Venture capital firm

Pacer Ventures

Compiled from public sources

Pacer Ventures is a Lagos-headquartered early-stage venture capital firm and general partner founded in 2020. As an Africa-centric venture capital general partner focused on backing technology-enabled founders, the firm's core investment strategy centres on catalytic pre-seed and seed-stage equity commitments and hands-on operational scaling support. Pacer Ventures targets high-growth startups leveraging mobile penetration, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital distribution to address critical challenges and bottom-of-the-pyramid market opportunities across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Investment focus

Sectors
Financial servicesTechnologyConsumerAgriculture and foodHealthcare
Stages and strategies
Pre-seedSeed
Instruments
Equity
Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa
African markets named in public materials
Nigeria

Funds managed

Sources

  1. Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026