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Top 10 Sports VC Funds & Investors in Nigeria (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Nigeria Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Nigeria Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Antler
VC Fund
2 Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $100k–$29M
Technovision Communications
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech $50k–$5M
B-Knight
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Pre-Seed Outdoors, Furniture, E-Commerce
Growth Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown EdTech, Software, Medical $100k–$300k
Resilience17
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana Seed, Pre-Seed Sports, Finance, Outdoors $100k–$12M
Ventures Platform
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed Financial Services, FinTech, Internet $100k–$4M
Aruwa Capital
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, France Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Health Care, Retail, FinTech $100k–$20M
Silverbacks Holdings
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, United States, Egypt Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $100k–$32M
Archangel Fund
VC Fund
1 Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Financial Services, Logistics, Finance $25k–$13M
EchoVC Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, Nigeria, Kenya Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech $200k–$22M
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Antler
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2373
  • Round size: Seed $158k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$588k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $7.5M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Praktiki — Praktiki is building the "Decision Layer" for medicine.While medical knowledge doubles every 73 days, frontline clinicians struggle to translate guidelines into practice. Current AI search tools excel at surfacing public data from clinical trials, but fail to capture "how" experts apply that evidence in real-world scenarios.Praktiki fills this gap. We utilise an AI Agentic Creator Engine to capture tacit specialist reasoning and fuse it with public evidence. This feeds a proprietary Expert Knowledge Graph that powers: 1) Microlearning: Case-based modules created 10x faster and which are 170% more effective than traditional education 2) AI Expert Guidance: Real-time decision support synthesising evidence with expert implementation strategies.2025 Traction - our MVP proved that solving the expertise gap drives high engagement: - Registered >10% of UK GPs - 60,000+ modules completed with an 85% completion rate - 51% month-over-month growth - Market-leading NPS of 83We are building a compounding data moat to expand beyond education into clinical intelligence and healthcare data solutions.
  • 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.
  • MultivisionDx — MultivisionDx's computer vision technology integrates the tumor's unique biological and geographical properties, as well as its milieu, to generate patient-specific tumor profiles.
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Technovision Communications
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

We Find, Fund and Follow African Founders into the future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Niteon — Niteon - Where Africa trades with the world on its own terms.
  • Blueroomcare — Blueroomcare offers private, affordable online counseling via app messaging, videos, and voice messages when you need it from licensed therapists. Get help, you deserve to be happy!
  • HouseAfrica — NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited operates in the real estate industry. The company's primary focus is on software engineering, mobile development, and DevOps engineering. It also provides services related to internet use and communication. The company's team includes a CEO and a CTO, among others, who work together to deliver theirservices. NetAccess Communication Nigeria Limited also has a connection with HouseAfrica, indicating a potential collaboration or partnership between the two entities.
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B-Knight
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

B-Knight operates as an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Outdoors, Furniture, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Growth Capital
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

We are Nigeria's first social innovation fund aimed at creating an unprecedented path to scale for outliers driving social change in Nigeria.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: EdTech, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$200k; Pre-Seed $100k–$300k
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Edves — Edves automates the brick and mortal School operations from Student enrollment, Fee Collection, Lesson Note up to Transcript Generation.
  • 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.
  • Delivery Science — Delivery Science is a technology company providing solutions to large organisations which provides data, visibility, and control to manage and monitor its distribution assets. Its product "FieldInsight" uses mobile forms to help large organisations in Africa with Field workers get data from the field.
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Resilience17
VC Fund · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

Resilience17 is an Investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Finance, Outdoors
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Glouse — Glouse is an online application that provides groceries at the lowest prices with the same day deliveries.
  • Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
  • Terra Industries — Terra Industries develops autonomous security systems and software platforms that support the monitoring and protection of physical assets, infrastructure, and operational environments across land, air, and maritime domains. The company provides unmanned vehicles, autonomous towers, and sensor-based surveillance hardware that collect and transmitdata for continuous situational awareness. Its software layer, built around an integrated operating system, processes sensor inputs, applies artificial intelligence models, and coordinates automated responses to detected events. Terra Industries designs its systems to support functions such as perimeter security, infrastructure monitoring, asset tracking, and threat detection within complex operational settings. The company’s platforms enable operators to manage multiple autonomous devices through a unified interface that supports mission planning, data visualization, and system control. Its technology is used by organizations that require coordinated security, monitoring, and response capabilities for facilities, remote sites, and distributed operations.
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Ventures Platform
VC Fund · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers for access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 173
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $84M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Myka.Insure — Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners .
  • Cybervergent — Cybervergent is a technology company that specializes in providing top-notch cybersecurity solutions to businesses and organizations.
  • Traction Apps — Traction apps provide businesses end to end tools they need to run and grow their businesses.
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Aruwa Capital
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

Aruwa Capital Management is a Lagos-based, female-founded and led growth equity impact fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Retail, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Series A $11M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $35M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Yikodeen — Yikodeen is a well-known and established footwear manufacturing company.
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Silverbacks Holdings
VC Fund · Ebène, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

Silverbacks Holdings is a Mauritius-based private investment firm established in 2019, focusing on Africa-related companies in underserved industries such As technology, sports, entertainment, and the creative economy. The firm aims for returns averaging 2x to 5x on its investments and has achieved 9 profitable exits since its inception. Its portfolio includes over 240 companies across Africa, collectively valued at over $10 billion. Landmark investments include the Cape Town Tigers (2024 BAL semi-finalists), Forever7 Entertainment (Netflix content deals), and Moove (a global mobility fintech backed by Uber), and Wave (a mobile money and global remittance focused fintech backed by Stripe).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Nigeria, United States, Egypt

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$8.3M; Series A $1.4M–$32M; Venture - Series Unknown $100k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vanhu Vamwe — Vanhu Vamwe is a luxury accessory brand that creates handcrafted, sustainable handbags using traditional African crafts and eco-friendly materials.
  • The Rad Black Kids — The Rad Black Kids is a lifestyle and apparel company that specializes in fashion. The company’s main business includes selling clothing items such as hoodies, caps, t-shirts, and etc. It also offers a range of skate boards and vintage guitars. The Rad Black Kids was founded by Thulani Ngazimbi.
  • African Warriors Fighting Championship — African Warriors Fighting Championship is Africa's leading promoter of traditional combat sports: Dambe and Wrestling.
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Archangel Fund
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

Capital for the next generation of founders. First checks into audacious technology across Africa and globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Logistics, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$13M; Pre-Seed $25k–$450k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pennee — Pennee solves cash flow problems for small businesses starting with credit financing.
  • Yana — AI Powered Software For Lenders. We help lenders improve outcomes, not replace critical stakeholders. Originate. Underwrite. Manage. Collect.
  • Jetstream Africa — Jetstream monitors inventory and goods-in-transit for trade creditors and banks.
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EchoVC Partners
VC Fund · Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria · 1 investments in Nigeria Sports startups

EchoVC Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams, business models, and knowledge across North America, Africa, and SE Asia. The average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of thebusiness.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.2M; Series A $1.2M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.5M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Rivy — Access flexible financing for solar energy projects with Rivy. Power homes, businesses, and communities with clean, affordable energy.
  • Printivo — Design & print Business Cards, flyers, mugs and other print products online and we will deliver your doorstep. Get instant quotes.
  • Rana Energy — No. 1 Solar Community in Africa
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Sports VC funding in Nigeria at a glance

Stats across 10 deals from 11 investors.

11
investors
in Nigeria Sports startups
10
deals
in Nigeria Sports startups
$120k
median round
in Nigeria Sports startups
64%
lead investors
lead at least one round
40%
Seed
most common funding stage

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