Kayode Oyewole
Partner @ Ventures Platform
Kayode Oyewole is a seed investor at Ventures Platform focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Kayode is Head, Investment and Portfolio Support at Ventures Platform. He was an early employee at max.ng (Techstars NY16) and led growth there. He is a serial entrepreneur and has spent the last 6 years building and supporting companies focused on the application of technology in solving problems across Africa. He is a mentor at the AfricanEntrepreneurship Award (AEA) and was an EIT at Meltwater.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
Last updated:
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Industries Kayode Oyewole invests in
Stages Kayode Oyewole invests in
Countries Kayode Oyewole invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 4 (21%)
- Financial Services 4 (21%)
- Banking 2 (11%)
- Finance 2 (11%)
- Software 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (53%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (16%)
Country
- Nigeria 7 (37%)
- United States 2 (11%)
- Kenya 1 (5%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Talstack is a subscription-based talent management platform that enables companies to identify learning gaps or growth areas and upskill their employees with tools and courses from Africa’s best operators. | $850K / Pre-Seed / Mar 10, 2023 | ||
| We improve business to business access to medicines by providing such medicines from manufactures/registered distributors direct to large and small healthcare retail businesses (large pharmacies and remote chemist/PPMVs (Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors)) using technology to deliver just-in-time stock and provide financing and awide selection of inventory to such retail business. | $4.4M / Seed / Sep 20, 2022 | ||
| We improve business to business access to medicines by providing such medicines from manufactures/registered distributors direct to large and small healthcare retail businesses (large pharmacies and remote chemist/PPMVs (Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors)) using technology to deliver just-in-time stock and provide financing and awide selection of inventory to such retail business. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 14, 2022 | ||
| Lemonade Finance is a digital bank for the African diaspora. Lemonade provides users with accounts in their country of residence and country of origin for personal and business banking needs. | $725K / Pre-Seed / Nov 01, 2021 | ||
| Mono creates API financial platform that helps companies in collecting and managing bank transfer payments. The company was founded in 2020 by Abdulhamid Hassan and Prakhar Singh and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. | Seed / Sep 30, 2020 | ||
| MarketForce is a US, Kenya and Nigeria-based technology company that is building the SuperApp for Africa's 100 million merchants. MarketForce provides an all-inclusive B2B Commerce and Fintech platform (dubbed “RejaReja” – Swahili for ‘retail’) that empowers merchants in Africa to source, order and pay for inventory digitally and conveniently,access financing, collect digital payments and make extra money by reselling digital financial services such as airtime, electricity tokens and bill payments. Launched in 2018, MarketForce is a fast-growing YC backed company running an asset-light business model and is currently operational in 5 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 200,000 merchants and 50 consumer brands trading on the platform. | $150K / Seed / Aug 31, 2020 | ||
| Unlocking Foreign Investment Opportunities For Africans We’re a technology-driven finance company connecting everyday Africans with the best dollar-denominated investment opportunities around the world. | $120K / Seed / Jul 14, 2020 | ||
| Unlocking Foreign Investment Opportunities For Africans We’re a technology-driven finance company connecting everyday Africans with the best dollar-denominated investment opportunities around the world. | Seed / Jun 29, 2020 | ||
| Brass is a digital bank that provides small and medium businesses with a suite of products and tools designed to help them grow. | Seed / May 29, 2020 | ||
| Tambua Health uses lung sound analysis to transform the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. The company offers precise, non-invasive, and radiation-free lung imaging and lung function testing using acoustic technology. The company was founded in 2018 by Daniel Gathigai and Lewis Wanjohi. | Seed / May 29, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Ventures Platform
Ventures Platform Fund is a discovery fund that invests early in mission-driven founders that are building capital-efficient platforms that democratise prosperity, plug infrastructural gaps, connect underrepresented communities, solve for non-consumption, and improve livelihoods in Africa.
Ventures Platform Contacts
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Dotun Olowoporoku
General Partner
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Kayode Oyewole
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Kola Aina
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What does Kayode Oyewole invest in?
Kayode Oyewole invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 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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When did Kayode Oyewole last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kayode Oyewole closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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