Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in Nigeria in May 2026
Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in Nigeria in May 2026
| Investor | SaaS Nigeria investments |
|---|---|
| Idris Ayodeji Bello | 9 |
| Tayo Oviosu | 5 |
| Michael Seibel | 5 |
| Olumide Soyombo | 4 |
| Olugbenga Agboola | 3 |
| Allen and Ollys International Limited - | 3 |
| Olugbenga Agboola | 3 |
| Prosper Otemuyiwa | 3 |
| Yves Guillemot | 3 |
| Babs Ogundeyi | 3 |
| Sandeep Nailwal | 3 |
| Edmond Nonie | 3 |
| Ayodeji Adewunmi | 2 |
| Cristina Santin | 2 |
| Yuzuru Honda | 2 |
| Wes Schwalje | 2 |
| Gabriel Hammond | 2 |
| Walid Aradi | 2 |
| Hesham Zreik | 2 |
| Bashar Hamood | 2 |
| Ugochukwu Aronu | 2 |
| Ire Aderinokun | 2 |
| Kola Aina | 2 |
| Leonard Stiegeler | 2 |
| Neil Thanedar | 1 |
| Elizabeth Williams | 1 |
| Darlene Monroe | 1 |
| Paul Kokoricha | 1 |
| Axel Peyriere | 1 |
| Sahil Lavingia | 1 |
| Maneesh Arora | 1 |
| Julian Shapiro | 1 |
| Brett Kopf | 1 |
| Gbenga Oyebode | 1 |
| Varsha Rao | 1 |
| Ham Serunjogi | 1 |
| Tyler Scriven | 1 |
| Eric Idiahi | 1 |
| Immad Akhund | 1 |
| Rob Solomon | 1 |
| Shola Akinlade | 1 |
| Ankur Nagpal | 1 |
| Karim Atiyeh | 1 |
| Josh Jones | 1 |
| Timi Aboyeji | 1 |
| Oluchi Enebeli | 1 |
| Ore Ogundipe | 1 |
| Adebowale Martins | 1 |
| Joshua Olulana | 1 |
| Echezona Uzoma | 1 |
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Find investors — It's Free!The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, United States, Egypt
Portfolio highlights
- Bypa-ss — Bypa-ss is working on creating a world-class SaaS healthcare environment and revolutionizing healthcare in Egypt, Join Us
- SimpliFi — We power the cards behind your brand. Instantly issue and manage virtual or physical cards, enable payments in multiple currencies, and scale globally through one secure API platform.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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- Financial Services, SaaS, Credit
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- RELAYTO Content Experience Platform — RELAYTO converts your PDFs & presentations to interactive web experiences with instant branding, analytics & more
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- Venco Platforms — Venco automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
Michael Seibel is the Managing Director and Group Partner of Y Combinator. He previously worked at Socialcam as a CEO. Michael Seibel attended Yale University.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- CTGT — CTGT builds efficient, trustworthy AI, preventing errors and maximizing ROI with secure, reliable enterprise-grade solutions.
- Recall.ai — Recall.ai provides a single API for meeting bots on every platform like Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and more.
- Emerge Career — All-in-one workforce development training programs
Olumide Soyombo holds a BSc in Systems Engineering from University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MSc (Distinction) in Business and Information Technology from the Aston Business School, Birmingham, England; earning membership into the Beta Gamma Sigma Society for his high scholastic achievement.Olumide co–founded Bluechip Technologies Ltd in 2008 andhas grown the organisation from an organization with two employees to an organization with over 80 consultants spread across Lagos, Accra and Lusaka, Zambia.In 2014, Olumide setup Leadpath as a seed fund investing in local tech startups. He has invested in startups like Pushcv.com, Paystack, Piggybank.ng, Fashpa, Heels.com.ng , Delivery Science, Gloo.ng, and Cosign.co.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Wealth8 — Wealth8 is a black-owned investment platform that provides a simple and affordable way for the black community to save & invest in globally managed funds.
- JADA — JADA focuses on both technical expertise and soft skill development and is designed to upskill experienced professionals in data analytics, machine learning, and generative AI.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Sipay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
Allen and Ollys International Limited -
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- FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Nigeria, Kenya, United States
Portfolio highlights
- tushop — Tushop is a community group buying platform where members can sell groceries to those in their social networks and communities.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
Prosper Otemuyiwa is a Co-founder of forLoop Africa. He attended Babcock University.
