# Top 40 Payments Angel Investors in Nigeria in May 2026 ## Allen and Ollys International Limited - - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain Allen and Ollys International Limited - ## Olumide Soyombo - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Olumide Soyombo holds a BSc in Systems Engineering from University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MSc (Distinction) in Business and Information Technology from the Aston Business School, Birmingham, England; earning membership into the Beta Gamma Sigma Society for his high scholastic achievement.Olumide co–founded Bluechip Technologies Ltd in 2008 andhas grown the organisation from an organization with two employees to an organization with over 80 consultants spread across Lagos, Accra and Lusaka, Zambia.In 2014, Olumide setup Leadpath as a seed fund investing in local tech startups. He has invested in startups like Pushcv.com, Paystack, Piggybank.ng, Fashpa, Heels.com.ng , Delivery Science, Gloo.ng, and Cosign.co. ## Bunmi Akinyemiju - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Bunmi is a graduate of Computer Science from the Michigan State University, USA. An execution focused executive with over 16 years entrepreneurial experience in high-tech sales, solutions development and management, Bunmi has developed over 20 proprietary technologies in Aviation, Government, Education, Oil & Gas and Banking sector globally.Bunmi has built more than five companies till date – each a potential billion dollar company and has substantial experience/relationships in the areas of Software development, Technology Consulting, Revenue Collection Strategies, Software Project Management, Business Startups, Internet Technology & Business Development. Bunmi is the Founder, MD/CEO of Venture Garden Nigeria. ## Babs Ogundeyi - Type: Angel - Location: Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Cofounder and CEO of Kuda ## Cristina Santin - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain Cristina Santin ## Timi Aboyeji - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Timi Aboyeji ## Richmond Bassey - Type: Angel - Location: Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Payments, Financial Services Richmond Bassey is the Co-founder and CEO at Bamboo. He served as the Chief Of Staff for Helium Health prior to that. ## Nehikhare Igbinijesu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Nehikhare Igbinijesu ## Peter Kisadha - Type: Angel - Location: Kampala, Kampala, Uganda - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Peter Kisadha - Founder and CEO @ Digest Africa ## Brad Flora - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Brad Flora is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Perfect Audience. Mr. Flora received a BA from Princeton University in English and an MS in Journalism from Northwestern. ## Tom Stafford - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Tom is a Co-Founder at DST Global, an internet-focused investment firm with a global focus. ## Leonard Stiegeler - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Credit Leonard Stiegeler is the Founder of Pulse, the leading innovative media company in Africa. He is backing & investing in media-/art-/technology- & -enabled ventures/assets. Some of his interests include Business Insider Africa, Art News Africa and Digital News Africa. Prior, he was the General Manager of Swiss Ringier AfricaAG since 2016 – responsible for buiding up the group's business on the continent. Ringier is today active in 8 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and through its ROAM-holding leads brands such as Jobberman, Cheki, Private Property, BuyRentKenya, Pigiame, ZoomTanzania, and many more. Prior to his work with Ringier since 2013, Leo helped to establish Rocket Internet and other German investors in Africa. Leo is originally from Germany and has been based in different African countries since 2011. ## Olugbenga Agboola - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet Olugbenga Agboola is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave. He previously worked at Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur In Residence. Olugbenga Agboola attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## Justin Kan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Fractal. He attended Yale University. ## Idris Ayodeji Bello - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Ayodeji Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He isalso a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)The 'Afropreneur' (entrepreneur with an African focus), as he self-describes, Idris Bello is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, an innovation platform based in Nigeria, that has successfully accelerated the launch of several technology start-ups in social impact sectors. He is also a Founding Partner at Loftyinc Capital Management, owners of the Afropreneurs Fund (I&II)A first class honors graduate of Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, he has an M.Sc in Computer Science & Data Mining from the University of Houston; an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Strategy from Rice University in Houston and an M.Sc in Global Health Science from the University of Oxford, where he was a 2011 recipient of The Lord Weidenfeld Scholarship for demonstrating remarkable potential as a future leader from an emerging economy.Idris spent the greater part of a decade working at Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil USA, where he led several large upstream technology projects across the USA and Sub-Saharan Africa. Idris has also worked with the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative where he played a major role in the deployment and evaluation of Swaziland’s first mobile health patient appointment reminder system as part of the country’s National AIDS Program. Listed among CNN’s Top Ten African Technology Voices, he is a Singularity University Impact Fellow, Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance Associate, Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow, MIT Global Start-up Fellow, SAP Ashoka Global Changemakers Award Winner, Dell Technology Award Winner, StartingBloc Innovation Fellow and a Nigeria Leadership Initiative Future Leader.As a leader, Idris has mentored and catalyzed scores of contributors across the growing African landscape and is an angel investor and advisor to several African startups including Andela, Flutterwave, RelianceHMO, among others. He continues to devote his efforts to the development of innovation-driven, technology-enabled social enterprises that empower the underserved and develop transformative ideas to change lives on the African continent.He spends most of his time between Lagos, Cairo, or airport lounges. ## Ali Rampurwala - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency 15 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, corporate strategy, angel investing, and business development having an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and being a CAIA Charterholder. ## Abdul Hassan - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Abdul Hassan ## Opeyemi Awoyemi - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Payments, InsurTech, Insurance Opeyemi Awoyemi is the Co-Founder at Moneymie. Opeyemi previously worked at Indeed.com as a Senior Technical Product Manager. He attended Obafemi Awolowo University. ## Sahil Lavingia - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech Sahil is the founder and CEO of Gumroad.Gumroad exists to help every creative earn a living selling the stuff they make directly to their audience.Previously, he was early at Pinterest — a service that lets users collect, organize, and share the things they are into — and worked on turntable's mobile apps.He designs and buildsproducts for fun and profit. ## Brett Kopf - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: B2B, FinTech, Mobile Payments Brett Kopf ## Julian Shapiro - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Julian Shapiro is a Partner at Hyper and a Startup Investor at Julian.capital. He previously worked as the Founder of Demand Curve, a Columnist — Growth Marketing at TechCrunch, and VP of Marketing at Webflow. Julian attended Y Combinator. ## Tyler Scriven - Type: Angel - Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Food Processing 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. ## Will Neale - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor. ## Vasco Martinho - Type: Angel - Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain Vasco Martinho ## Adeniyi Adesuyi - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Insurance, Blockchain Adeniyi Adesuyi ## Neil Thanedar - Type: Angel - Location: Flint, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Apps Neil Thanedar is the Founder and GP of Utopic Ventures and the Founder and Chairman of Labdoor and Air to All.Previously, Neil was the Founder and President of Avomeen Analytical Services, a chemical analysis and product development laboratory.He has also served as Senior Advisor to his father Shri Thanedar in his campaigns for Governor, StateRepresentative, and US Congress in Michigan.Neil graduated from the University of Michigan in 2010 with degrees in Molecular Biology and Business Administration. ## Michael Pennington - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services One of the UK's leading tech angel investors. Active seed and pre-seed stage angel investor in UK based disruptive tech. Prefers businesses venturing into pastures new and keen investing at the pre product stage whether BtoC or B2B. Twice exited UK based tech entrepreneur with experience operating tech businesses in 20 countries in multiplelanguages. Co-founded Gumtree with Simon Crookall which was acquired by Ebay and Slando acquired by Naspers. ## Maneesh Arora - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Internet, Mobile Apps Maneesh Arora is CEO & co-founder of MightyText. He is a product builder who previously worked at Google and Zynga. ## Selma Ribica - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Payments, Software, Health Care Selma Ribica ## Oluchi Enebeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Oluchi Enebeli ## Michael Vaughan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Michael Vaughan is the Operating Partner at Stripes. ## Olawale Ajayi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, FinTech, Finance Olawale Ajayi ## Sean Mahsoul - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Computer, Software Sean Mahsoul ## Rene Reinsberg - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software Rene Reinsberg is the Co-Founder and President of Celo. ## Eric Idiahi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, FinTech, Finance Eric Idiahi, co-founder and partner at Verod Capital Management. ## Desigan Chinniah - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, SaaS Tech Advisor | Startup Mentor | Angel Investor | Board MemberDesigan Chinniah, aka Dees, provides seasoned startup, dot-com hardened, functional, strategic, creative and zero-bullshit executive advice. Dees possesses a unique set of Swiss-Army-Knife like talents and experiences - at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Business Development,Marketing, Fundraising and Developer Relations.A self-confessed geek — this sneakerhead lives in London with his wife, Sanne and their two kids, Summer Skye & Kiran Quinn.You’ve come this far… Why not say hello? helloATdesiganchinniahDOTcom#africa #ai #ar #blockchain #bots #community #connectivity #crypto #ethics #fintech #gaming #iot #opensource #privacy #speech #startups #voice #vr #web ## Shadi Abdulhadi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Mobile Payments Shadi Abdulhadi ## Vijay Shankar - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services Vijay Shankar ## Kola Aina - Type: Angel - Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet Kola Aina is an entrepreneur, technology operator and investor with vast experience working in Africa’s largest economic market. His prior entrepreneurial experience spans several sectors including venture capital, technology, media, agriculture, infrastructure, publishing and real estate. As an angel investor and while leading the early stageAfrican VC firm Ventures Platform. Venture Platform is a leading early stage African VC fund that provides founder friendly capital and support to early stage companies in a framework that is buoyed by corporate governance and hands-on support. Kola has lead investment in about 28 companies including Payments company; Paystack, Connectivity company; Tizeti, Healthcare company; MDaaS and the Agric-tech company; Thrive Agric.Kola, founded the enterprise technology company Emerging Platforms Limited, 9 years ago, quickly growing it to become one of the leading technology service delivery companies and leaders in the e-learning space in West Africa providing services to over 100,000 students. Emerging Platforms Limited is a software and technology firm that specializes in developing innovative technology solutions in education, national security and enterprise sectors.Prior to focusing on full time entrepreneurship, Kola worked in corporate finance, administration, corporate turn-around and strategy. He led strategy and finance for one of the largest publishing companies in Nigeria up till 2009. Before that he worked in corporate finance proving financial analysis at Fifth Third Bank in the USA.Kola is a leader in the African startup and investing ecosystem, a Ted speaker and volunteers his time advising founders, speaking at events and serves on the Presidential Committee for Job Creation and Youth Employment as well as the Private Sector Advisory Group to the Presidency on Creativity and Technology. Kola studied Electrical Engineering and then secured a Master in Business Administration degree with a specialization in Finance from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He has received further education from Berkley University, Harvard University and the Lagos Business School. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is the Co-Founder of Polygon. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Scopeweaver. He attended the National Institute of Industrial Engineering. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co