Fope Adelowo
Principal @ Helios Investment Partners
London, United Kingdom
Fope Adelowo is an investor at Helios Investment Partners, one of the largest Africa-focused private equity funds. She spends her time on a broad range of tech investments especially in fintech and retail. Fope believes that technology could truly transform economies and livelihoods in African countries and looks forward to the seeing thecontinent’s potential realized through innovative solutions that will leapfrog the pace of development in other parts of the world. Fope currently serves as a board observer for Interswitch, the largest payments business in Nigeria, and Mall for Africa an innovative e-commerce platform.Prior to Helios, Fope worked with the Principal Investment Group of Cardinal Stone Partners Nigeria, where she was involved in the restructuring and integration of new investee companies into the Group, as well as exploring new investment opportunities. Her previous experience includes strategy consulting at BCG and investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Fope holds an MEng in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Nigerian Leadership Initiative.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Fope Adelowo invests in
Stages Fope Adelowo invests in
Countries Fope Adelowo invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (100%)
- Human Resources 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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SeamlessHR
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SeamlessHR is building Africa’s first enterprise-grade, cloud-based HR platform. SeamlessHR’s end-to-end suite helps medium to large-sized companies automate and optimise their entire HR process from recruitment to retirement. SeamlessHR also offers organisations with embedded finance solutions to provide financial security for employers andemployees.The SeamlessHR product suite includes a Recruitment Management System, HRIS, Performance and Competency Management, Payroll Management, Leave Management, HR Analytics and several other modules. | $9M / Series A |
Co-Investors
About Helios Investment Partners
Helios Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts of going concerns, recapitalization, mezzanine, growth capital for private enterprises, restructurings joint ventures, startups; either green-field or brownfield; and the majority or blocking-minority structured investments in listed entities. It seeksto invest in the telecommunications, media, financial services, power, utilities, travel, leisure, distribution, fast-moving consumer goods, logistics, and Agro-allied sectors. The firm prefers to invest in Africa with a focus on Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. It seeks to invest between $15 million and $200 million in an individual transaction. The firm prefers to have a board seat in its portfolio companies. Helios Investment Partners LLP was founded in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Helios Investment Partners Contacts
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Fope Adelowo
Principal
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Babatunde Soyoye
Managing Partner
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Christina Drews
Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Member of Executive Committee
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Dennis Aluanga
Partner
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Evelina Olago
Investor Relations Senior Manager
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Fope Adelowo invests primarily in SaaS and Human Resources startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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