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Ventures Platform — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)

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Lagos, NigeriaWebsite

Ventures Platform is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria investing in Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 28 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.5M
Portfolio
28 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$1.5B
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML, Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Fintech, Enterprise
HQ
Lagos, Nigeria

Last verified: 2026-10-13

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$1.5B

Portfolio

28+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Ventures Platform is an Africa-focused early-stage fund and platform backing infrastructure, software, and marketplace businesses. It is relevant for globally oriented software and marketplace models with cross-border operations.

How Ventures Platform invests

Ventures Platform is a vc firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML, Other, Food / AgTech.

Ventures Platform typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $1.5B in assets under management. Our records include 4 funds raised by the firm.

Ventures Platform has backed 28 companies in our records, including Piggyvest, Steward, moni.

Partners & Team

DM

Dolapo Morgan

Investment Principal

EE

Ezinne Ejimofor

Executive Assistant

KA

Kola A

General Partner

KA

Kola Aina

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
SaaS
AI / ML
Other
Food / AgTech
Consumer
Fintech
Enterprise

Funds

Ventures Platform Fund IV

$300M2022
actively investing

Ventures Platform Fund III

$200M2020
actively investing

Ventures Platform Fund II

$150M2018
fully deployed

Ventures Platform Fund I

$100M2016
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (28)

Other

PI

Piggyvest

Digital savings and investment platform

ST

Steward

MO

moni

FL

fluna

VP Fund IV

B2B SaaS treasury management and financing platform

BR

Brass

WE

Wealth 8

EN

Engage

PA

Paystack

Payments infrastructure for businesses

EA

earnipay

MD

mdaasglobal

How to pitch Ventures Platform
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dolapo Morgan, Investment Principal.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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