Oluwatoyin Emmanuel-Olubake

Leveraging capital and innovation to catalyze new paradigms.

📍 Nigeria, Nigeria🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2022
VC🌍 Nigeria
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Feb 2022
Turaco provides simple and affordable insurance products to underserved customers through technology-enabled, white-labeled partnerships with Africas top brands. As Africas leading insurtech, our vision is to insure the next 1 billion people and our mission is to act as a safety net, freeing people from the fear of financial shocks.
mid stageInsurance
Board Observer
Nov 2017
Send, Pay, and Bank with Paga. Paga Group is a payments and financial services ecosystem for Africa. We focus on helping consumers and sellers pay, get paid, and access financial services. We also offer our platform as a service to third-party partners.
Vice President, Investments
Jul 2016
Sahel Capital is a private investment firm focused on the food and agriculture sector in sub-Saharan Africa. Sahel Capital has depth of experience across a broad range of crop and livestock value chains; integrated processing operations; branded packaged foods; and related services.
Experience · 7 entries
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2025
Chief Investment Officer
Mar 2025
The Catalyst Fund is an early-stage VC fund and venture builder investing for a climate-resilient future in Africa. We partner with founders building tech solutions for climate adaptation and resilience. Our thesis focuses on supporting mission-driven, local and women founders building solutions across several sectors critical for climate resilience: agritech and food systems, insurtech and climate fintech, cold chain, waste management, clean energy and water management.
2022
Board Member
Feb 2022
Turaco provides simple and affordable insurance products to underserved customers through technology-enabled, white-labeled partnerships with Africas top brands. As Africas leading insurtech, our vision is to insure the next 1 billion people and our mission is to act as a safety net, freeing people from the fear of financial shocks.
mid stageInsurance
2021
Investment Director
Nov 2021
Novastar Ventures is one of the first and largest VCs investing in Africa. Since 2014, Novastar has partnered with the bold entrepreneurs transforming markets and sectors and creating financial, social and environmental for people and planet - for good. Novastar’s work and team encompass both Novastar Ventures Limited and its investment advisors in Nairobi and Lagos.
2017
Board Observer
Nov 2017
Send, Pay, and Bank with Paga. Paga Group is a payments and financial services ecosystem for Africa. We focus on helping consumers and sellers pay, get paid, and access financial services. We also offer our platform as a service to third-party partners.
Associate Director of Portfolio
Oct 2017
Acumen is solving the problems of poverty and building a world based on dignity. Named one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies of 2026.
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Investment activity
2016–2022 · 3 investments
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