Printivo emerges as the most "investable" startup in Nigeria

folarin okunola

July 18, 2016 4:51 PM

At the start of the competition, 32 startups were chosen and voters were asked to choose which startup they would like to invest in.

Oluyomi Ojo, Cofounder and CEO of Printivo

Starta, the online business support platform, started a competition about 5 weeks ago. In the competition, Nigeria's best startups were selected and pitted head-to-head against each other while people voted for which startup they believe is the most "investable" startup in Nigeria.

At the start of the competition, 32 startups were chosen and voters were asked to choose which startup they would like to invest in. At the end of it all, Printivo, the on-demand online print and design startup emerged winner, beating online hotel booking platform, Hotels.ng.

“We are surprised to have come out as most prefered,” says Oluyomi Ojo, co-founder and CEO at Printivo. “Considering the level of competition the ecosystem presented. The level of love our customers and believers expressed shows we are solving a problem for them. The competition has proved that people are sticking their necks out for us. Whatever we have done to earn that, we will be surely do more of it.”

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Speaking on the competition, Yele Bademosi, Starta's Country Manager for Starta Nigeria, said, “Although the March Madness-style of this game leaves room for uninformed conclusions, we believe the sentiment expressed by the results of the Matchup isn’t too far from the reality. Printivo is one of the more transformational homegrown startups with a disruptive and scalable business model."

This is the first of the Starta Matchup series which will Starta will still host across Africa. Pulse Tech will keep you updated on these as they happen.

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