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| 06.04.2026 | Nigerian VC firm Ventures Platform taps another offshore LP | Premium
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| 14.12.2025 | FSD Africa Launches $30 Million Venture Fund to Accelerate Insurance Innovation Across Continent | Financial sector development organisation FSD Africa has announced the establishment of a US $30 million Inclusive Insurtech Investment Fund (3iF), a pan-African venture capital vehicle designed to stimulate private investment in insurance ... |
| 10.11.2025 | Ventures Platform Secures $64 Million First Close For Pan-African Fund II | Ventures Platform has announced the $64 million first close of its second fund, VP Pan-African Fund II, which aims to expand seed investments, catalyze Series A rounds, and strengthen the firm’s pan-African reach to support the continent’s ... |
| 08.11.2025 | Ventures Platform Fuels Africa's Next Tech Wave with $64M Fund Close | Ventures Platform achieved a $64 million first close for its $75 million Pan-African Fund II. This capital injection targets early-stage tech across Africa. The firm focuses on impactful startups solving non-consumption and infrastructure g... |
| 07.11.2025 | Ventures Platform Secures $64M First Close for Fund II to Power Africa’s Next Tech Wave | Share this:
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| 06.11.2025 | Nigerian VC firm Ventures Platform marks first close of second pan-African fund | The Ventures Platform team
Ventures Platform, an early-stage African venture capital firm that has backed more than 90 tech-enabled companies across the continent, has marked the first close of its second fund after securing commitments wor... |
| 08.09.2025 | Raenest unveils Raenest Exchange 2025: The tech conference shaping Africa’s digital future | Raenest, a global fintech company in Africa, is hosting its flagship event, Raenest Exchange 2025, on October 9 in Lagos, Nigeria which will bring together global thinkers, from founders and freelancers to investors and creators, to define ... |
| 01.09.2025 | Kola Aina on AI in Africa, local capital, and exits | Kola Aina needs no introduction. As the founding partner of Ventures Platform, a $46 million early-stage fund, he has been a central figure in African venture capital for the past decade.
His firm has backed more than 90 startups across the... |
| 12.04.2025 | Morocco's Digital Renaissance: GITEX AFRICA 2025 and the Future of Innovation | Morocco is on the brink of a digital revolution. The upcoming GITEX AFRICA 2025 in Marrakech is not just an event; it’s a declaration. A declaration that Africa is ready to lead in technology, innovation, and artificial intelligence. This t... |
| 11.04.2025 | Morocco sets the stage for Africa’s digital future ahead of continental launchpad event for innovation, AI and digital leadership in Marrakech | GITEX AFRICA Morocco will be a pivotal display of African innovation – boosting investor interest for the continent’s digital ecosystem
Rabat, Morocco – 11 April, 2025: Morocco will once again play a pivotal role in shaping Africa’s digital... |
| 04.03.2025 | Nigerian VC firm Ventures Platform to get returning LP for new fund | Premium
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Ventures Platform, an early-stage African venture capital firm that has supported over 90 tech-enabled companies across the continent, is preparing to onboard a returning limited partner ... |
| 18.02.2025 | Africa’s tech opportunity: Building trust as the catalyst for growth | This article was contributed to TechCabal By Kola Aina
The African tech ecosystem is in the midst of transformation and a period of immense growth potential. While it presents unique challenges, the key to sustainable success lies in a powe... |
| 13.01.2025 | Focus on cash management in 2025, VC firms tell early-stage portfolio startups | Partners at early-stage African VC firms are advising their portfolio startups to focus on business fundamentals like sustainable growth and efficient cash management while building products that solve real market problems as they expect ve... |
| 16.12.2024 | Nigeria’s Juicyway raises $3 million to help businesses solve FX shortage problem | Juicyway, a Nigerian cross-border payments startup that helps businesses get FX for international transactions, has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding. The company will use the funding to expand its marketing and business development tea... |
| 13.12.2024 | YC-backed internet provider Tizeti will become the first Nigerian startup to list on IPO-starved NGX | Tizeti, a Y Combinator-backed internet service provider operating in Nigeria, Togo, and Ivory Coast, will list on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) two years after first sharing its ambitions to become a public company. An Initial Public Offering... |
| 13.09.2024 | The ‘Big Four’ fallacy: Rethinking African markets | This article was contributed to TechCabal by Dotun Olowoporoku.
