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bido Venture Studio — Cohort 1
bido Corp, Nigeria
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Funding amount
Up to ₦2 million per venture. Capital is released in milestone-based tranches rather than as a single lump-sum payment.
Deadline
October 31, 2026
Level
Early Career
Other
What's covered
Startup Incubator
About this opportunity
bido is a Nigeria-first venture studio designed to identify promising Nigerian founders and work with them to build, structure and scale real businesses. Unlike a conventional grant or accelerator, bido provides capital, infrastructure, strategic support, systems and governance in exchange for an equity stake in the supported venture. Cohort 1 is targeting six ventures, with applications opening in September 2026.
Requirements
- Be 18 years or older.
- Be based in Nigeria.
- Have a real business idea or existing business.
- Be prepared to build and operate the venture seriously.
- Teams may contain 1–5 people.
- Lagos and Abuja are preferred for the first year.
- Clearly identify the problem being solved and the people experiencing that problem.
- Be willing to accept an equity-based venture-studio relationship.
- Participate in the studio's milestone-based operating structure