HoaQ is a community of creators and operators backing entrepreneurs in building scalable businesses for Africa and its Diaspora.
Employees: 1-10
Investment Stage: Series A
Portfolio 33
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.08.2025 | Chowdeck | chowdeck.com | $12M | Nigeria |
| 04.08.2025 | Raenest | raenest.com | $11M | United Kin... |
| 04.08.2025 | Tembo Plus | temboplus.com | - | Tanzania |
| 04.08.2025 | Golemon | golemon.co | - | Nigeria |
| 28.10.2024 | Akoma Heal... | akomahealth.io | - | United Kin... |
| - | Bamboo | investbamboo.com | $15M | Nigeria, L... |
| - | Eversend | eversend.co | - | France, Il... |
| - | Accrue | useaccrue.com | - | Ghana |
| - | Renatural | therenatural.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Apata | apata.io | - | Ireland |
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Persons 6
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Zaenab | Adegoke | Marketing ... | - | f******i@h... | - | |
| - | Nubi | Kay | HoaQ Club ... | linkedin.c... | - | n**i@hoaq.... | - |
| - | Yewande | Odumosu | Fund Manag... | linkedin.c... | - | y*****e@ho... | - |
| - | Pelumi | Fadairo | Co-Founder | linkedin.c... | - | p****i@hoa... | - |
| - | Folakemi | Osho | General Ma... | linkedin.c... | - | f******i@h... | - |
| - | Yaw | Boakye | CTO | - | y*w@hoaq.c... | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 22.08.2025 | Chowdeck Secures $9M to Fuel African Quick-Commerce Expansion | Chowdeck, Nigeria's leading on-demand delivery platform, has secured a $9 million Series A funding round. Novastar Ventures spearheaded the investment, joined by Y Combinator and others. This substantial capital propels Chowdeck's aggressiv... |
| 19.08.2025 | Chowdeck, a Nigerian Startup Raises $9M in Funding | Chowdeck, a Nigerian on-demand delivery platform, has raised $9 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate its expansion across Nigeria and Ghana. The round was led by Novastar Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, AAIC Inv... |
| 03.04.2025 | Navigating the African VC Landscape: Exits, Support, and Sectors to Watch | The African venture capital scene is a vibrant tapestry, woven with ambition, innovation, and a touch of uncertainty. As the continent's startups rise, so do the questions surrounding exits, support from venture capitalists (VCs), and the s... |
| 31.03.2025 | Ask an Investor: The path to exits, the support VCs provide, and Africa’s hottest sectors | Five weeks ago, we rebooted our Ask an Investor column, and in that time, we spoke to the heads of investment at Oui Capital, Antler Nigeria, Capria Africa, HoaQ, and Launch Africa. Scattered from Nairobi to Lagos, these fund managers told ... |
| 17.03.2025 | After securing exits for its angel network, HoaQ is expanding with a dedicated VC fund | In April 2020, during the height of the pandemic, HoaQ, an angel investor syndicate, was formed in Dublin, the European city home to big tech companies like Google and Meta. It had a single goal: pooling investments from professionals to in... |
| 13.07.2024 | Innovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups | Innovate Africa has embarked on a groundbreaking journey with the launch of a $2.5 million angel fund dedicated to supporting early-stage startups in Africa. Co-founded by the dynamic duo of Kristin Wilson and Christian Idiodi, this fund se... |
| 10.07.2024 | Innovate Africa launches with $2.5M angel fund for early-stage Africa-focused startups | Innovate Africa, an angel investment fund that supports early-stage founders in funding life-changing ideas, taking startups from conception to product, and financing innovative ventures, has launched with an initial $2.5 million rollout. C... |
| 10.07.2024 | Innovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups | Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Op... |
| 14.05.2024 | What’s the more sustainable path to Africa’s AI participation? | During the closing ceremony of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Workshop in April, Nigeria’s minister of technology, Bosun Tijani, announced that the project has received $3.5 million in funding from interested partners. This A... |