Sankofa Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$5.0M Checks)
Sankofa Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria investing in Other, AI / ML, EdTech. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 6 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, EdTech
- HQ
- Lagos, Nigeria
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Seed
$250K – $5.0M
6+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on startups building technology for Africa, particularly in education, media, and public sector digitization. Strong alignment with localized AI innovation.
How Sankofa Ventures invests
Sankofa Ventures is a vc firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, EdTech.
Sankofa Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment.
Sankofa Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Akili Labs, Digital Publics, Sankofa Video and Books.
Partners & Team
Nkechi Onuoha
Founding Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (6)
Other
Akili Labs
Digital Publics
Sankofa Video and Books
Mypheduh Film Inc.
Sankofa Film Institute
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, EdTech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lauren Corke Dunn, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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