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- FinTech, CRM, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Angel
- Nigeria, Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Frain technologies — We're passionate about the product delivery value chain.
- Famasi — Find, Order & Refill medications across 1000+ pharmacies in Nigeria. Delivered in 1 hour. Compare prices, get the best offers, and enjoy free monthly delivery on recurring orders.
- Sendchamp — Messagebird For Africa: Sendchamp provides Communication APIs & CRM for developers & businesses to reach their customers via different messaging channels such as SMS, Email, Voice, Whatsapp, and other digital messaging channels. Our APIs and No code tools help businesses in Africa from the stage of Customer Onboarding, CustomerEngagement, Customer Service & Customer Retention.
Fresh out of business school, Yves Guillemot and his brothers embarked on an adventure in the nascent video game industry and founded Ubisoft in 1986. Early on, Yves understood that creating original content in-house and growing proprietary brands would be key to Ubisoft’s success. His vision to use technological breakthroughs as an opportunity toinnovate, create brands and win over market share proved hugely successful over the years. With a strong focus on organic growth and efficiency, he has developed an organization recognized for its unrivalled collaborative mindset and for being highly competitive, with over two thirds of production based in cost-competitive countries.Yves has led Ubisoft’s evolution over the years with player engagement at the core of the company’s development. Ubisoft is one of the pioneers and a leader of the open world genre, which has become one of the industry’s most popular gaming segments. Ubisoft also develops successful multiplayer games and delivers state-of-the-art live operations that engage fans in the long term.Under Yves’ tenure, Ubisoft launched three of the world’s four best new videogame brands of all time ─ with Tom Clancy’s The Division leading the way ─ a remarkable achievement. The company’s unique capacity as a creator of blockbuster entertainment franchises has created massive value for Ubisoft’s shareholders.As the owner of its brands, Ubisoft today is in a unique position to broaden its franchises’ reach to a much wider audience through movies, TV shows, theme parks and consumer products. Under Yves’ direction, the company is taking an innovative approach by keeping creative control over its major projects ─ a first in the industry ─ to ensure consistency with the franchises’ DNA.Over the past 30 years Yves has led Ubisoft in its evolution from a local video game distributor, to a global entertainment leader. Yves has grown alongside the industry and has a deep understanding of what it takes to survive in a fast-moving, high-risk environment, at the crossroads of creation and technological disruption. His strong business acumen is sought out by multinationals such as Lagardère and Rémy Cointreau whose boards he sits on. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2009, and Glassdoor elected him one of the Top 3 most beloved CEOs in France in 2015.
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- Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms, Location Based Services
- Seed, Series A
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Kwik — Your parcels delivered on-demand, safer, cheaper - Soon in Lagos
Cofounder and CEO of Kuda
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria, Zambia, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- Zazuu — Zazuu is a platform for sending money across the border.
- Curacel — Curacel creates APIs & tools that enable businesses to embed insurance in digital channels and to administer claims cost-effectively.
- 24SEVEN — 24seven.pk is using tech and data to digitize and disrupt the fresh food and FMCG verticals in one of the fastest-growing and rapidly evolving consumer markets in the world.
Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, India
Portfolio highlights
- Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
- SpaceComputer — SpaceComputer uses satellites to create a secure blockchain system that resists cyberattacks and physical tampering.
- SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
Edmond Nonie
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- SaaS, Software, Construction
- Pre-Seed, Debt Financing
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Track Your Build — We provide sustainable and innovative solutions for a better world.
Ayodeji Adewunmi is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Dot. He previously worked at GOKADA as a President & Co-CEO. Ayodeji Adewunmi attended Obafemi Awolowo University.
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- Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Seed, Angel
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- ChopUP — ChopUP, a division of Pledge51 Ltd is a leading mobile gaming startup in Nigeria developing locally relevant games that tell the African narratives. We are committed to consistently creating world class mobile games that are specifically designed with African themes.
