Neon Ventures

Neon Ventures is a Lagos-based venture building platform that designs and builds companies that harness the power of technology to solve some of the most pressing challenges African businesses face. We serve as co-founders for entrepreneurs by providing critical services, advice, expertise and financing to guide them toward building a successful scalable business at the earliest stages.

We invest in promising early stage start-ups creating solutions for large and fragmented markets. We expect you to have created a working product and secured your first one or two customers, but we don’t mind whether you are a sole founder or part of a founding team. We are not passive investors; we are partners who like to get our hands dirty. That is why we want to be the first cheque into the business (besides any investments from family and some friends). What we really want is to support you throughout the entire journey of building a truly great company. We do this by helping you to refine your business model, product and go to market strategy. You also get access to our workspace, in-house team of experts and our extensive global network of investors, advisors and partners.

Investor Vision

We invest in promising early stage startups creating solutions for large and fragmented markets.

Investor Funding Goals

We are particularly interested in platform businesses focused on increasing trust, transparency and quality in a high-fragmented industry. We do everything we can to increase the likelihood of success of our portfolio companies.

Investor Entrepreneurial Experience

We have helped African companies to raise in excess of $2 billion in third party capital and have board level access to many of the largest corporations in Africa

Services Besides Funding?

Providing mentorship, networking and business expertise to entrepreneurs.

Year
2017
Countries
The Gambia
Burkina Faso
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Benin
Cape Verde
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Cameroon
Gabon
Guinea
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sectors
Financial & FinTech
Health & HealthTech
Mobility, Transport & Logistics
Education & EduTech
Capital Types
Equity
Provider Types
Venture Capital
Maximum Investment
100k
Minimum Investment
10k