# Yomi Jemibewon

> Yomi Jemibewon is a Series A investor at CardinalStone Capital Advisers backing Banking. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CardinalStone Capital Advisers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cardinalstone-capital-advisers)
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yomi-jemibewon-29a4b1/?originalSubdomain=ng

Yomi Jemibewon is a Series A investor at CardinalStone Capital Advisers in Lagos focused on Banking and FinTech. Yomi Jemibewon is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of CardinalStone Capital Advisers. He previously worked at CardinalStone as a Co-Founder & Head, Principal Investments. Yomi Jemibewon attended The Wharton School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Fitness | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Appzone Group | With a team of over 170 professionals and clients in seven countries, Appzone is Africa’s leading FinTech disruptor and provider of home-grown software solutions for the continent’s Financial Services industry. Founded in 2008, we process over $2 billion in transactions annually serving 18 commercial banks and over 450 microfinance institutionsacross the continent. Our platforms issue 1.5 million cards and disburse over $300 million in loans monthly, while also managing $200 million in deposits, 10 million accounts and 100,000 transactions daily. We are audacious builders with a mission to completely automate financial services in Africa. Our offerings automate Banking operations, interconnect financial institutions, and provide end-users with access to a broad range of banking and payment services. We are working with the most talented individuals on the continent to create the de facto operating system for digital financial services in Africa. AppZone started off primarily developing custom software for leading commercial Banks in Nigeria. More than a decade later, we have accumulated a remarkable asset-base of intellectual property and built out significant Fintech infrastructure. We are licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) and have built the first and only EMV compliant card management system in sub-Saharan Africa, while also launching the continent’s first self-service platform for instant debit card issuance. Appzone’s other feats include building and launching a number of global firsts from Africa such as: Cloud-based core banking and digital channel software Global mandate platform for direct debit Decentralised Interbank transaction processing on blockchain We are regarded as Africa’s number 1 FinTech infrastructure provider and have won several awards including: PCI DSS, CEBIH Award, MWOT Innovators Award, Frost and Sullivan Award and the NAMB Award. | $10M | Series A | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| i-Fitness Centre | i-Fitness Centre is a 360-health and wellness company and the leading and fastest-growing fitness chain. |  | Private Equity | Mar 23, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Constant Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/constant-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Itanna](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itanna) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lateral Frontiers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lateral-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [V8 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/v8-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CardinalStone Capital Advisers

VC Fund · Lagos, Nigeria

CardinalStone Partners Limited is a boutique investment banking firm that offers financial advisory services. The firm provides mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyout arrangements, balance sheet optimization, capital restructuring, and competitor strategies advisory services. Additionally, it offers private placements, equitycapital markets and debt financing, and information services.

2 contacts available at CardinalStone Capital Advisers.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yomi Jemibewon | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yomi-jemibewon |
| Femi Ogunjimi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/femi-ogunjimi |

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## FAQ

### What does Yomi Jemibewon invest in?

Yomi Jemibewon invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Fitness startups, most often at Series A and Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yomi Jemibewon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yomi Jemibewon closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 2 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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