Here’s a thought experiment: What if your fundamental assumptions about investing in African startups were wrong? What if the Big Four markets—Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, and South ... |
| 09.09.2024 | The Dollar's Dance: Navigating the Future of Currency Amid Fed Uncertainty | The U.S. dollar is in a precarious position. After a strong surge earlier this year, it has stumbled, losing ground against major currencies. Traders are now caught in a whirlwind of speculation about Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Thi... |
| 09.09.2024 | Catalysing Conversations 2024: A Summit for Innovation and Collaboration in Nigeria | In the heart of Lagos, a transformative event is set to unfold. Catalysing Conversations 2024, organized by Endeavor Nigeria, will take place on October 3, 2024, at The Balmoral Convention Center. This summit is not just another gathering; ... |
| 09.09.2024 | Endeavor Nigeria Announces Catalysing Conversations 2024: Building Bridges, Co-Creating a Unified Ecosystem | Endeavor Nigeria is excited to announce that Catalysing Conversations 2024 will take place on October 3, 2024, at The Balmoral Convention Center, Lagos. This year’s summit will focus on the theme, Building Bridges: Co-Creating a Unified Eco... |
| 21.08.2024 | “My Innovation Story” Podcast Launches, Spotlighting Africa’s Innovators | Africa’s innovation scene is brimming with inspiring stories. “My Innovation Story” with Femi Awoniyi, a new podcast launching today, delves into the journeys of the continent’s leading innovators.
Hosted by Femi Awoniyi, an innovation expe... |
| 19.08.2024 | Wimbart Calls for Participation in the 2024 Startup Performance Relations Survey | 19th August, 2024. Wimbart, a leading PR agency specialising in tech and startup sectors across Africa and emerging markets, is conducting the second edition of its pan-African research, ‘Startup Performance Reporting in Africa: Aligning St... |
| 25.07.2024 | Risevest's Ambitious Leap: A New Era for African Fintech**
** | ** In the fast-paced world of fintech, opportunities often resemble fleeting shadows. One moment they’re there, the next they vanish. Risevest, a Nigerian startup, is currently navigating this landscape with a bold ambition: acquiring Hisa,... |
| 25.07.2024 | Risevest's Bold Move: Expanding Horizons in East Africa**
** | ** In the fast-paced world of fintech, strategic moves can redefine markets. Risevest, a Nigerian startup, is on the brink of a significant expansion. The company is in talks to acquire Hisa, a Kenyan platform that opens doors to U.S. stock... |
| 25.07.2024 | Techstars and Risevest: Navigating Change in the Startup Landscape**
** | ** In the ever-evolving world of startups, change is the only constant. Two recent stories highlight this truth: Techstars grappling with its corporate culture and Risevest eyeing expansion through acquisition. Both narratives reflect the c... |
| 24.07.2024 | Exclusive: Risevest in talks to acquire Kenya’s Hisa | Risevest, the Nigerian fintech startup that gives users access to global investments and Nigerian stocks, is in talks to acquire Hisa, a Kenyan startup that allows users access to US stocks. If the deal goes through, the acquisition will en... |
| 30.05.2024 | Paystack-led consortium acquired Nigerian fintech startup Brass | A group led by fintech titan Paystack has acquired Nigerian digital banking startup Brass in order to allay liquidity concerns and prevent closure.
Introduced by Emmanuel Okeke and Sola Akindolu in July 2020, Brass provides SMEs with a full... |
| 05.04.2024 | MDaaS Global, a Nigerian e-health startup, raises $3 million in pre-Series A funding round | MDaaS Global, a Nigerian e-health startup operating a rapidly expanding healthcare network has received US$3 million in funding for its Pre-Series A round to advance the development of its patented BeaconOS technology platform.
