The Nigerian startup ecosystem A public record

Organisations, in sector agnostic, where the answer on money is writes cheques

7 organisations  ·  start again

CeedCap Studio

Lagos
  • Funding
  • Technical

CeedCap is a startup studio on a mission to build great companies. We combine financial capital, human capital and analytical rigour to de-risk the process of building new ventures. As an innovation-driven startup studio, we operate on a mix of cash and equity for founders building digital products of the future.

For
  • Early-stage founders
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Building the product
  • Finding a team
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Civic Innovation Lab

Abuja
  • Funding
  • Programmes
  • Workspace

At Civic Innovation Lab, we are at the frontline of supporting indigenous start-ups through seed funding, business support and provision of premium work spaces. Innovation is the blood that drives our very existence as a community. We see possibilities in every impossibility, solution in every challenge and success in every failure. Our role as an impact driven hub is to act as an intermediary, initiating conversation between the government and the start-up/tech ecosystem.

For
  • Early-stage founders
  • Developers and engineers
  • Women in tech
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Workspace
  • Community and peer support
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Co-creation Hub

Lagos
  • Funding
  • Programmes
  • Technical

We are the leading pan-African creative and innovation ecosystem enabler. Our mission is to accelerate the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity across Africa.

For
  • Early-stage founders
  • Growth-stage founders
  • Designers and creatives
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Building the product
  • Business and operating skills
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

DFC Technology Hub

Abuja, Lagos
  • Funding
  • Programmes

DFC Technology Hub Limited is a Technology Accelerator, Startup Incubator, and technology-focused venture capital company with a strategic initiative to accelerate the pace of technology development in Africa.

For
  • Early-stage founders
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Investment readiness
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Equilibrium Zone

Ibadan, Lagos
  • Funding
  • Programmes

Equilibrium zone is an innovation hub creating, innovating, nurturing, supporting and enabling early-stage promising companies that are solving social problems and creating economic value in Africa. We incubate and invest in innovative start-ups and enterprises by providing them with the adequate structure, strategy, data, tools, support and competent workforce to accelerate their growth and enable them to scale.

For
  • Early-stage founders
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Investment readiness
  • Business and operating skills
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Offices by TSC

Kaduna
  • Funding
  • Programmes

Thescathcompanies Ltd is a tech enabled holding company that provides early stage private equity funding & business development advisory service for businesses and companies across various sectors. They focus on assisting businesses scale & accelerate startup growth in Africa.

For
  • Early-stage founders
  • Growth-stage founders
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Investment readiness
  • Business and operating skills
Writes cheques Not yet confirmed · checked Sept 2026

Ventures Platform

Abuja
  • Funding

We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers to access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services. We invest in founders building market-creating innovations.

For
  • Early-stage founders
  • Growth-stage founders
Helps with
  • Access to capital
  • Investment readiness
  • Introductions and network