# Microtraction: portfolio, investments and team

> Microtraction is a vc firm based in Nigeria. 2 investments on record, latest Dec 2024. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Microtraction

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Nov 2025, closing $0M. Last cheque observed Dec 2024.

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Quiet New fund $85K, Nov 2025 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Immigrant (1st Or 2nd Generation) Women Us Military Veteran

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **678** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $350K** Rounds led **0 of 2**

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## Microtraction highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Pre-seed: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> We invest $100k into Africa’s most remarkable teams with technical founders at the earliest stage of their venture. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $350K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Immigrant (1st Or 2nd Generation) Women Us Military Veteran
- **Based in:** Lagos, Nigeria
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2024** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[PBR Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/pbr-life-sciences)** Pre-seed · NG · Disrupt Africa **$1.0M** With 7 others
- **Dec** **[Juicyway](https://millionrounds.com/company/juicyway)** Pre-seed · NG · Disrupt Africa **$3.0M** With 8 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **6 named**

JF **Jenna Fernandes** Managing Director of the Issuer's Admin Manager i Filing they signed

JN **Jeremy Neilson** Managing Director of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed

JF **Joseph Fernandes** Managing Director of the Issuer's Admin Manager i Filing they signed

MG **Melissa Garlough** Officer of the Issuer's Admin Manager i Filing they signed

NN **Nhi Nguyen** Officer of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed

We also hold **12** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**20** of 60 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$85K**

raised in Nov 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $350K
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Dec 2024

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Pre-seed said *2*
- Seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Microtraction put money into.

[**PBR Life Sciences** $1.0M · Dec 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/pbr-life-sciences)

## Quick answers about Microtraction

### What does Microtraction invest in?

Microtraction invests most often at Pre-seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Immigrant (1st Or 2nd Generation), Women and Us Military Veteran.

### How active is Microtraction?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Dec 2024.

### What has Microtraction invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: PBR Life Sciences (Pre-seed, Dec 2024) and Juicyway (Pre-seed, Dec 2024).

### How big are Microtraction's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.0M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $350K.

### Is Microtraction investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2024.

### What kind of investor is Microtraction?

Microtraction is a VC firm based in Lagos, Nigeria.

### Has Microtraction raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Nov 2025, reporting $85K raised.

### Does Microtraction take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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