- Pledge51 — Pledge51 is a fresh mobile media company pursuing opportunities in Nigeria's mobile internet space. On Tuesday 29th May 2013, the company launched her social gaming platform; Chopup.Chopup is a social platform that allows mobile game players to interact based on in-game achievements. As part of the release of Chopup, the company alsolaunched Danfo Reloaded II; the first mobile game to come integrated with the Chopup Platform. The platform is unique because it caters specifically to Africa's mobile market which mostly consists of fairly basic devices and is only recently witnessing growing adoption of smart phones.The company's game/app portfolio has already crossed over 1 million downloads and growing till date.
Cristina Santin
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- FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain
- Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Get It Done Now — GIDN is a Nigerian Fintech Company targeting medium and low income population for Loans and Financial products. GIDN has in addition a cashless, mobile based community marketplace, with more than 5k members, and aims to regulate the informal economy and facilitate the purchase of Services and Digital Products.
Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut.
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- Information Technology, SNS, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Japan, Nigeria, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- IVA — IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods.
- Tyms — Tyms online accounting software for your business connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today. Also available in Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa.
- ForCreators — ForCreators is a company operating the virtual talent agency ‘NEXAS', with the goal of globalizing Japan's world-class culture such as anime and VTubers.
Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- VC Lab — We help idea-stage entrepreneurs and pre-seed startups get funding, build a team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, and launch impactful businesses.
- HelpNow — HelpNow Corporate Site
- OlaClick (YC W21) — Create electronic menu boards for your restaurant or store. It is totally free. QR codes menu or digital menu boards. Digitalize your menu in an instant and start receiving orders !
Gabriel Hammond
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- Internet, Wireless, FinTech
- Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States
Portfolio highlights
- QuantumStreet AI — Powering $1.5 Billion in global assets, EquBot's AI investment platform with IBM Watson helps global investment professionals deliver custom AI portfolios with better outcomes through portfolios as a service (PaaS). EquBot's AI is utilized by some of the largest financial institutions like HSBC, Athene, and Amundi and reaches investorsall over the world, including the US, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Russia. EquBot is an IBM partner and was started at UC Berkeley by a team from Intel, Goldman, and Fidelity.
- wifi.com.ng — TIZETI (wifi.com.ng) has been deploying high speed internet access to estates, offices, multi-tenant building using next generation wi-Fi technology. They deploy unlimited internet to residential and business customers which allow customers get the full benefit of the internet with no data or time caps. They also offer VOIP and Video on Demandservices.
- Creative Market — Creative Market is a marketplace for ready-to-use design assets, including fonts, graphics, templates, add-ons, photos, and themes, from independent creators around the world.
Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling
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- Information Technology, Internet, Health Care
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- HelpNow — HelpNow Corporate Site
- Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
- Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Credit Cooperatif Africain — Crédit Coopératif Africain is a Rwandan microfinance institution established as a private limited company and subsidiary of SCIAC Ltd.
- Primelocation care givers foundation — Primelocation care givers foundation is the promoter and sponsor of an 80-bed secondary..
- Mwatuheka Orphanage and Vulnerable Support Charity — Mwatuheka Orphanage and Vulnerable Support Charity is a faith-based non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated.
Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.
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- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
- TravelTales — TravelTales is a platform that connects travelers with local guides who offer personalized.
- Mancano And Associates — Domain name Mancano.com exudes a sense of mystery and intrigue, with a versatile appeal that can cater to a wide range of startups. The names brevity, with only 7 letters, makes it easy to remember and type, ideal for establishing a strong
Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend.
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- Drones, Energy, Delivery
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Arone — Idebet ialah situs slot ternama di indonesia resmi hadirkan slot gacor terbaru dengan inovasi perkalian x1000 gampang menang hari ini. Cobain sekarang juga!
- Gamic — Gamic is a community communication/collaboration app for gamers, creators, and web3 enthusiasts.The platform combines the advantages of blockchain technology with the conventional web2 community setup, creating a seamless environment where users can interact and enjoy the benefits of web3 advancements. This simplifies the process for web2communities to access and leverage the latest blockchain technology innovations, eliminating the need to navigate across various platforms.Today, the user experience is poor for online communities trying to engage with Web3 products and services because users are required to jump across different platforms. Sharing, trading, or managing Web3 assets on most traditional communication and social apps is hard. Addressing this is crucial because Web3 access means financial freedom and opportunity for many all around the world, especially in Africa. Gamic’s central mission is to encourage blockchain adoption as a means to improve the socio-economic opportunities available to global communities. We enable users to communicate and operate in the same place, with increased security and better monetisation opportunities.