Aruwa Capita... |
| 12.03.2024 | Nigerian e-health startup MDaaS Global raised $3 M Pre-Series A funding to advance tech | A US $3 million Pre-Series A round of funding has been raised by Nigerian e-health startup MDaaS Global, which runs a rapidly expanding healthcare network, to advance the development of its proprietary technology platform, BeaconOS.
MDaaS G... |
| 27.02.2024 | 300,000 tons of grain and counting: Nigeria’s ThriveAgric aims for year-round food production for Africa’s smallholders | “Africa needs profitable farmers to achieve food security. That is the network we are building.”
Oshone Anavhe is speaking about ThriveAgric, the Nigerian agtech startup where he works as VP of operations.
Founded in 2017 by Uka Eje and Ayo... |
| 01.02.2024 | ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator to showcase 12 Innovative Startups at Demo Day | Lagos, Nigeria – February 1st, 2024 – The ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator is excited to announce its Demo Day event, set to take place on February 20th, 2024, at 3PM WAT in Lagos, Nigeria.
The invite-only event will showcase the accele... |
| 21.11.2023 | Weekly economic index: Showmax dethrones Netflix, Crypto ATMs in SA and Nigeria settles oilfield deal suit with Eni. | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Netflix is no longer number 1 in Africa
Netflix, the world’s largest paid video streaming service, is facin... |
| 29.03.2023 | Payday secures $3M seed round to power the future of work for Africa | Payday, the leading Pan-African neobank issuing global (USD, EUR & GBP) accounts to Africans, has announced a $3M seed round, led by Moniepoint Inc, with participation from HoaQ, DFS Lab’s Stellar Africa Fund, Ingressive Capital Fund II... |
| 09.02.2023 | After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem | Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups.
For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 billion, according to data from Pa... |
| 15.12.2022 | Ventures Platform closes its pan-African fund at $46 million
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Success! | Ventures Platform, an early-stage, Africa-focused VC firm, has closed its early-stage and intercontinental fund at $46 million. The fund surpassed its initial target of $40 million and saw participation from several notable investors, inclu... |
| 15.12.2022 | Pan-African early-stage firm Ventures Platform closes fund, hits $46M | Ventures Platform, a Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, has closed its fund at $46 million as it looks to double down on “category-leading” companies across the continent.
The six-year-old firm, which employs 11 people, initially... |
| 15.12.2022 | Ventures Platform Closes its Pan-African Fund Above its Initial Target – at $46M | Share this:
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| 20.10.2022 | MoneyHash expands operations into sub-Saharan Africa | Large organisations that operate in Africa often have issues with payment collection due to the varying currencies on the continent, differing government policies and fragment payment systems. To remedy this, these organisations have to hir... |
| 19.08.2022 | Nigerian e-commerce platform, Omnibiz, raises $15 million pre-Series A | Image Source: Omnibiz
Omnibiz, a Nigerian B2B e-commerce company, has recently secured a $15 million pre-Series A investment led by Timon Capital. The raise is structured as a $5M equity and $10M debt investment deal and saw participation f... |
| 27.06.2022 | Wimbart Office Hours Four Launches for African Startups | Pan-African PR & communications mentorship programme for tech start-ups expands to add legal, business and consumer influencer/social experts to speaker line-up
Wimbart, the tech focused public relations agency that specialises in Afric... |
| 19.01.2022 | 0.1% default: How Moni Africa leverages social trust to finance mobile money agents | Over the past few years, the agency banking industry in Nigeria has grown by leaps and bounds, driven by a group of fintech players—including OPay, TeamApt, and Paga—that dominate the landscape as well as commercial banks. The latter boasts... |
| 16.12.2021 | Ventures Platform launches a $40m fund, invites Seni Sulyman as venture partner | As far back as 2005, Kola Aina knew he wanted to invest in companies. He even registered a company name after his MBA program—one which he’s too embarrassed to share and ended up not using. After a number of rejections, unreplied messages, ... |
| 16.12.2021 | Ventures Platform announces first close of its $40M pan-African fund | Activity around African venture capital firms raising funds continues to increase as we head towards the end of the year. In the latest development, Abuja- and Lagos-based Ventures Platform is today announcing the first close of its $40 mil... |
| 01.12.2021 | Nigeria’s Payourse secures $600k pre-seed to accelerate crypto adoption across Africa | By creating more secure saving and trading options as well as frictionless cross-border payment and instant local remittance, crypto continues to solve the persistent inefficiencies in Africa’s conventional financial systems.
