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    Recent transactions - Nigeria

    Funding round Date
    Moniepoint MFB Ltd
    Provider of an all-in-one payments, banking and operations platform for businesses and their customers.
    fintech, unicorns
    Series C
    USD 110,000,000 (USD 110,000,000) at USD 1,000,000,000 (USD 1,000,000,000) valuation.
    29 Oct 2024
    Waza Technologies Inc
    Provider of payment and liquidity solutions for emerging markets businesses.
    payments, YCW23
    Seed
    USD 3,000,000 (USD 3,000,000)
    19 Aug 2024
    Waza Technologies Inc
    Provider of payment and liquidity solutions for emerging markets businesses.
    payments, YCW23
    Debt
    USD 5,000,000 (USD 5,000,000)
    19 Aug 2024
    Canza Finance
    Decentralised finance (DeFi) foreign exchange (FX) startup.
    blockchain, decentralised finance (DeFi), foreign exchange
    N/A
    USD 2,300,000 (USD 2,300,000)
    18 Jan 2024
    Waza Technologies Inc
    Provider of payment and liquidity solutions for emerging markets businesses.
    payments, YCW23
    Seed
    2023
    Okra
    API “super-connector”
    financial APIs, fintech
    Seed
    USD 3,500,000
    20 Apr 2021
    Okra
    API “super-connector”
    financial APIs, fintech
    Pre Seed
    USD 1,000,000
    27 Apr 2020
    Kudi
    Provider of basic financial services such as money transfers, bill payments and cash withdrawals to underbanked and unbanked Nigerians.
    financial services, fintech
    Series A
    USD 5,000,000 (USD 5,000,000)
    4 Apr 2019
    Verod Capital Fund II
    Fund Closing
    USD 115,000,000 (USD 115,000,000)
    28 Jan 2016
    Verod Capital Fund I
    Fund Closing
    USD 55,000,000 (USD 55,000,000)
    12 Nov 2014
    Ikeja City Mall
    N/A
    31 Dec 2009
    Seven Energy
    N/A
    31 Dec 2007
    Diamond Bank
    N/A
    31 Dec 2006
    Mouka Ltd
    mattresses
    N/A
    31 Dec 2006
    Central Africa Health Care Holdings Ltd
    Acquisition
    1 Aug 2005
    Aureos West Africa Fund
    Fund Closing
    USD 50,000,000 (USD 50,000,000)
    31 Dec 2003

    Best funded companies in Nigeria





    Provider of an all-in-one payments, banking and operations platform for businesses and their customers.

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    Provider of payment and liquidity solutions for emerging markets businesses.

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    Provider of basic financial services such as money transfers, bill payments and cash withdrawals to underbanked and unbanked Nigerians.

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    Decentralised finance (DeFi) foreign exchange (FX) startup.





    Borderless digital bank for Africa.

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    The first alternative credit data marketplace in Nigeria.

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    Nigeria based investment management firm focused on African private equity.





    Enabling homebuyers and institutions to access, verify and value property in a vulnerable market.





    API “super-connector”

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    Top investors - Nigeria

    Profile Country Investments
    Actis LLP Private equity investor in emerging markets, formerly part of CDC Capital Partners United Kingdom 4
    Helios Investment Partners LLP United Kingdom 3
    Y Combinator American technology startup accelerator. United States 3
    TLcom Capital LLP United Kingdom 2
    CV VC AG Private company based in Zug which invests in all stages of the crypto and blockchain growth cycle. Switzerland 2
    Timon Capital 1
    Hyperithm Co Ltd 1
    Polychain Capital LLC Hedge fund investing in cryptocurrencies. United States 1
    Accenture Ventures 1
    Partech Africa Fund Africa-focused private equity fund launched by Partech in January 2018. 1
    Black Founders Fund Fund which provides cash awards, without giving up equity in return, and hands-on support to help Black entrepreneurs build and grow their businesses. 1
    Norrsken Africa 1
    Blizzard Fund A $200M+ fund dedicated to accelerating development, growth, and innovation across the ecosystem of Avalanche and beyond. 1
    Microtraction 1
    Khosla Ventures Venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla. United States 1
    Lightrock LLP Global impact investor focused on growth capital that supports purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s greatest challenges. United Kingdom 1
    Plug and Play Tech Center 1
    Stratified Capital Management Pte Ltd Web 3.0 venture capital firm. Singapore 1
    9Yards Capital Management LP Private investment firm focused on foundational industries, beginning with fintech and supply chain tech. United States 1
    Susa Ventures Early stage technology venture capital firm. United States 1
    Development Partners International LLP 1
    Byld Ventures 1
    Protocol Labs Inc Open-source research and development lab that builds protocols, tools, and services to radically improve the internet, including Filecoin and IPFS. United States 1
    Verod Capital Management Ltd Nigeria 1
    Heirloom VC 1
    99 Capital Investment & Management Ltd United Kingdom 1
    Startup Bootcamp 1

    Top acquirers - Nigeria

    Profile Country Investments
    Emerging Capital Partners United States 1

    Nigeria industry map

    decentralised finance (DeFi)
    digital wallets
    unicorns

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    remittances

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    onchain VC

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    financial services
    financial APIs
    mobile wallets
    foreign exchange
    data market

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    credit data

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    mattresses

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