Top 5 Gaming Angel Investors in Nigeria (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Tayo Oviosu
Angel
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3 | Nigeria, Brazil, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.4M–$3.6M |
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Tyler Scriven
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria | Seed, Convertible Note | Financial Services, FinTech, Food Processing | |
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John Obaro
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed | E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage | |
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Michael Cohn
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Farming, Information Technology | $120k–$2.4M |
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Ryan Bethencourt
Angel
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1 | United States, Chile, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage | $100k–$945k |
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Tayo is the Founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com), Nigeria’s leading mobile money service. Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. Tayo’s work at Paga has beenrecognized globally - in 2014 CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015 the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is also the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, Brazil, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AjoMoney — AjoMoney is making access to finance easy and flexible for the financially underserved individuals and SMEs willing to cover urgent needs, by digitizing the community financing rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) model.With the AjoMoney technology-driven platform, individuals can save and access interest-free to low-interest credits,businesses can sell credit securely to customers who are saving with them under a cooperative model.
- Tyms Africa — Tyms is a financial management platform for businesses. Tyms Book is the ideal accounting solution for businesses interested in streamlining financial processes, facilitating collaboration, and optimizing workflows.
- Venco Platforms — VENCO automates visitor management, billing, and collections, as well as smart utility vending for communities across Africa.
Tyler is an entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor. He currently serves as a Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta. Prior to joining Techstars, Tyler was a member of the senior leadership team at Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley, where he served as Chief of Staff and Head of Operations. During his tenure with Palantir, he wasbroadly engaged in scaling the operations of the business from 100 to nearly 2,000 employees.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sequr — Cloud-based access control software built to work on non-proprietary Mercury & HID hardware. Integrations with Identity & Video Management.
- Landed — We help education, healthcare, and government employees buy homes by providing access to funds, trusted partners and guidance.
- Farmcrowdy — Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos.
John Obaro is a distinguished alumnus of both Ahmadu Bello University, University of Lagos, and the Chief Executive Program (CEP3) of Lagos Business School. He has served at various times on the Boards of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Information and Communication Technology, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, ComputerProfessionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Governing Council of the National ICT Incubation Program (iDea), and many more.He is a fellow of the Center for African Policy Development and Research, Glasgow, Scotland; a Fellow of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS); an ex-member of the Governing Council of Computers Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria (CPN) – the highest industry practice regulatory body; and immediate past 1st Vice President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON). John Obaro was recently recognised with the honour of Leadership in Technology at the 2016 African Achievement Awards in Scotland and also recognised as the ICT Software Personality of the Year 2016 at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Award, in addition to other numerous indigenous and international awards he has received over the years.John Obaro’s successful entrepreneurial adventure in software development architecture has attracted and continues to attract attention from both local and international quarters. The prestigious Lagos Business School (LBS) of the Pan-Atlantic University has written two case studies on SystemSpecs while many newspapers, magazines and journals have also featured him at one time or the other.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vendease — Grow your business with access to meal costing, inventory, and restaurant management tools. Make payments easily and get the data you need to scale faster.
Michael Cohn serves as a Managing Partner at Overline VC. He attended Emory University - Goizueta Business School.
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- Industry: Software, Farming, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $120k–$2.4M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Farmcrowdy — Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos.
- Monetizr — Monetizr is a unique in-game advertising platform that enables brand marketers to engage with GenZ and Millennial audiences. Monetizr offers sequential multi-touch brand placements, scalability across hundreds of mobile games, high engagement, and data collection in exchange for valuable rewards.
- LEAF — LEAF is the first smartphone controlled, automated home grow system for medical plants and food. Learn more about Leaf and buy here.
Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth and a co-founder and Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures, bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder and former Program Directorat IndieBio and has invested in over 130 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. His work at the interface of science, food, and business has been covered by many major publications.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Chile, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Pre-Seed $100k–$945k
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WTH Foods — WTH Foods is a plant-based alternative protein company based in Manila, Philippines. Using local and sustainable ingredients, we create plant-based versions of processed meat products that Southeast Asian love
- Sobo Foods — Sobo Foods is a plant based comfort food provider.
- Libre Foods — Libre Foods is a biotech startup on a mission to liberate the food system and create a more free future for people, the planet, and animals. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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