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Backing Africa's Venture Forward

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Resilience17 is a venture studio and fund on a mission to accelerate African prosperity through technology entrepreneurship.

We know firsthand how lonely and difficult it gets in an unknown terrain with low visibility, lack of infrastructure, and limited access to funding.

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...at a glance

And, We're just getting started.

2021

Launch Date

$35M+

Fund Size

10+

Industry Verticals

50+

Ventures Funded

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R17 Approach

All around support and funding.

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Funding

Capital to start fast and scale faster, funding support all the way to IPO.

Studio

Design and engineering orchestrating a symphony of function and delight.

Stacks

AI: Compute, models, cloud credits and expert advisors.
Customer Development: tools and talent to understand customer's needs.

Growth

Execution support across GTM, Marketing, and Analytics driving scale and efficiency.

Brand

Storytelling through press engagement and influential messengers to rise above the noise.

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Olugbenga 'GB' Agboola

Founder: Resilience17
Co-Founder & CEO: Flutterwave

Resilience17 is a support system nurturing the way forward for Africa.

An evergreen family fund, investing at the earliest stage through Series A, and backed by one of the most impactful founders operating across Africa today.

The Studio focuses on Product & Business Ops, powered by technical and creative builders, who are stacked with market context and deep global operating experience.

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Backing bold, visionary founders
that strive to move Africa forward.

Founder Mentality

What we look for to invest and hire

Ambition

Your internal compass points up and to the left with a staggeringly steep slope.

Humility

Failure is a constant, and success is the outcome of keeping going. 

Integrity

Trust is the foundation of partnership, the essential element each of the above values depend on.

Speed

Founders set the pace, and slow moving companies rarely win big valuable markets. 


Resilience

Resilience is Africa’s competitive advantage. It takes remarkable determination over long time horizons to build the future.

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