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Shola Akinlade

North America, California, United States, San Francisco

Description

Shola Akinlade is the Co-founder and CEO at Paystack.

Investor Profile

Shola Akinlade has made 8 investments, with 1 in the past 12 months and 0% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Pre Seed (75%)
  • Seed (25%)

Country Focus

  • Nigeria (50%)
  • United States (13%)
  • Rwanda (13%)
  • Kenya (13%)
  • Estonia (13%)

Industry Focus

  • Fintech
  • Education
  • Financial Services
  • Blockchain
  • Communities
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Health Insurance
  • Insurance
  • Insurtech
  • Life Insurance
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Shola Akinlade frequently co-invest with?

Cultur3 Capital
North America, Midland, Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman
Co-Investments: 1
Target Global
Europe, Berlin, Germany, Berlin
Co-Investments: 2
BC
Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Lagos
Co-Investments: 1
Hashed
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 1
Ingressive Capital
Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Lagos
Co-Investments: 2
AF
North America, Nevada, United States, Reno
Co-Investments: 1
Microtraction
Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Lagos
Co-Investments: 1
Future Africa
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Atlantica Ventures
Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Lagos
Co-Investments: 1
Voltron Capital
Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Lagos
Co-Investments: 3

Which angels does Shola Akinlade often collaborate with?

MM
Europe, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Shared Deals: 2
Balaji Srinivasan
Asia, Central Region, Singapore, Singapore
Shared Deals: 1
Olugbenga Agboola
Africa, Nigeria
Shared Deals: 3
FH
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 2
BK
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
Babs Ogundeyi
Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Yaba
Shared Deals: 2
Dare Obasanjo
North America, Washington, United States, Seattle
Shared Deals: 1
ER
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 2
Ali Rampurwala
Asia, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Shared Deals: 1
EY
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Shola Akinlade?

Chowdeck

Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Chowdeck is an application that offers food delivery services and a marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants.

Food DeliveryMarketplaceRestaurants
SeedApr 30, 2024
Amount Raised: $2,500,000
Afropolitan

San Francisco, California, United States

Afropolitan is creating a Digital Nation to enable all Africans to build abundant lives. (A Network State)

BlockchainCommunitiesCryptocurrency
Pre SeedJun 20, 2022
Amount Raised: $2,100,000
Earnipay

Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria

Financing and technology for flexible and on demand salary access.

Financial ServicesFinTech
SeedFeb 17, 2022
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
Casava

Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria

Casava is an insurtech company that provides life and general microinsurance underwriting services.

FinTechHealth InsuranceInsuranceInsurTechLife Insurance
Pre SeedFeb 2, 2022
Amount Raised: $4,000,000
AltSchool Africa

Kigali, Butare, Rwanda

Learn the skills you need to build and grow the career you want.

Education
Pre SeedFeb 1, 2022
Amount Raised: $1,000,000
Alvin

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Alvin is a personal finance app and API company thats helps people balance their daily spending with their savings goals.

BankingConsumer ApplicationsEmbedded SoftwareFinTech
Pre SeedJan 5, 2022
Amount Raised: $740,000
Edukoya

Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Edukoya builds online education content and offers online tutoring for students and their parents.

E-LearningEducation
Pre SeedDec 15, 2021
Amount Raised: $3,500,000
dillali

Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia

dillali is mobile first income and expense platform for SMEs in Africa and other emerging markets.

Financial ServicesFinTechSoftware
Pre SeedOct 19, 2021
Amount Raised: $191,920