Ire Aderinokun - Co-Founder , COO & VP of Engineering @ Buycoins
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- Software, Ticketing, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- ORDA — ORDA is a platform allowing guests to order and pay for food and beverage on a digital menu.
- tix.africa — Tix is a refreshing approach to event ticketing in Africa. Create and sell your first ticket from your phone in under 10 minutes.
- ORDA — Process orders, accept payments, connect to logistic providers, engage with your customers + more. We equip you with everything you need to grow your business.
Kola Aina is an entrepreneur, technology operator and investor with vast experience working in Africa’s largest economic market. His prior entrepreneurial experience spans several sectors including venture capital, technology, media, agriculture, infrastructure, publishing and real estate. As an angel investor and while leading the early stageAfrican VC firm Ventures Platform. Venture Platform is a leading early stage African VC fund that provides founder friendly capital and support to early stage companies in a framework that is buoyed by corporate governance and hands-on support. Kola has lead investment in about 28 companies including Payments company; Paystack, Connectivity company; Tizeti, Healthcare company; MDaaS and the Agric-tech company; Thrive Agric.Kola, founded the enterprise technology company Emerging Platforms Limited, 9 years ago, quickly growing it to become one of the leading technology service delivery companies and leaders in the e-learning space in West Africa providing services to over 100,000 students. Emerging Platforms Limited is a software and technology firm that specializes in developing innovative technology solutions in education, national security and enterprise sectors.Prior to focusing on full time entrepreneurship, Kola worked in corporate finance, administration, corporate turn-around and strategy. He led strategy and finance for one of the largest publishing companies in Nigeria up till 2009. Before that he worked in corporate finance proving financial analysis at Fifth Third Bank in the USA.Kola is a leader in the African startup and investing ecosystem, a Ted speaker and volunteers his time advising founders, speaking at events and serves on the Presidential Committee for Job Creation and Youth Employment as well as the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Presidency on Creativity and Technology. Kola studied Electrical Engineering and then secured a Master in Business Administration degree with a specialization in Finance from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He has received further education from Berkley University, Harvard University and the Lagos Business School.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Nigeria, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- TalentQL — Build a world class engineering team. Get matched with top vetted software engineers across Africa. by tapping into our large talent network.
- Coinprofile — Coinprofile allows anyone, anywhere in the world send money to Africa. It's fast, seamless and free!
- Cutstruct — Cutstruct is your one source for bulk construction materials purchase. Get the best prices for cement, steel, granite, sharp sand wood, and more.
Leonard Stiegeler is the Founder of Pulse, the leading innovative media company in Africa. He is backing & investing in media-/art-/technology- & -enabled ventures/assets. Some of his interests include Business Insider Africa, Art News Africa and Digital News Africa. Prior, he was the General Manager of Swiss Ringier AfricaAG since 2016 – responsible for buiding up the group's business on the continent. Ringier is today active in 8 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and through its ROAM-holding leads brands such as Jobberman, Cheki, Private Property, BuyRentKenya, Pigiame, ZoomTanzania, and many more. Prior to his work with Ringier since 2013, Leo helped to establish Rocket Internet and other German investors in Africa. Leo is originally from Germany and has been based in different African countries since 2011.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Credit
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Nigeria, South Africa, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bamba — Bamba is an android application allowing micro-merchants across Africa to run their entire business utilizing their phones. It focuses on simple tools for merchants to manage their customers, get paid, payout as well as takeout cash advances against their future cash flow.
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
- Finclusion Group — Enhancing financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa through data driven lending.
Neil Thanedar is the Founder and GP of Utopic Ventures and the Founder and Chairman of Labdoor and Air to All.Previously, Neil was the Founder and President of Avomeen Analytical Services, a chemical analysis and product development laboratory.He has also served as Senior Advisor to his father Shri Thanedar in his campaigns for Governor, StateRepresentative, and US Congress in Michigan.Neil graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010 with degrees in Molecular Biology and Business Administration.
