Two studios, one timetable.
Lagos and Lisbon run every session together. The sun on each card shows where the day is in that city right now.
Lagos
14 Commercial Avenue, Yaba. Opened 2021.
Open weekdays 8:00–19:00. Office hours on the first Thursday of each month.
Lisbon
Rua do Açúcar 72, Marvila. Opened 2023.
Open weekdays 8:00–19:00. Office hours on the first Thursday of each month.
How we got here.
Six years, eight cohorts.
First cohort in Lagos
Six companies in a borrowed office in Yaba. Four of them are still operating.
The Friday review
We replaced demo-style check-ins with one shared number per company, reviewed every Friday.
Lisbon opens
A second studio in Marvila, running the same timetable as Lagos.
Remote founders join
A third of each cohort now joins online from UTC−3 to UTC+4.
The no-equity-until-target SAFE
Our investment only converts if you hit the growth target agreed in week zero.
Cohort 08
Twelve companies, 2.6× median growth and $41M raised within six weeks of Demo Day.
What we hold to.
Four rules that shape how the program runs.
Numbers over noise
Every company reports one number each Friday. We talk about that number before anything else.
Operators, not advisors
Our mentors have built, sold or funded companies at your stage, recently.
Notes either way
Every applicant gets written feedback, including the ones we turn down.
Founders keep control
No board seats, no program fees and no equity unless you hit the target you set.
The studio team.
Six people run Daybreak day to day. Mentors are on the mentors page.
Ngozi Ade
Managing partner
Duarte Mota
Partner, Lisbon
Funmi Kalu
Head of program
Kai Mendes
Investor relations
Ama Owusu
Community lead
Leo Fontes
Studio operations