Top 45 Retail VC Funds & Investors in Nigeria (July 2026)

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• STEM Cafe — STEMCafe by RVRB is a fun out of school learning centre for kids
• Juicyway — 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.
• Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.

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• Taeillo — Taeillo is a Furniture and Lifestyle Brand. We design and manufacture Furniture using local resources available with both local and modern technology to create premium furniture pieces with 99% Local content.
• Koolboks — Koolboks: solar-powered, financially accessible fridges with an integrated pay-as-you-go platform dedicated to making cooling accessible to all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Get a Koolboks refrigerator for as little as 25k Naira down payment today!
• Sika — Sika Box offers a comprehensive solution for global payment processing, focusing on bridging the payment divide between global enterprises and emerging markets. Utilizing blockchain and modern technologies, Sika Box re-engineers the payment process from customer acquisition to settlement. The platform enables merchants to offer alternate and localpayment options, facilitating seamless transactions. With a unified payment infrastructure named STASH, Sika Box allows merchants to consolidate payments from across the globe through a single payment gateway integration, simplifying the global commerce landscape for businesses.

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• MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
• unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
• Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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• Blue Sky Analytics — Blue Sky Analytics is a geospatial data intelligence company building a API based catalogue of Environmental Datasets by leveraging Satellite data, AI and cloud.
• Moglix — Moglix is India's leading online store for industrial tools and equipment. Shop now for latest range of industrial products including safety shoes, power tools and more. Free shipping & COD available.
• Myelin Foundry — Myelin Foundry is a deep tech product start-up transforming human experiences and industry outcomes by building Artificial Intelligence algorithms on video, voice, and sensor data, for consumer edge devices

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• Jiseki Health — Jiseki is built on the belief that families and communities need and deserve a safety net, and to have peace of mind when things go wrong. We provide access and delivery of key advice, help, products and services through highly scalable SMS technology, powered by a combination of professionals and AI, and sold as a portable life benefit package..Text #help to 543210, to discover Jiseki services.
• Biome Analytics — Biome is an analytic applications that help cardiovascular teams do their best work. It helps forward thinking hospitals profitably transition and thrive in the new world of healthcare. During COVID-19, Biome has focused on assessing hospital capacity.
• NEXT Life Sciences — NEXT Life Sciences is developing the revolutionary Plan A™ procedure to bring the only scientifically proven technology in the category - Vasalgel® - to market.

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• Releaf Earth — We are industrializing food processing in Africa. We've led 1000+ smallholder farmers to provide food factories with >7.5 million kilograms of quality crops.
• Tripesa — Tripesa offers payment solutions for Africa's travel and tourism industry.
• Plural — Smarter, Faster, Future-Ready Policy Strategy. Plural transforms how enterprises and organizations anticipate and act on legislation. Our AI-powered platform delivers accurate bill analysis, policy insights, and stakeholder intelligence so you can stay ahead of risk, seize opportunity, and shape outcomes. See How It Works Book A Demo Trusted By Deepen Your State & Federal Legislative

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• GetEquity — GetEquity is a NASDAQ for venture capital. We provide an exchange and liquidity for private companies, and an infrastructure for different cadres of venture capital around investing, founder liquidity, and shareholder management
• Healthtracka — Healthtracka is a digital health platform that allows consumer direct access to lab tests bookings, at-home sample collection and digital results in 1-3days
• Helium Health — Helium Health empowers healthcare providers in Africa with digital tools, financing solutions, and data partnerships. Learn more about our innovative solutions.

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• 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.
• Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values ​​and wish to invest in their development.
• Tuteria — Get Home Tutoring Matched to Your Child's Needs. Prepare for IELTS, Common Entrance, IGCSE, GRE & JAMB. Book Lessons in 150+ Subjects Including Music, Coding & Languages.

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• Edves — Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation.
• Youverify — Youverify helps businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using AI, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officersverifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours.Youverify fills the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification.
• Lifestores Pharmacy — Lifestores is a retail pharmacy start-up bringing disruptive innovation to the pharmaceutical sector in Nigeria by democratizing quality medicines and pharmaceutical services.

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• Spring in Africa — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.
• Allpro Technologies — Their mission is to Facilitate the free flow of finance and data in the school ecosystem.
• ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.

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• OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.
• Hinckley Recycling — Hinckley Recycling is dedicated to the responsibility of being a good steward of the environment and will in all circumstances aspire to constantly emphasize awareness of the natural environment, whilst maintaining a level of proficiency which demonstrates bona fide leadership in all spheres of the environment.
• Agent Banking Company — Agent Banking Company provides digital technology solutions that enable access to banking services through bank-approved agents.

