Top 5 Recruiting VC Funds & Investors in Nigeria (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Zedcrest Capital Limited
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $500k–$3.7M |
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LoftyInc Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $100k–$37M |
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Leadpath Nigeria
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Software | $35k–$1.1M |
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Praxis
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Nigeria, Kenya | Seed, Grant, Venture - Series Unknown | Non Profit, Education, Health Care | $120k–$16M |
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The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Kenya | Grant, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Non Profit, Association, Health Care | $83k–$3.8M |
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Zedcrest Capital is a full-service capital management firm, with core interests in fixed income securities trading, asset management and proprietary investments
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $10M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- PaidHR — PaidHR works with organizations to streamline how they manage their staff. Our precisely created solutions enable them to create the ideal place to work.
- Pade HCM — Hire, manage and pay your global team Hire anyone in Africa and automate onboarding, team management, payroll, compliance and much more.
- Salus Cloud — Empowering developers worldwide with seamless and secure application deployment and management. Join the revolution. #Salus_Cloud
LoftyInc Capital Management empowers Afropreneurs to build a prosperous and equitable future in Africa. We deliver value to both founders and investors.........
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Egypt
Investor stats
- Total investments: 187
- Round size: Seed $100k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.4M; Series A $250k–$37M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $43M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Cauridor — Cauridor is a Financial Services company.
- WafR — WafR is a reward-based loyalty startup that allows users to earn phone recharges while shopping at retail shops.
- Nucleon Security — Zero-Trust and ML-based Endpoint Detection and Response Platform #EDR #FDR #EndpointSecurity
The Ultimate Information Hub
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Software
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $35k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fashpa — Welcome to Nigeria’s leading online fashion destination! Shopping online at Fashpa.com in Nigeria means the days of looking through endless boutiques and car boot sales to find that perfect fashion item and buying it at an expensive price when you do are long gone. Whether you are searching for the latest trends, clothing items, shoes,accessories or beauty products, FASHPA.COM brings you a huge collection of brands from which to choose the very best and latest. From shoes, such as heels, espadrilles, flats, sandals for women, wedges, down to clothes, like, swimwear, shorts, underwear or lingerie, and fashion jewelry. Our extensive range of international and local brands and designers such as Topshop, New look, Asos and Zara are literally at your fingertips. Our Mission is simple, the latest trends, hottest brands and best prices all delivered to your doorstep.At FASHPA Nigeria, we believe your online shopping experience should be fantastic and enjoyed as if you visited the best fashion store in Nigeria in person.This is why we have the latest collections and we remove all the stress and make sure you are able to receive your FASHPA order as quickly as possible - in major cities that's usually 1-3 working days. Enjoy free delivery in Lagos or a low shipping rate outside lagos with multiple payment options such as Pay Online, Bank Deposit and cash on delivery. Getting your fashion fix has never been easier and more secure.
- Piggyvest — Piggyvest is a very secure online savings platform that makes saving possible by combining discipline plus flexibility to make you grow your savings.
- Leadspace — We provide reliable and flexible coworking/office spaces for entrepreneurs or founders of small and medium-sized businesses. A @p_incubator Company
We are a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship, supporting founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to love their neighbors and renew culture.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Education, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Grant, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 302
- Round size: Seed $120k–$7M; Venture - Series Unknown $200k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Orb Aerospace — Building Better Airplanes Faster
- iDebate Rwanda — Building a lasting network of skills, relationships and opportunity with young people in Rwanda.
- Kokari Coconuts & Company — Ko-ka-ri means "let the good go around". We believe this is the magic of coconuts. At Kokari, we transform every part of the coconut into wholesome products made with simple, clean ingredients. Africa has always understood less is more.
William H. Draper, III and Robin Richards Donohoe began investing together in the venture industry in 1994 concentrating on building companies in India. Since 1994, they have invested in over one hundred early stage information technology investments both in India and the United States. In 2010, the Foundation joined forces with Robert S. Kaplan,formerly vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs and currently professor of leadership at Harvard Business School. Together the team raised their second fund inviting fourteen innovative philanthropists to join the fund.
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- Industry: Non Profit, Association, Health Care
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, India, Kenya
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Seed $83k–$3.8M; Grant $100k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $300k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Farm to Feed — One third of all food is lost or wasted, enough to feed the number of hungry people twice worldwide. Food loss and waste contributes to 10% of greenhouse gases globally. We aggregate and repurpose imperfect and surplus produce to create a healthier planet.
- Energiesprong — Energiesprong is a revolutionary, whole house refurbishment and new built standard and funding approach. Mission: scale this approach to international markets.
- Honeycomb Credit — Grow your business and raise up to $250,000 in crowdfunded community capital from your customers, fans, and local friends.
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