Nigerian grocery delivery startup GoLemon has wound down its operations after failing to secure additional funding to scale.
GoLemon (ex-Paystack) shut down despite profitable unit economics—order volume failed to justify warehouse and overhead costs. Broader signal: H1 2026 deal count fell to 146 (vs 252) despite stable capital; VCs concentrate bets as quick-commerce margins collapse.
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Good morning. ☀️
The bad news: it’s not TGIF.The good news: the week is running out of opportunities to surprise us.
Unfortunately, the startup ecosystem had one more unpleasant surprise in store yesterday: another African startup shut down, adding to a growing list of ventures that have struggled to survive a tougher funding environment.
Let’s get into it.
GoLemon is shutting down after failing to raise additional funding needed for its next phase of growth.
Barely four months after cloud kitchen startup FoodCourt suspended operations, another Nigerian food-tech startup has shut its…
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AfricInvest, an investment firm that has backed Moove and PalmPay, has partially exited SIPO Holdings, which owns Centaures, an…
