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Investment Circle
Investors meet credible African ventures and decide for themselves. Adaptive pools no capital.
An initiative of the Adaptive ecosystem
Adaptive Africa
African-led.
Globally connected.
Capital, expertise, customers and global relationships for exceptional African founders. Built with the leaders already doing the work.
Afrotech, Houston · Wharton Africa Business Forum, Philadelphia
Afrotech and WABF friends, we are glad you are here.
Join us for Deal Flow Friday on November 13, 2026, our first Africa-focused pitch session, hosted by Lyncy Nyandoche. Six founders, ninety minutes, and a room of investors and operators that follows up.
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What we are building
Four parts. One community.
African founders at the center. Around them, the Adaptive community: investors, mentors, customers and doors to the rest of the world.
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Venture Network
Mentors, customers, new markets and investor readiness for founders, whether or not they are raising.
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Community
Leaders who give capital, knowledge, relationships or time, from anywhere in the world.
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Convenings
Small working sessions and founder pitches in Lagos, Philadelphia, Boston and wherever the community gathers next.
The Investment Circle is the African chapter of the Adaptive Fund & Investors Network. Investors decide and invest directly. Adaptive manages no fund.
Lagos, 2025 to 2026
Active in Africa.
NGM Conference 5.0, the Exclusive Lagos Gathering and the people in between.
Built with others
A network of networks.
Partner platform
Dare Challenge
Finds the ventures.
Discovers and develops exceptional African founders.
Partner platform
Beyond Limits & DICE
Convenes the ecosystem.
Entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and creatives in one room, led by Juliet Ehimuan.
Partner platform
NGM
Widens the network.
A leadership and mentorship community that brought 2,000+ students, professionals and entrepreneurs to its conference in Lagos.
The global layer
Adaptive
Connects it to the world.
Capital, expertise, customers, universities and institutions from a community on six continents.
Already building
The ventures.
The record
A year of showing up.
Nov 2025 · Philadelphia
Wharton Africa Business Forum
Sponsored the New Venture Competition. Winners MyItura, BetaLife Health and Brydge are now in the community.
Nov 2025 · Lagos
The Exclusive Lagos Gathering
The first Adaptive gathering in Africa. A weekend of working sessions with executives, founders and fellows.
Mar 2026 · Boston
HBS Africa Business Conference
Sponsored the New Venture Competition at the 28th annual conference, the largest student-run conference on African business.
Oct 2026 · Lagos
NGM Conference 5.0
More than 2,000 students, professionals and entrepreneurs, with the keynote by Russell Rogers.
- Nov 2025 Wharton Africa Business Forum, Philadelphia
- Nov 2025 Exclusive Lagos Gathering
- Jan 2026 HBS Alumni Association, Lagos
- Feb 2026 MIT Sloan Africa Innovate, Cambridge
- Mar 2026 HBS Africa Business Conference, Boston
- Oct 2026 NGM Conference 5.0 keynote, Lagos
- Oct 2026 Adaptive community afternoon, Lagos
- Nov 2026 Deal Flow Friday, Africa session
The people
Across Africa.
The advisors and members already building Adaptive Africa.
Ridwan Sodamade
Business Associate · Omni
Get involved
Raise your hand.
You do not need to be an investor, a member or in Africa. You need to want African founders to win.
- Founder
- Mentorship, introductions and investor readiness.
- Investor
- Credible African ventures and a seat in the Investment Circle.
- Contributor
- Your expertise, customers, relationships or time.
- Partner
- Universities, corporations, foundations and ecosystem builders.
