GetEquity is a company that is challenging the status quo of startup financing and venture capital. The company is democratizing access to startup funding, thereby expanding the pie for previously underfunded, and underserved startups.
Using GetEquity, startups get instant access to angel investors, syndicates and institutional investors. Startups also get the chance to raise investment from their communities, giving ownership and building a stronger sense of belonging with their most loyal customers.
Using GetEquity, startups get instant access to angel investors, syndicates and institutional investors. Startups also get the chance to raise investment from their communities, giving ownership and building a stronger sense of belonging with their most loyal customers.
Location: United States, Ohio, Delaware
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +234 1 229 8432
Founded date: 2020
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 31.10.2023 | Techstars | techstars.... |
| - | HealthCap | healthcap.... |
Mentions in press and media 15
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| 21.07.2025 | Founders ask investors questions about venture capital in Africa | The typical founder–VC dynamic is one-directional: analysts ask the questions, and founders answer. But last month, I launched the first edition of Ask an Investor that flipped that script. Instead of pitching, founders interrogated the gat... |
| 05.06.2025 | How Nigerian founders are de-dollarising their startups | It used to be simple. You built something people wanted, got investments to buy the tools you need and create the team you need to scale exponentially—maybe a few smart hires from abroad. The tech ecosystem was flush with cash and hope for ... |
| 26.03.2024 | Who calls the shots at TechStars-backed GetEquity? | GetEquity describes itself as a marketplace for investment products provided by investment managers globally. The TechStars-backed startup lets users pool their funds to reach the minimum amounts typically required for investments. It previ... |
| 19.03.2024 | TechStars-backed GetEquity is raising $1 million to add bonds and fixed-income assets | When GetEquity launched in 2021, months after Stripe’s $200 million acquisition of Paystack, it entered a market where retail investors dreamed of big returns from angel investing. GetEquity helped these hopeful investors find and fund star... |
| 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... |
| 15.12.2023 | Techstars, announces 12 new investments through its Africa-focused program | Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Op... |
| 21.11.2023 | Lagos startup filed Police complaint against GetEquity founders over unpaid funds | Peppa, a startup that offers escrow services to online shoppers, has filed a police complaint against Jude Dike and Temitope Ekundayo, the co-founders of GetEquity, a self-described “marketplace for private capital” that helps startup found... |
| 17.08.2023 | Farm Central Intelligence Emerges Winner at AFEX Code Cash Crop 4.0 Ag-hackathon. | Winners received prizes valued at $18,000 in total to scale agriTech solutions in East and West Africa Abuja, Nigeria | 17th August 2023 – AFEX, Africa’s leading commodities market player, hosted its fourth annual ag-hackathon, Code Cash Cr... |
| 03.06.2022 | GreenHouse Capital announces the 13 Start-ups from East & West Africa selected to participate in the Scale-Up accelerator program in collaboration with Microsoft. | Following Microsoft’s announcement to support 10,000 start-ups in Africa over the next five years, GreenHouse Capital announced that 13 start-ups across East & West Africa had been selected to participate in the Scaleup Accelerator Prog... |
| 11.05.2022 | How to give back to the African continent, the Bantaba way | Share this article: One of my favourite lines from Jidenna’s 85 to Africa project is from the song Worth the Weight. The song features Seun Kuti, and the following monologue from the artiste probably captures some of what community-driven p... |
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