John Onwualu
InvestorPrincipal 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.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
Fintech
Experience
- Flourish VenturesInvestment Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Afia CapitalCo-Founder & Managing Partner2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- U.S. International Development Finance CorporationManaging Director2020 — 2021Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- SoFiManager2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Morgan StanleyVice President2013 — 2019New York, New York
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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Onwualu?
- 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.
- Where does John Onwualu work?
- John Onwualu is Principal at Flourish Ventures.
- What does John Onwualu invest in?
- John Onwualu invests in Fintech.
- What check size does John Onwualu write?
- John Onwualu typically writes checks of $2M – $7M.
- Where did John Onwualu go to school?
- John Onwualu studied at The Wharton School.
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