Ventures Platform
VC Fund
Abuja, Nigeria
Ventures Platform is a VC fund in Abuja focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Ventures Platform Fund is a discovery fund that invests early in mission-driven founders that are building capital-efficient platforms that democratise prosperity, plug infrastructural gaps, connect underrepresented communities, solve for non-consumption, and improve livelihoods in Africa.
- Total investments:
- 173
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
- Fund size:
- $84M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Ventures Platform invests in
Stages Ventures Platform invests in
Countries Ventures Platform invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 29 (17%)
- FinTech 27 (16%)
- Internet 13 (8%)
- Information Technology 12 (7%)
- Finance 11 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 62 (36%)
- Pre-Seed 51 (29%)
- Funding Round 5 (3%)
- Series A 4 (2%)
- Grant 1 (1%)
Country
- Nigeria 54 (31%)
- United States 21 (12%)
- Kenya 2 (1%)
- Canada 2 (1%)
- Senegal 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dotun Olowoporoku
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Kayode Oyewole
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Kola Aina
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 65 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners . | Pre-Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Cybervergent is a company that helps entities across Africa and beyond seamlessly achieve governance, security, privacy, compliance, and risk management across digital ecosystems. Our platform provides organisations with a single platform to manage compliance, risk, privacy, audit and data security. With AI-powered automation, it helps you cut downmanual effort, reduce risk exposure, and demonstrate trust to regulators, customers, and stakeholders. | $3M / Seed / Mar 05, 2026 | ||
| SunFi tech solution help people access solar energy with installation and payment plans. | $1M / May 30, 2025 | ||
| OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products. | $20M / Series A / Apr 28, 2025 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Maad is Francophone Africa's fastest-growing B2B marketplace, based in Dakar, Senegal. Our tech-driven solution allows retailers to order products from our one-stop shop and benefit from working capital loans | $2.3M / Seed / May 13, 2024 | ||
| MDaaS Global operates tech-enabled diagnostic centers in clinically-underserved communities. MDaaS Global connects low-income and middle-income patients with modern, convenient, and affordable diagnostic services, helping patients to identify health issues earlier, gain access to medical specialists and treatment options, and ultimately, livehealthier, happier lives. | $3M / Seed / Mar 06, 2024 | ||
VOOM
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VOOM is a tech enabled platform built to simplify and disrupt the buying & selling used car market. | Pre-Seed / Feb 14, 2024 | |
| Shekel provides financing and management system software for auto dealerships. | $3.2M / Seed / Nov 13, 2023 | ||
| See all 173 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ventures Platform invest in?
Ventures Platform invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 173 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ventures Platform's check size?
Ventures Platform typically joins rounds of $100k–$4M at Seed and $100k–$2M 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 Ventures Platform participates in.
How do I contact Ventures Platform?
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Who are the partners at Ventures Platform?
The team at Ventures Platform includes Dotun Olowoporoku (General Partner), Kayode Oyewole (Partner) and Kola Aina (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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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