FirstFounders
firstfounders.cc Direct investor
FirstFounders is a venture studio and fund based in Lagos that builds and backs technology-driven companies across Africa. It co-builds ventures with founders, providing capital and an embedded operating team, and also runs a fund investing in early-stage companies.
FirstFounders is a venture studio headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It invests directly in companies, at pre-seed, in AI, SaaS & Digital Infrastructure, fintech & Financial Infrastructure, DeepTech, Climate, Energy & Mobility and Agriculture, Food Systems & Logistics. Its stated cheque size is $250k in cash and operations investment. 13 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We are not looking for technology for its own sake. We look for technology that changes the economics of an industry.”
— FirstFounders, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture studio
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Invests in
- Africa
- Sectors
- AI, SaaS & Digital Infrastructure, Fintech & Financial Infrastructure, DeepTech, Climate, Energy & Mobility, Agriculture, Food Systems & Logistics, Health, Human Capital & Digital Services
- Cheque size
- $250k in cash and operations investment
- Portfolio
- 13 companies
Team, as FirstFounders publishes it
- David Lanre Messan Founding Partner · Chief Venture Builder
- Kemeshi Samuel Co-Founding Partner · CMO
- Shola Ayeni-Powell Venture Partner
- Ngozi Nwabueze, Esq. Partner · Head of Legal
- Idris Eboade Chief Investment Officer
- Jinad David Chief Technology Officer
- Oluwatobi Oyeniji Chief Finance Officer
- Sunday Omohwovo Chief Product Officer
Names and roles exactly as listed on firstfounders.cc. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page FirstFounders publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://firstfounders.cc/name, hq_country, hq_city, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size, status
- https://firstfounders.cc/aboutis_investor, type, description, stage_min, stage_max
- https://firstfounders.cc/portfoliolayer, portfolio_count
- https://firstfounders.cc/thesisinvests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote
- https://firstfounders.cc/teampeople
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Record 14868 · added 2026-10-20 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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