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Adenike Sheriff

Investor Professional

United Kingdom

Overview 

Adenike Sheriff is a Venture Capital Professional based in the United Kingdom, currently serving as Principal, Co-Founder, and Chief of Staff at Future Africa. She specializes in fund set up, operations, portfolio management, fundraising, and investor relations, with a focus on investing in sectors like IoT, ClimateTech/CleanTech, and FinTech in the San Francisco Bay Area. Highlights of Adenike's career include her role as a key figure at Future Africa, where she plays a crucial part in fund administration and working with investors, and her expertise in managing portfolios and strategic planning in the venture capital industry.

Work Experience 

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Future Africa

  • Principal

    2021 - 2022

    As Principal at Future Africa,I focused on: Sourcing companies, managing the investment pipeline and deploying funds to companies. Managing back office operations. Setting up funds, and managing fund administration. Managing our portfolio of companies. I am most proud of spearheading an initiative to invest $1 million dollars in female founders and successfully doing so.

  • Co-Founder

    2019 - 2022

    I co-founded Future Africa to invest in early stage startups across Africa, and provide them with the capital coaching and community they need to succeed. So far, Future Africa has over 80 companies in its portfolio, collectively worth over $6 billion, who employ over 4000 people in 10 countries across Africa.

  • Chief Of Staff

    2019 - 2020

    I worked to build the foundation of the Future Africa fund. I set up the fund,our community of co investors and designed investment systems and processes. Essentially, I designed the operating system for the Future Africa fund.

Future Africa is a platform that provides capital, coaching and community for mission driven innovators

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