FOR OUR SEASON 1 FINALE, WE INVITED SEGUN COLE FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER AT MAASAI LTD. WE SPOKE AT LENGTH ON THE STATE OF 2023 VENTURE CAPITAL SPACES. WE EXPLORED SOME OF THE MISTAKES MADE BY FOUNDERS AND INVESTORS AND LOOKED FORWARD.
Bio
Segun Cole is a Serial entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of ekocab; An On-demand Mobility marketplace for high-end rides. He started his career as a New mobility Consultant advising Governments on micromobility policies. He is an Investor and sits on the Board of various African Tech Startups. He is the President of Startup Huddle Lagos(A Community of 235 Startups from Pre-series to Series C) powered by GEN Global, he also sits on the Board of GEN Africa.
He is the Founder of Fund The Gap Network; which advocates for underrepresented and underfunded founders in the Allocation of VC Funding. He is a policy commission member(NESG), New Urban Mobility Alliance(NUMO) member, Tony Elumelu Foundation Mentor, and African Business Heroes Judge. He is an International Partner of the World Business Angel Fund, and a Partner of Vertex Fund with $15m AUM. He is a Venture Partner at Wefunder, Openner.VC and Zero to One Capital. He is a member of the SEC working committee on Angel Investment and Venture Capital in Nigeria.
He founded Maasai LTD a company focused on helping startups connect to investors.
