Krypton Venture Studio (KVS) is a co-building venture platform that partners with bold founders solving Africa’s most important challenges.
We fund startup ventures and deliver top-tier services to ventures solving important problems. We combine smart capital, top-tier execution support, and a structured venture-building framework to turn promising ideas into globally competitive businesses.
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Grain X
Smart financial structure and strategic capital for venture growth. Grain X equips ventures with the financial structure, intelligence, and capital discipline needed to scale sustainably.
Truss & Beam
Truss & Beam strengthens the operational backbone of ventures, building systems, workflows, and infrastructure required for stable and scalable execution
Roots
Roots builds execution discipline through OKRs, performance alignment, and team clarity. Ideal for fast-growing teams that need structure and consistent delivery.
KVS ULT
KVS ULT is a leadership transformation program for founders, CEOs, and operators. It strengthens decision-making, communication, and long-term leadership abilities.
From the pitch to the partnership, here’s how work with founders.
Discovery
Discovery – Evaluating founders, ideas, and markets.
Research
Co-Building – Strengthening models and structure.
Investment
Growth & Execution – Product, GTM, finance, and operations.
More than capital — real people, real support: Your partners in the capital trenches.
Deji Kurunmi
Sharon-Tops Olukoju
Sharon-Tops Olukoju is a legally trained executive assistant and compliance professional, called to the Nigerian Bar, with expertise in corporate law, regulatory and data protection, providing strategic and operational support to senior leadership while driving efficiency and growth.
Bashir Ajao
Bashir is a finance and investment professional with four years’ experience in advisory, corporate finance, valuation, modelling, research, and due diligence for startups and firms, executing $20M+ transactions across renewable energy, FinTech, EdTech, health, and manufacturing..
Oluwatobiloba Ayemoniase
Oluwatobiloba Ayemoniase is an Economics graduate and investment and strategy professional with consulting and venture capital experience, helping founders with growth, fundraising, and financial structuring while driving value creation for scalable businesses across emerging markets.
Olalekan Samuel Adebayo
Lekan is a business advisory and strategy professional with experience across finance, technology, investment, and venture building, helping founders transform ideas into market-ready solutions and scale them sustainably.
Deji Kurunmi
Sharon-Tops Olukoju
Sharon-Tops Olukoju is a legally trained executive assistant and compliance professional, called to the Nigerian Bar, with expertise in corporate law, regulatory and data protection, providing strategic and operational support to senior leadership while driving efficiency and growth.
Bashir Ajao
Bashir is a finance and investment professional with four years’ experience in advisory, corporate finance, valuation, modelling, research, and due diligence for startups and firms, executing $20M+ transactions across renewable energy, FinTech, EdTech, health, and manufacturing..
Oluwatobiloba Ayemoniase
Oluwatobiloba Ayemoniase is an Economics graduate and investment and strategy professional with consulting and venture capital experience, helping founders with growth, fundraising, and financial structuring while driving value creation for scalable businesses across emerging markets.
Olalekan Samuel Adebayo
Lekan is a business advisory and strategy professional with experience across finance, technology, investment, and venture building, helping founders transform ideas into market-ready solutions and scale them sustainably.
Shaping with the future, sector by sector
We partner with founders driving transformation across high-impact sectors. From breakthrough AI to climate resilience.
Mobile & Tablet Apps
Innovation in mobile starts, understanding user behavior. We invest in app solutions that scalable performance for today’s world.
Hardware companies
Building hardware takes more than prototypes—it demands precision, resilience, and a clear vision.
Software companies
From enterprise tools to consumerplatforms, software shapes how the world works. We support teams who build intuitive
Health Industries
We work with founders who challenge convention—merging technology, empathy, and science to improve lives at scale.
We maintain a diversified portfolio, and any additional principal investment will follow a rigorous evaluation and screening process
Benjamin Adeyemo (CEO & Co Founder)
SmartParcel provides seamless logistics infrastructure
for African businesses, enabling efficient parcel
movement, last-mile delivery connectivity, and automated
distribution workflows.
Infrastructure-as-a-Service for LogisticsEquity Stake: 6.5% (Target:
10%)
Status: ON (Expected
Star > 6× Return)
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Emmanual Tarfa (CEO & Founder)
Kryptr delivers corporate learning, performance
enablement, and talent development solutions through
structured digital learning and workplace improvement
tools
Learning & Talent Development Platform for
Corporate Equity Equity Stake: 15% (Target:
20%)
Status: ON
(Studio-Ideated Portfolio)
Ope Adeoye (CEO & Founder)
OnePipe powers embedded finance capabilities for
businesses, enabling them to offer financial services
like payments, lending, and collections within their
existing workflows.
Embedded Finance Platform and
Solution
EquityEquity Stake: All funds raised
($4.5M SAFE)
Status: ON
(Expected Star >6× Return)
Deji Aladejebi (CEO & Founder)
Store Harmony provides inventory, retail automation, and
omnichannel commerce tools for small and mid-sized
retailers, enabling real-time stock management and
online store activation.
Online Retail & Inventory Management Solution
Equity Stake:
0% (Target: 15%)
Status: ON
(Yet to Vest)
Olajumoke Oduwole (CEO & Co Founder)
ALAJO provides savings and financial planning tools
specifically tailored for blue-collar and informal
sector workers.
Fintech for the Informal Sector (Piggyvest for Blue
Collar)
Equity Stake: 0% (Target:
10%)
Status: ON (Yet to Vest)
From first check to lasting trust: Partner with founders.
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A venture capital firm committed to partnering with ambitious founder who are building transformative companies. Operational experience & a long-term view, provide more than capital.
From the minds behind the money.
How to build a pitch deck that actually gets funded.
From mvp to market fit: lessons from the portfolio
The rise of climate tech: where the smart money is going
Partnered with 240+ companies to create positive impact.
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