But as good as... |
| 03.11.2021 | Lemonade Finance raises $725,000 to ease remittances for Africans in the diaspora | Despite multiple international remittance products available for Africans to move money in and out of the continent, processing international payments is still far from painless.
That’s why Lemonade Finance, a Nigerian startup that wants to... |
| 22.10.2021 | Techpoint Awards, AltSchool by TalentQL, Privacy Roundtable PT2, Brass’ $1.7m funding | Share this article:
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TalentQL’s AltSchool
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BIZ301 for SMEs
Brass’ latest funding You can now get a Diploma in Software Engineering from AltSchool
You won’t believe this. In 2021, over 1 ... |
| 21.10.2021 | Nigerian fintech Brass raises $1.7mn to expand SME banking | Share this:
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| 24.06.2021 | Wimbart launches third edition of PR Office Hours | Share this article:
Early-stage African tech start-ups can now apply for the three-month comms programme
Wimbart, the Public Relations agency specialising in Africa & emerging markets, returns with the launch of its third PR Office Hour... |
| 09.06.2021 | 500 Startups Next Ecosystem Hub is Africa | Share this:
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| 14.05.2021 | A startup bill for Nigeria is being discussed between founders, investors and government reps | One landmark acquisition, several funding rounds and meaningful expansions have drawn attention to Nigeria’s potential to become an enabling environment for businesses. Nigerian tech startups are raising larger seed rounds and pursuing uniq... |
| 29.04.2021 | Fintech startups set VC records as the 2021 fundraising market continues to impress | While waiting for full first-quarter venture capital results for fintech startups to drop, we knew that they were going to be outsized. The Exchange previously explored the pace at which huge venture rounds were invested into the startup ni... |
| 27.11.2020 | Do more founders in a startup mean more investments? | Share this article:
About the uptick in pitches he has witnessed since Stripe acquired Paystack, Kola Aina, Founding Partner of Abuja-based VC firm, Ventures Platform tweeted earlier in the week.
“It’s like they are sharing startup now oh. ... |
| 08.10.2020 | Thrive Agric appoints Adia Sowho interim CEO to lead the startup through crisis | Facing public outrage and the threat of legal action from aggrieved subscribers, Thrive Agric has made a move aimed at showing confidence that they will pay the debts they owe.
The startup announced today a temporary change in leadership. A... |
| 30.08.2020 | Techpoint Awards 2020: Complete list of winners and Hall of Fame inductees | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: Following GIG Logistics’ request to exercise its legal rights, the company has been removed from the finalists in the Logistics Category of the Awards.
On January 1, 2020, T... |
| 14.07.2020 | How Ekiti, one of Nigeria’s smallest states, is planning a ‘knowledge economy’ to rival Lagos | Sola Olubayo* got fed up and set out for Lagos without telling her mum.
After graduating from Ekiti State University (EKSU) with a degree in Computer Science, the best ‘tech’ job she found was at a bootstrapping shop that built WordPress si... |
| 29.06.2020 | Nigerian micro-investment portal Trove nets new funding, from angel networks | Nigerian micro-investment platform Trove has secured further funding, this time from three local angel networks.
Trove’s app enables users to invest in bonds and stocks in Nigeria and in the US. The startup was founded in 2018 by Oluwatomi ... |
| 29.06.2020 | Nigerian micro-investment portal Trove nets new funding, from angel networks | Nigerian micro-investment platform Trove has secured further funding, this time from three local angel networks.
