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Private equity firms in Nigeria

Updated 23 Oct 2026

20
Private equity firms in Nigeria
20
Rows shown
6
Stages recorded
2
Other types here
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Consonance Investment Managers Lagos, Nigeria 41 15 3 6
2 Aruwa Capital Lagos, Nigeria 22 17 0 7
3 Africa Finance Corporation Lagos, Nigeria 20 15 6 32
4 SAHEL Capital Lagos, Nigeria 18 14 0 0
5 Platform Capital Lagos, Nigeria 18 8 0 2
6 Verod Capital Management Lagos, Nigeria 15 7 2 0
7 CardinalStone Capital Advisers Lagos, Nigeria 11 8 1 9
8 Alitheia Capital Lagos, Nigeria 9 5 0 3
9 Adlevo Capital Lagos, Nigeria 8 5 0 1
10 Lotus Capital Limited Ikoyi, Nigeria 5 0 0 8
11 GetEquity Lagos, Nigeria 4 0 0 0
12 Zhibai Investment Lokoja, Nigeria 4 0 0 0
13 Argentil Capital Partners Lagos, Nigeria 3 1 0 4
14 SMEFUNDS Capital Lagos, Nigeria 3 0 0 3
15 PAC Capital Lagos, Nigeria 1 1 1 0
16 SCM Capital Asset Management Lagos, Nigeria 1 1 0 0
17 Coronation Capital Ikoyi, Nigeria 0 0 0 0
18 Creedville Limited Lagos, Nigeria 0 0 0 0
19 NESBITT Investment Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria 0 0 0 0
20 Tiimafrica Abuja, Nigeria 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in Nigeria, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 20.

Investment stages

Among these 20
Private equity investors13 Early stage investors9 Seed investors6 Late stage investors4 Debt investors4 Venture investors2

Other investors in Nigeria

Venture capital firms50 Angel investors42

Private equity firms elsewhere

United States4,112 China844 United Kingdom656 Canada286 France277 Germany240 India202 Singapore173 Hong Kong163 Switzerland152 South Korea150 Australia134 The Netherlands134 United Arab Emirates110 Spain97 Sweden94 Brazil93 Italy90 South Africa81 Israel75 Japan72 Luxembourg64 Belgium51 Russian Federation44
Cite: FundingWatcher, 20 private equity firms in Nigeria, 23 October 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/nigeria/