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Overview
Location
Nigeria, Lagos
Total raised
$2M
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 8
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| Sep 16, 2025 | ABAN and Accelerate Africa launch “Moonshot Week” bundle tickets: One pass, three landmark events in Lagos (Oct 11–18, 2025) | The African Business Angels Network (ABAN), Accelerate Africa, and TechCabal today announced the Moonshot Week Bundle—a single ticket that unlocks a full week of high-impact programming in Lagos from October 11–18, 2025. The bundle is desig... |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Itana Opens Applications for Digital Residency Launchpad | Itana, Africa’s first Digital Special Economic Zone, has officially opened applications for its Digital Residency Launchpad, a curated program designed to empower founders, business owners, and diaspora professionals seeking to establish, g... |
| Sep 8, 2023 | To establish Africa’s first Digital Free Zone, Nigeria’s Itana raised $2 M Pre-seed funding | Itana, formerly Talent City, of Nigeria, has raised US $2 million in a pre-seed funding round to support its effort to create Africa’s first Digital Free Zone, which aims to increase the ease of doing business index, stimulate foreign direc... |
| Sep 7, 2023 | Itana, a Nigerian startup, has secured $2 million in pre-seed funding | Itana, formerly known as Talent City, a Nigerian startup, has acquired US$2 million in a pre-seed funding round to assist its efforts to create Africa’s first Digital Free Zone, which aims to improve the country’s ease-of-doing-busines inde... |
| Sep 6, 2023 | Itana Secures $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding to Pave the Way for Africa’s First Digital Free Zone. | Itana (formerly Talent City) has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by global venture capitalists LocalGlobe, Amplo, Pronomos Capital, and Future Africa. The deal brings together a powerhouse of deep industry expertise and technical ... |
| Sep 6, 2023 | LocalGlobe and Pronomos Capital back Itana to pave the way for Africa’s first digital free zone | In early 2022, ex-Andela and Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, in an interview with TechCrunch, discussed a moonshot project he was working on: Talent City, explicitly designed for local and global startups and service businesses lo... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Проект Itana: какой будет нигерийская Кремниевая долина | В 2009 году правительство штата Лагос (Нигерия) объявило 150-километровый участок земли вдоль Гвинейского залива Зоной свободной торговли Лекки, предложив налоговые каникулы и другие преимущества компаниям, которые будут вести здесь бизнес.... |
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FAQ about ITANA
How much funding has ITANA raised?
ITANA has raised $2M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about ITANA?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning ITANA, among them “ABAN and Accelerate Africa launch “Moonshot Week” bundle tickets: One pass, three landmark events in Lagos (Oct 11–18, 2025)” (Sep 16, 2025) and “Itana Opens Applications for Digital Residency Launchpad” (Sep 11, 2025).
Is ITANA still active?
Yes, ITANA is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 18, 2025.