Trove’s app enables users to invest in bonds and stocks in Nigeria and in the US. The startup was founded in 2018 by Oluwatomi... |
| 17.06.2020 | So, you want to create a harassment policy for your startup? | The best time to create a harassment (and any form of discrimination) policy document for your company is perhaps the day the company name is registered and ceases to be a one-man affair. The second best time to create one, if it does not a... |
| 14.05.2020 | Ventures Platform Fund invests in three African startups as portfolio passes 30 | Share this article:
Abuja-based early-stage venture capital fund, Ventures Platform Fund, has announced its investments in three African startups.
Launched in 2016, Ventures Platform Fund is the venture arm of pan-African innovation hub, Ve... |
| 12.05.2020 | Village Capital announces the names of NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa 2020 cohort | US venture capital (VC) company Village Capital has announced the names of the business advisors and hub representatives selected for its NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa 2020.
The programme will run in collaboration with the African Manag... |
| 12.05.2020 | Village Capital announces the names of NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa 2020 cohort | US venture capital (VC) company Village Capital has announced the names of the business advisors and hub representatives selected for its NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa 2020.
The programme will run in collaboration with the African Mana... |
| 01.05.2020 | Ventures Platform, NCDC & Others Supports 7 Startups Combating COVID-19 with $21,000 | Ventures Platform has partnered with the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), MTN, and Lagos State Science and Research Innovation Council (LASRIC). They contributed $21000 to invest in seven startups combating COVID-19. This is a par... |
| 16.04.2020 | Nigeria’s tech opportunity in a crisis | Share this:
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| 10.04.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [10/04/2020] | In Nigeria seven startups have qualified for seed funding after coming out tops in a Covid-19 challenge run by Ventures Platform, Venture Garden Group and several others.
This, as The African Development Bank and partner organisations are s... |
| 10.04.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [10/04/2020] | In Nigeria seven startups have qualified for seed funding after coming out tops in a Covid-19 challenge run by Ventures Platform, Venture Garden Group and several others.
This, as The African Development Bank and partner organisations are ... |
| 30.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [30/03/2020] | In just a few days SA small businesses and startups can expect more details from financiers Business Partners on how to access funding from the Rupert family’s R1-billion in debt relief.
This, as the Department of Small Business Developmen... |
| 30.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [30/03/2020] | In just a few days SA small businesses and startups can expect more details from financiers Business Partners on how to access funding from the Rupert family’s R1-billion in debt relief.
This, as the Department of Small Business Development... |
| 30.03.2020 | Meet the 7 startups selected for Nigeria’s Ventures Platform, Lasric’s Covid-19 challenge | Seven startups have been selected by Nigeria’s Ventures Platform and the Lagos State Science and Research and Innovation Council (Lasric) to take part in the #Covid19InnovationChallenge, to develop solutions to mitigate the spread of the vi... |
| 30.03.2020 | Meet the 7 startups selected for Nigeria’s Ventures Platform, Lasric’s Covid-19 challenge | Seven startups have been selected by Nigeria’s Ventures Platform and the Lagos State Science and Research and Innovation Council (Lasric) to take part in the #Covid19InnovationChallenge, to develop solutions to mitigate the spread of the vi... |
| 18.03.2020 | Here are the nominees for Techpoint Nigerian Startup Awards 2020 | Share this article:
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| 05.02.2020 | An insight into how the Ventures Platform Fund works | Share this article:
In Nigeria today, one can hardly think of an institution that is supporting the growth of startups without Ventures Platform coming to mind.
Founded on June 3, 2016, Ventures Platform has been actively finding, funding, ... |
| 20.06.2019 | Nigeria’s MDaaS Global closes its $1m seed round | Medtech startup MDaaS Global today announced that it has closed its $1-million seed round, raising $1 030 000.
It follows a report by Ventureburn in April that the startup had raised just over $1-million in equity funding, according to a U... |
| 20.06.2019 | Nigeria’s MDaaS Global closes its $1m seed round | Medtech startup MDaaS Global today announced that it has closed its $1-million seed round, raising $1 030 000.
