Shola Akinlade
Co-Founder and CEO @ Paystack
San Francisco, United States
Shola Akinlade is a pre-seed investor at Paystack in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Education. Shola Akinlade s based out of Sunnyvale, California and currently works as the CEO for Paystack.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Shola Akinlade invests in
Stages Shola Akinlade invests in
Countries Shola Akinlade invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $2.5M–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $192k–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (25%)
- Education 2 (17%)
- Insurance 2 (17%)
- Financial Services 2 (17%)
- Software 1 (8%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 8 (67%)
- Seed 2 (17%)
Country
- Nigeria 4 (33%)
- Kenya 1 (8%)
- Rwanda 1 (8%)
- Estonia 1 (8%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Myka.Insure
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Myka is a insurance sales platform that enables individuals to sell insurance policies to their family, friends, colleagues, and community while earning income . It operates as a micro-entrepreneurship program where anyone (students, gadget sellers, car dealers, parents, retirees) can start their own insurance business with zero investment,flexible hours, and free training . The company is licensed by the National Insurance Commission of Nigeria and provides instant payouts to its partners . | Pre-Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | |
Chowdeck
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Chowdeck is a food delivery service and marketplace to buy meals from a wide range of restaurants. | $2.5M / Seed / Apr 30, 2024 | |
Afropolitan
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Afropolitan is creating a Digital Nation to enable all Africans to build abundant lives. The internet enables people to organize around shared values at scales that were previously unthinkable before the turn of the century. If it were a country, Facebook would be the largest one in the world. With the advent of cryptocurrency, the next Facebookwill not be a social network with a passive online community, but rather a full-blown digital country with its own native currency and shared purpose. We are building the first-ever internet country. | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 20, 2022 | |
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Afropolitan
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Afropolitan is creating a Digital Nation to enable all Africans to build abundant lives. The internet enables people to organize around shared values at scales that were previously unthinkable before the turn of the century. If it were a country, Facebook would be the largest one in the world. With the advent of cryptocurrency, the next Facebookwill not be a social network with a passive online community, but rather a full-blown digital country with its own native currency and shared purpose. We are building the first-ever internet country. | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 20, 2022 | |
Norebase
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Norebase knows that there's an opportunity to grow successful businesses in Africa. It also understands the complexities of the market, and so is using technology to make doing business in Africa worthwhile. With Norebase get to operate in Africa with no hassle and with minimum risk. | $1M / Pre-Seed / May 04, 2022 | |
Casava
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Casava is a financial services company that offers insurance and life microinsurance. Casava uses technology to provide world-class, trusted, and affordable insurance to everyone. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Feb 02, 2022 | |
Earnipay
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Earnipay enables employers to offer employees access to their earned salaries instantly at any time without making changes to their existing payment process. | $4M / Seed / Feb 02, 2022 | |
AltSchool Africa
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We are democratizing access to quality education for the next billion Africans. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2022 | |
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AltSchool Africa
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We are democratizing access to quality education for the next billion Africans. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2022 | |
Alvin
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Alvin is a U.S.-domiciled fintech that specializes in revenue orchestration tools that stitch together fragmented financial and operational infrastructure in emerging markets. | $780K / Pre-Seed / Jan 05, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About Paystack
Paystack lets businesses in Africa accept payments by anyone, anywhere in the world via credit card, debit card, money transfer, and mobile money on their websites or mobile apps. It specializes in the fields of financial services, the internet, and payments. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos.
Paystack Contacts
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Abiola Showemimo
Operations Lead
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Oluwaseun Runsewe
Business Lead
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Parth Setya
Engineering Manager
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Shola Akinlade
Co-Founder and CEO
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Celestine Omin
Engineering Manager
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FAQ
What does Shola Akinlade invest in?
Shola Akinlade invests primarily in FinTech, Education and Insurance startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Shola Akinlade's check size?
Shola Akinlade typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$4M at Seed and $192k–$4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shola Akinlade participates in.
When did Shola Akinlade last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Shola Akinlade closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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