Get Equity
Techstars '23Surulere, NG · Founded 2021 · 10 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
GetEquity operates a platform that provides emerging market investors with access to alternative asset classes and private capital investments in startups and growth companies. The platform connects investors and businesses to enable wealth creation and financial opportunities.
Also known as GETEQUITY LIMITED
Founders & leadership
Get Equity was founded in 2021 by Jude Dike.
Investors · 3
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026GetEquity operates an investment platform focused on private markets and alternative assets, serving both investors and companies raising capital. On the investor side, the platform curates deals spanning fixed income, private credit, commercial papers, real estate, commodities, private equity, debt instruments and other real-world assets, accessible through web, Android and iOS applications. On the business side, GetEquity Business provides tools for managing private raises, cap tables and ownership, ESOPs, investor relations and investor updates from a single dashboard, with the company handling compliance, valuations and back-office operations for issuers.
Additional product lines include GetEquity Exchange, a secondary marketplace for buying, selling and trading tokenized assets such as private equity, commercial papers, debt instruments and fixed-income positions; an onchain offering that packages institutional-grade private credit, structured debt and fund opportunities with blockchain-based settlement and auditability; and GetEquity Credit, which lets investors borrow against their existing investments as collateral rather than liquidating them. Founders can raise publicly to the platform's retail investor community or privately via a dealroom link with configurable minimum and maximum investment thresholds and single-entry SPVs to consolidate small investors on the cap table.
Founding story
Press coverage reports GetEquity was founded in 2020 by Jude Dike and William Okafor and began operations in March 2021, with the aim of bridging the gap between investors and founders by enabling individuals and institutions to buy equity in African and emerging-market startups for as little as $10. The company's own about page dates its inception to 2021 and describes an origin in the goal of democratizing access to private capital investments so that both experienced investors and newcomers could back startups and growth companies.
Business model
GetEquity operates a two-sided platform: businesses use it to run fundraising, cap table, ESOP and investor-relations processes, while retail and institutional investors subscribe to curated private-market instruments. Complementary products include a secondary exchange for tokenized assets, onchain private-credit and fund offerings, and a credit line collateralized by investor holdings.
Traction
Company materials cite more than 20,000 investors, over $5m in deals and seven countries of operation, alongside a homepage claim of over ₦1 billion in deals processed; the founders page references a community of more than 13,000 retail investors. The Android app lists more than 10,000 downloads and was last updated on 2026-07-30. Early coverage listed Breeze, Onboardly, Nguvu Health, Fluidcoins and WeMove Technologies among startups raising on the platform.
Latest developments
In October 2025 GetEquity launched its Credit feature, enabling investors to access loans collateralized by their investments without liquidating them. The company also promotes onchain funds covering institutional-grade private credit, structured debt and fund opportunities. Its Android app was last updated on 2026-07-30. Recent third-party coverage includes a Techpoint Africa article on the company becoming profitable by shifting from equity to debt investments and a TechCabal piece on its performance during a venture funding downturn, while company blog posts in mid-2026 mark five years of operation.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
GetEquity positions itself as a platform democratizing access to private capital across emerging markets, citing more than 20,000 investors, seven countries of operation and a regulated, compliance-oriented model. Media coverage has framed the company as having reached profitability by shifting emphasis from equity investments toward debt instruments.
GetEquity combines primary private fundraising, a secondary exchange for tokenized private assets, onchain fixed-income and private-credit products, and investment-collateralized credit in one platform, with low minimum investment thresholds — early coverage cited entry points as small as $10 — and SPV structures that keep issuer cap tables simple.
Technology
The platform combines a web and mobile application stack with tokenization of assets for trading on GetEquity Exchange and onchain settlement for private-credit, structured-debt and fund products, which the company presents as providing transparency and auditability. Investor onboarding includes KYC verification, and issuers request a token representing their listed asset, with pricing, buy and sell orders tracked from a dashboard.
Go-to-market
The company markets to two audiences through dedicated web funnels: an investor track offering curated deals and mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play, and a founders/business track offering fundraising and cap-table tooling with compliance, valuation and back-office support. Public raises leverage GetEquity's own retail investor community, while private raises are distributed by founders through private dealroom links. The company also maintains a blog and newsletter and is covered by Nigerian technology and business media.
Retail and institutional investors in emerging markets seeking exposure to alternative and private-market assets, and startups and growth companies — described as spanning the Middle East, Europe and Africa — that need to raise capital and administer ownership, ESOPs and investor relations.
Geography
Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria — the Google Play developer listing gives an address at Local Airport Road, Vibranium Valley 42, Oregun, Lagos — with operations reported across seven countries and issuers described as spanning the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Products such as fixed-income and predictable-return instruments are oriented to the Nigerian investment market.
History
After launching operations in 2021, GetEquity raised a pre-seed round led by GreenHouse Capital to fund the rollout of its startup funding platform, and stated plans at the time to launch an additional product aimed at institutional investors and venture capitalists. The platform subsequently broadened from startup equity into fixed income, private credit, commercial papers, real estate and commodities, added GetEquity Exchange for trading tokenized assets, and launched a credit feature in October 2025 allowing borrowing against investments. Company blog posts in 2026 mark a fifth anniversary of building.
Compiled by commissioned research from 12 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsGetEquity's newsroom references Guardian coverage naming the company's leadership in a list of 100 top strategic CEOs of Nigeria's most transformative companies for 2025.
GetEquity introduced a credit product allowing investors to borrow against their investment holdings as collateral without liquidating positions.
Press coverage reported that Lagos-based GetEquity closed a pre-seed round led by GreenHouse Capital with participation from other investors. The company described the total as being in the six figures without disclosing the exact amount; the report cites $100,000 raised in April prior to the round's close. The round also came with GreenHouse Capital advisory support from partner Bunmi Akinyemiju and principal Ruby Nimkar.
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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 12
primary sources listed
- GetEquitygetequity.io · web
- Understanding Startup Equity: An Ultimate Guide for Foundersupsilonit.com · web
12 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Get Equity do?
- GetEquity is a Nigerian platform giving investors access to private-market deals and helping businesses raise and manage capital.
- Who founded Get Equity?
- Get Equity was founded by Jude Dike in 2021.
- Who are Get Equity's investors?
- Get Equity's investors include Microtraction, Techstars.
- Where is Get Equity headquartered?
- Get Equity is headquartered in Surulere, NG.