# Chowdeck funding: rounds and investors

> Chowdeck has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator, Rebel Fund and Novastar Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/chowdeck (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Nigeria · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Chowdeck*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Y Combinator: S22

Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026

**$24M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 5 sources

**$15M** Series A **$9.0M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $9.0M Aug 2025
- **Led by:** Novastar Ventures
- **Biggest round:** $15M Series A · Aug 2025
- **Investors:** 9 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2026

**$15M** Series A

**$9.0M** Series A

- **First round:** Series A, $15M
- **Biggest round:** $15M

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Series A **$9.0M** *5 new* *2 returning* [Novastar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novastar-ventures) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Rebel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rebel-fund) [GFR Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gfr-fund) [Kaleo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaleo-ventures) [Asia Africa Investments and Consulting](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaic-investment) [HoaQ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hoaq) Reported by Disrupt Africa and 3 others SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Jul 2025
- **Aug 2025** Series A **$15M** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) [Rebel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rebel-fund) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2025 **Series A** 2025 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Rebel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rebel-fund) [Novastar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novastar-ventures) L [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) [GFR Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gfr-fund) [Kaleo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaleo-ventures) [Asia Africa Investments and Consulting](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaic-investment) [HoaQ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hoaq)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Rebel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rebel-fund) VC firm **2** rounds

[Novastar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novastar-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Unpopular Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unpopular-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[GFR Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gfr-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Kaleo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kaleo-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Asia Africa Investments and Consulting](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aaic-investment) VC firm **1** round

[HoaQ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hoaq) Angel network **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Chowdeck as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[rocketship.vc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocketship-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Maiora Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maiora-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Brighter Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brighter-capital) Family office Per its own site

[Velocity Digital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/velocity-digital) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Chowdeck

### Who invested in Chowdeck?

Chowdeck's investors include Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Novastar Ventures, Goodwater Capital and Unpopular Ventures, and 4 more on record. Novastar Ventures led its latest round.

### How much has Chowdeck raised?

Chowdeck has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Chowdeck last raise?

Chowdeck's most recent round was a Series A of $9.0M in Aug 2025, led by Novastar Ventures.

### What was Chowdeck's biggest round?

Chowdeck's largest round on record is $15M (Series A), in Aug 2025.

### Who backed Chowdeck first?

Chowdeck's first round on record, in Aug 2025, was backed by Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital and Unpopular Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is Chowdeck at?

Chowdeck's latest named round is a Series A, in Aug 2025.

### Where is Chowdeck based?

Chowdeck is based in Nigeria.

### Who led Chowdeck's rounds?

Novastar Ventures led the Series A in 2025.

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