Future Africa – Nominated for Investor of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Future Africa is one of the most dynamic early-stage investment firms reshaping the startup ecosystem across Africa. Founded by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, Future Africa was born from his passion to empower bold founders solving the continent’s most urgent challenges, from finance and health to climate, education, and governance. Established in 2020,
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ARM Investment Managers – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Founded in 1994 by visionary entrepreneur Deji Alli, ARM Investment Managers has grown from a bold idea into one of Nigeria’s foremost asset management firms, setting the benchmark for professionalism, innovation, and trust in West Africa’s financial ecosystem. Driven by Alli’s belief that Nigerians deserved world-class investment management rooted in integrity and long-term value creation,
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Speedinvest – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active and respected early-stage venture capital firms, founded in 2011 by Oliver Holle, Daniel Keiper-Knorr, and Marie-Hélène Ametsreiter. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with offices across Berlin, London, and San Francisco, Speedinvest was born from a shared belief that the best founders deserve more than capital — they deserve a
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Newfund – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Newfund is a transatlantic venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Henri Deshays, François Véron, and Patrick Malka, with a bold mission to back exceptional entrepreneurs shaping the future through innovation. With offices in Paris and Silicon Valley, Newfund has built its reputation as one of France’s most dynamic early-stage investors, combining European depth with
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Flourish Ventures – Nominated for the Investor of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Flourish Ventures is a global venture capital firm founded by Omidyar Network partners Emmalyn Shaw and Tilman Ehrbeck, with a mission to advance financial health and economic resilience for people and small businesses around the world. Launched in 2019 as an independent fund backed by Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, Flourish was built on a
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DST Global – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Founded in 2009 by visionary investor Yuri Milner, DST Global has become one of the world’s most influential venture capital firms, known for backing the biggest technology disruptors of the 21st century. From Facebook, Twitter, and Spotify to Airbnb, ByteDance, Klarna, Nubank, and FairMoney, DST Global has consistently identified and supported category-defining companies long before
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Raba – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Raba is a Nigerian fintech company transforming how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access financial services and equipment, enabling business growth through “pay-small-small” models and embedded credit. Founded by a team of local tech and finance entrepreneurs in Ibadan, Oyo State, Raba is committed to filling a critical gap in the market: many micro and
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AXA Mansard Insurance – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
AXA Mansard Insurance plc was incorporated in 1989 as a composite insurance company in Nigeria. In 2014, AXA (the global insurance group) acquired majority ownership in Mansard, bringing global backing and repositioning the brand. Headquartered in Victoria Island, Lagos, AXA Mansard offers a full suite of financial products: life and non-life insurance, health (HMO) plans,
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ASNR Investments Ltd – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
ASNR Investments Ltd is a privately held UK company registered on 14 January 2025 under company number 16182874. The firm’s registered office is at 403 Kingston Road, Epsom, Surrey KT19 0BT, England. Founded as a micro-sized private limited company, ASNR Investments Ltd is in the early stages of its corporate life According to official filings,
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Blockwall Capital – Nominated for Investor of the Year Award at the MOI Award
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Blockwall Capital is a thesis-driven early-stage venture firm backing the builders of the next internet—Web3 and blockchain infrastructure. The firm’s edge comes from its founders: Dominic Briggs, Jannis Choulidis, and Nikos Choulidis. As Managing Partners, they combine complementary strengths, venture discipline (Briggs), company-building and operations (Jannis), and product/security depth plus partnerships (Nikos)—to deliver a founder-first
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Meristem Securities Limited – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Meristem Securities Limited is a Nigerian capital-markets firm providing a wide range of financial services including wealth management, stock-broking, asset management, investment banking, trusteeship and registrars & probate services. Founded originally as Great Africa Securities in 2003 and renamed to Meristem in 2005, the group has grown into a multi-subsidiary financial services provider operating across
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Tekton Ventures – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Tekton Ventures is an early-stage investment firm rooted in Silicon Valley but active globally. The firm traces its founding to around 2009-10, and it is headquartered in San Francisco, with a presence in Paris as well. Tekton focuses on seed-stage and inception investments, supporting founders who are building category-defining companies, often with a global or
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Republic Capital – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Republic Capital is a venture-capital firm founded in 2019 and based in New York City. The firm focuses on investing in companies developing frontier technologies, particularly in deep tech, fintech, and Web3. Republic Capital positions itself as a partner for “a non-obvious future,” deploying capital and venture expertise into startups that challenge conventional markets. Unlike
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JumpCapital – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Jump Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, United States. They specialise in backing early-stage and growth-stage technology companies, with special focus in fintech, application software and infrastructure software. The firm describes itself as “founder-focused, low-ego,” and emphasises hands-on support rather than passive investment. For example, portfolio companies note
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Kepple Africa Ventures – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
When Japanese entrepreneurs Satoshi Shibata and Takahiro Kamisaka launched Kepple Africa Ventures, few expected two outsiders to become central figures in Africa’s tech revolution. But their belief in the continent’s potential has redefined cross-border investing. Both veterans of Japan’s venture scene, they saw Africa not as charity, but as an opportunity, a market ripe with
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Cadenza Capital – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Cadenza Capital has quickly gained recognition as one of Africa’s most daring early-stage investment firms. Focused on fintech and frontier technologies, the firm has positioned itself at the sweet spot between innovation and execution. In 2025, Cadenza attracted attention for its involvement in several promising Nigerian startups, including VIBRA and VendEase, both of which secured
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Lotus Capital Limited – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Lotus Capital Limited has carved a unique niche in Nigeria’s investment landscape as a pioneer of Shariah-compliant finance. Under the leadership of Hajara Adeola, the firm has provided asset management, wealth management, and advisory services rooted in ethical investing. Over the past year, the company gained significant attention when it launched the “Lotus Waqf (Endowment)
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Verod Capital Management – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Danladi Verheijen didn’t set out to be a financier; he set out to build Africa’s future. After studying engineering at the University of Houston and earning dual MBAs from Harvard and Wharton, Verheijen co-founded Verod Capital Management in 2008 with a mission to back businesses that grow communities, not just portfolios. Raised in Nigeria, he
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GreenHouse Capital – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
At the helm of GreenHouse Capital (GHC), Bunmi Akinyemiju has built one of Africa’s most vibrant venture capital ecosystems. After years as a serial tech entrepreneur in the U.S. and Nigeria, he co-founded GHC to back startups building Africa’s digital economy. This year, GreenHouse made headlines with its Fintech Accelerator Programme, empowering dozens of founders
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LAVA – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Yoseph Ayele founded LAVA to stake a claim where frontier markets meet frontier technology, namely, Web3 and AI in Africa. His vision began with the belief that the continent’s digital-first generation and leap-frog innovation present a unique investment thesis. In 2025, LAVA made waves by announcing an early-stage fund deploying US$100k-500k checks into startups building
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