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Folley Ogundele

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Catalyst at Earlybird Venture Capital

London

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About

Folley Ogundele is the GTM Leader for EMEA at OpenAI and works as a venture partner, advisor, board member, and angel investor focused on AI, fintech, and SaaS companies. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at finmid, Global VP of Sales at Wise, and built the enterprise and financial services go-to-market business at Stripe during its growth from 400 to 8,000 employees. Earlier in his career, he worked at IBM and spent eight years at American Express in its Global Commercial Services division.

Experience

  1. OpenAIGTM Leader, EMEAcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. University of SurreyAdvisory Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSurrey, England, United Kingdom
  3. finmidChief Revenue Officer2024 — 2025London
  4. Earlybird Venture CapitalVenture Partner2024 — 2025London
  5. WiseVP Global Head of Commercial2022 — 2024London
  6. StripeHead of EMEA Banking & Financial Product Sales2021 — 2022London
  7. StripeEnterprise & Strategic Accounts Lead2019 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
  8. StripeFintech & B2B SaaS Sales Leader2016 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
  9. American ExpressSenior Manager - Global Commercial Services2013 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
  10. American ExpressManager, Business Development - Global Corporate Payments2010 — 2012London Area, United Kingdom
  11. American ExpressSales/Account Manager, Global Merchant Services & Global Corporate Payments2008 — 2010London Area, United Kingdom
  12. IBMBusiness Operations Analyst - UK Software Group2006 — 2007London Area, United Kingdom

Skills & more

B2B26Credit Cards11Relationship Management19Account Management5Business Development53New Business Development9Strategic Partnerships32Customer Acquisition5Business Strategy12Financial Services12Sales Management6Payments21
+8 moreAnalyticsMergers & AcquisitionsSalesSellingBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)ManagementSalesforce.com

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Colleagues at Earlybird Venture Capital

Akash Bajwa
Principal at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG
Alina Bassi
Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital
Andre Retterath
General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital
Anna Andersson
Head of Community & Events at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG
Ayush Jain
Partner, Growth Investments at Earlybird Venture Capital
Ben Wilkening
Vision Lab Partner at Earlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KG
Benedetta Montani
Fund Management at Earlybird Venture Capital
Cecile Roulet-Veli
People Operations Manager at Earlybird Venture Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Folley Ogundele?
Folley Ogundele is the GTM Leader for EMEA at OpenAI and works as a venture partner, advisor, board member, and angel investor focused on AI, fintech, and SaaS companies. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at finmid, Global VP of Sales at Wise, and built the enterprise and financial services go-to-market business at Stripe during its growth from 400 to 8,000 employees. Earlier in his career, he worked at IBM and spent eight years at American Express in its Global Commercial Services division.
Where does Folley Ogundele work?
Folley Ogundele is Catalyst at Earlybird Venture Capital.
Where did Folley Ogundele go to school?
Folley Ogundele studied at Imperial College London (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA); University of Surrey (BSc (Hons), Business Management).

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