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- Finance, Financial Services, Apps
- Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Mexico, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
- Paystack — Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway.
- MatterFab — MatterFab offers a production 3D metal printer solution that removes the limitations of industrial fabrication. Final part production is the fastest growing segment of 3D printing built on equipment designed for prototyping that is not designed to scale. MatterFab provides a scalable production additive manufacturing solution with printers,material supply, traceable powder cartridges, training, education, maintenance services, and application engineering support to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing in our client's organizations. Manufacturing has the power to shape the world and MatterFab has the power to reshape manufacturing.
Elizabeth Williams
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- Internet, Network Security, Telecommunications
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Octofi Limited — Octofi is a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) that provides fast, reliable and affordable quality internet through Wi-Fi technology to individuals, homes and offices.
Darlene Monroe
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- Internet, Network Security, Telecommunications
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Octofi Limited — Octofi is a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) that provides fast, reliable and affordable quality internet through Wi-Fi technology to individuals, homes and offices.
Paul Kokoricha
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- Internet, B2B, Software
- Private Equity, Seed
- Mauritius, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- WIOCC — WIOCC is revolutionising the delivery of high-capacity connectivity between Africa and the rest of the world. As a result, it is now widely recognised as Africa’s carriers’ carrier, offering a one stop-shop and end-to-end service between more than 30 African countries and the world’s key global financial and commercial centres. As a specialist inthe wholesale market, WIOCC’s unique, flexible, bandwidth packages have been designed to enable carriers, mobile operators and internet service providers (ISPs) to take full advantage of Africa’s rapidly developing markets for fixed and mobile broadband and international corporate networking. WIOCC recognises that customers differ, and tailors many of its solutions to specific customer requirements.
- Decagon — Build faster with vetted remote software engineering talent
- Accelerex Holdings — Accelerex Holdings specializes in the fields of financial services and investments.
Startups - Mentoring - Advising - Emerging Markets. I am a enthusiastic entrepreneur and angel investor working with startups all around the world. Have worked / mentored / coached / partnered / invested in more than 200 startups around the world. Specially keen on online marketplaces and emerging and frontier markets.
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- Delivery, E-Commerce, Retail
- Seed, Series A
- Egypt, Nepal, Myanmar
Portfolio highlights
- Appetito — Buy all your groceries and household essentials from your online supermarket. Order from the comfort of your home at your finger tips.
- FreshGora — Shop a wide selection of domains at HugeDomains.com. Find the right domain name today.
- Treepz — Treepz Inc. (formerly Plentywaka) is building the largest shared mobility platform in West Africa with over 500,000 satisfied customers.
Sahil is the founder and CEO of Gumroad.Gumroad exists to help every creative earn a living selling the stuff they make directly to their audience.Previously, he was early at Pinterest — a service that lets users collect, organize, and share the things they are into — and worked on turntable's mobile apps.He designs and buildsproducts for fun and profit.
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- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
- Puter — Puter is a cloud-based virtual computer operating system enabling users to create, store, and edit files remotely. Being a cloud-based platform users are able to access the operating platform through any browser and can also search, preview, sort, and personalize their user Data.
- Monumental Labs — Monumental Labs is building a robot stone-sculpting factory to unleash a renaissance. Our robot artisans complete commissions in days that previously took months, with all the precision of traditional sculpting, at a fraction of the cost.
- PierSight Space — PierSight is building a constellation of SAR satellites to provide persistent monitoring for the maritime industry.
Maneesh Arora is CEO & co-founder of MightyText. He is a product builder who previously worked at Google and Zynga.
