Global experience matched with local knowledge
DFS Lab Team
Jake Kendall
Partner
Stephen Deng
Partner
Dan Kleinbaum
Entrepreneur in Residence
Alina Kaiser
Communications and Marketing Manager
Jamie Radice
Media Relations ManagerOur Scout Network
Shola Akinlade
Founding CEO, Paystack
Hilda Moraa
Founding CEO, WezeTele & CEO, Pezesha
Iyinoluwa “E” Aboyeji
Founding CEO, Andela & Flutterwave
Rose Goslinga
CEO, Pula
Pelumi Aboluwarin
COO, Kudi
Tunde Kehinde
Co-Founder, Jumia & Lidya
Ngozi Dozie
Co-Founder, Carbon Bank Nigeria
Chijioke Dozie
Co-Founder, CEO, Carbon Bank Nigeria
Ben Lyon
Founder, Kopo Kopo & CEO, Hover
Victor Asemota
Founder, Swifta
Odunayo Eweniyi
Co-founder, COO, PiggyVest
Dare Okoudjou
Founder, CEO, MFS Africa
Kees van Lede
CEO Africa, CarePay
Dennis Ondeng
CTO, Kopo Kopo Inc
Elizabeth Rossiello
CEO & Founder, AZA
Daniel Yu
Founder & Group CEO, SokowatchA Few of Our Mentors
Our network of over 100 mentors with years of experience are eager to work with our portfolio companies. And we’re eager to make the connections.
Mike McCaffrey
Financial Technology Adviser at Ulana Insights
Susan Oguya Kutalek
Senior UX Designer at Amazon
Emeka Ajene
Co-Founder of GOZEM
Dennis Ondeng
CTO at Kopo Kopo, Inc.
Lara Gilman
Advisor and co-founder of Yooz, and Head of Product at iwoca
Jess Shorland
Co-founder and Product Manager at HoverOur Advisory Committee
Rex Salisbury is a partner on the fintech team at Andreessen Horowitz. He also runs Cambrian, a 3,000+ member community for founders and product leaders in fintech with chapters in SF and NYC.
Lauren Kolodny is co-founder of Acrew, and was previously a partner at Aspect Ventures. She joined at the founding of the firm and helped to build out the team.
Cherry Miao is a partner at Accel and is focused on high-growth technology companies. Prior to Accel, Cherry helped scale the former Accel portfolio company Lightspeed.
Tilman Ehrbeck is managing partner at Flourish Ventures. Before Flourish, Tilman was a partner at Omidyar Network, where he built the global financial inclusion team.
David Sica is a Partner at Nyca, a leading venture capital firm focused on connecting innovative companies to the global financial system.
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