About
Yele Oyekola is the co-founder and CEO of Duplo, a company focused on modernizing business payments to support global trade. The company participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch and has raised capital from investors including Point Nine, Liquid2 Ventures, Tribe Capital, Commerce Ventures, Soma Capital, and Oui Capital.
Founder at DuploYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Yele went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Duplo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Yele can intro founders to Duplo's investors below.
Duplo's investors · 11
Basecamp FundManchester · $100K – $10M checksCommerce VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksGlobivestNama Ventures$100K – $35M checksOui CapitalLagos · $750K checksPoint NineBerlin · $1M – $10M checksSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksTribe CapitalLas Vegas · $25K – $75M checksVibe CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksWayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022
Co-founders at Duplo
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Tunde AkinnuwaFounder
Experience
- DuploCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2021 — present
- CarbonProduct Lead2021
- JullaCo-Founder / CEO2019 — 2020
- United NationsEconomic Policy Officer2017 — 2019
- GoldenTree Asset ManagementAnalyst2016 — 2017
- Equity Capital SolutionsFinance Analyst (Credit Risk)2014 — 2015
Skills & more
English2Project Management18Financial Analysis11Business Analysis5Account Management2Sales2Account Reconciliation2Cost Accounting2Research2Business Strategy3Social Media1Accounting1
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Project PlanningBusiness DevelopmentData AnalysisFinancial AccountingBookkeepingBusiness PlanningTime ManagementCustomer ServiceLeadershipStrategic PlanningAnalysisTeamworkLanguages English · French · Yoruba
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yele Oyekola?
- Yele Oyekola is the co-founder and CEO of Duplo, a company focused on modernizing business payments to support global trade. The company participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch and has raised capital from investors including Point Nine, Liquid2 Ventures, Tribe Capital, Commerce Ventures, Soma Capital, and Oui Capital.
- Where does Yele Oyekola work?
- Yele Oyekola is Founder of Duplo.
- What companies did Yele Oyekola found?
- Yele Oyekola founded Duplo.
- Where did Yele Oyekola go to school?
- Yele Oyekola studied at Y Combinator; University of Reading (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics and Finance).
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