Oui Capital
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| Venture capital firm | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | |
| Founder 👔 | |
Number of locations | Boston, Lagos |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Olu Oyinsan, Francesco Andreoli |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | ouicapital |
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Oui Capital is a private venture capital firm, founded in 2018 by Olu Oyinsan.[1] and Francesco Andreoli[2] with offices in Boston, MA and Lagos, Nigeria. Oui Capital invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies with investments spanning financial technology, education technology, innovative healthcare, mobility[3] and logistics in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The company also provides mentorship along with early financing under its Mentor’s Fund initiative. The Mentor’s Fund is a program for startups to gain access to a pool of specialists and domain experts who act as advisors on critical matters.
History
Oui Capital was formed in 2018[4][5], out of the imbalance that exists between high-growth technology startups in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the smart capital available to take advantage of these opportunities[6]
Managing Partner Olu Oyinsan, who was formerly VP of Investments at Ingressive Capital[7], partly credits the success of payments company Flutterwave[8][9] for encouraging his move to Nigeria to start the fund[10] with Swiss serial entrepreneur and Techstars mentor Francesco Andreoli.
The firm gets its name from the French word Oui (pronounced “we”), for yes and is on a mission to create more 'mature', 'de-risked' companies as it operates with the official slogan, “saying yes, one entrepreneur at a time”[11].
Key partners
As of 2020, Oui Capital’s key partners include:
- Olu Oyinsan: Managing Partner and General Partner
- Francesco Andreoli: Venture Partner
Key advisors
Oui Capital’s advisory board consists of Gbenga Oyebode[12] — Managing Partner, Aluko & Oyebode, a Lagos-based law firm, and Shyam Kamadoli — Managing Partner, AVG blockchain fund[13]
Investments
| Date | Company | Round |
|---|---|---|
| TeamApt [14] | Pre-Seed | |
| 30/01/2020 | Dr CADx[15][16] | Pre-Seed |
| 30/01/2020 | Intelligra[16] | Pre-Seed |
| 30/01/2020 | OkHI[16] | Pre-Seed |
| 30/01/2020 | AM Opportunities[16] | Pre-Seed |
| 30/01/2020 | Vite[17] | Pre-Seed |
| 20/05/2019 | MVxchange[18] | Seed VC - II |
| 22/01/2019 | MVxchange[16] | Seed VC |
| 22/01/2019 | AWA Bike[19] | Seed VC |
References
- ↑ Tom Jackson (February 11, 2020). "Meet the investor Olu Oyinsan, Oui Capital". Disrupt Africa.
- ↑ Katy Micallef (August 14, 2019). "An exclusive interview with Francesco Andreoli, Partner at OUI Capital". AIBC Summit Malta.
- ↑ Africa Mag Inc (February 1, 2020). "Mauritius-based transport startup Vite raises funds from Oui Capital". Africa Inc Mag.
- ↑ Yinka Awosanya (January 8, 2019). "Former Ingressive VP launches a $10m fund for African tech startups. Apply now". Techpoint Africa.
- ↑ Ejike Kanife (January 8, 2019). "Olu Oyinsan Launches $10m Venture Fund for Early Stage Startups in Nigeria". Tech Next.
- ↑ Peter Oluka (January 14, 2019). "Olu Oyinsan, entrepreneur and tech investor alongside partners are launching $10m Oui Capital". Tech Economy..
- ↑ Benjamin Dada (February 22, 2018). "Olu Oyinsan joins Ingressive Capital as VP, Investments". Tech City..
- ↑ GABRIELLA MULLIGAN (August 1, 2017). "Flutterwave raises $10m Series A funding". Disrupt Africa.
- ↑ IFEANYI NDIOMEWESE (August 1, 2017). "Flutterwave raises $10 million in Series A funding round". Techpoint Africa..
- ↑ Technology Mirror (February 11, 2020). "Flutterwave Seed Brought me Home, Says Oui Capital's Olu Oyinsan". Technology Mirror..
- ↑ "Startups". OUI Capital. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ↑ Staff Writer (January 7, 2019). "OUI CAPITAL LAUNCHES TO FUND EARLY STAGE TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS IN AFRICA". Innovation Village..
- ↑ Anna Vodopyanova (May 29, 2018). "Meet Shyam Kamadolli, Managing Partner at AVG Blockchain Fund". Vator Tv..
- ↑ Mfonobong Nsehe (March 11, 2019). "From Self-Funded To Series A - How TeamApt Is Transforming Africa's Payment Sector". Forbes.
- ↑ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dr-cadx
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 "Our Portfolio".
- ↑ "Oui Capital invests in Mauritius first app-based mobility startup, Vite". BENJAMIN DADA | Impressive reporting on tech in SSA. 30 January 2020.
- ↑ Idris Abubakar (May 29, 2019). "Maritime Startup, MVXchange Raises $100k Pre-seed Fund in a Round Led by Oui Capital". Tech Next..
- ↑ "AWA Bike Funding & Investors - CB Insights". www.cbinsights.com.
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