Fundraising Fox
/People
Sign in

Uka Eje

Founder

Founder at Thrive Agric

Nigeria

FoundedThrive Agric · YC

Find your path to Uka

10,700 people in our graph can introduce you to Uka.

Each arrow is one introduction. Sign up to fill in the first one.

Ask Garry Tan to introduce you to Uka

You →Garry · together at YC W19 (2019) →Uka

Ask Jamie Chen to introduce you to Uka

You →Jamie · 11 people · together at YC W19 →Uka

Sign up to find every way you can get introduced to Uka

  • Your email: the people you already email who know Uka
  • 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: people you know who worked, studied or invested with Uka
  • Your LinkedIn: the connections who can make the intro for you

We rank every route by how warm it is, so you raise on warm intros instead of cold emails.

Sign up with GoogleAlready have an account? Log in

About

Uka Eje is the Chief Executive Officer of Thrive Agric, an agritech company in Africa. He has more than a decade of experience in the sector, working across technology deployment and financial structuring, and the company operates a network of over 3,000 agronomy agents supporting smallholder farmers.

Founder at Thrive AgricYC W19

Intro paths

YC

Uka went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

→

In turn, Uka can intro founders to Thrive Agric's investors below.

Thrive Agric's investors · 2

Ventures PlatformAbuja · $50K – $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Thrive Agric

AAAyodeji Arikawe
Ayodeji ArikaweFounder

Experience

  1. Thrive AgricChief Executive Officercurrent2017 — presentAbuja
  2. Royal Impact CorpLead Farmer2012 — 2017Nigeria

Skills & more

Building Leadership Teams4Operations Management20Agriculture9Solutions development7Customer Relationship Management (CRM)7Management3Team Leadership25Strategic Planning20
  • Certificate of Recognition TEF Coach/Mentor — The Tony Elumelu Foundation

From Uka's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Uka Eje?
Uka Eje is the Chief Executive Officer of Thrive Agric, an agritech company in Africa. He has more than a decade of experience in the sector, working across technology deployment and financial structuring, and the company operates a network of over 3,000 agronomy agents supporting smallholder farmers.
Where does Uka Eje work?
Uka Eje is Founder of Thrive Agric.
What companies did Uka Eje found?
Uka Eje founded Thrive Agric.
Where did Uka Eje go to school?
Uka Eje studied at Covenant University (Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry); Y Combinator (W19); University of Leeds (Innovation).

Founder mafias

Same school

Shared employers