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- Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United States, Japan, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Circa — More and more people are relying on mobile as their primary source of news yet the content itself continues to be produced in a format that translates very poorly to mobile devices. Rather than trying to shoehorn existing content into a new environment, Circa is creating the first born-on-mobile news experience. It will deliver news in a uniqueformat – native to mobile devices with an experience intuitive to mobile users. Through comprehensive yet to-the-point news updates paired with an engrossing mobile experience, Circa redefines how news is produced, delivered and consumed. Circa is news reimagined.Circa was founded by
- HOOKED — HOOKED (formerly Telepathic) is redefining entertainment for the Snapchat generation. We’ve pioneered a new media format called chat fiction, which has become a phenomenon among teens and millennials in the past year. Hooked has reached 50MM readers and has hit the #1 spot in the App Store in 25 countries, including the U.S., U.K., France, Germany,Italy, Japan, and S. Korea. We’re building the media company of the future - the next Netflix, the next Disney. Hooked has raised venture funding from top investors in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, including Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, William Morris Endeavor, SV Angel, Founders Fund, Cowboy Ventures, Greylock and many more.
- CloudPeeps — CloudPeeps is a community, marketplace and platform that empowers freelancers and businesses to do their best work. Hire a team of quality professional freelancers to get the job done. Work the way you want, wherever you are!
Julian Shapiro is a Partner at Hyper and a Startup Investor at Julian.capital. He previously worked as the Founder of Demand Curve, a Columnist — Growth Marketing at TechCrunch, and VP of Marketing at Webflow. Julian attended Y Combinator.
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- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Portfolio highlights
- DealCart — DealCart enables users to buy their favorite products in groups by allowing users to buy in groups and sharing deals on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.
- Pogo — Unlock the power of your data to earn and save on shopping, finances and more. Download the Pogo app today to start earning and saving cash. 4.9 stars in the App Store.
- Agroshift — Agroshift helps farmers sell their produce to businesses and consumers by providing a tech-enabled supply chain.
Brett Kopf
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- B2B, FinTech, Mobile Payments
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Flex Finance — Flex Finance is a simple, accessible mobile platform that allows SMEs manage and track their expenses, with little-to-no financial knowledge required. Using our inbuilt AI, business owners also receive insights that help them stop waste, save money and make smarter spending decisions. Flex is committed to enabling more SMEs make it past their thirdbirthday, so they can continue to provide the income and jobs that sustain the vast majority of Nigerians.
Gbenga Oyebode serves as an Of Counsel of Aluko and Oyebode. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and the Ekiti State University.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Mono — Mono helps businesses link their customers accounts for financial data, bank payments and identity verification across Africa.
- Wealth8 — Wealth8 is a black-owned investment platform that provides a simple and affordable way for the black community to save & invest in globally managed funds.
- 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.
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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- Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, France
Portfolio highlights
- MatX — We make the best chips physically possible for the large model needs of frontier labs.
- knownwell — Whether you need primary care or are focused on obesity medicine, we are here to serve you with warmth and expertise. No shame. No blame. Just care.
- Affiniti — Overcome cash flow challenges with our tailored financial solutions for small businesses. Discover industry-specific tools that drive success.
Ham Serunjogi is a co-founder and CEO at Chipper Cash.
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- FinTech, Finance, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Nigeria, United States, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
- Caliza — Give your users access to the digital dollar economy. Get early access!
- Sudo — Sudo is an open API platform that enables businesses to embed powerful financial features into their products. Build in minutes, launch in days.
- CreditChek — Bridging the trust gap between global credit businesses and underserved African consumers.
Tyler is an entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor. He currently serves as a Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta. Prior to joining Techstars, Tyler was a member of the senior leadership team at Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley, where he served as Chief of Staff and Head of Operations. During his tenure with Palantir, he wasbroadly engaged in scaling the operations of the business from 100 to nearly 2,000 employees.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
- United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Sequr — Genea Security Mobile Access Control software puts the power in your hands. Instantly grant or revoke access. Use mobile phone to unlock doors with a tap.
- Landed — We help education, healthcare, and government employees buy homes by providing access to funds, trusted partners and guidance.
- 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.
Eric Idiahi, co-founder and partner at Verod Capital Management.
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- Dental, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Mono — Mono helps businesses link their customers accounts for financial data, bank payments and identity verification across Africa.
- Frain technologies — We're passionate about the product delivery value chain.
- Snazzy — Snazzy is a teledentistry platform for teeth straightening. It offers affordable and accessible clear aligner treatment. Snazzy was founded in 2020 by Ayush Pateria and Keshav Chouksey and was headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Natural — Payments for AI agents.
- Craftwork — Craftwork is a modern general contracting company that uses technology to simplify repair and renovation projects for homeowners.
