# Omolara Awoyemi

> Omolara Awoyemi is a startup investor at Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund (Austin). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fastforward-fund)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omolaraawoyemi
- Website: https://fastforward.fund/

Omolara Awoyemi is a startup investor at Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund in Austin. Omolara is an inspirational leader with over 13 years of experience building and scaling products in the internet industry. Her key expertise includes leading product growth, operations, strategic partnerships, and leading highly functional teams to solve large-scale problems.Omolara currently serves as an Operating Partner at Fast ForwardVenture Studio where she is responsible for all aspects of ensuring growth for portfolio companies. Previously, Omolara served in various operations, partnerships, and product roles at Facebook, Jumia, SureGroup, and IrokoTV.Omolara is passionate about supporting the technology startup ecosystem in Africa and advancing academic and professional opportunities for women and people of color across the globe.

## About Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund

VC Fund · Austin, United States

Fast Forward is a venture studio—and early-stage fund—that builds and backs companies to unlock prosperity in Africa through technology. Fast Forward’s venture studio selects up to 10 ideas and founding teams annually—with priority on platform and infrastructure plays—in sectors including (but not limited to) B2B, Fintech, eCommerce, Edtech,Healthcare, Logistics, Deep Tech, SaaS, Future of Work, and Blockchain. Fast Forward recruits dynamic entrepreneurs advancing concepts we believe will fast track to scale to at least 10M people and achieve >$10m ARR value in 3-5 years. As a fund, Fast Forward invests pro rata in future rounds of venture studio companies and makes select investments in pre-seed African startups. At Fast Forward, we put startup founders first. African entrepreneurs founding successful tech companies offer huge potential for exponential impact across the continent. African founders have the ability to scale business and social solutions, modernize economies, improve day to day lives and create jobs and upward mobility. Africa’s founder class can also bring additional benefits to the continent through philanthropy and positive political reform.

3 contacts available at Fast Forward Venture Studio and Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Omolara Awoyemi | Co-Founder and Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omolara-awoyemi |
| Opeyemi Awoyemi | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opeyemi-awoyemi |
| Jake Bright | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-bright |

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