Venture Capital
Backing the Innovators Building Africa’s Future
At Boctrust Capital Limited, we believe Africa’s next generation of growth will be driven by bold entrepreneurs solving real problems through technology, innovation, and scalable business models.
Through Boctrust Ventures, our venture capital arm, we invest in promising early-stage companies with the potential to transform industries, create employment, improve efficiency, and generate sustainable economic value.
We provide more than capital. We work alongside founders by bringing strategic insight, industry expertise, business networks, and access to opportunities within our broader investment ecosystem.
Our Investment Thesis
Investment Stage
We primarily consider opportunities from Seed to Pre-Series A stages.
Typical Investment Range
₦10 Million – ₦100 Million
Investment amounts depend on the opportunity, business stage, capital requirements, valuation, growth prospects, and investment structure.
What We Look For
Beyond Capital
Your Growth Is Our Opportunity to Create Value
Our relationship with portfolio companies does not necessarily end after investment. Where appropriate, we work with founders to provide strategic support across critical areas of business growth.
- Strategic Guidance: We provide insights that can help founders navigate business development, investment decisions, market expansion, and growth challenges.
- Industry Access: Our experience across real estate, investment, financial services, and business development can create valuable connections for portfolio companies.
- Market Opportunities: Selected portfolio companies may gain opportunities to test or deploy their solutions within the wider Boctrust ecosystem.
- Strategic Partnerships: We can help connect businesses with relevant stakeholders, investors, institutions, and potential commercial partners where appropriate.
- Investment Support: As businesses grow, we can provide insight into future fundraising, capital structuring, and strategic investment opportunities.
The Boctrust Ecosystem
From Investment to Market Access
One of the advantages of partnering with Boctrust Ventures is access to a broader ecosystem spanning real estate, investment advisory, financial services, and property management.
Our ecosystem provides potential opportunities for portfolio companies to:
Test: Validate products and solutions in relevant real-world environments.
Connect: Build relationships with potential customers, partners, investors, and industry stakeholders.
Scale: Leverage strategic networks and market knowledge to support expansion.
Grow: Access insights and expertise developed through our wider investment and property ecosystem.
Our property ecosystem, including assets under professional oversight, can provide relevant portfolio companies with potential avenues for pilots and market entry where there is a suitable strategic fit.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Boctrust Ventures is the venture capital arm of Boctrust Capital Limited, focused on investing in innovative, high-growth businesses solving important problems across Africa. We seek opportunities where capital, strategic support, and access to networks can help businesses scale sustainably.
We focus primarily on technology-enabled businesses and emerging solutions across PropTech, RentalTech, ConstructionTech, Real Estate FinTech, FinTech, and financial inclusion. We are particularly interested in businesses addressing real market challenges with scalable and commercially viable solutions.
Our primary investment focus is Seed to Pre-Series A businesses. We look for startups with a strong founding team, validated or promising business models, clear market opportunities, and the potential to achieve significant and sustainable growth.
Our stated investment range is approximately ₦10 million to ₦100 million per investment, depending on the startup's stage, opportunity, funding requirements, valuation, business model, and overall investment assessment.
Founders can submit their businesses through the Venture Submission form on our website. You may be asked to provide information about your company, founding team, product or solution, market, business model, financial performance, funding requirements, and growth plans. Where applicable, you may also submit supporting materials such as a pitch deck.
Submitting your startup does not guarantee funding. All opportunities are subject to our screening, due diligence, investment criteria, and approval process.
Beyond capital, selected portfolio companies may benefit from strategic guidance, industry knowledge, investment networks, and potential access to Boctrust's real estate ecosystem. For relevant businesses, this may create opportunities for market validation, partnerships, pilot projects, and customer or industry access.
Our goal is to support promising businesses in building sustainable companies and creating long-term value.
Invest With Purpose. Build With Confidence.
For eligible investors and strategic partners, our approach combines investment evaluation, sector insight, due diligence, and active portfolio engagement.