Eghosa Omoigui
Fondateur chez EchoVC Partners LLC
Profil
Eghosa Omoigui is the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners (a seed & early-stage technology venture capital firm investing in underrepresented founders and underserved emerging markets), EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund I, an Africa-focused early-stage tech VC fund & EchoVC+, an early-growth-stage Africa-focused VC platform in partnership with TPG Growth/TPG Rise Fund.
Before this, Eghosa was with Intel for nearly 10 years and his last role was as Intel Capital Director, Consumer Internet & Semantic Technologies, where he acted as a senior investment professional focused on platform-agnostic consumer, web services and digital media-based investment opportunities in the US, EU & Asia.
Omoigui also drove ICap's stage-agnostic investment focus on next generation semantic technologies, AI, ML, smart data, AR and the realtime web.
Eghosa was personally responsible for developing supporting theses and sourcing investment opportunities in various companies including AdMob, Jaiku, Powerset, Facebook, LinkedIn, Teracent, Qik and Pandora.
Investments in the US and India include: Betaworks, StackCommerce (acquired), Talkable, Frid.ge (acquired), Sense Networks (acquired), Voxify (acquired), SmartZip (acquired), Yatra (IPO), and BuzzInTown (acquired).
Eghosa has advised SWIFT (the inter-bank consortium) on technology innovation for financial services (InnoTribe), is a member of the ASTIA Venture Advisory Board (an organization focused on mentoring and supporting women entrepreneurs), was a winner of the Moss-Adams/ASTIA Women Entrepreneur Mentor of the Year award, and is a Kauffman Fellowship and Pipeline Angel Fellowship Mentor.
Eghosa collects colognes, has a particular fondness for big dogs, and loves futbol and cricket.
He attended law school at the University of Nigeria and University of Pennsylvania and business school at Babson College.
Postes actifs de Eghosa Omoigui
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EchoVC Partners LLC
 EchoVC Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance EchoVC Partners LLC (EchoVC Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Eghosa Omoigui. The firm is headquartered in Nigeria with additional offices in the United States and the United Kingdom. | Fondateur | 01/01/2011 |
Systemone LLC
 Systemone LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Systemone LLC produces solutions for disease surveillance and response. The firm’s new disease intelligence software, Aspect, addresses numerous infectious diseases including Zika, Ebola, HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis C and more on a host of diagnostic devices. The company was founded by Christopher J. Macek in 2012 and is headquartered in Springfield, MA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/10/2018 |
| Rising Tide Africa | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/06/2020 |
Gro Intelligence, Inc.
 Gro Intelligence, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Gro Intelligence, Inc. aggregates, reconciles and analyzes data about African agriculture and commodities market. It gathers and processes data using proprietary algorithms to unlock insights into weather patterns, trade flows, pricing dynamics and production. The company was founded by Sara Menker, Nemo Semret, Sewit Ahderom and Ali A. Mufuruki in 2012 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/07/2017 |
Printivo.com
 Printivo.com Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Printivo.com provides digital printing services. The firm offers a product portfolio of printed materials, including business cards, flyers, key rings, greeting cards, letterhead, envelopes, stickers, banners and posters. The company was founded by Oluyomi Ojo, Ayodeji Adeogun and Ibukun Oloyede in 2014 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/06/2015 |
Hotel Booking Ltd.
 Hotel Booking Ltd. Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Hotel Booking operates an online travel agency. It specializes in hotel bookings within Nigeria. The company was founded by Mark Essien in 2012 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/03/2015 |
Beckon, Inc.
 Beckon, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Beckon, Inc. offers omnichannel analytics software. Its software-as-a-service platform integrates messy marketing data and delivers dashboards and scorecards for cross-channel marketing intelligence. The company was founded by Jennifer Zeszut and Jochen Frey in 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/08/2012 |
Group Dekko, Inc.
 Group Dekko, Inc. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Group Dekko, Inc. provides work space power delivery solutions. Its products include LED lighting, electrical component and assemblies, and workplace power solutions. The company was founded by Chester Dekko and Lyall Morrill in 1952 and is headquartered in Garrett, IN. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/01/2011 |
EAT Club, Inc.
