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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.