Top 5 Startup Investors in Nigeria in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Venture capital startups based in Nigeria. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Venture capital companies from Nigeria. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Startup Investors in Nigeria in April 2025

Investor	Venture Capital Nigeria investments
GreenHouse Capital	3
Zenith Bank	1
Flying Doctors Nigeria	1
Stanbic IBTC Bank	1
Microtraction	1

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GreenHouse Capital’s Founding Partners took their own fintech company Venture Garden Group (VGG) from a 7 employee, ₦30 million revenue startup to a 200 employees, ₦2 billion power house in just 4 years and raised an attention grabbing Series A round from Convergence Partners of South Africa. The uniqueness of their position was not lost on thefounders who then cultivated Garden Institute of Business Entrepreneurs (GIBE) to identify, incubate, and invest in young and innovative tech startups solving global challenges in Emerging Markets. GIBE was created to build a world class talent management hub for young and passionate entrepreneurs while creating a pool of technology inclined businesses and innovation oriented leaders.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Nigeria, Kenya, United States

Portfolio highlights

Credpal — Buy now, pay later. Split in 6.
Encore Pay — Encore Pay is a UAE-based FinTech and Payment solutions provider.
MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.

At Zenith, we believe that the beauty of life lies in the little things that give us a better expression of ourselves, make us more social and connect emotionally.

Investment focus

Energy, Incubators, Communities
Seed, Debt Financing
Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

ANOH Gas Processing Company — ANOH Gas Processing Company is a midstream gas company committed to the processing of gas from OML 53 for distribution to the local market.
Nigeria Health Innovation Markeplace (NHIM) — Nigeria Health Innovation Marketplace (NHIM) is the country's foremost healthcare innovation platform focusing on impact investing in broad scale innovations in health, spurring social entrepreneurship, and connecting actors in the innovation ecosystem with the intent to leapfrog constrains and accelerate improvement in Nigeria's healthoutcomes. It was initiated by Mr. Bill Gates, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate, Mr. Jim Ovia, Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, and Mrs. Sola David Borha.

Flying Doctors Nigeria is an ambulance service company that provides medical emergency services. The company also provides medical solutions such as air ambulance and medical evacuation and ground ambulance services. They offer rapid transfer and the highest standards of care to patients in acute medical need, serving both states and privatecompanies on a yearly retainer basis.Flying Doctors Nigeria operates stations manned by specially trained medical doctors across the country from where real-time responses are affected. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.