Mr Eazi is on a roll this year and his investments are paying off through his VC fund ZAGADAT
Capital. The young VC fund announced its first exit after gamma acquired its portfolio company
Vydia; which has previously worked with artists including Akon, Kanye West, Mr Eazi, and
Anuel.
The $1bn takeover was led by former Apple executive Larry Jackson through his newly founded
multi-faceted company – gamma. Apple and Eldridge Industries and A24 are also listed as
some of its investors.
“gamma is built with the flexibility and aptitude that creators need to connect with fans on all
formats and across all channels – with transparency and no restriction. We are a progressive
media company powered by the best-in-class content distribution and analytics software by way
of our Vydia acquisition. And central to its core, gamma is an ideas company,” Larry said.
Ever since launching the VC fund Zagadat Capital in 2021, the company has invested in tech
companies such as remittance-based lending company Paisa, Eden Life, African fintech
Pawapay, and most recently South Africa basketball team CapeTown Tigers. Prior to these,
some of the first investments went into music tech companies like creative finance/IP company
emPawa (his company), Ticketing platform – SHOOBS and American music distribution platform
Vydia whose service emPawa used before financial investments in the platform.
