VestedWorld

VestedWorld is an early stage venture capital fund manager headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional presence in Lagos and Nairobi. It focuses on investing in companies in emerging markets, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa, in sectors that catalyze economic development and job creation. Within Africa, VestedWorld backs seed through growth stage companies, including Seed, Pre Series A, Series A, Series B, Convertible Notes, Venture Rounds, and other structured rounds. Its investment activity spans Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Rwanda, with portfolio companies such as BFREE, Points Africa, Complete Farmer, EMTECH, Terragon, Shuttlers, ANKA, DrugStoc, and Kasha. These investments reflect a strong focus on fintech, health tech, agribusiness and agri tech, marketing and CRM, travel and mobility, and e commerce and retail. VestedWorld emphasizes technology enabled and consumer focused businesses that can create meaningful jobs and contribute to poverty alleviation in the markets where it invests. The firm often invests alongside other Africa focused investors and development finance institutions, partnering with co investors such as 4Di Capital, Newtown Partners, Alitheia Capital, Proparco, LoftyInc Capital, EchoVC, ShEquity, and others to catalyze capital and support the growth of its portfolio companies.