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African Blockchain Ventures

VC
Lagos, NigeriaWebsite

African Blockchain Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria investing in Other, Fintech, Consumer. The firm typically writes $100K–$400K checks and has 97 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $400K

Portfolio

97+ companies

Team

12 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in African blockchain projects aiming to transform fintech landscapes.

How African Blockchain Ventures invests

African Blockchain Ventures is a vc firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Consumer, AI / ML.

African Blockchain Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$400K per investment.

African Blockchain Ventures has backed 97 companies in our records, including 1inch Exchange, Aave, Abra.

Meet the Team

NO

Nneka Ogbonna

Managing Partner

Blockchain
Africa
HJ

H. Joshua Rivera

Operating Partner

TS

Tony Schmidt

Chief Operating Officer

KS

Kinjal Shah

General Partner

AL

Aleks Larsen

General Partner

JL

JoAnne Lauer

Director of Investor Relations

JF

John Filbert

Finance Director

ZA

Zalia Aliriza

CFO

DK

Donna Kampschuur

Director of Investor Relations

JD

Jason Di Piazza

Director of Capital Formation

EN

Enara Nazarova

Marketing Director

SB

Spencer Bogart

Research

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Consumer
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (97)

Other

1I

1inch Exchange

DeFi·Series A
AA

Aave

DeFi·Seed
AB

Abra

CeFi·Series A
AC

Acadarena

Gaming·Series A
AC

Across

DeFi·Seed
AF

AFTR Market

Decentralized infra·Seed
AL

AlphaPoint

Decentralized infra·Series A
AN

Anchorage Digital

CeFi·Series B
AR

ArDrive

Decentralized infra·Seed
AR

Arweave

Decentralized infra·Seed
How to pitch African Blockchain Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $400K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nneka Ogbonna, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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