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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.

    30% of their portfolio is in Mobility & Transportation. They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (70% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.1M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    8

    Fund Size

    $60M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    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

    10 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Chari logoChariSeries A—Oct 2025
    Nawy logoNawySeries A$52MJan 2025
    Chari logoChariSeries A$12MJan 2025
    Zone logoZoneSeed—Mar 2024
    Cloudline logoCloudlineSeries A$6MDec 2023
    CChefaaUnknown$5.3MJan 2023
    Cloudline logoCloudlineSeed$6MJan 2023
    Tagaddod logoTagaddodSeries A$26.3M—
    Chefaa logoChefaaSeries A$1M—
    Shuttlers logoShuttlersSeries A$4M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Enza Capital2 shared
    AXIAN Investment2 shared
    4Di Capital1 shared
    VentureSouq1 shared
    HOF Capital1 shared
    e& capital1 shared
    Outliers1 shared
    A151 shared
    FMO1 shared
    500 Global1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026