# Tobi Oke

> Tobi Oke is a seed investor at V8 Capital Partners (Twickenham) backing FinTech and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [V8 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/v8-capital)
- Location: Twickenham, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/tobi-oke/0/13a/219

Tobi Oke is a seed investor at V8 Capital Partners in Twickenham focused on FinTech and Software. Tobi Oke joined Intel Capital in 2013. He brings over 10 years experience of investing and partnering with investors across various markets especially Africa. Before Intel, Tobi worked as an Associate Director for Standard Chartered Bank Private Equity, responsible for the execution of transactions across West Africa. Prior to Standard Chartered,Tobi worked with HSBC covering the African continent and executed transactions across both East and Southern Africa. He worked in the technology practice at Booz & Company advising companies in Europe on transformational projects that made use of new technologies to increase effectiveness and output and was a founding member of the engineering team at Motorola that delivered the first generation of Telematics products globally. Tobi holds a Masters of Engineering degree in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London and a MBA from the London Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 20% |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghana | 1 | 20% |
| Kenya | 1 | 20% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MarketForce | 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. | $20M | Convertible Note | Jan 22, 2023 |  |
| ShapShap | ShapShap enhances delivery experience through its commission-based marketplace by assigning efficient orders to drivers to ensure their sustainability and scalability. |  | Seed | Apr 08, 2022 |  |
| Yemaachi Biotechnology | Yemaachi Biotechnology uses cutting-edge immunogenomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of cancer detection and cure strategies for lowering the economic burden of cancer. | $3M | Seed | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| MarketForce | 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. | $40M | Series A | Feb 21, 2022 |  |
| MarketForce | 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. | $2M | Seed | Jul 08, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Future Africa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-africa) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GreenHouse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Reflect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reflect-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Remapped Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/remapped-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Orbit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbit-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About V8 Capital Partners

VC Fund · Ebène, Mauritius

V8 Capital specialise in investing into technology and technology enabled businesses across Africa. V8 Capital invest between $250k and $5m in Series A to Pre-IPO technology companies. V8 Capital also periodically invest in alternative Asset Management instruments for a handful of our limited partners. You can contact us via email or telephone

1 contacts available at V8 Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tobi Oke | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tobi-oke |

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## FAQ

### What does Tobi Oke invest in?

Tobi Oke invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tobi Oke last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tobi Oke closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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