's check size?

Microtraction typically joins rounds of $30k–$1.3M at Seed, $30k–$50k at Angel and $50k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Microtraction participates in.

### How do I contact Microtraction?

Public channels for Microtraction include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Microtraction?

The team at Microtraction includes Andy Volk (limited Partner & Global Advisor) and Yele Bademosi (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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