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KAPY Ventures

VC
Lagos, NigeriaWebsite

KAPY Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria investing in Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer. The firm typically writes $70K–$300K checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$70K–$300K
Portfolio
3 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
Lagos, Nigeria
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-27

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$70K – $300K

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in early-stage SaaS and marketplace platforms in West Africa, aiming to empower regional entrepreneurs.

How KAPY Ventures invests

KAPY Ventures is a vc firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer, AI / ML. It does not invest in Direct-to-Consumer.

KAPY Ventures typically writes checks of $70K–$300K per investment.

KAPY Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including TradeChain, Kapy, Tivalio.

Partners & Team

AA

Ade Afolabi

Managing Partner

Marketplace
SaaS
SR

Sergio Ramírez

Founder & CEO

Software engineering
Data-intensive systems
LLM infrastructure
Developer tooling

Software engineer with deep experience in data-intensive systems, LLM infrastructure, and developer tooling. Previously built and shipped analytics products used by product teams at growing SaaS companies. Founded Kapy to bring engineering-grade reliability to AI-assisted data investigation.

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SR

Founder

Software engineering
Data-intensive systems
LLM infrastructure
Developer tooling

Software engineer with deep experience in data-intensive systems, LLM infrastructure, and developer tooling. Previously built and shipped analytics products used by product teams at growing SaaS companies. Founded Kapy to bring engineering-grade reliability to AI-assisted data investigation.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
SaaS
Consumer
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Direct-to-Consumer

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

TR

TradeChain

Marketplace
KA

Kapy

The execution layer for enterprise AI

TI

Tivalio

A product analytics intelligence layer that helps teams understand why users reach value late — or never — and what differentiates fast activators from the long tail.

How to pitch KAPY Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $70K – $300K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ade Afolabi, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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