Top 5 Retail Angel Investors in Nigeria (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Adebowale Martins
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Pre-Seed | Retail, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Michael Novogratz
Angel
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1 | United States, Nigeria | Series A, Seed | B2B, Retail, Social | |
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Baljinder Sharma
Angel
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1 | Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, E-Commerce, Debt Collections | $200k–$200k |
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Varsha Rao
Angel
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1 | United States, India, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, E-Commerce, Software | $2M–$40M |
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O.D. Kobo
Angel
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1 | China, Israel, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Series B | Internet, Broadcasting, Video | $250k–$32M |
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Adebowale Martins
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- Industry: Retail, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Hazina — Hazina provides technology and distribution for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands to improve the quality of insights and engagements from their product sampling campaigns. Hazina matches consumers to product samples from CPGs, delivers directly to consumers at home, and aggregates the feedback and engagements as insights back to the brand.
Mike Novogratz is the Founder, CEO and Chairman at Galaxy Digital.
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- Industry: B2B, Retail, Social
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Alerzo — Alerzo is a B2B e-commerce retail company providing a technology and services platform that transforms how informal retail stores operate. It offers on-demand inventory distribution and financial services for small informal stores while also providing real-time market trends, customer feedback, and other consumer purchasing data to brands andmanufacturers.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Ibadan, Nigeria.
- Mansa — Built by Black creators with a passion for making culture-positive content, Mansa is the only place to stream the best in Global Black stories
- Candy Digital — Fandom, reimagined. Only at Candy.com
Baljinder Sharma Launch Africa Ventures.
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- Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Debt Collections
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Pre-Seed $200k–$200k
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BFree — BFree focuses its collection processes on sustainably leading customers out of debt by giving them back control over their finances.
- Pricepally.com — Pricepally provides access to affordable, nutritious, traceable and secure food items in Africa’s urban cities. Pricepally is a wholesale and sharing economy e-commerce platform that enables people to buy food in bulk or share bulk food items with others online to leverage their collective bargaining power.
Varsha Rao is the Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners.Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years following graduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned toschool to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.As a strong believer in the power of education, she contributes to various educational initiatives for underprivileged children and youth. Among them is Breakthrough, a program that works to motivate and empower K12 students to continue to higher education and excel academically and professionally.
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $2M–$5.5M; Series A $5M–$9.5M; Series B $9.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- knownwell — Whether you need primary care or are focused on obesity medicine, we are here to serve you with warmth and expertise. No shame. No blame. Just care.
- Groundfloor — Building the infrastructure for IRL community
- Eigen Therapeutics — Eigen Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing combination therapeutics for cancer. The company is in the research and development of synergistic therapies that improve efficacy while reducing the toxicity of small molecule therapies and immunotherapies, enabling physicians to get access to novel drugs in areas of unmet medical needs.
O.D. Kobo is an accomplished entrepreneur with over twenty-years of demonstrated history working in the financial services and technology sector.
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- Industry: Internet, Broadcasting, Video
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: China, Israel, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $250k–$2M; Series A $3M–$5M; Series B $12M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kobo360 — Kobo360 is Africa's leading supply chain technology platform. We are simplifying the supply chain ecosystem with end-to-end tech products, providing a 360-degree view to all stakeholders.
- GiveHope —
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