West African Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.5M Checks)
West African Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Lagos, Nigeria investing in Other, Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.5M checks.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.5M
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Climate / Energy
- HQ
- Lagos, Nigeria
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-03
Seed
$500K – $3.5M
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focuses on emerging opportunities in the transportation and CleanTech sectors within West Africa.
How West African Ventures invests
West African Ventures is a vc firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Climate / Energy. It does not invest in FinTech.
West African Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.5M per investment.
Partners & Team
Chinwe Okafor
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chinwe Okafor, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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