Adeyemi Ajao

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Adeyemi (“Ade”) is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Base10 Partners. Before Base10, Ade had a successful career as an entrepreneur and investor.

Ade was the co-founder and CEO of Tuenti (The “Spanish Facebook” which was acquired by Telefonica in 2010 for $100M), co-founder and CEO of Identified (“AI for HR” acquired by Workday in 2014) and a founding investor of Cabify (the largest ridesharing company in Latin America currently valued at over $1B). While at Workday, Ade led launch to Workday Ventures, the first fund focused on Applied AI for Enterprise Software and was VP of Technology Strategy.

Ade is originally from Spain and half Nigerian. He holds an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He also holds a J.D. in Law and a M.S in Economics from Icade University in Spain and studied a certificate on Machine Learning at Stanford.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
4
Adeyemi Ajao has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 15, 2015, when Wonolo raised $2.20M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
May 15, 2015 Wonolo Seed $2.20M Freelance Detail
Jun 17, 2014 Forge Angel $500K Finance Detail
Jun 16, 2014 Instacart Series B $45.03M Delivery Service Detail
Apr 30, 2013 Interior Define Seed $2.16M E-Commerce Detail