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Since 2025, Lisk has backed 4 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds totaling $1.1M, most heavily in Nigeria and Media & Entertainment.
Lisk is a growth platform and venture initiative focused on supporting Web3 founders in emerging markets. The organization is associated with the Lisk EMpower Fund, a dedicated vehicle for investing in early stage Web3 startups. Public information describes Lisk as based in Zug, Switzerland, and as a platform that combines incubation and investment support for Web3 projects. Through the Lisk EMpower Fund, Lisk invests in early stage companies that apply Web3 technology to real world problems. The fund targets seed and venture stage opportunities and has already backed startups in Nigeria, South Africa, and Rwanda. Based on the investment data, Lisk has committed 1.1 million dollars across four funding rounds in Africa between October 2025 and February 2026, including seed and venture investments. Within Africa, Lisk’s activity spans several sectors that apply blockchain and Web3 infrastructure. Its backed companies include Jamit in immersive audio storytelling, Konnadex in decentralized finance, Lov.cash in FMCG supply chain digitisation and cashback rewards, and Afrikabal in institutional identity, settlement, and compliance. These investments suggest a focus on media and entertainment, crypto and Web3 applications, e commerce and retail, and developer tools and cloud solutions, with a geographic emphasis on Nigeria, South Africa, and Rwanda.
Data updated · Sep 12, 2026
Lisk has backed 4 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $1.1M since 2025.
Mostly Seed: 1 of its 4 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Other (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Media & Entertainment (1), Crypto & Web3 (1), E-commerce & Retail (1), and 1 more sector.
Lisk most often shares rounds with Microtraction (1 shared deal), Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) (1 shared deal), The Batchery (1 shared deal).
According to recorded investments, Lisk has backed four African companies between October 2025 and February 2026. These are Jamit in Nigeria, Konnadex in Nigeria, Lov.cash in South Africa, and Afrikabal in Rwanda. The total committed capital across these rounds is 1.1 million dollars.
Lisk has co invested alongside several other investors in its African portfolio. The recorded co investors include Microtraction, Crypto Valley Venture Capital, The Batchery, and LAVA, each appearing in at least one round. These partnerships suggest that Lisk is comfortable investing alongside other early stage and venture capital firms.
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