- Orbital Operations — Orbital Operations is developing high thrust space vehicles for satellite defense.
Internet and Consumer Technology investor and executive with over 18 years of experience, including CEO, President/COO, general management, business operations, product management, product development, M&A, and strategy.Currently, Venture Partner at Accel Partners. Prior to Accel, President & COO at Groupon responsible for Sales,Marketing, Business Development, Operations & International. Prior to Groupon, Venture Partner at Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), one of the largest and most successful growth equity tech-focused VC firms with $8 billion under management.Previously, served as the President and CEO of SIDESTEP, the web's first real-time vertical search engine in the travel category. Led successful turnaround and $200 million all-cash merger with KAYAK.Prior to SideStep, served in multiple executive management roles at YAHOO including Senior Vice President, Commerce and Vice President/General Manager of the Yahoo Shopping Group responsible for Yahoo's Shopping, Travel, Auctions, Classifieds, Real Estate, E-Commerce Hosting and Vertical Product Search businesses.Other roles included product management and marketing at Electronic Arts, Cendant, Golfweb (funded by Redpoint), and Zaplet (funded by Kleiner- Perkins).Rob also competed at a high level in water polo earning All-America honors at UC Berkeley and was a member of two NCAA national championship teams.
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- Software, Information Technology, Travel
- Seed, Angel, Series C
- United States, India, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- SOTE — Where logistics, capital, and technology meet.
- Okra — Okra is empowering companies to build fintech solutions with ease. We provide trusted real-time financial data for your applications. Get started - It's free.
- Caymus Technology Ventures — Learning & education decisions made easier
Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.
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- FinTech, Education, Financial Services
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda
Portfolio highlights
- Chowdeck — Order food, groceries, drinks, medicines & everyday essentials from top restaurants, pharmacies, local markets, and stores near you. Fast delivery with Chowdeck.
- Earnipay — Earnipay is Nigeria's trusted e-invoicing partner. As an accredited NRS and NITDA systems integrator, we deliver secure, compliant invoicing for every business.
- Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.
Ankur Nagpal Founder of Fedora and Co-Founder of Vibe VC. He attended University of California, Berkeley in 2006.
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- Software, Apps, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, France
Portfolio highlights
- Phyllo — Easily access verified, creator-consented data such as identity, income, and engagement across hundreds of platforms through our API
- beehiiv — Access the best tools available in email, helping your newsletter scale and monetize like never before.
- Oxygen — Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure.
Karim Atiyeh is the Co-Founder and CTO of Ramp, the fastest growing spend management platform and corporate card. Launched in 2020, Ramp gives Finance leaders an edge with powerful software that helps them save time and control spend before it happens. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold YCombinator-backed Paribus to CapitalOne in 2016.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Console — Console helps IT teams get to Inbox Zero. Auto-resolve over 50% of your support requests directly in Slack and Teams, using AI Agents that understand how your company does work.
- Natural — Payments for AI agents.
- Beacon Software — Beacon acquires essential software businesses with a lasting promise to protect their legacy, deepen customer love, and accelerate growth together with our world-class operators.
Josh Jones is a Partner HMC INQ and Founder of Did I Err Productions. He is a former Co-Founder & CTO at DreamHost.
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- Software, 3D Printing, SMS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
- FlyCoin — Flycoin is a first of its kind crypto-based rewards program that pays guests every time they fly or transact with our partners.
- Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Timi Aboyeji
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Oluchi Enebeli
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Stakefair — Stakefair is an ecosystem of blockchain, crypto and DeFi products.
Ore Ogundipe is an Independent Neurotech Research.
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- Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Famasi — Famasi is a digital health platform that helps people access their medications, schedule doorstep delivery, and automate monthly refills.
Adebowale Martins
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- Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
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.
Joshua Olulana
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- B2B, SaaS, Logistics
- Angel
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Dora — Dora is an all-in-one delivery management platform for planning, creating, assigning, notifying, and tracking customer delivery requests and fulfillment processes.
Echezona Uzoma is an individual investor.
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- Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization
- Pre-Seed
- Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Famasi — Famasi is a digital health platform that helps people access their medications, schedule doorstep delivery, and automate monthly refills.
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