Best Investment Tech Companies in Nigeria
The 121 best Investment Tech companies in Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AFEX.
Nigeria's Investment Tech sector has 121 companies tracked, $79M in total disclosed funding, and not a single unicorn yet. That gap between activity and breakout is the story worth watching. Afex leads the pack at $26M raised, Bamboo sits at $18M, and Thrive Agric at $9M, with the rest of the field clustered well below that. The global market these companies are competing within was valued at roughly $127.0B in 2022, growing at a 15.6% CAGR, driven by demand for affordable financial access and tightening compliance mandates. Data security and evolving regulatory frameworks remain the structural friction points every founder here is navigating.
So what's actually moving? Median install growth across investment tech apps is running around +25% YoY, which tells you user appetite is real even if the funding numbers are still modest. As shown in 2014 research, early-stage fintech adoption in emerging markets tends to accelerate sharply once mobile infrastructure crosses a threshold, and Nigeria crossed it. Most active backers here, Ventures Platform, Techstars, Black Founders Fund, Village Capital, and Future Africa, are patient capital, not tourist money. I'd keep an eye on whether Bamboo or a second-tier name closes a round that resets the ceiling. If you're mapping this space, the funding concentration is tight, the momentum is real, and the first unicorn is probably closer than the current numbers suggest.
- IDC Financial Insights
Our analysis of 229 Investment Tech companies
$28.6b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Investment Tech companies in Nigeria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founded | Founder | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AFEX Commodity trading platform for individuals | $26M | 31 mo ago | Seed | 375 | 2014 | Joshua Rugema CEO | — |
| 2 | Bamboo Broker-based online trading platform | $18M | 52 mo ago | Series A | 79 | 2018 | Richmond Bassey Co-Founder & CEO | 4 job openings · 1 expansion |
| 3 | Thrive Agric Online platform for investors to invest in farming projects | $9M | 51 mo ago | Series A | 251 | 2016 | Uka Eje Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 4 | QLIP Online NFT marketplace platform | $4M | 59 mo ago | Series A | — | 2021 | Karla Obakpolor Founder | — |
| 5 | Stears Online platform with data-driven insights | $4M | 44 mo ago | Seed | 21 | 2014 | Preston Timeyin Ideh Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 6 | CowryWise Online & app-based savings platform for individuals | $4M | 64 mo ago | Seed | 555 | 2017 | Razaq Ahmed Co-Founder & CEO | 1 award |
| 7 | Stears Online platform provides data and insight for global businesses, financial and policy professionals | $3M | 44 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | Abdul Abdulrahim Co-Founder | — |
| 8 | SunFi Provider of solar finance management platform | $2M | 40 mo ago | Seed | 39 | 2021 | Rotimi Thomas Co-Founder & CEO | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 9 | FarmCrowdy Online platform that allows individuals to invest in small-scale agricultural projects through crowdfunding | $2M | 87 mo ago | Seed | 21 | 2016 | — | — |
| 10 | Chaka Provider of a regular trading platform for stocks | $2M | 59 mo ago | Acquired | 27 | 2019 | — | — |
| 11 | Farmsponsor Agricultural technology business focused on promoting food security | $1M | 30 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2018 | Akpa Chike Co-Founder | — |
| 12 | PiggyVest Online savings and investment platform | $1M | 96 mo ago | Seed | 170 | 2016 | Joshua Chibueze Co-Founder | 1 job opening |
| 13 | Hashgreed Online marketplace for NFT trading | $1M | 46 mo ago | Seed | 10 | 2021 | — | — |
| 14 | HouseArica Provider of a decentralized real estate and rental ecosystem | $525K | 38 mo ago | Seed | 16 | 2017 | Nnamdi Chukwuebuka Co-Founder | 1 launch |
| 15 | Awabah Online pension planning and savings management platform | $320K | 45 mo ago | Seed | 23 | 2020 | Tunji Andrews Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| 16 | Flex Finance App-based expense management solutions for business travelers | $200K | 45 mo ago | Seed | 32 | 2019 | — | — |
| 17 | Keble Online investment for global real estate | $130K | 48 mo ago | Seed | 16 | 2018 | Emmanuel Oballa Co-Founder | 1 job opening |
| 18 | HerVest Savings and investment management platform for women | $100K | 36 mo ago | Seed | 44 | 2019 | 'solape Akinpelu Co-Founder/CEO | — |
| 19 | GetEquity Tokenized asset-based equity crowdfunding platform for startups and investors | $100K | 40 mo ago | Seed | 25 | 2020 | William Okafor Co-Founder | — |
Top 12 Investment Tech companies in Nigeria
#1
Seed · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2014 · 375 employees$26.5Mraised▾
Commodity trading platform for individuals. Regional commodity exchange that connects smallholder farmers to agricultural and financial markets. Provides solutions in trading, financing, and market system development. Delivers trading experience for both retail and institutional clients, enabling traders to focus on their strategies rather than their tools. Application is made available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Nov 2023Seed$26.5M
#2
Deadpooled · Port Harcourt, Rivers State · founded 2018$1.3Mraised▾
Agricultural technology business focused on promoting food security. It offers a platform that allows individuals the opportunity to sponsor local farmers.
