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Ventures Platform (VP) is an African early stage investment fund that supports startup companies in Africa.
(VP) was launched by Kola Aina on 3 June 2016 as an accelerator program for technology startups. It is headquartered in Lagos.
VP provides seed funding, business strategy and short term residency for accepted fellows for a 10% equity in the company. VP provides the startup with mentorship, business re-engineering, work space, living space, back office support, shared services and seed funding. At the end of the 16 week program, the startups pitch their business to an audience of investors. Between 2016 and 2017, VP invested in over 20 companies including Mobileforms, Wesabi, Payconnect, Jalo, Proteach, Lizzie's creations, drivers.ng, myPadi.ng, Accounteer, LastPrice, VivaXD and ThriveAgric In 2017, VP expanded to Lagos.
In 2020, VP launched the iNOVO accelerator with Startupbootcamp to invest in Agriple, Farmer First Technologies, Rural Farmers Hub, Afrilearn, DigiLearns, Schoola, Gleeworld Pharmacy, Pharmaserv Health Project, and Wellvis.
