Techcircle Announces 12 Finalists for the Fifth Edition of Pitch2Win

Techcircle, in collaboration with SGGrow, SGVerse, and FreakOut Holdings, has unveiled the 12 startups selected to pitch at the fifth edition of Pitch2Win, a leading startup competition for African founders.

The event, scheduled for July 30, 2025, in Lagos, will bring together over 80 investors from Nigeria, Asia, and other global markets to evaluate innovative startups and award a $10,000 equity-free grant to the most compelling pitch.

“Pitch2Win is about spotlighting founders building for the future. We’re creating the right environment for them to connect with capital and people that can move their startups forward,” said Oo Nwoye, founder of Techcircle.

Since its launch, Pitch2Win has served as a launchpad for early-stage startups that have gone on to raise over $50 million collectively. Past participants include Reliance Health, Curacel, Edves, Lendsqr, and Figorr. In 2024, Regxta, winner of Pitch2Win 4, secured nearly $400,000 in funding within one week of the event. Finalists from previous editions, such as Pharmarun, Tyms, and ZeroComplex AI, have also gained investor backing and strategic partnerships.

This year’s shortlisted startups include:

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Billingrails, a modular, API-first billing platform that helps businesses build custom billing systems quickly and efficiently. It supports a wide range of pricing models, billing operations, and integrations, including SaaS credits, fintech fees, and retail loyalty programs, without added complexity.

Founders: Nkenu Timothy and Ugochukwu Nneji

Case Radar, a legal technology platform that simplifies access to legal information by making court judgements searchable and easy to access. It helps lawyers, NGOs, legal aid organisations, and the public analyse case trends, reduce research time, and advocate more effectively.

Founders: Obinnaya Agbo and Anthony-Mark Ngwu

Cubbes, an academic platform that helps students stay organised, motivated, and better prepared for exams. It digitises handwritten notes, offers AI-powered study tools, and provides a curated academic library with materials directly from lecturers.

Founders: Peter Adeyemi and Emmanuel Akinleye

Eventpadi, a logistics management app that helps event organisers save time, reduce costs, and improve attendee experiences. It centralises planning tasks, automates workflows, connects users with vetted vendors, and secures payments through an escrow system to prevent losses.

Founder: Vincent Mayaki

Impulse CRM by FusionX Labs, a sales performance platform that replaces the franken-stack of sales point tools for lead discovery, enrichment, outreach, call recording, pipeline management, and CRM. All in a sleek cohesive interface.

Founder: Emmanuel Aneri, Lamide Young and Timothy Adeolu

Iyewo, a health platform that combines technology and in-person care to deliver low-cost, subscription-based primary healthcare to underserved communities. It targets the informal sector, where most people lack health coverage, by improving accessibility, affordability, and continuity of care.

Founder: Folake Kofo-Idowu

Kuraway, a B2B e-commerce platform that helps businesses and global buyers source products from manufacturers and wholesalers across Africa — think “Alibaba for Africa.” Merchants gain global visibility through its B2B platform, which includes built-in financing, escrow payment solutions, B2B messaging, and shipping support.

Founders: David Chima and Edmund Isaac

Midddleman, a platform that solves the challenges of unreliable product sourcing, payment fraud, and shipping inefficiencies for African businesses trading with China. The platform offers AI-powered sourcing and procurement, secure Chinese Yuan payments, and integrated logistics — all in one trusted solution.

Founders: Adeola Owosho and Omolara Sanni

Lumi by HiPrep, an AI-powered learning companion designed to help children master core subjects at their own pace. It addresses challenges like overcrowded classrooms and limited teacher support by offering personalised, skill-based learning in a fun and engaging way.

Founder: Adanma Ugwu

Talktu, a personalised speech therapy platform that parents can access from any device. It offers daily activities tailored to each child’s specific speech challenges, guided by parents or caregivers to support consistent progress at home.

Founder: Sarah Andino

Trackus, a performance analysis platform for youth sports that uses AI-powered video to track players, highlight strengths, and support data-driven decisions. It helps teams, coaches, and scouts improve training, scouting, and overall game outcomes.

Founder: Elisha Odemakinde

Wetrocloud, a platform that offers data scraping, data extraction and RAG APIs to automation experts for workflow automations that empower SMEs & Large Organizations.

Founder: Afolabi Sokeye, Divine Erhomonsele, Michael Aluko, and Jermaiah Obobairibhojie

These startups were selected from over 1,300 applications following a competitive call. Together, they represent key sectors and highlight the strength of Africa’s early-stage innovation ecosystem.

Pitch2Win5 will also bring together investors, founders, policy leaders, and ecosystem operators, creating a platform for funding opportunities, industry insights, and strategic networking.

About Techcircle
Techcircle provides strategic support, program design, and advisory services to African startups, corporations, and government bodies. Its work connects key stakeholders across global markets with the African innovation ecosystem through high-impact events and ecosystem programs. Partners have included Meta, Microsoft, Google, UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, ARM Labs, and others.

About SgGrow
SGGrow is a Singapore-based accelerator and investment firm supporting high-growth startups globally through funding and expert-led acceleration programs.

About SgVerse
SGVerse is a leading Web 3.0 incubator and early-stage investor backing blockchain and frontier tech startups from Singapore.

About FreakOut Holdings
Founded by Yuzuru Honda, FreakOut Holdings operates Asia’s largest real-time bidding DSP and supports marketing technology across 10 international markets.

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