Olumide Soyombo

Olumide Soyombo

Director

Olumide Soyombo is a Tech Entrepreneur, Business Development Strategist and Angel Investor. His close to 2 decades of multi-sectoral experience building and managing businesses while investing in both high impact projects and startups, positions him as a leading voice and valuable player within the African Technology and Startup space. His work is an offshoot of his understanding of the ecosystem impact inherent in strategic partnerships between tech innovators, technological entrepreneurship and private capital.

He is a Co-Founder at Bluechip Technologies and Founder at Voltron Capital. At Bluechip, he leads strategy, implementation and projects as he works to build the company into a tech industry leader. At Voltron, a seed capital investment fund dedicated to local tech startups, he focuses on powering revolutionary innovations and ideas in Africa by bridging the gap between the start-up stage and market dominance through funding and structural support.

Olumide has invested in many of the leading tech startups in Nigeria including Paystack (exited), Piggyvest, Brass, TeamApt, Mono, Trove, Lemonade and over 30 others. He continues to pursue excellence and strategic impact even as he inspires the same in others.

He holds a B.Sc. in Systems Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and an M.Sc. in Business and IT from Aston Business School, Aston University Birmingham (UK).

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