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• Intmax — INTMAX has developed significant innovations in ZK implementation making it a unique Layer2 rollup network that offers low cost, security, tunable privacy, and above all, scalability.
• TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.
• Onboard — Onboard helps hardware companies transform their text manuals to 3D, intelligent manuals with instant customer support capabilities.

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• Autochek — Welcome To Autochek Group's Homepage. Read About The Company's Vision And Mission. Select A Country And Apply For Car Loans
• HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
• Ilara Health — Ilara Health helps primary care clinics across Africa deliver better care.

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• Yamify — Yamify is an AI platform where intelligent agents reliably run mission-critical business workflows in Africa. Founded by Silicon Valley engineers, our platform automates complex operations by integrating humans, systems, and infrastructure reliably, even under connectivity, latency, and compliance challenges. Starting with on-prem deployments,Yamify is evolving into a full AI automation infrastructure for African enterprises.
• Shopstar — A place for makers and creators to start, manage and grow successful online stores. Our built-in design, payment and shipping methods provide you with an all in one solution. Get started with a free 14-day trial.
• Kashat — The region's first nano financial service provider, offering small productive loans, and serving as the entry point to financial inclusion for the un- and underbanked population in Egypt.

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• iPNOTE — The iPNOTE AI paralegal manages the entire IP registration workflow: answers attorney questions, reviews deliverables, summarizes documents, tracks deadlines, sends follow-ups to providers, monitors progress from filing to grant, and processes payments. Your team interacts with one intelligent agent that smoothly coordinates with patent attorneysworldwide - turning weeks of manual work into automated efficiency.
• Fineksi — Finskor memiliki misi untuk menjadi penyedia terkemuka layanan penilaian kredit yang akurat dan andal, membantu bank dan lembaga keuangan lainnya untuk membuat keputusan kredit berdasarkan analisis data yang komprehensif.
• Kontigo — We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app.

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• Allswell — Allswell is a queer-founded mental health platform dedicated to making affirming, accessible care available to the LGBTQ+ community, covered by Medicaid & major insurance.
• Magnolia — Magnolia is a creative force to change how we support and dignify the work of family caregivers and ensure more people in more places can age with ease.
• Trial Library — At Trial Library, we partner with the oncology community to enable the discoverability of clinical trials for anyone, anywhere.

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• MaxRetail — Max Retail helps you sell unsold inventory to 80+ million end consumers, buy immediates on our exclusive retailer marketplace and more.
• Ordermark — Ordermark is the fastest-growing restaurant technology service provider in the mobile online ordering space.
• Reibus — Take the hassle out of shipping steel and other industrial metals. Leverage our vast network of international and domestic freight providers.

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• Findigs — Simplify every step of tenant screening with airtight fraud protection. Meet the screening and decisioning system built to get renting right.
• RightsFlow — RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled provider of mechanical licensing and royalty accounting, reporting, and payment services for online music companies, record companies, distributors, artists, and songwriters. The RightsFlow technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licenseesand licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary licensing technology and 30+ million song database allow us to license content, render accounting, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately, ensuring that rights-holders are paid for the use of their work. RightsFlow was acquired by Google in 2011 and is now part of the team at YouTube helping to simplify music licensing, content identification, accounting and payments for songwriters and publishers worldwide.
• Panthalassa — Panthalassa is a technology company focused on developing renewable energy systems in the ocean, particularly to power computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company works on harnessing wave energy to generate electricity at sea, which can then be used to run offshore data centers or converted into fuels that are transported backto land.

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• Ecodudu — Ecodudu is a waste-to-value company. It uses a proprietary innovation to recycle organic waste into high-protein animal feed and organic fertilizer using the black soldier fly. It harnesses insects (nature’s recycling agents) to address global issues which include waste management, demand for protein, and environmental conservation.
• Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
• ShapShap — ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability.

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• My AI — The Me Protocol is the foundational infrastructure that powers a new type of loyalty reward - Frictionless Open Rewards. These unique rewards can be instantly redeemed across any brand or app connected to the Me Protocol.
• Nettle Labs — Nettle is a decentralised payment solution that rewards consumers and businesses for going Net Zero. Nettle makes it easy to take crypto payments globally, reward customers and reduce your CO2e emissions, all in one place.
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• Cellar Insights — Maximize the value of your potato crop with smart remote monitoring. Monitor storage conditions and prevent crop loss with Cellar Insights.
• Brilliant Harvest — Brilliant Harvest is the Most Powerful AI Helpdesk For Equipment Dealers.

