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Top 10 Emerging markets vc platforms based in Lagos, Nigeria

RevenueBase identified 40 emerging markets vc platforms headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria as of September 2026 and tracks 242 professional contacts across them, including 87 with verified work emails. Across Nigeria, Lagos is the largest hub for this category.

This list covers emerging markets vc platforms headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
40Companies
242Contacts tracked
87Verified emails
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The 10 largest emerging markets vc platforms based in Lagos, Nigeria

Ranked by team size
Top 10 of 40 emerging markets vc platforms based in Lagos, Nigeria, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to emerging markets vc platforms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Partial evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Partial evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1011 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Itanna is an impact initiative that invests in disruptive tech-enabled businesses in Africa providing mentorship, facilitated networking and growth capital through its accelerator…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Women's Enterprise Acceleration Vehicle (WEAV Capital) is a mission-driven investment and advisory firm providing seed and early stage funding, access to networks, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Emerging markets vc platforms based in Lagos, Nigeria at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
36.0%Verified-email coverage
6.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
26
11-50
14

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole Nigeria list rather than for Lagos, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Lagos, over 40 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among emerging markets vc platforms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria whose own description of what they do matches “emerging markets vc platforms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names emerging markets vc platforms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among emerging markets vc platforms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Lagos are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
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 listed company carries at least one verified work email, 87 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names emerging markets vc platforms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many emerging markets vc platforms are there based in Lagos, Nigeria?

RevenueBase identified 40 emerging markets vc platforms headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Healthcap Africa, headquartered in Lagos, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in Nigeria has the most emerging markets vc platforms?

Lagos leads Nigeria with 40 headquartered companies, followed by Lagos State (10) and Ikoyi Lagos (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 87 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 40 companies.

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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About this data

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 Smart Search, 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.