Timon Capital

Timon Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with an additional office in New York City. Founded in 2018, the company specializes in seed and early-stage investments, focusing primarily on technology startups globally.

Nikos Katsaounis

Partner

Chris Muscarella

Partner

Past deals in Sub Saharan Africa

OmniRetail

Series A in 2025
OmniRetail is a B2B e-commerce platform founded in 2019, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It aims to digitize the consumer goods supply chain from manufacturers through distributors to retailers, improving reliability, visibility, and financial capabilities.

Dot

Seed Round in 2023
Dot is improving the financial wellbeing of Nigerians.

OmniRetail

Seed Round in 2022
OmniRetail is a B2B e-commerce platform founded in 2019, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It aims to digitize the consumer goods supply chain from manufacturers through distributors to retailers, improving reliability, visibility, and financial capabilities.

OmniRetail

Seed Round in 2021
OmniRetail is a B2B e-commerce platform founded in 2019, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It aims to digitize the consumer goods supply chain from manufacturers through distributors to retailers, improving reliability, visibility, and financial capabilities.

Decagon

Seed Round in 2021
Decagon is a Lagos-based company founded in 2018 that focuses on transforming high-potential individuals into skilled tech talent through a rigorous merit-based training program. It recruits the top 0.5% of tech talent in Africa, producing world-class software engineers equipped with deploy-ready skills in various programming languages and methodologies, including Node, Java, iOS, Android, C#, Python, and agile practices. In addition to software development training, Decagon operates as a digital product engineering hiring agency, providing vetted remote software engineering talent to companies worldwide. The company offers comprehensive services that include recruiting, ongoing HR management, and custom onboarding, ensuring that businesses have access to skilled engineers who can meet their specific product needs. Decagon currently serves leading companies in major cities such as Austin, New York City, Berlin, London, and Rome.

ZUMI

Seed Round in 2020
ZUMI is a Kenyan company founded in 2016 that operates an online platform designed to connect wholesalers and retailers in the fashion and beauty sectors. Based in Nairobi, ZUMI empowers retailers, particularly women entrepreneurs, by providing essential technology, logistics, and financial services to help them scale their businesses. The platform facilitates a transparent and affordable marketplace where customers can place orders through SMS, phone calls, or via ZUMI Agents. Each morning, ZUMI collects orders from suppliers, and its logistics partners ensure delivery within 18 hours, allowing customers to pay conveniently using mobile money. Through its innovative approach, ZUMI aims to enhance the retail experience and improve access to products for its users.

Lori Systems

Series A in 2019
Founded in 2016, Lori Systems operates a logistics platform that connects transporters with cargo owners. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, with offices in Mombasa, Kampala, and Lagos, the company uses technology to improve transparency, flexibility, reliability, and cost savings (up to 18%) in Africa's $180 billion annual haulage market.
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