# Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in Nigeria in June 2026 ## Idris Ayodeji Bello - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services 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. ## Tayo Oviosu - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, Credit 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. ## Michael Seibel - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech 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. ## Olugbenga Agboola - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Olugbenga Agboola is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave. Olugbenga previously worked at Access Bank as a Head of Digital Factory and Innovation. Olugbenga Agboola attended EC-Council University. Olugbenga Agboola has been a Certified Ethical Hacker and a Security Analyst. ## Olumide Soyombo - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance 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. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services 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. ## Edmond Nonie - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: SaaS, Software, Construction Edmond Nonie ## Yves Guillemot - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms, Location Based Services 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. ## Hesham Zreik - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster. ## Ire Aderinokun - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Ticketing, E-Commerce Ire Aderinokun - Co-Founder , COO & VP of Engineering @ Buycoins ## Allen and Ollys International Limited - - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain Allen and Ollys International Limited - ## Prosper Otemuyiwa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, CRM, Finance Prosper Otemuyiwa is a Co-founder of forLoop Africa. He attended Babcock University. ## Babs Ogundeyi - Type: Angel - Location: Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Cofounder and CEO of Kuda ## Gabriel Hammond - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Wireless, FinTech Gabriel Hammond ## Walid Aradi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling ## Wes Schwalje - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology 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 ## Kola Aina - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet 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. ## Gbite Oduneye - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Education Gbite Oduneye is the Founder and Managing Partner of ODBA. He attended UWE Bristol and Said Business School, University of Oxford. ## Cristina Santin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain Cristina Santin ## Ugochukwu Aronu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Drones, Energy, Delivery Ugochukwu Aronu is the Co-Founder And CEO of Xend. ## Ayodeji Adewunmi - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Gaming, Mobile 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. ## Bashar Hamood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University. ## Yuzuru Honda - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, SNS, Internet Yuzuru Honda is a Founder & Global CEO of FreakOut. ## Leonard Stiegeler - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B Leonard Stiegeler is an entrepreneur & investor in projects unlocking potential. Educated in Europe, he founded companies across EMEA and is now investing globally. He is passionate to develop opportunities with & for others. The companies he co-founded include Jumia, now a leading eCommerce company in Africa and Pulse, now a leading mediacompany in Africa. His investments include Paystack, Flutterwave, Scalable Capital, Conversion and many more. Dedicated to creating trusted connections to enable potential, he founded two networks - Africa Collective, focused on elevating the continent's role globally, and Counder, focused on enabling visionary leaders embrace emerging trends & regions collectively. ## Axel Peyriere - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Delivery, E-Commerce, Retail 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. ## Eric Nadalin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services Eric Nadalin has entrepreneurship experiences in both the payments and telecoms spaces for over 20+ years. He cofounded Nexmo and worked as a CTO managing product and engineering teams. The company was acquired by Vonage in May 2016. During the dotcom era, he was based in San Francisco and cofounded iPIN, which was later on acquired by Valista andwas integrated with major mobile operators around the globe. Eric holds several patents in telecommunication, a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Computer Science from Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. ## Neil Thanedar - Type: Angel - Location: Flint, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Apps 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. ## Nehikhare Igbinijesu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Nehikhare Igbinijesu ## Lanre Adelowo - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization Lanre Adelowo is the CEO/CTO @ Fluidcoins. ## Jonathan Shipman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: eSports, Beauty, Internet Jonathan Shipman is a VP, Strategy (Product & Marketing) at Lantronix. ## Musty Mustapha - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Education, Financial Musty Mustapha - Co-Founder and CTO @ Kuda ## Michael Vaughan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Michael Vaughan is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Vera Equity. He previously worked at Stem Disintermedia Inc. as a Board Member. Michael Vaughan attended The Wharton School. ## Hirokazu Mashita - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, EdTech, Consumer Hirokazu Mashita ## Tomiwa Olaosebikan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Tomiwa Olaosebikan ## Nitesh Banta - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Nitesh Banta is the Co-Founder & CEO at B12. ## Biola Alabi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Logistics, AgTech, FinTech Biola Alabi is the Managing Partner of Biola Alabi Media, the media icon heads a dynamic consultancy and production company with expertise in strategic consulting for pay entertainment, digital television, interactive television and emerging entertainment distribution platforms; they service governments, content creators, telecommunicationindustry, and investors in the converging media technology space. Biola Alabi Media productions has recently produced Nigeria’s first food travel documentary-series "Bukas and Joints" currently airing across Africa and in the USA.She is also the founder of "Grooming for Greatness" a leadership development and mentorship program for a new generation of African leaders. Named one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa by Forbes Magazine (2012), a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2012) and CNBC Africa’s AABLA West African Business Woman of the Year (2013), for over five highly successful years, Biola Alabi held the high-profile position of Managing Director for M-Net Africa, part of the globally renowned Naspers Group. Prior to this, she was based in the United States where she was part of the executive team at the influential children’s television brand Sesame Street and a member of the marketing team that launched the well-respected Korean motor vehicle corporation Daewoo in the USA. ## Conor Walsh - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Banking Conor Walsh ## Maneesh Arora - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps Maneesh Arora is CEO & co-founder of MightyText. He is a product builder who previously worked at Google and Zynga. ## Eric Idiahi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, FinTech, Finance Eric Idiahi, co-founder and partner at Verod Capital Management. ## Immad Akhund - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury. ## Rob Solomon - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Travel 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. ## Timi Aboyeji - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Timi Aboyeji ## Oluchi Enebeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Oluchi Enebeli ## Ore Ogundipe - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization Ore Ogundipe is an Independent Neurotech Research. ## Adebowale Martins - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Software, E-Commerce Adebowale Martins ## Joshua Olulana - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Logistics Joshua Olulana ## Echezona Uzoma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Virtualization Echezona Uzoma is an individual investor. ## Merijn Campsteyn - Type: Angel - Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Hardware, Software, Internet Merijn Campsteyn is the Chief Technology Officer at Deloitte ## Ezra Olubi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Banking, FinTech Ezra Olubi is the CTO and Co-Founder at Paystack. ## Sean Mahsoul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Computer, Software Sean Mahsoul # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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