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Voltron Capital is a venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in tech startups across Africa. [11] The firm's portfolio primarily includes startups in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Northern Africa. [12] [13] With its first fund launched in 2022, Voltron invested in 53 startups. [14] [15]
Kobo360 raised $20 million in a Series A round headed by Goldman Sachs in 2019 [13] and $10 million in working capital funding from Nigerian commercial banks. [14] [13]Kobo360 raised an additional $56 million in its series B round led by Afrexim Bank's equity arm - The Fund For Export Development in Africa (FEDA), with participation from existing investors.
Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including ...
Godwin Maduka, Nigerian doctor, businessman, philanthropist and the founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center; Chin Okeke; Henry Fajemirokun; Orondaam Otto — Founder, Slum2School Africa; Adesua Etomi; Samuel Fawehinmi; Veekee James; Cletus Ibeto; Michael Ibru; Linda Ikeji — Founder, Lindaikejiblog; Anastasios George Leventis
Nigeria National Petroleum: Oil and gas 9,706 1,877 2 Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas: Oil and gas 6,315 ... 3 MTN Nigeria: Telecommunications 3,514 536 4 Dangote Cement: Cement 2,699 721 5 Nigerian Petroleum Development: Oil and gas 2,686 219 6 Flour Mills of Nigeria: Agroindustry 2,014 67 7 Airtel Nigeria: Telecommunications 1,503 343 8 ...
[7] [8] [9] Mara announced its entry into Nigeria and Kenya in May 2022. [10] In May 2022, Mara also announced $23 million in funding from Coinbase Ventures, Distributed Global, TQ Ventures, DIGITAL, Nexo, Huobi Ventures, Day One Ventures, Infinite Capital, DAO Jones, and nearly 100 other crypto investors. [10]
In 2021, the company announced an undisclosed capital in a Series B Funding round led by Novastar Ventures. It also fundraised the $50 million in pre-series C funding led by QED investors. [6] In March 2023, Moniepoint led the $3 million seed investment round for Nigerian neobank Payday. [7] In July 2023, the company launched a personal banking ...
Prime 9ja Online is an online news and media website founded by Chima Joseph Ugo in 2016 with its headquarters in Okada Edo, Nigeria. In June 2022, Stamp Nigeria ranked Prime 9ja Online among the 19 fastest-growing newspaper startups in Nigeria. [4] In March 2023, they launched a news section in Pidgin language. [5] [6] [7]