Trium Limited

Ventures

Ideas are the seeds, we are the farmers. As venture builders, we nurture potentials until they blossom into something real.

Ventures

Ideas are the seeds, we are the farmers. As venture builders, we nurture potentials until it blossoms into something real.

At the heart of Africa’s future are its vibrant early-stage businesses, driving innovation, sparking change, and creating lasting value. We ignite their potential by backing, building, and empowering startups that leave a mark on their industries and society, all while championing sustainable practices on their journey.

At the heart of Africa’s future are its vibrant early-stage businesses, driving innovation, sparking change, and creating lasting value. We ignite their potential by backing, building, and empowering startups that leave a mark on their industries and society, all while championing sustainable practices on their journey.

At the heart of Africa’s future are its vibrant early-stage businesses, driving innovation, sparking change, and creating lasting value. We ignite their potential by backing, building, and empowering startups that leave a mark on their industries and society, all while championing sustainable practices on their journey.

OUR 7 Pillar Investment Criteria​

  • Management team​
  • Resources​
  • Minimum Viable Product​
  • Large potential market​
  • Business case and model​
  • Financials​
  • Market fit​
  • JV Partners/Co-Sponsors​

Investment Rationale​

Investment Stage​
  • Incubation to Growth ​
  • Ticket size​
  • Incubation – $50k pm/project​
  • Seed – $300k/quarter​
  • Venture- $1.5m -$3m/annum​
  • Growth 1 – $5m – $10m/annum​
  • Growth 2 – >$10m/annum​
  • JV Deals – $1m – $3m/ JV​
  • Equity Size
  • Controlling/Majority- Fund and maintain majority ownership across lifecycle delivering far higher internal returns​
  • Investment Approach
  • Heavy involvement. Sometimes through Joint Ventures​
  • Adopt a deal-by-deal fund raising model for our venture build deals​
  • Ecosystem Fit
  • Fintech and Insurtech​
  • Initial focus will be in Financial Services​
  • Business Type
  • B2B
  • Sector
  • Technology excluding high-tech such as nuclear, rocketry, etc.​
  • FinTech (Lending & Payments, Insurance, Capital Markets), GovTech, EduTech etc.​
  • Geography
  • Nigeria and the rest of Africa​
  • Exit Strategy
  • Hold for cashflow but consider opportunist exit​​
  • One-stop shop for venture growth

    Tap into our in-house expertise and accelerate your journey.

    More than just resources, we provide a launchpad. Through seamless access to vital business support in technology, talent, and beyond, we fuel your potential and propel your venture towards explosive growth.

    PRETOTYPING / JV APPROACH

    • Idea Conceptualization
      and Validation
    • Product / Market Fit

    MINIMUM VIABLE COMPANY

    • Strategic Definition
    • Operational Structure
      and Execution

    STAND-ALONE VENTURE

    • Market Entry and Product
      Launch.
    • Operations

    Leveraging the Buy-side and Sell-side for Excellence

    A venture builder is a group of investors / organization that helps entrepreneurs and startups to develop their businesses. They provide a host of services that can range from management training and office space, to venture capital financing, product development and route-to-market strategies and implementation. We are venture builders. We are passionate about building ventures that have transformational impact. Over time, we have cultivated and developed trusted relationships with our investment partners to work with us alongside our ecosystem members to incubate, seed and scale our ventures across the various stages of growth.

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    We create the right environment for growth

    Our early-stage ventures thrive in a tapestry of shared spaces, woven with collaboration, knowledge exchange, and expert support. Everything your startup needs to scale –  nurtured under one roof.

    We lead with trust, empowering individuals and unlocking their full potential

    Realising the potential of a business starts with seeing the potential in people. We develop talent by matching the right people with the right ventures and giving them the freedom to succeed. 

    Our Venture Building Model

    We don’t just launch ventures, we build ecosystems: Pretotype, build, launch: our venture building model propels ideas to stand-alone success.

    PRETOTYPING / JV APPROACH

    –  Idea Conceptualization
    and Validation

    – Product / Market Fit

    MINIMUM VIABLE COMPANY

    – Strategic Definition

    – Operational Structure
    and Execution

    STAND-ALONE VENTURE

    – Market Entry and Product
    Launch.

    – Operations

    PRETOTYPING / JV APPROACH

    • Idea Conceptualization
      and Validation
    • Product / Market Fit

    MINIMUM VIABLE COMPANY

    • Strategic Definition
    • Operational Structure
      and Execution

    STAND-ALONE VENTURE

    • Market Entry and Product
      Launch.
    • Operations

    Our Venture Building Model

    PRETOTYPING / JV APPROACH: MINIMUM VIABLE COMPANY STAND-ALONE VENTURE
    • Idea Conceptualization and Validation
    • – Product / Market Fit
    – Strategic Definition
    -Operational Structure and Execution
    – Market Entry and Product Launch
    – Operations

    FIRST NIGERIA, THEN THE CONTINENT

    Behind one of Africa’s largest financial services in Nigeria is us — venture builder experts who focus on how digital technologies can fundamentally improve lives. From idea to execution, Trium is your venture partner – every step of the way.