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Investment thesis
Opeyemi Awoyemi is an individual angel investor who writes first checks at the seed stage. He concentrates on African startups and on companies founded by people of African origin, and invests internationally.
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Ope Awoyemi leads the Fast Forward Angel Syndicate and serves as General Partner of the Fast Forward Fund. He previously founded Jobberman, a Tiger-backed job site in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Whogohost, a Nigerian domain registrar with roughly 100,000 clients, and worked as a Product Lead at Indeed.
What they invest in
from 2 of 2 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2Cloud Computing ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Developer Tools ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×1Tanzania×1
Investments · 2 tracked
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Convoy builds webhooks infrastructure for developers and engineering teams to handle event-driven communication at scale.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Subomi Oluwalana(Founder)inDan Lewis(Founder)Grant Goodale(Founder)Raymond Tukpe(CTO)Emmanuel Aina
Co-investorsY CombinatorVentures PlatformFuture AfricaGreylock PartnersHercules Capital, Inc.Mosaic Ventures+2 more
Ramani provides a mobile application that enables salespeople in African supply chains to manage inventory, log customer information, and document sales activities.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSDar es Salaam, TZ
Iain Usiri(Founder)inCalvin Usiri(Founder)inWilliam Kibet Martin(Director)Kibet Martin(Founder)
BoardAndrew Vigneault(Director)in
Co-investors3cubed VenturesFuture AfricaStartXThe Raba PartnershipY CombinatorAesa East Africa+8 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesRamani · disruptafrica.com · Apr 26, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Opeyemi Awoyemi invest at?
- Opeyemi Awoyemi invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Opeyemi Awoyemi focus on?
- Opeyemi Awoyemi focuses on Enterprise Software.
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