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TVC Labs is an entrepreneur support organisation providing strategic advisory and operational support to innovative early-stage African ventures.

TVCLabs is an entrepreneur support organisation providing strategic Advisory & technical support to innovative early-stage African tech-enabled startups using a mentor-led approach in partnership with innovation hubs to co-invest with angel investors. Our vision is of technology-enabled innovation as a driver for economic and social development on the African continent. TVC Labs mission is to identify and support founders that use technology to improve the quality of human life experience. TVC Labs is an active member of the Lagos tech entrepreneurship ecosystem and the African early-stage investment market. As a technology and innovation firm, TVC Labs is committed to improving the quality of life for people in West Africa. We identify promising founders using technology-enabled innovation to solve profitable high impact problems and help them build startup ventures that scale across Nigeria, West Africa continent and possibly the world using our mentor-led approach to advisory and investment services .

17/09/2026

Most founders know what they are building.

Fewer know exactly where the business stands.

The TVCLabs Digital Data Room helps you see that clearly, using the POEM Framework® created by our CiC, Tomi Davies, to assess the business across Proposition, Organisation, Economics and Milestones.

Think of it as a structured way to turn instinct into evidence and evidence into better decisions.

The tool is now available for founders to create their business in numbers. Learn more and get started here: https://diaglocal.typeform.com/to/Vy2jw1Fg

16/09/2026

The People Behind The Capital & Mentorship - Part 3

Meet Jason Musyoka, Kayode Lambo BSc, MA., Olanike Jagun, Mkhululi Ndlovu, Musa Alibaba, Simunza S. Muyangana, Maria-Celine Uche Azubuike, Theophilus Emuwa, Oladotun Ozah, Uche Aniche, Victor Asemota, Martin Vitek and Tomi Davies, some of the Angels@TVCLabs bringing more than capital into the founder journey.

Angel investing is built on judgement: spotting potential early, asking better questions, understanding risk and knowing when a founder or business deserves a closer look.

That is why our approach is mentor-led. The cheque matters, but so do the experience, access, pattern recognition and perspective that can help a founder make better decisions.

The reward is bigger than financial returns. Angels get a front-row seat to new markets, new technologies and founders building what does not yet exist.

At TVCLabs, that is the kind of investing we want to keep championing: capital that helps companies move, and mentorship that helps founders move better.

Learn more about Angels@TVCLabs at https://tvcng.com.

15/09/2026

A lot of startup building begins with assumptions.

The danger is becoming too attached to them.

Build something, put it in front of the market, measure what actually happens and then let what you learn influence what gets built next.

That philosophy runs through how we work with founders at TVCLabs. Progress is not simply doing more, it is reducing uncertainty about the business with every move.

14/09/2026

What surprised our Collaborator-in-Chief, Tomi Davies, most about his business and career journey?

His answer is worth hearing, especially if you are still early enough to wonder whether all the uncertainty, slow progress and difficult decisions are actually leading somewhere.

There is something useful in hearing someone further down the road explain what turned out differently from what they expected. It gives perspective to founders who are still in the messy middle.

For those already gaining traction, it is also a reminder that progress rarely looks as obvious while you are living through it as it does in hindsight.

Watch TD share what surprised him most.

10/09/2026

Throwback to our Collaborator-in-Chief, Tomi Davies, at the World Business Angels Investment Forum 2017.

It has been a long road from conversations about what African angel investing could become to actually building the networks, founders and systems that move it forward.

We are proud of the impact so far, but even more interested in what comes next.

Through the TVCLabs syndicate, our work continues on both sides of the table: helping founders become stronger, investment-ready businesses while giving angels the opportunities, knowledge and mentor-led approach to support them well.

More founders. Better angels. Stronger companies. Capital that comes with contribution.

2017 was part of the journey. There is still plenty more to build.

09/09/2026

Meet the people behind the Capital & Mentorship at TVCLabs, Part 2.

Thank you Dapo Oshinusi, Davidson Oturu, Efemena IYEDE, Dolapo Ige, David Harper, Francisco Malesela Kgoboko, Femi Sonuga, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Ifeanyi Anazodo and Gerrad Olisa-Ashar for continuing to back founders with both capital and experience.

Funding can help a company move faster. Mentorship can help a founder make better decisions about hiring, pricing, growth, fundraising and the difficult choices that come with building.

That is why mentor-led investing sits at the heart of how we work at TVCLabs. Our angels bring judgement, networks and lessons earned through experience into the founder journey.

Over time, this support helps founders become sharper operators, stronger decision-makers and better builders.

That is the kind of capital we believe in: capital that comes with people willing to help founders grow into the companies they are trying to build.

08/09/2026

A long career should leave more behind than a résumé.

Founders, angels and leaders should read “The Long Arc of Work” as a study in how contribution compounds across decades.

The article traces how experience, capital, mentorship, systems and institution-building can build on one another until a career starts creating impact far beyond the individual.

The lesson is simple: do work that gives the next person a better starting point.

If you are thinking seriously about building a career of contribution and global impact, read the full article independently.

https://tvcng.com/insights/the-long-arc-of-work

07/09/2026

What actually contributes to success?

Our Collaborator-in-Chief, Tomi Davies, offers a perspective every founder should hear before answering that question too quickly.

Because success is rarely one thing done well. It is usually the result of several forces working together: judgement, timing, discipline, people, capital and the ability to keep learning while building.

In this conversation with Lola Masha on Periscope, TD breaks down what really matters and why founders should think beyond the obvious markers of progress.

A fresh perspective, especially if you are building for the long term.

Watch and take notes.

03/09/2026

The People Behind the Capital & Mentorship - Part 1

Meet Biola Alabi, Abiodun Adeoye, Armstrong Takang Ph.D., Ademola Shasanya, Anandha Ponnampalam, Ben White, Ayobami A. Abioye Bankole, Chike Asiodu and Chioma Peace Udoh, MBA, CIL™ : a cross-section of Angels@TVCLabs backing founders building revenue-generating startups with real potential to grow.

At TVC Labs, angel investing is not just about deploying capital. It is about bringing judgement, experience, access and perspective into the room with the founder.

That is the thinking behind our mentor-led investing approach: support the business with capital, then support the founder with what helps them make better decisions.

The cheque may fund growth. The mentorship can shape what that growth becomes.

This is what backing founders looks like at TVCLabs.

31/08/2026

We've heard the question often enough:

What exactly is POEM?

So here is our Collaborator-In-Chief, Tomi Davies, doing the honours and breaking it down in simple terms for founders who want to understand their business better.

POEM looks at four things that determine whether a startup can actually grow: Proposition, Organisation, Economics and Milestones.

It gives founders a practical way to see what is working, what is weak and what needs attention next.

If you are building a company, this is one framework worth understanding properly.

Watch Tomi Davies explain POEM.

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17 Chapel Street, Off Commercial Avenue, Yaba
Lagos
101212

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

Website

http://www.tvcng.com/

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