Top 5 Retail Angel Investors in Nigeria (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Varsha Rao
Angel
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2 | United States, India, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $2M–$63M |
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Adebowale Martins
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Retail, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Baljinder Sharma
Angel
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1 | Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Retail, Payments | $200k–$1M |
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Michael Novogratz
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services | $1.1M–$150M |
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O.D. Kobo
Angel
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1 | China, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Internet, Social Media, Information Technology | $250k–$32M |
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Varsha Rao is an Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners, former Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, CEO of Nurx and COO at Clover Health. She was the Co-Founder of Eve.com. Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.She is an active angel investors withsuccessful investments in AI-Infra, Healthcare, Vertical AI, Consumer Tech and more.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $2M–$15M; Series A $5M–$46M; Series B $12M–$63M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
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Adebowale Martins
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- Industry: Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hazina — Hazina provides technology and distribution for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands to improve the quality of insights and engagements from their product sampling campaigns. Hazina matches consumers to product samples from CPGs, delivers directly to consumers at home, and aggregates the feedback and engagements as insights back to the brand.
Baljinder Sharma Launch Africa Ventures.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KUNE — Kune is a foodtech start-up based in Nairobi. We produce quality take-away meals at an affordable price and distribute it to individuals, retails, and corporate. Following a pre-seed round, Kune is building a 5000 meals-a-day food factory and hiring its founding team.
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- Pricepally — Pricepally provides access to affordable, nutritious, traceable and secure food items in Africa’s urban cities. Pricepally is a wholesale and sharing economy e-commerce platform that enables people to buy food in bulk or share bulk food items with others online to leverage their collective bargaining power.
Michael E. Novogratz is based out of New York, New York, and is the Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital. Michael previously served at Partner and President of Fortress Investment Group. Michael E. Novogratz attended Princeton University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.5M; Series A $11M–$26M; Series B $60M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Curative — Get on-the-go COVID-19 testing and other essential health services, wherever you are.
- Verandah — Verandah is story based conscious luxury resort brand retailing amongst the top 100 in the global luxury resort wear space with design roots strongly based in India. Verandah also has a line of 100% Italian made sustainable swimwear to compliment the season-less ready to wear line.
- Mansa — Built by Black creators with a passion for making culture-positive content, Mansa is the only place to stream the best in Global Black stories
O.D. Kobo is an alternative asset manager with more than two decades of experience leading capital deployment, structured finance, and cross-border investment execution across institutional, sovereign, and principal-backed mandates, with a sectoral focus on technology, energy, and infrastructure.
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- Industry: Internet, Social Media, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: China, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $250k–$2M; Series A $3M–$5M; Series B $12M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kobo360 — Kobo360 is Africa's leading supply chain technology platform. We are simplifying the supply chain ecosystem with end-to-end tech products, providing a 360-degree view to all stakeholders.
- GiveHope — Voted the #1 Most Reliable Fundraising Website for Personal Causes #GiveHope
- Totally Bored — Totally Bored is a trivia-style app designed to provide light-hearted amusement.
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