ISC-VP Fund II (IFC-50792)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Nigeria
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Apr 24, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Ventures Platform Fund II
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Equity
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 6.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS May 14, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Feb 27, 2025

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the proposed investment is an equity investment of up to US$6m, in Ventures Platform Pan-African Fund II (“Fund II” or “VP II”), a Venture Capital (“VC”) fund focusing on Seed stage technology-enabled companies in Africa. The Fund will be domiciled in Guernsey and managed by Ventures Platform GP (“VP”). VP is headquartered in Nigeria.  Fund 2 will be deployed across Africa with a focus on Nigeria.                                                   

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The project consists of early-stage investments, primarily in Nigeria, in Fintech, Life Sciences, Edtech, Digital Infrastructure, Enterprise SaaS and Agritech, which are expected to have potential limited adverse environmental and/or social risks or impacts that are few in number, generally site specific, largely reversible, and can be readily addressed through mitigation measures. Therefore, the proposed project has been classified as a Category FI-2 project according to IFC Sustainability Policy.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

FC is proposing up to US$6M equity investment VP Fund II, not to exceed 20% of total commitments.

Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

Ventures Platform Pan-African Fund II is a Venture Capital fund focusing on Seed stage technology-enabled companies in Africa. The Fund will be domiciled in Guernsey and managed by Ventures Platform GP Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Guernsey and led by two partners: Kola Aina, and Dotun Olowoporoku.  

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Ventures Platform Limited Parent Company -

Contact Information
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Ventures Platform Pan African Fund II LP
Olamide Aina
General Partner
+2348092628467
k@venturesplatform.com
Suite 1 First Floor, The Energy Centre, St. Peter Port, Gy1 2Bb, Guernsey
https://www.venturesplatform.com/

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