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Ventures Platform

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Fund manager (General Partner), AVCA member, early stage venture capital in Nigeria. Assets under management: ≈ USD 75m.

At a glance

Based on observed investment behaviour: 14 recorded deals

Investor type
Private equity or venture capital fund (inferred, not verified)
Capital type
Venture capital (inferred from deals)
Observed ticket
3 M$ – 11 M$, median 3.4 M$ (8 disclosed amounts)
Stated ticket : 100 k$ – 2 M$
Countries
Nigeria (10), Senegal (3), Kenya (1)
Activities
B2B e-commerce (2), Payments and mobile money (2), Cybersecurity (1)
Instruments
Equity (13)
Stages
Seed (10), Pre-Seed (2), Series A (2)
Recent activity
2 deals in 12 months, latest Jun 2026

Stated thesis versus observed behaviour

  • Sectors: 64% of its deals within its stated thesis
  • Countries: 93% of its deals within its stated thesis
  • Ticket: 0% of its deals within its stated thesis

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Investment thesis

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Investment ticket
100 k$ – 8 M$*
Instruments
Equity
Preferred sectors
Fintech, SaaS, Digital health, Edtech, Logistics, E-commerce*, Financial services*
Target geographies
Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya*

* added from its deals

Stages (stated by the fund and from its deals)
Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

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Reference deals

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Myka

June 2026 · Nigeria
Pre-SeedUndisclosed amountEquityFinancial servicesLead

Activity : Insurance

Nigerian insurtech startup Myka has raised an undisclosed pre-seed funding round from investors including Ventures Platform, TLcom, Shola Akinlade, co-founder of Paystack; Ridwan Olalere, founder of LemFi; and Olumide Soyombo, founder of Voltron Capital.

Co-investors TLcom Capital

Source : weetracker.com

Cybervergent

April 2026 · Nigeria
Seed3 M$EquitySaaSCo-Lead

Activity : Cybersecurity

Vehicle : Ventures Platform Pan-African Fund II

Cybervergent develops a SaaS cybersecurity, risk and compliance platform for African enterprises.

Why they invested

  • Founding team with deep expertise in compliance, risk and data governance.
  • Product designed for African regulatory and hybrid IT environments.
  • Established customer base across financial and regulated sectors.

Co-investors Atlantica Ventures

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

Raenest

February 2025 · Nigeria
Series A11 M$EquityFintechCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside P1 Ventures

Activity : Money transfer and remittances

Raenest provides multi-currency accounts and financial services enabling African individuals and businesses to transact across borders.

Why they invested

  • Improve Africans' access to global financial services
  • Deepen operations in Nigeria
  • Strengthen presence in Kenya

Co-investors Norrsken22, QED Investors, Seedstars Africa Ventures

Source : avca.africa

Juicyway

December 2024 · Nigeria
Pre-Seed3 M$EquityFintechCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside P1 Ventures

Activity : Payments and mobile money

Image: Juicyway Juicyway, a leading payment startup using stablecoin technology to transform cross-border payments connecting people

Co-investors Future Africa, Magic Fund, Microtraction

Source : launchbaseafrica.com

MDaaS Global

March 2024 · Nigeria
Seed3 M$EquityDigital healthCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside Aruwa Capital Management

Activity : Labs and imaging

MDaaS Global , a pioneering healthtech company and operator of Nigeria’s fastest-growing healthcare network – BeaconHealth Diagnostics, raised a USD 3 M Pre-Series A round of financing.

Co-investors Newtown Partners

Source : weetracker.com

Lengo

October 2023 · Senegal
SeedUndisclosed amountEquitySaaSLead

Activity : Data and AI

Lengo provides consumer brands with data and analytics on African informal retailers through mobile crowdsourcing and AI.

Why they invested

  • Address the data gap in African informal retail.
  • Mobile model enables data collection at scale.
  • Founding team combines African consumer knowledge with operations, sales and engineering expertise.

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

Traction

August 2023 · Nigeria
Seed6 M$EquityFintechCo-Invest

Co-investor alongside P1 Ventures

Activity : Payments and mobile money

Traction provides small businesses with payment acceptance, financial management and operational tools.

Why they invested

  • Digitize Nigerian SME operations
  • Address shortcomings in traditional banking services for SMEs
  • Build an integrated platform combining payments and financial services

Co-investors Multiply Partners

Source : techcrunch.com

Remedial Health

July 2023 · Nigeria
Series A8 M$EquityDigital healthCo-Lead

Activity : Online pharmacy

Remedial Health digitizes the pharmaceutical supply chain and provides procurement and inventory-management solutions to pharmacies, hospitals and PPMVs.

Why they invested

  • Improve medicine access and affordability.
  • Reduce pharmaceutical supply-chain inefficiencies.
  • Support a company and founding team already backed since pre-seed.

Co-investors QED Investors, Tencent

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

Termii

June 2023 · Nigeria
Seed3.6 M$EquitySaaSLead

Activity : Martech and communications platforms

Termii provides cross-platform communications infrastructure that helps businesses improve message delivery and customer engagement.

Why they invested

  • Reduce communication costs for businesses.
  • Solve OTP and message-delivery problems.
  • Cross-industry infrastructure serving healthcare, education, fintech and logistics.

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

Chargel

January 2023 · Senegal
SeedUndisclosed amountEquityLogisticsLead

Activity : Supply chain software

Chargel connects carriers with shippers and digitizes freight coordination, tracking and pricing.

Why they invested

  • High fragmentation and inefficiency in African road freight.
  • Technology can reduce empty miles and fuel consumption.
  • Strong initial traction around the Port of Dakar and potential across Francophone Africa.

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

Topup Mama

October 2022 · Kenya
SeedUndisclosed amountEquityE-commerceLead

Activity : B2B e-commerce

Vehicle : Ventures Platform Fund IV

Topup Mama is a restaurant-management platform that unifies and optimizes food and beverage supply for African restaurants.

Why they invested

  • Fragmented food and beverage supply chain.
  • Strong founder understanding of the problem.
  • Potential to disrupt a large market.

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

Fluna

October 2022 · Nigeria
SeedUndisclosed amountEquityFinancial servicesLead

Activity : SME finance

Vehicle : Ventures Platform Fund IV

Fluna is a B2B SaaS treasury-management and financing platform for businesses in emerging markets.

Why they invested

  • Reduce the African business credit gap.
  • Founding team with deep understanding of barriers to private credit.
  • Integrated treasury and financing solution.

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

Shekel

October 2022 · Nigeria
SeedUndisclosed amountEquityFinancial servicesLead

Activity : Vehicle and productive-asset finance

Vehicle : Ventures Platform Fund IV

Shekel develops a dealership-management system that enables auto dealers to access financing and sell vehicles.

Why they invested

  • Improve financing access for auto dealers.
  • Reduce barriers to vehicle ownership.
  • Potential to become infrastructure for African urban mobility finance.

Source : venturesplatform.comN1 · Primary source

In short

Ventures Platform invests tickets ranging from 100 k$ to 8 M$, across the following sectors: Fintech, SaaS, Digital health, Edtech, Logistics, E-commerce, and Financial services, in the following areas: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, and Kenya. Check in 30 seconds whether your company fits these criteria.