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title: "Beta.Ventures"
description: "Beta.Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York and Lagos that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs building innovative products and services, with a focus on rapid revenue and profit growth. It invests early in Africa’s leading tech entrepreneurs and applies science, technology and social capital to support rapid growth across its portfolio. The firm is active across multiple African markets and concentrates on early stage investing, including seed and Series A rounds. Based on available funding data, Beta.Ventures has backed companies primarily in Nigeria, participating in at least five rounds between May 2021 and February 2023. These investments span seed and Series A stages and focus on fintech, edtech and cybersecurity, reflecting the firm’s emphasis on technology driven businesses. Within this period, Beta.Ventures has supported Nigerian startups such as Stacs, EDVES, Smile ID, AjoCard and BFREE. These companies provide solutions that include consumer credit and payments, K 12 education technology, identity verification and fraud prevention, savings and loans for everyday earners, and ethical debt recovery and collections automation. Together, these investments illustrate Beta.Ventures’ commitment to backing technology enabled products and services that address financial inclusion, digital security and education needs in African markets."
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# Beta.Ventures

Beta.Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York and Lagos that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs building innovative products and services, with a focus on rapid revenue and profit growth. It invests early in Africa’s leading tech entrepreneurs and applies science, technology and social capital to support rapid growth across its portfolio. The firm is active across multiple African markets and concentrates on early stage investing, including seed and Series A rounds. Based on available funding data, Beta.Ventures has backed companies primarily in Nigeria, participating in at least five rounds between May 2021 and February 2023. These investments span seed and Series A stages and focus on fintech, edtech and cybersecurity, reflecting the firm’s emphasis on technology driven businesses. Within this period, Beta.Ventures has supported Nigerian startups such as Stacs, EDVES, Smile ID, AjoCard and BFREE. These companies provide solutions that include consumer credit and payments, K 12 education technology, identity verification and fraud prevention, savings and loans for everyday earners, and ethical debt recovery and collections automation. Together, these investments illustrate Beta.Ventures’ commitment to backing technology enabled products and services that address financial inclusion, digital security and education needs in African markets.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Investors](/investors)
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## Summary

Beta.Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York and Lagos that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs building innovative products and services, with a focus on rapid revenue and profit growth. It invests early in Africa’s leading tech entrepreneurs and applies science, technology and social capital to support rapid growth across its portfolio. The firm is active across multiple African markets and concentrates on early stage investing, including seed and Series A rounds. Based on available funding data, Beta.Ventures has backed companies primarily in Nigeria, participating in at least five rounds between May 2021 and February 2023. These investments span seed and Series A stages and focus on fintech, edtech and cybersecurity, reflecting the firm’s emphasis on technology driven businesses. Within this period, Beta.Ventures has supported Nigerian startups such as Stacs, EDVES, Smile ID, AjoCard and BFREE. These companies provide solutions that include consumer credit and payments, K 12 education technology, identity verification and fraud prevention, savings and loans for everyday earners, and ethical debt recovery and collections automation. Together, these investments illustrate Beta.Ventures’ commitment to backing technology enabled products and services that address financial inclusion, digital security and education needs in African markets.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EDVES | /edves | Seed | 575000 | 2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| AjoCard | /ajocard | Seed | 1000000 | 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Smile ID | /smile-id | Series A | 7000000 | 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| BFREE | /bfree | Seed | 800000 | 2021-05-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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- [Funding rounds](/funding)

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