# LemFi funding: rounds and investors

> LemFi has raised $106M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Highland Europe, Y Combinator and Goodwater Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *LemFi*

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.

Financial Services Fintech

Raised 6 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$106M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 7 sources

**$53M** Series B **$53M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $53M May 2026
- **Investors:** 9 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

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

2025 2026

**$53M** Series B

**$53M** Venture

- **First round:** Series B, $53M
- **Biggest round:** $53M
- **Between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Venture **$53M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) [Highland Europe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-europe) [Tether](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tether) Source recorded
- **Jan 2025** Series B **$53M** *8 new* [Highland Europe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-europe) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor) [Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) [Palm Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palm-drive-capital) Reported by Disrupt Africa and 5 others

## 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 B** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Highland Europe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-europe) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) [Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) [Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) [Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drive-capital) [Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor) [Palm Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palm-drive-capital) [Tether](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tether)

## Everyone who backed them

[Highland Europe](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highland-europe) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

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

[Goodwater Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goodwater-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Endeavor Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor-catalyst) Corporate VC **1** round

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

[Endeavor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/endeavor) Corporate VC **1** round

[Palm Drive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palm-drive-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Tether](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tether) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 7 firms list LemFi 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.

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

[Ajim Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ajim-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Microtraction](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microtraction) VC firm Per its own site

[Burlington PR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burlington-pr) VC firm Per its own site

[Flucas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flucas-ventures) Angel network Per its own site

[Ossian Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ossian-capital) VC firm Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about LemFi

### Who invested in LemFi?

LemFi's investors include Highland Europe, Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Left Lane Capital and Endeavor Catalyst, and 4 more on record.

### How much has LemFi raised?

LemFi has raised $106M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did LemFi last raise?

LemFi's most recent round was a Venture of $53M in May 2026.

### What was LemFi's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $53M in May 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed LemFi first?

LemFi's first round on record, in Jan 2025, was backed by Highland Europe, Y Combinator and Goodwater Capital and 5 others.

### What stage is LemFi at?

LemFi's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2026.

### Where is LemFi based?

LemFi is based in Nigeria.

### Who led LemFi's rounds?

Highland Europe led the Series B in 2025.

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