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Since 2021, Loyal VC has backed 2 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds totaling $3.7M, most heavily in Nigeria and AI & Analytics.
Loyal VC is a venture capital firm that runs a global venture fund and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The firm was founded in 2018 and positions itself as a global early stage investor. Loyal VC operates a fund structure designed to reduce investment bias and to provide investors with flexible access to a diversified portfolio of startups. In Africa, Loyal VC has invested at the seed stage, with recorded activity between September 2021 and May 2022. Over this period it participated in three seed funding rounds totaling 3.1 million dollars, focused on companies in Nigeria and Kenya. Its African portfolio in the provided data includes Periculum, an AI and analytics company offering tools for credit risk, fraud checks, and customer insights in Nigeria, and Finverity, a fintech company connecting mid market working capital needs with funders in Kenya. Loyal VC describes its investment approach as global and sector agnostic within early stage venture capital, and it works with entrepreneur networks to source companies. Its model emphasizes making many small initial investments and then following on in the strongest performers, which aligns with its positioning as a diversified global venture fund.
Data updated · Aug 2, 2026
Loyal VC has backed 2 African startups across 4 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $3.7M since 2021.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 4 tracked rounds are at that stage, followed by Pre-Seed (1).
Its tracked rounds lean toward AI & Analytics (3), Fintech (1).
Loyal VC most often shares rounds with B&Y Venture Partners (1 shared deal), Techstars (1 shared deal), First Fund (1 shared deal).
Loyal VC is a venture capital firm that runs a global venture fund and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2018 and focuses on early stage investments in startups around the world.
In the provided records, Loyal VC backed Periculum, an AI and analytics company offering tools for credit risk, fraud checks, and customer insights in Nigeria, and Finverity, a fintech company in Kenya that connects mid market working capital needs with funders. These investments reflect its activity in AI and analytics and fintech sectors in Africa.