It follows a report by Ventureburn in April that the startup had raised just over $1-million in equity funding, according to a US... |
| 14.06.2019 | Six Nigerian fintech startups to keep an eye on | Fintech is one of the most attractive tech sectors for investment in Africa — and Nigeria, together with South Africa and Kenya, is leading the way on the continent when it comes to the number of hot fintech investments.
A report (opens as ... |
| 14.06.2019 | Six Nigerian fintech startups to keep an eye on | Fintech is one of the most attractive tech sectors for investment in Africa — and Nigeria, together with South Africa and Kenya, is leading the way on the continent when it comes to the number of hot fintech investments.
A report (opens as... |
| 09.05.2019 | Nigerian micro-investment portal Trove to use Ventures Platform investment to scale operations | Nigerian micro-investment platform Trove plans to use its recent investment from Ventures Platform to scale its operations and build its team, CEO Tomi Solanke has revealed.
It follows an announcement last Thursday (2 May) by Ventures Plat... |
| 09.05.2019 | Nigerian micro-investment portal Trove to use Ventures Platform investment to scale operations | Nigerian micro-investment platform Trove plans to use its recent investment from Ventures Platform to scale its operations and build its team, CEO Tomi Solanke has revealed.
It follows an announcement last Thursday (2 May) by Ventures Platf... |
| 02.04.2019 | Nigerian medtech startup MDaaS Global raises over $1m in equity funding | MDaaS Global, a Lagos-based medtech startup that builds and operates diagnostic centres in Nigeria, has raised just over $1-million in equity funding, reveals a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing made yesterday (1 April).
The fili... |
| 02.04.2019 | Nigerian medtech startup MDaaS Global raises over $1m in equity funding | MDaaS Global, a Lagos-based medtech startup that builds and operates diagnostic centres in Nigeria, has raised just over $1-million in equity funding, reveals a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing made yesterday (1 April).
The fil... |
| 23.10.2018 | First speakers confirmed for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa | Nigeria’s former communication technology minister Omobola Johnson and Singularity Investments principal investment officer Lexi Novitske are among the first speakers confirmed for this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa — which t... |
| 23.10.2018 | First speakers confirmed for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa | Nigeria’s former communication technology minister Omobola Johnson and Singularity Investments principal investment officer Lexi Novitske are among the first speakers confirmed for this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa — which t... |
| 18.10.2018 | Nigerian rewards platform Thank U Cash secures funding from Ventures Platform | Lagos-based venture capital (VC) firm Ventures Platform has invested an undisclosed amount in Nigerian rewards platform Thank U Cash.
Ventures Platform founding partner Kola Aina announced the investment in a statement on blogging site Med... |
| 18.10.2018 | Nigerian rewards platform Thank U Cash secures funding from Ventures Platform | Lagos-based venture capital (VC) firm Ventures Platform has invested an undisclosed amount in Nigerian rewards platform Thank U Cash.
Ventures Platform founding partner Kola Aina announced the investment in a statement on blogging site Medi... |
| 09.10.2018 | Nigeria’s Microtraction announces its sixth deal, with cloud accounting startup | Lagos-based investment platform Microtraction has announced that it has invested in cloud accounting startup Accounteer — bringing the investor’s portfolio to six startups.
While Microtraction did not reveal the terms of the deal, the plat... |
| 09.10.2018 | Nigeria’s Microtraction announces its sixth deal, with cloud accounting startup | Lagos-based investment platform Microtraction has announced that it has invested in cloud accounting startup Accounteer — bringing the investor’s portfolio to six startups.
While Microtraction did not reveal the terms of the deal, the platf... |
| 06.09.2018 | Ventures Platform backs healthtech startup MDaaS with $100k investment | Nigerian venture capital (VC) firm Ventures Platform has invested $100 000 into Lagos-based healthtech startup MDaaS Global.
