Microtraction — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$450K Checks)
Microtraction is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria investing in Other, Fintech, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$450K checks and has 17 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$450K
- Portfolio
- 17 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- AUM
- $15M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Fintech, SaaS, AI / ML, Consumer, Healthcare, Enterprise
- HQ
- Lagos, Nigeria
Last verified: 2026-09-21
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $450K
$15M
17+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Microtraction backs technical, relentlessly resourceful founders in Africa at the pre-seed / earliest stages, investing in globally relevant, high-growth, technology-driven businesses in billion-dollar markets. They prefer teams with at least one technical founder, an MVP built, validated demand and clear revenue model. Sector agnostic.
How Microtraction invests
Microtraction is a vc firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, SaaS, AI / ML, Consumer.
Microtraction typically writes checks of $100K–$450K per investment, backed by approximately $15M in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2017, Microtraction has backed 17 companies in our records, including Aya Data, Achieve, Afropolitan Group. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2023.
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Industry Focus
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Portfolio Companies (17)
2022
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $450K check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ato Bentsi-Enchill, Investment Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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