Participated · Seed · Jun 2025

PaidHR provides a payroll and human resource management platform that automates the entire employee lifecycle from hiring and onboarding to payroll, benefits, and offboarding. The platform includes embedded financial services such as earned wage access and multi-currency wallets. PaidHR serves businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa and aims to modernize how African companies manage their workforces. The company raised a $1.8M seed round to support its growth. PaidHR plans to use the funds to accelerate product development, enhance customer support, and expand its presence across African SME markets. The company positions itself to promote financial inclusion and stability for employees through its HR and fintech capabilities.

Participated · Series A · May 2024

Definely offers an AI-driven productivity suite to streamline legal drafting and review, with features such as Draft (navigate definitions and clauses without losing place), Vault (insert clauses with one click), Proof (check inconsistencies and broken cross-references) and a PDF extractor for scanned documents. The company launched an agentic AI system called Enhance, which includes AI agents that work with Microsoft Word to collaborate on drafting, reviewing, and proofreading tasks. Founded in 2017 and based in the U.K., Definely reported that the U.S. now accounts for 30% of its revenue. The company raised a $30M Series B and had previously raised a $7M Series A last May. Management says the new capital will be used to expand further into the U.S., invest more in AI, and hire additional employees. The founders launched the product to solve practical contract-navigation problems experienced in law firms, and are positioning the business for global growth. Definely provides a subscription-based suite of productivity solutions designed to assist lawyers at the pre-execution stage of the contract lifecycle. The company is led by CEO and Co-Founder Nnamdi Emelifeonwu. It works with a roster of UK and international customers, including elite law firms and Fortune 500 companies such as A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May, Womble Bond Dickinson, Dentons, Eversheds Sutherland, DLA Piper, Deloitte and Barclays. Definely intends to advance development of AI-driven solutions for the legal industry. To support that work it has secured a £585,000 grant from Innovate UK. The grant follows a strategic investment from Raine Ventures and a Series A funding round in May. Definely provides productivity solutions that assist lawyers at every pre-execution stage of the contract lifecycle, helping customers draft, proof and understand legal documents quickly. The company is led by CEO Nnamdi Emelifeonwu and CSO Feargus MacDaeid and has over 60 employees globally. Definely serves large companies and law firms across Europe, North America, Africa, Australia and Asia. Its customers include Allen & Overy (now A&O Shearman), Eversheds, DLA Piper, Deloitte, Ericsson and Barclays. The company reports an existing base of about 40,000 active users from the largest companies and law firms in the UK, US, Canada and Australia. Following its Series A, Definely intends to use the funds to expand operations and development efforts. Founded in 2017 by Nnamdi Emelifeonwu and Feargus Macdaeid, Definely offers a one-click drafting and contract-review tool that integrates as a toolbar in MS Word so users do not need to switch programmes. The product is described as intuitive and user-friendly, requiring limited training or technical support. The startup reports a 500% year-over-year growth rate in its user base and counts customers including Deloitte, Allen & Overy and Dentons. Definely says it will use the new funding to accelerate product development, expand its team, and drive expansion into markets beyond the UK. The company has previously been selected by Google for Startups as one of 30 companies to receive its inaugural £2 million European Black Founders Fund.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2023

Founded in 2021 by Ridwan Olalere and Rian Cochran, LemFi is a fintech app designed for immigrants and global citizens to send money and access financial services. The company serves more than two million customers in the US, UK and Canada and facilitates transfers to over 30 markets. Earlier this year LemFi reported passing $1 billion in monthly transactions and experiencing 30% month-on-month growth in activity. The startup has been expanding through acquisitions, including Bureau Buttercrane (bringing regulatory approval from Ireland’s central bank) and British credit fintech Pillar (bringing an FCA credit licence and immigrant credit-assessment capabilities). LemFi is pursuing growth beyond remittances and competing with players such as Taptap Send, WorldRemit, and Remitly.

Led · Seed · May 2023

Kunda Kids is a London-based children’s media publisher and creative studio founded in 2020 by Oladele and Louisa Olafuyi. The company produces Kunda & Friends, a music-led 3D animated series inspired by African culture that teaches values such as self-confidence, teamwork and kindness. It also publishes books and operates a mobile app that supports language and cultural learning for children. Kunda Kids has sold over 25,000 books to date and its app has been downloaded in more than 130 countries. The company intends to use new funding to further build out its mobile app and continue working with creative talent. The first four episodes of Kunda & Friends were scheduled for release on May 29, with additional episodes to follow.

Led · Seed · Feb 2023

Pade HCM provides a payroll platform (paperless, multicurrency) and a suite of HR tools including custom approval workflows, leave management, promotions, performance tracking, OKR management, disciplinary management, and custom report building. The product also handles employee benefits management for health insurance, pensions and other benefits both domestically and internationally. The founders developed and launched Pade in August 2020, initially bootstrapping and signing early SME customers. The company has processed ₦3 billion (~$6.5M) in payroll, managed data for over 10,000 employees and reported 300% growth from its subscription-based model last year; it recorded roughly $100,000 in annual revenue in the year after launch. Pade has expanded its footprint to more than 19 African countries without paid advertising. The startup plans to use its new pre-seed investment to expand its product line to include financial services and decision-making information aimed at increasing employee satisfaction and standard of living.