Ventures Platform founder and CEO Kola Aina announced the investment on Tuesday (4 September) in a post on Medium.... |
| 06.09.2018 | Ventures Platform backs healthtech startup MDaaS with $100k investment | Nigerian venture capital (VC) firm Ventures Platform has invested $100 000 into Lagos-based healthtech startup MDaaS Global.
Ventures Platform founder and CEO Kola Aina announced the investment on Tuesday (4 September) in a post on Medium.
... |
| 24.08.2018 | Village Capital taps 15 African tech hubs for VilCap Communities Africa initiative | US-based venture capital firm Village Capital has announced the 15 incubators, accelerators and seed funds that it has selected for its VilCap Communities Africa programme.
The initiative — which aims to accelerate the flow of capital to ea... |
| 24.08.2018 | Village Capital taps 15 African tech hubs for VilCap Communities Africa initiative | US-based venture capital firm Village Capital has announced the 15 incubators, accelerators and seed funds that it has selected for its VilCap Communities Africa programme.
The initiative — which aims to accelerate the flow of capital to e... |
| 13.07.2018 | Ventures Platform and USNC’s Corporate Leaders Fund Is Encouraging Much Needed Local Investment | Nigeria-based early stage VC firm, Ventures Platform, is turning out to be one of the more prolific investors in the Nigerian tech ecosystem. With a respectable lineup of investments and arguably enough pedigree to move the proverbial needl... |
| 10.06.2018 | Africa Roundup: African startup investments turn to fintech this winter season | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 08.06.2018 | Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem | Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other opportunities? Are you an aspiring startup owner looking for assistance? Well, you have come to the right... |
| 01.06.2018 | ‘$1.1m funding will help Piggybank.ng to capitalise on opportunities’ | Automated savings platform Piggybank.ng‘s latest round of $1.1-million seed funding will allow the Nigerian startup to “expand and capitalise on the many opportunities that the market presents”, says co-founder Joshua Chibueze.
Chibueze (pi... |
| 01.06.2018 | ‘$1.1m funding will help Piggybank.ng to capitalise on opportunities’ | Automated savings platform Piggybank.ng‘s latest round of $1.1-million seed funding will allow the Nigerian startup to “expand and capitalise on the many opportunities that the market presents”, says co-founder Joshua Chibueze.
Chibueze (p... |
| 31.05.2018 | Nigeria’s Piggybank.ng raises $1.1M, announces group investment product | Jake Bright Contributor
Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa.
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| 22.05.2018 | Facebook to take on Google in Nigeria with new hub, $20 000 accelerator | The tech startup scene in Nigeria is hotting up — with the unveiling today by social media site Facebook of NG_Hub in Lagos, Nigeria and a new Facebook accelerator programme which will offer Nigerian startups $20 000 in equity-free funding.... |
| 22.05.2018 | Facebook to take on Google in Nigeria with new hub, $20 000 accelerator | The tech startup scene in Nigeria is hotting up — with the unveiling today by social media site Facebook of NG_Hub in Lagos, Nigeria and a new Facebook accelerator programme which will offer Nigerian startups $20 000 in equity-free funding.... |
| 26.12.2017 | Nigeria’s Ventures Platform expands to Lagos, grows cheque size | Nigerian accelerator and investment firm Ventures Platform is expanding to Lagos and doubling the amount it invests in startups to US$40,000.
Ventures Platform launched in 2016 as a full-service innovation hub in Abuja, running 16-week hybr... |
| 28.03.2017 | Jobs Weekly: 6 tech jobs opening you may be interested in | Share this article:
Once again we have rounded up a list of available vacancies for you this week. Check out these tech job openings for techies and non- techies and apply if you are interested. Quickcheck Business Intelligence Lead at Seed... |
| 09.03.2017 | TechCabal Daily: Unpaid debts and takeovers | Hey there! Today’s TechCabal digest is brought to you by DIYlaw; get N2000 off your next company incorporation here with our coupon code – DIYLAWTC. Here’s everything interesting in African technology today.
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