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Top 22 Emerging market venture capital firms based in Nigeria

RevenueBase identified 140 company matches for emerging market venture capital firms associated with Nigeria as of September 2026 and tracks 1,059 professional contacts across them, including 210 with verified work emails. Lagos is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for emerging market venture capital firms associated with Nigeria, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

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140Companies
1,059Contacts tracked
210Verified emails
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The 22 largest emerging market venture capital firms based in Nigeria

Ranked by team size
Top 22 of 140 company matches for emerging market venture capital firms based in Nigeria, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 28, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchWuse 2, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 2026n/a46 contacts →

Exact match

“Seedbuilders Innovation Hub is Abuja’s launchpad and Incubator for startups and social projects.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 28, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchLekki Phase 1, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-5036 contacts →

Exact match

“We focus on early-stage venture capital and digital transformation, and we believe in the power of technology to scale African businesses.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 28, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3Exact matchAbuja, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-5030 contacts →

Exact match

“A pan-African fund that invest early in mission-driven founders building capital-efficient platforms that democratise prosperity, plug infrastructural gaps, connect…”

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4Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-1023 contacts →

Exact match

“HealthCap Africa is An Africa-focused venture fund that invests in early-stage fintech and healthtech startups across the continent.”

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5Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-1023 contacts →

Exact match

“Oui Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm backing bold & brilliant entrepreneurs building tech & tech-enabled companies that will transform Africa.”

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6Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“Sage Grey Technologies is a Nigerian Company incorporated as a Venture Studio for technology startups and investments.”

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7Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-5016 contacts →

Exact match

“Resilience17 is a venture studio and early-stage VC fund backing ambitious African founders locally and globally.”

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8Exact matchIkoyi, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 2026201-50014 contacts →

Exact match

“Ventrae is a Venture Capitalist supporting Start-ups and SME in Nigeria in two folds: Business process and Equity funding.”

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9Exact matchIkeja, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-5014 contacts →

Exact match

“We are the frontier specialists.”

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10Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-1013 contacts →

Exact match

“We are an Africa-focused investment management firm with a simple, yet powerful mission: to help early and growth-stage entrepreneurs build enduring, high-impact businesses that…”

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11Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-1011 contacts →

Exact match

“Microtraction is an early-stage VC firm that provides pre-seed and seed capital to technology entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of their venture.”

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12Exact matchIkoyi, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-5011 contacts →

Exact match

“The Oak Capital is a venture capital management firm established for making outstanding investment deals in Africa, with a bias for businesses driving technological innovations…”

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13Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-1010 contacts →

Exact match

“Atlantica Ventures is an African impact focused Venture Capital fund investing in tech and tech enabled startups.”

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14Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-108 contacts →

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“Octerra Capital is a privately held investment fund focused on unlocking funding and growth opportunities for early stage startups.”

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15Exact matchIkoyi, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-508 contacts →

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Recorded description not available.

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16Exact matchAbuja & Kano, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“Across Africa, women face systemic barriers to accessing startup capital, despite their proven ability to drive economic growth and community transformation.”

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17Exact matchVictoria Island, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-506 contacts →

Exact match

“Cascador is an Africa-focused platform for growth-stage founders building real economy businesses, the companies producing goods, delivering essential services, creating jobs at…”

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18Exact matchCentral Business District, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202651-2005 contacts →

Exact match

“Brendan Nicholas Holdings (BNH) is a Nigerian permanent capital holding company headquartered in Abuja.”

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19Exact matchVictoria Island, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“We are on a mission to back extraordinary entrepreneurs out of Africa, solving important problems in large markets.”

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20Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Exact match

“Askya Investment Partners is an investment firm building a new generation of technology and artificial intelligence champions from Africa, making what the continent needs while…”

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21Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Exact match

“We are self-taught VCs who believe magic can be found at the other side of questioning convention.”

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22Exact matchLagos, NigeriaHQ recorded Sep 28, 202611-502 contacts →

Exact match

“As stage-agnostic investors with a combined network of local and global connections, we bring a disruptive approach to investing at the technology intersection of consumer, media…”

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Emerging market venture capital firms based in Nigeria at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
19.8%Verified-email coverage
7.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
36.4%Largest-city concentration · Lagos
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
87
11-50
50
51-200
2
201-500
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Nigeria, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nigeria, over 140 companies.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with Nigeria whose business descriptions match “emerging market venture capital firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 210 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
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Record context
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Emerging market venture capital firms by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “emerging market venture capital firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many emerging market venture capital firms are there based in Nigeria?

RevenueBase identified 140 company matches for emerging market venture capital firms associated with Nigeria as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Seedbuilders tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most emerging market venture capital firms?

Lagos leads with 51 company records, followed by Lagos State (14) and Ikoyi Lagos (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.