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John Onwualu

Investor

Principal at Flourish Ventures

San Francisco, California

Writes $2M – $7M checks · typically $3.5M

About

John Onwualu is an investor at Flourish focused on financial infrastructure. Before Flourish, he was a Managing Director at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, where he built and led the agency's first direct equity investment platform, and earlier worked at SoFi on new business launches, acquisitions, and IPO preparation. He began his career at Morgan Stanley trading emerging-markets debt and later in investment banking, and holds a Finance degree from the Wharton School with a minor in African Studies.

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Invests in

Fintech

Experience

  1. Flourish VenturesInvestment Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Afia CapitalCo-Founder & Managing Partner2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  3. U.S. International Development Finance CorporationManaging Director2020 — 2021Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. SoFiManager2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Morgan StanleyVice President2013 — 2019New York, New York

Education

  1. The Wharton School

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

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Shared employers

Also worked at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation10

Jessica (Bartos) ThomasPartner at Notion CapitalRyan Michael BrennanManaging Director at Advantage Capital PartnersSantiago RalloInvestor at HeadlineDavid MathewsonPartner/COO & Chief Compliance Officer at Quona CapitalJeff BarryPartner at Plymouth GrowthMatt MillerInvestment Director at AHL Venture Partners

+ 4 more

Also worked at SoFi37

Paul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystHarrison LieberfarbPartner at Canvas VenturesLogan AllinManaging Partner & Founder at Fin CapitalJeff HinckManaging Director at Rally Ventures Management, LlcGary PelissierHead of Americas + Bank Methods at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMagdalena YesilBoard Director: SoFi, Zuora, Smartsheet at Operator Collective

+ 31 more

Also worked at Morgan Stanley843

Mary MeekerFounder & General Partner at BONDAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Colleagues at Flourish Ventures

Ameya Upadhyay
General Partner at Flourish Ventures
Arjuna Costa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures
Audrey Marrache
Corporate Paralegal at Flourish Ventures
Charlee Brady
People Operations Manager at Flourish Ventures
Crystal Sun
Analyst at Flourish Ventures
Daniel Gorfine
Advisor at Flourish Ventures
Diana Narváez
Principal at Flourish Ventures
Efayomi Carr
Investment Partner at Flourish Ventures