West Africa Trade Hub
VC Fund
Abuja, Nigeria
West Africa Trade Hub is a VC fund in Abuja focused on AgTech and Farming. With funding from USAID works with West African businesses to boost regional and global trade by improving the capacity of West Africa private sector and business enabling environment. The Trade Hub promotes more regional trade in key commodities like maize, livestock and rice to address food security, and reduces poverty by boosting globallytraded value-added exports like cashews, mango, shea, and apparel.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries West Africa Trade Hub invests in
Stages West Africa Trade Hub invests in
Countries West Africa Trade Hub invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- AgTech 1 (50%)
- Farming 1 (50%)
- Agriculture 1 (50%)
- Information Technology 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Agric is an agricultural technology providing access to finance, premium markets, and data-driven advisory for smallholder farmers. We fondly call ourselves Farmily and at our core, we are a technology-driven and agribusiness startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food securityand democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platform; thriveagric.com and use these funds to engage farmers with quality inputs, agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle.One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Nestle, Stallion Rice, Grand Cereal, Amo Byng, and a lot more others.We offer farm investment opportunities that create big impact with our farmers and makes you a profit. Need High yield and guaranteed investments that positively affects the lives of rural farmers? there is no better place to look but thriveagric.comBacked by Telefonica’s Wayra, Ventures platform, Ycombinator and Google’s Launchpad, we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilent Africa powered by Agriculture. | $1.8M / Grant / Mar 22, 2022 | ||
| Thrive Agric is an agricultural technology providing access to finance, premium markets, and data-driven advisory for smallholder farmers. We fondly call ourselves Farmily and at our core, we are a technology-driven and agribusiness startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food securityand democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platform; thriveagric.com and use these funds to engage farmers with quality inputs, agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle.One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Nestle, Stallion Rice, Grand Cereal, Amo Byng, and a lot more others.We offer farm investment opportunities that create big impact with our farmers and makes you a profit. Need High yield and guaranteed investments that positively affects the lives of rural farmers? there is no better place to look but thriveagric.comBacked by Telefonica’s Wayra, Ventures platform, Ycombinator and Google’s Launchpad, we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilent Africa powered by Agriculture. | $1.8M / Grant / Jun 21, 2021 |
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FAQ
What does West Africa Trade Hub invest in?
West Africa Trade Hub invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Agriculture startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did West Africa Trade Hub last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for West Africa Trade Hub closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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?
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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