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title: "Intercept Ventures"
description: "Intercept Ventures is a venture capital firm. Its official site describes the firm as investing in “the next wave of innovation” across fintech, identity, insurtech, security, and wealthtech. The firm’s Africa activity, based on the investment data provided, includes backing Smile ID in Nigeria across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds from April 2019 to February 2023. Those investments indicate participation at early and growth stages, with a clear focus on cybersecurity and identity-related technology in Nigeria. The firm’s official site also lists identity and security among its focus areas."
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language: "en"
updated_at: "2026-08-01T03:00:36.455Z"
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# Intercept Ventures

Intercept Ventures is a venture capital firm. Its official site describes the firm as investing in “the next wave of innovation” across fintech, identity, insurtech, security, and wealthtech. The firm’s Africa activity, based on the investment data provided, includes backing Smile ID in Nigeria across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds from April 2019 to February 2023. Those investments indicate participation at early and growth stages, with a clear focus on cybersecurity and identity-related technology in Nigeria. The firm’s official site also lists identity and security among its focus areas.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Investors](/investors)
- [Intercept Ventures](/investors/intercept-ventures)

## Summary

Intercept Ventures is a venture capital firm. Its official site describes the firm as investing in “the next wave of innovation” across fintech, identity, insurtech, security, and wealthtech. The firm’s Africa activity, based on the investment data provided, includes backing Smile ID in Nigeria across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds from April 2019 to February 2023. Those investments indicate participation at early and growth stages, with a clear focus on cybersecurity and identity-related technology in Nigeria. The firm’s official site also lists identity and security among its focus areas.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Smile ID | /smile-id | Series B | 20000000 | 2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Smile ID | /smile-id | Series A | 7000000 | 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Smile ID | /smile-id | Series A | 7000000 | 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Smile ID | /smile-id | Seed | 4000000 | 2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z |

## Related pages

- [All investors](/investors)
- [Funding rounds](/funding)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/investors/intercept-ventures)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)