LAVA
lavavc.io Direct investor
LAVA is an operator-led venture fund focused on Web3 and stablecoin startups in Africa and globally. It invests in early-stage companies building financial and trust infrastructure, with a thesis that African solutions will scale globally.
LAVA is a venture capital firm headquartered in Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series A, in Web3, stablecoins, payments and trust Infrastructure. Its stated cheque size is $100K–$500K. 18 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Web3 needs Africa. Solutions resilient to our challenges will scale naturally to the rest of the world.”
— LAVA, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
- Invests in
- Africa, Global
- Sectors
- Web3, Stablecoins, Payments, Trust Infrastructure, Simple Finance, AI
- Cheque size
- $100K–$500K
- Portfolio
- 18 companies
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 12 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Microtraction 3 shared companies: honeycoin.app, jamit.fm, paycrest.io
- 4DX Ventures 2 shared companies: honeycoin.app, nestcoin.com
- Project A Ventures 1 shared company: butter.us
- TLcom Capital 1 shared company: honeycoin.app
- Ventures Platform 1 shared company: honeycoin.app
- Betatron Venture Group 1 shared company: okhi.com
- Garage Capital 1 shared company: okhi.com
- Alter Global 1 shared company: nestcoin.com
- LoftyInc Capital Management 1 shared company: nestcoin.com
- 186 Ventures Management Group, LLC 1 shared company: mento.co
and 2 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page LAVA publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://lavavc.io/invests_in_geographies, sectors
- https://lavavc.io/how-we-investstage_min, stage_max, cheque_size
- https://lavavc.io/thesisthesis_quote
- https://lavavc.io/portfolioportfolio_count
- https://www.sec.gov/data-research/sec-markets-data/information-about-registered-investment-advisers-exempt-reporting-advisershq_country, hq_city
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Record 3468 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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