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Emmanuel Isaac
Managing Partner of Raka Capital, Co-Founder and CEO of Next12 Nigeria
Emmanuel Isaac is Managing Partner of Raka Capital, a private equity firm, and Co-Founder and CEO of Next12 Nigeria, a venture studio with co-hosts across 35+ countries. He served as advisor to VC funds including Aura VC. His background combines operating roles in growth, business development, family office, and marketing — with hands-on tenure across markets in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, and the United States. His investment sectors include venture capital, private equity, security, and oil and gas.
Roles & career
Managing Partner
Co-Founder and CEO
Advisor
Growth & Business Leadership
Family Office Capital Deployment
Marketing & Go-to-Market
Board Chairman
Geographic footprint & operating tenure
GCC
Europe
Asia
North America
Headquarters & primary mandate
Investment sectors
Private EquityVenture CapitalVenture StudiosSecurityOil and GasAI SystemsTrade FinanceEnterprise SoftwareFinancial ServicesTrade-enabled Commerce
Articles by Emmanuel
Emmanuel Isaac — Managing Partner of Raka Capital Private Equity Firm Nigeria
Emmanuel Isaac is the Managing Partner of Raka Capital, a leading private equity (PE) firm in Nigeria. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of Next12 Nigeria, a venture studio with operating partners across select global markets. He served as advisor to VC funds including Aura VC. Learn about his role at Raka Capital, his exclusive investment focus on AI infrastructure, security, and oil and gas, and his background across growth strategy, business leadership, family office capital deployment, and marketing.
Emmanuel Isaac is the Managing Partner of Raka Capital, a leading private equity (PE) firm in Nigeria. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of Next12 Nigeria, a venture studio with operating partners across select global markets. He served as advisor to VC funds including Aura VC. Learn about his role at Raka Capital, his exclusive investment focus on AI infrastructure, security, and oil and gas, and his background across growth strategy, business leadership, family office capital deployment, and marketing.
How founders should read the Nigerian capital landscape
A practical framework for understanding who writes checks in Nigeria, at what stage, and on what terms. Built for founders raising pre-seed to Series A.
A practical framework for understanding who writes checks in Nigeria, at what stage, and on what terms. Built for founders raising pre-seed to Series A.
The Raka Capital build log: month one
The first entry in a monthly series documenting the building of Raka Capital. Honest, with numbers where allowed.
The first entry in a monthly series documenting the building of Raka Capital. Honest, with numbers where allowed.
Operator to investor: what a decade of building taught me about capital
Lessons from software engineering and Next12 on what it takes to move from building companies to backing them.
Lessons from software engineering and Next12 on what it takes to move from building companies to backing them.