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• CrossBoundary — CrossBoundary Energy's renewable energy solutions help decarbonize enterprise by providing cleaner, cheaper and more reliable power.
• NMB Bank — NMB Bank operates the financial markets for the leading commercial banks in the banking industry. Their online services include mobile banking, NMB 3D secure, applying for credit cards, opening savings accounts, and more.
• mopo — Mobile Power's innovative pay-per-use battery sharing network unlocks clean energy for households, businesses and electric transport in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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• Farmcrowdy — Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos.
• Foodlocker — Foodlocker is a retail business that sources foodstuff from farmers, pays them fairly, & sells to customers at decent prices both online and in-store.

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• Flow48 — Flow48 is a platform that allows companies to access capital by providing revenue-based finance services.
• PumpBTC — PumpBTC is a liquid staking protocol that aims to help Bitcoin holders to stake their bitcoins and earn yield while bolstering the security.
• Syra Coffee — Syra Coffee was launched in Barcelona in 2015 as a hole-in-the-wall coffee shop with the simple purpose to “Make good coffee everyone’s daily habit”. To achieve that, they knew they had to keep it simple, thus, since day one, their focus was on one thing only: Good coffee to go. They always found drinking coffee to be an experience rather than justa commodity. That first sip of coffee to kick start their day is more influential than we think. Starting their day with a well crafted cup can momentarily put their minds at ease and give them a sense of bliss, a feeling they were determined to spread to as many people as possible. And to make it happen, they have embarked on a journey of learning with passion to develop the systems of cupping, testing, and training with extreme care so they can present the best coffee, every time both in their coffeeshops and at home.

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• CarpeDM — CarpeDM app is an exclusive member-only dating community created for singles seeking meaningful relationships with professional Black women.
• Givepact — Donate crypto or cash to the causes that matter. Givepact is a crypto fundraising platform for nonprofits.
• Voiceblocks — Voiceblocks is a world-class, high-growth social impact venture that supports K–12 schools and families in streamlining the special education process for students with disabilities. Through innovative technology, we aim to reduce administrative burdens, enhance communication, and improve academic and developmental outcomes for students receivingspecial education services.

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• Yeah — Yeah is a financial technology company that offers payment processing services while building a credit profile for the banked and unbanked.
• REasy — Top up locally, pay suppliers globally, and manage international shipments with REasy. Fast, secure, and designed for African businesses expanding worldwide.
• Konnect — Konnect provides a cross borders payment solution intended to simplify complex financial flows allowing companies of any scale and size to send and receive payments in a practical, secure, and low-cost way.

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• NavigateAI — NavigateAI is an AI copilot for the physical world specifically designed for construction and field service teams to help them complete projects faster, with higher quality, and at lower costs.
• Breeze — Cargo insurance reinvented.
• CHARM Therapeutics — CHARM Therapeutics uses deep learning on 3D molecular configurations to develop molecule therapeutics to target pathogenic proteins.

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• Enlightra — Extreme-bandwidth data transmission enabled by light
• Persist AI — Persist AI develops PLGA microspheres for long-acting injectable formulations 50% faster using automation and AI.
• Coreshell Technologies — Battery Capacity Unlocked

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• HoneyCoin — HoneyCoin is a web3/web2 ecosystem of products built in a way that abstracts complexity and brings all the value of web3 and web2 to the forefront.
• Zeno — Zeno is a climate conscious motor company that offers eco-friendly motorcycles.
• Lori Systems — Lori Systems is revolutionizing African logistics through innovative technology solutions. We connect shippers, transporters, and drivers to create efficient, reliable, and transparent supply chains across Africa.

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• Finku — Aplikasi manajemen keuangan yang membantu mengelola transaksi keuangan kamu secara otomatis. Pelajari semua insight yang dipersonalisasi khusus untuk kamu! Download aplikasi beta nya sekarang !
• Trukkr — Real-time fleet tracking, route optimization, and ERP integration for logistics companies. Transform your supply chain operations today.
• Dastgyr Technologies — Simplifying Global Trade

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• Susu — Susu is a dynamic and innovative company that offers a wide range of health services for families in the African diaspora. Susu provides a complete offer on Preventive care, Medical treatments, Management of chronic diseases, and Authentic drugs.
• Waspito — We are the platform that engages Africa into the conversation and action to drive affordable and accessible quality healthcare across the continent.
• TIBU Health — TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services.

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• TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
• Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
• Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.