- Dec 2023Conventional Debt$1.3M
#3
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 251 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Online platform for investors to invest in farming projects. The company provides cultivation and works with farmers who performs the farming operations in that land. The company deals in sesame, maize, and pepper.
- Mar 2022Conventional Debt$56.5M
- Mar 2022Grant (prize money)$1.8M
- 2020Series A$9M
- 2019Seed$150K
#4
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2014 · 21 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Online platform with data-driven insights. It provides users with a platform for data and research reports. Its features include insight and data collection tools for businesses, and financial and policy professionals.
- Oct 2022Seed$3.3M
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- Apr 2020Seed$600K
#5
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2018 · 79 employees$17.5Mraised▾
Broker-based online trading platform. It provides an online trading platform for the stock market. It enables users to buy and sell stocks through the app-based platform. It features tools for tracking portfolio performance. The app is available for Android and IOS platforms.
- Jan 2022Series A$17.4M
- Nov 2020Seed—
- 2020Seed$125K
#6
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 39 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Provider of solar finance management platform. It offers solutions such as tracking repayment plan schedules, energy management, and more.
- Feb 2023Seed$2.4M
#7
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019$3.3Mraised▾
Online platform provides data and insight for global businesses, financial and policy professionals. It provides Companies providing data on private companies. Its features include data and insight to develop a clear perspective on disruptive trends, transformations, and technologies.
- Oct 2022Seed$3.3M
#8
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2018$20Kraised▾
Trove Finance is a platform to invest in public traded equities, bonds, mutual funds, and crypto assets. The platform accepts debit cards issued by the Nigerian banks & also some international cards. The minimum investment amount is ₦500. The app is available for Android platforms.
- Apr 2024Seed$120K
- Jun 2020Seed—
- Dec 2019Seed—
- May 2019Seed—
#9
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017 · 16 employees$525Kraised▾
Provider of a decentralized real estate and rental ecosystem. The platform offers management of the construction supply chain from yard to development site for developers. Offers HAF tokens which are used to buy, sell, rent, manage properties, and ultimately pay rent and utility bills. HAF tokens are issued on the WAVE blockchain under token standards.
- Mar 2023Seed$400K
- Nov 2021Seed$125K
#10
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 44 employees$100Kraised▾
Savings and investment management platform for women. It allows users to set aside funds as savings, access mentoring & financial literacy sessions, coaching on financial planning, tools for developing financial goals & assessing cash flow issues, and insights & trends for users. Features savings calculators, interest, and savings management tools for users. The application can be accessed on iOS and Android devices.
- 2023Seed$100K
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
#11
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 10 employees$1Mraised▾
Online marketplace for NFT trading. The platform provides a blockchain-powered fileweb3 marketplace, a multipurpose NFT web3 marketplace, access to real estate and tech startups ownership, and low-interest DeFI-powered loans, enabling content creators to monetize their craft.
- Jul 2022Seed$1M
#12
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017 · 555 employees$3.7Mraised▾
CowryWise is an online & app-based savings platform for individuals. It offers services such as savings & mutual funds, goal-based savings, portfolio management, and more. It enables users to save for long-term goals such as education, housing, retirement, wedding, and more. App is available on iOS & Android devices.
- Jan 2021Seed$3.5M
- Apr 2019Seed—
- Jul 2018Seed$120K
- Jun 2018Seed$50K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Investment Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Fintech is moving in Nigeria
A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 277 Nigeria-affiliated papers.
- Enugu State University of Science and Technology17
- National Open University of Nigeria15
- University of Nigeria13
- The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti13
- Lead City University12
- Financial services6
- Financial inclusion4
- Panel data2
- Corporate governance2
- Leverage (statistics)2
- Financial services2→83
- Payment2→21
- Financial literacy2→14
- Database transaction2→13
- Payment2→19
- Government (linguistics)4→11
- Descriptive statistics2→5
Where fintech is researched across Nigeria
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.