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Enzzyme Creative Network

Deadline: Rolling

Funding amount: USD1,500,000.00

Countries: Global

Type: Equity

Organization: For profit

Focus area: Others

Industry funded: Media and Entertainment

Overview

At a Glance

Program Name: Enzzyme Creative Network — Nigeria’s Creative Economy Fund. It is an investment and network-building initiative by Enzzyme Capital Partners to fund and support scalable creative and “crea?tech” businesses in Nigeria and Africa.

Support Type: Equity-style venture investment (pre?seed to Series A) plus non-financial support (network, distribution, DFI links, talent access). The “Creative Network” is an open call for founders and operators to engage with the fund, not a grant program.

Funding Amount: Ticket sizes of US$50,000–US$1.5 million per investment.

Application Deadline: No fixed deadline stated; the page functions as an evergreen “join the network” funnel via a short link and email contact.

Program Focus

The initiative targets businesses at the intersection of creativity and technology (“Crea?Tech”), where tech enables scalable distribution and monetisation of creative output (streaming, gaming, ticketing, IP licensing, creator platforms).

Enzzyme’s thesis is that Nigeria’s creative sector has long created value, but institutional capital and monetisation infrastructure have only recently caught up; they aim to be the fund at the centre of that convergence.

Location

Primarily Nigeria-focused, with emphasis on businesses that can scale across at least 4 of Nigeria’s 6 geopolitical zones. Enzzyme Capital Partners itself operates across multiple cities (Abuja, Lagos, Nairobi, Dubai, London, Texas), but the creative investments described are centred on Nigeria’s market and diaspora.

About the Program

Enzzyme is positioning this as a dedicated creative-economy investment track within its broader VC activity, backed by a track record in Nollywood, Afrobeats, streaming, and animation.

The “Creative Network” page serves both as a thesis document and a founder-investor matchmaking funnel: it explains the market, states investment criteria, and invites interested parties to connect.

Program Benefits

Access to US$50K–US$1.5M in venture capital for qualifying creative/crea?tech businesses.
Beyond capital, portfolio companies get operator support: executive networks, distribution infrastructure, DFI relationships, and talent access.
Association with a fund that highlights 2x–10x historical returns on creative investments, which can help with credibility and follow-on financing.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible targets are creative businesses, platforms, and infrastructure companies from pre?seed to Series A, with:

A credible path to scale (500,000 users or 150,000 businesses) across multiple Nigerian regions.
Founder-led teams with deep creative-sector understanding, retaining at least 50% founder ownership.
Technology or platform at the core of value creation (pure content can qualify but is less preferred).
A real or clearly reachable commercial revenue model (subscriptions, licensing, ads, ticketing, royalties, etc.).
Measurable cultural impact alongside financial returns.

Application Process & Timeline

The process is rolling and relationship-driven rather than a formal call with set dates:

Founders, filmmakers, musicians, technologists, and investors are invited to join the Creative Network via the provided link.
Direct contact is encouraged via hello@enzzyme.com and the Lagos address.
No explicit document checklist is given on this page, but typical VC diligence would require a pitch deck, financials, cap table, and traction metrics aligned to the criteria above.

Best Fit

This opportunity is best for Nigeria-based or Nigeria-focused creative/crea?tech ventures that:

Have or can realistically reach significant scale (hundreds of thousands of users or businesses).
Are building tech-enabled platforms or infrastructure in film/TV, music, gaming, streaming, animation, fashion?tech, events, creator economy, etc.
Want both capital and hands-on operational support from investors with a 15+ year footprint in Nigeria’s creative industries.

It is less suited for small, purely local content projects without a scalable business model or tech component.

Key Documents

The page itself does not list formal application templates, but it implies that serious prospects should be ready to demonstrate:

A clear growth path aligned to the user/business scale thresholds.
A robust commercial model and evidence of traction or a credible route to revenue.
Proof of founder domain expertise and retained ownership.

For next steps, the main “documents” are effectively your pitch materials (deck, financial projections, cap table, traction data) tailored to Enzzyme’s stated criteria.

If you’d like, I can turn this into a one-page fund brief, an eligibility checklist, or a tailored outreach email template for contacting Enzzyme.

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Enzzyme Creative Network

by Enzzyme

Deadline: Rolling

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USD1,500,000.00

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