Top 15 Restaurants Startup Investors in Nigeria in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Restaurants startups based in Nigeria. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Restaurants companies from Nigeria. We update this investor list every month.

Top 15 Restaurants Startup Investors in Nigeria in January 2026

Investor	Restaurants Nigeria investments
Goodwater Capital	1
Unpopular Ventures	1
HoaQ	1
Karthik Ramakrishnan	1
Shola Akinlade	1
Sudeep Ramnani	1
True Culture Fund	1
African Co-Investment Syndicate	1
FoundersX Ventures	1
Juan Pablo Ortega	1
Levare Ventures	1
Microtraction	1
Ezra Olubi	1
Simon Borrero	1
Haleakala Ventures	1

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Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

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Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Foodology — Foodology creates and operates digital restaurant brands made for delivery.The company aims to be a delivery-focused restaurant group in Latam. With its portfolio of virtual brands operated through cloud kitchens, Foodology strives to create a best in class delivery experience for its customers.The company was founded in 2019 by HarvardBusiness School classmates Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Guillermo Azuero.
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Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United Kingdom, Togo

Portfolio highlights

Clafiya — Clafiya connects patients to health practitioners to provide fast and affordable on-demand primary care services in Africa.
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Karthik Ramakrishnan is an Engineering Executive @ Amazon Alexa.

Investment focus

EdTech, Banking, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
Nigeria, India

Portfolio highlights

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Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.

Investment focus

FinTech, Education, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Seed
Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda

Portfolio highlights

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Sudeep Ramnani is a Technology Entrepreneur and Investor

Investment focus

Credit, FinTech, InsurTech
Seed, Angel
Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

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Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.

True Culture Fund is a venture capital fund managed by True Capital Management.

Investment focus

Apps, Social Media, Information Technology
Seed, Series A
Nigeria, United States

Portfolio highlights

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Investing in Africa across Fintech, Healthtech, E-commerce, B2B SaaS and Future of Work

Investment focus

Marketplace, Restaurants, Food Delivery
Pre-Seed
Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

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FoundersX Ventures is a cross-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, with strong investment focus on game-changing technologies in high growth industries, including Biotech, digital healthcare, enterprise AI, fintech and foodtech.