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Top Funded Nigeria Startups of 2025

Ranked by total funding announced in 2025 (USD).

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2025 Funding
$356.3M
Avg Valuation
$1B
Companies
25
Backer relationships
273

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25 companies in this list

1
Moniepoint

Moniepoint provides a seamless platform to accept payments digitally, receive credit and access business management tools.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Late Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
October 2025
2025 Funding
$90M
Backers
22
2
Lemonade Finance

Lemonade Finance is a Nigerian multi-currency payments solution.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Growth
Latest tracked round
May 2026
2025 Funding
$53M
Backers
15
3
Darway Coast

Darway Coast delivers scalable clean energy to underserved Nigerian communities via mini-grid.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Funding Round
Latest tracked round
October 2025
2025 Funding
$25M
Backers
5
4
Kredete

Kredete is a FinTech platform focused on enabling African immigrants to build credit scores and send money back home,

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
September 2025
2025 Funding
$22M
Backers
14
5
OmniRetail

OmniRetail improves the inefficiencies of traditional trade by digitising the key stakeholders through its stellar products.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
April 2025
2025 Funding
$20M
Backers
6
6
ARNERGY

Arnergy is a distributed utility leveraging on internet of things (IOT) in providing reliable solar power for businesses in emerging markets

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Series B
Latest tracked round
May 2026
2025 Funding
$15M
Backers
8
7
Ojirehprime Financial Services

OjirehPrime is a Fintech company committed to providing alternative banking services at the most affordable and convenient way

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Venture
Latest tracked round
June 2025
2025 Funding
$13M
Backers
4
8
Rwazi

Rwazi is a consumer-trained AI platform redefining how global brands make decisions

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
July 2025
2025 Funding
$12M
Backers
6
9
Koolboks

Koolboks develops non-electric refrigeration systems and provides affordable cold storage options to companies all throughout Africa.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
June 2026
2025 Funding
$11M
Backers
18
10
Raenest

Raenest is a modern, multi-currency platform for Africans that makes managing money across borders easy.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
February 2025
2025 Funding
$11M
Backers
18
11
Cedar Money

Cedar Money is simplifying Cross-border Transactions for Businesses in Africa.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Seed
Latest tracked round
January 2025
2025 Funding
$9.9M
Backers
5
12
SeamlessHR

SeamlessHR is a Nigerian HR platform that helps organizations make the best of their people all over the world.

HQ Location
Ikeja, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
January 2025
2025 Funding
$9M
Backers
12
13
Chowdeck

Bringing Nigerian cuisine to your doorstep with ease.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage Venture
Latest tracked round
August 2025
2025 Funding
$9M
Backers
18
14
Prado Power

Prado Power delivers scalable solar energy to underserved Nigerian communities.

HQ Location
Abuja, Nigeria
Stage
Funding Round
Latest tracked round
October 2025
2025 Funding
$8M
Backers
3
15
Odyssey Energy Solutions

Odyssey Energy Solutions streamlines financing and deployment of distributed renewable energy.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Venture
Latest tracked round
September 2026
2025 Funding
$7.5M
Backers
20
16
Babban Gona

Award-winning, high impact, financially sustainable and highly scalable social enterprise part-owned by farmers we serve.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Debt Financing
Latest tracked round
September 2025
2025 Funding
$7.5M
Backers
4
17
Husk Power Systems

Husk Power Systems provides reliable power to rural communities and businesses, entirely from renewable energy sources

HQ Location
Abuja, Nigeria
Stage
Debt Financing
Latest tracked round
May 2025
2025 Funding
$5M
Backers
16
18
Umba

Umba is an Africa-focused digital bank, offering free bank accounts and financial services to customers.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Debt Financing
Latest tracked round
April 2025
2025 Funding
$5M
Backers
17
19
Axmed

Axmed accelerates access to high-quality and affordable medicines through business and technology innovation.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage
Latest tracked round
February 2026
2025 Funding
$5M
Backers
2
20
Carrot Credit

Carrot provides accessible line of credit to its users so they never have to liquidate their portfolio when they need quick cash.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Seed
Latest tracked round
May 2025
2025 Funding
$4.2M
Backers
3
21
Payhippo

PayHippo is a Nigerian AI-Driven lending platform that finances small and medium sized businesses.

HQ Location
Lekki, Nigeria
Stage
Seed
Latest tracked round
March 2025
2025 Funding
$4M
Backers
17
22
BFREE

BFREE is Africa's foremost ethical loan collector for microlending, microfinance, and banking institutions in Nigeria.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Growth
Latest tracked round
May 2026
2025 Funding
$3.3M
Backers
15
23
Rana

Rana offers an innovative and customer centric energy solution that drives energy transition, and economic growth in Africa.

HQ Location
Abuja, Nigeria
Stage
Seed
Latest tracked round
October 2025
2025 Funding
$3M
Backers
8
24
Rulebase

Rulebase automates fintech back-office tasks using AI agents for compliance, disputes, and quality assurance.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Seed
Latest tracked round
September 2025
2025 Funding
$2.1M
Backers
8
25
Pade HCM

Building Africa's largest database of verified earners with simple end-to-end HR & Payroll tech.

HQ Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Stage
Early Stage
Latest tracked round
June 2025
2025 Funding
$1.8M
Backers
9

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