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• AfyA Care — AfyA Care invests in healthcare assets with a vision to make healthcare accessible and affordable.
• Arnergy — Arnergy is a trusted solar energy company that provides clean, reliable, and affordable solar power solutions for homes and businesses, helping you save money while enjoying uninterrupted energy.
• Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading — NBET is a government body that manages electricity trading by purchasing from generators and supplying distribution companies.

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• Savannah Brands — Savannah Brands is a food & beverage company.
• UTU Technologies — Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy.
• African Originals — African Originals food and beverage company that offers authentic African craft beverages using traditional reciepies.

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• XBuild — Generate professional estimates and proposals in minutes with AI. Close deals on site. See team performance in real time. Built for contractor sales teams. Try it free.
• Eezee — Singapore’s first & largest industrial marketplace that connects local suppliers to corporate clients, leveraging technology to help both parties make informed decisions.The company offers a secure platform for buyers and sellers to transact.Our aim is to improve the efficiency of business to business (B2B) transactions. We do this byensuring that the process of selecting and purchasing your supplies becomes quicker, more convenient and transparent. We support local suppliers in establishing their presence online, enabling them to be discovered by corporate organisations.
• Vammo — Leoparda Electric is a company that manufactures electric motorcycles.

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• Loop — Control your freight spend with Loop. A tech-first audit and pay platform loved by Shippers, Carriers and 3PLs.
• Syrup Tech — Syrup helps you plan, buy, and allocate with confidence. Use pinpoint-accurate demand signals and intelligent optimization recommendations, all powered by AI, to increase margins while growing your brand.
• Kasa Living — Kasa offers professionally-managed apart-hotel rooms and hotel rooms at sensible prices. Book your Kasa online today.

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• MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
• Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.
• Kapital — Kapital empowers SMBs with a tech-banking platform giving visibility and control of their treasury, and their employees

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• Brass — Get started with a modern current account
• MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.
• ThankUCash — ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online.

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• Waza — Waza is a web platform with APIs. It helps startups and emerging market businesses manage their cash flow issues, invoicing needs, and international payment requirements.
• Zone — Zone is a regulated blockchain network that enables payments and acceptance of digital currencies.
• OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.

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• OmniRetail — OmniRetail is a consumer goods distribution platform that solves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitizing key stakeholders through its products.

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• Persado — AI-powered language generation for messages that resonate with customers, inspire action, and yield never-before-seen levels of ROI. Discover Persado.
• Digital Asset — As leaders in blockchain technology, Digital Asset empowers customers with Daml, the leading platform for multi-party applications; an innovative smart contract language and Canton, our privacy-enabled distributed ledger technology.
• BPL Medical Technologies — BPL, the best medical equipment manufacturing company in India is a pioneer in Innovative Medical Technologies and provides complete healthcare solutions.

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• Shippeo — A global leader, and European specialist, in supply chain visibility, giving companies instant access to predictive and real-time information for all their deliveries.
• Billogram — Since its start in 2011, Billogram has revitalized the outdated invoicing process by offering companies with recurring payments an intelligent digital platform. Using smart technology, we help companies strengthen their customer relations while also automating payment processes in a way that lowers costs, increases revenue, and reduces churn. Theresult is a payment that pays off for everyone.
• Diamond — Setup an entire backend system for your online business in a few clicks.

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• Bemi — Bemi is an automatic audit trail for Postgres that tracks data changes reliably without the engineering complexity and costly infrastructure: Bemi Captures and stores data changes with 100% reliability and accuracy.
• Sytemap — We are building a blockchain-based property record to help home buyers and financial companies access, view and verify properties starting from digitizing Estate project layouts (Sytemap) Sytemap is a first step that allows us access to a large pool of property data. The end goal can really be described as building Zillow for Africa.
• Monark Markets — Monark is an infrastructure platform that enables brokerages, wealth managers, and clearing firms to embed alternative assets natively into their existing product stacks.

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• Kredi — Kredi is Rocket Mortgage for LatAm. Customers can easily secure a mortgage online.
• Mudafy — Mudafy is a tech-enabled real estate broker for LatAm.
• Lenk — Lenk powers the process mortgage origination in Latin America

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• Aumet — Aumet allows medical manufacturers and distributors increase their sales by sharing hospital inquiries, business news, search for products, and find potential clients.Manufacturers and distributors who work together connect and get verified so they share hospital inquiries, market business news between each other .Suppliers list their productsand connect with distributors who sell these products and select countries, where they are looking for distributors, in the meantime distributors, connects with their suppliers, search for new product and list their interests.
• Mydawa — MYDAWA is here to ensure that every Kenyan can get quality, secure and affordable medicine and wellness products online
• Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.