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    Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures

    Lagos, NigeriaFounded 2021

    Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) is a $60 million pan-African venture capital firm investing in scalable, tech-enabled, growth-stage startups across Africa. It is a joint venture between Kepple Africa and Verod Holdings, focusing on digital infrastructure, inefficiency solvers, and market creators.

    Their most common stage is series-a (60% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $22.4M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    5

    Fund Size

    $60M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Ory Okolloh

    Ory Okolloh

    Partner, IC, PRC

    Ryosuke Yamawaki

    Ryosuke Yamawaki

    Partner, IC, PRC

    Satoshi Shinada

    Satoshi Shinada

    Partner, IC, PRC

    Olivia Gao

    Olivia Gao

    Principal

    Dipo Okuribido

    Dipo Okuribido

    Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Commercial

    Asuka Uesaka

    Asuka Uesaka

    Associate, Investor Relations & Communications

    Dolapo Olayoriju

    Dolapo Olayoriju

    Associate

    Kingsley Ehima

    Kingsley Ehima

    Associate

    Chigozie Ejimogu

    Chigozie Ejimogu

    Senior Manager, Sustainability and Impact

    Omolara Ojo

    Omolara Ojo

    Chief Financial Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Nawy logoNawySeries A$52MJan 2025
    ZZoneSeedMar 2024
    Cloudline logoCloudlineSeries A$6MDec 2023
    CChefaaUnknown$5.3MJan 2023
    Tagaddod logoTagaddodSeries A$26.3M

    Top Co-Investors

    Last updated: 14 September 2026