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Oyinkansola Adebayo

CEO & Founder of Niyo & Jorra | Multi-award winning Serial Entrepreneur | Board Member at the Lifted Project | TEDxSpeaker

Birmingham, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Work Experience

2018

  • Chief Executive Officer & Founder

    2018

    Building an innovation ecosystem using technology, education, and culture to empower underrepresented communities and build future-ready economies. We’re developing Niyo Polis, a socio-economic venture designed to usher in the future of living and work — powered by Niyo Labs, a gamified learn to earn platform powering up educational, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for the next 1 million earth citizens. Together, they create spaces where people can live, work, learn, and thrive through state-of-the-art skills hubs, research, and events that blend culture, innovation, and social impact.

  • Acumen Fellow

    2025

    The Acumen Fellowship develops leaders with the practical leadership skills to build solutions for society. It provides a year-long immersive experience, connecting fellows with a global network and equipping them with the tools to drive social change.

  • Regional Board Member - The Lifted Project

    2024

    The Lifted Project is a data-driven initiative to increase the flow of capital to regional, high growth female founders sponsored by Lloyds Bank. This is a five-year project aligned with the Rose Review and Treasury, focusing on: - Increasing the % of capital invested into Female Founders in the regions by at least 5% - Attracting at least one new fund to each region - Increasing the number of the regional funds signed up to The Invest in Women Code - Funds in the Seed to Growth stage, 50% of their portfolio having female founders - Delivering new regionally focussed initiatives to increase the number of High Growth female founders - Doubling the number of visible female founders in the region www.theliftedproject.co.uk

  • Managing Director

    2020

    Running a 30 week full stack software development bootcamp with a purpose of upskilling black women and connecting them with employers

  • Scout

    2021

    Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent-building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We invest across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. I am particularly open to speaking to black female founders based in the UK who have disruptive ideas in the sectors aforementioned! (http://adaventures.com)

  • Angel Investor

    2023 - 2024

    Ada Ventures is the inclusive venture firm. Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We are investing out of our second fund and we invest £250,000 - £1m in UK technology companies across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. Ada Ventures has chosen a second cohort of 20 Ada's Angels who are seed-series A specialist operators & founders in their sectors.

2024

  • Angel Investor

    2024

2024

  • Angel Investor

    2024

  • Angel Investor

    2023

  • Angel Investor

    2022

  • Commodity Broker

    2025

  • Angel Investor

    2024