 EAT Club, Inc. Air Freight/CouriersTransportation EAT Club, Inc. provides lunch delivery services. The firm offers menus from different restaurants, which is available on its website or sends an email to the customers directly. The company was founded by Kevin Yang and Rodrigo Sanitbanez Garcia in 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/05/2011 |
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Formation de Eghosa Omoigui
| Babson College | Masters Business Admin |
| University of King's College | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Nigeria | Graduate Degree |
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Sociétés liées
| Entreprise privées | 26 |
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Ball Janik LLP
 Ball Janik LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ball Janik LLP provides legal services. Its services include creditor rights and fiduciary disputes, construction litigation, real estate litigation, insurance recovery and risk management, and contracting. The firm serves large and small businesses; state, municipal and local governments; associations and coalitions; schools and universities; and individuals. The company was founded by Stephen T. Janik, Jack L. Orchard and Robert S. Ball on July 1, 1982 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Commercial Services |
Voxify, Inc.
 Voxify, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Voxify develops, deploys and manages integrated speech solutions to automate customer interactions. Voxify's patented technology enables intelligent and conversational speech applications that deliver an extraordinary customer experience. Offering the fastest time-to-benefit and industry-leading performance, Voxify solutions deliver a superior ROI. As your business changes, Voxify's managed service model ensures the ageless performance of applications. Voxify is helping contact centers across a broad range of industries to deliver new services, close more sales, and handle unplanned call volumes without hiring staff or investing in costly IT infrastructure. Global business enterprises, including leaders in retail, travel, hospitality, entertainment, financial services and healthcare use Voxify self-service applications to automate, streamline, and manage a broad range of important customer service calls. In fact, more companies are automating their critical customer service calls with Voxify than any other managed service company. Voxify's technology is based on its patented Conversation Engine which models the expertise and personality of skilled live agents. Using the Conversation Engine to develop highly conversational speech applications results in high customer acceptance and completion of transactions. Voxify is headquartered in Alameda, California, with sales, support, and development offices through its global channel partner network in locations around the world. | Commercial Services |
TextDigger, Inc.
 TextDigger, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services TextDigger, Inc. provides semantic search, navigation and optimization solutions. It provides its solutions for content creation, curation platform, ad networks, delivery agents, content networks, publishers and content aggregators. The company was founded by Timothy E. Musgrove in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Commercial Services |
SmartZip Analytics, Inc.
 SmartZip Analytics, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SmartZip Analytics, Inc. provides predictive marketing solutions for the real estate industry. Its SmartTargeting solution, helps agents land more listings by identifying and targeting the homeowners most likely to sell in any neighborhood across the U.S. The company was founded by Ashutosh Malaviya, Avaneendra Gupta, Jason Tondu and Frank Richards in 2008 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. | Technology Services |
EAT Club, Inc.
EAT Club, Inc. Air Freight/CouriersTransportation EAT Club, Inc. provides lunch delivery services. The firm offers menus from different restaurants, which is available on its website or sends an email to the customers directly. The company was founded by Kevin Yang and Rodrigo Sanitbanez Garcia in 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. | Transportation |
Gro Intelligence, Inc.
Gro Intelligence, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Gro Intelligence, Inc. aggregates, reconciles and analyzes data about African agriculture and commodities market. It gathers and processes data using proprietary algorithms to unlock insights into weather patterns, trade flows, pricing dynamics and production. The company was founded by Sara Menker, Nemo Semret, Sewit Ahderom and Ali A. Mufuruki in 2012 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. | Technology Services |
Intel Capital Corp.
 Intel Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. | Finance |
Cerebra, Inc.
 Cerebra, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Cerebra, Inc. develops content integration solutions. It provides enterprise-ready, semantic technologies through its offices in Menlo Park, Boston, Washington DC and Manchester, UK. Its products provide an enterprise integration and business application environment on an SOA-ready platform based on the W3C's OWL, RDF, XML, SOAP and WSDL standards. Cerebra was founded in January, 2001 by Michael Lees & Ian Horrocks and is located in Carlsbad, CA | Technology Services |
The Bridge Group, Inc.
 The Bridge Group, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Bridge Group, Inc. is a sales strategy consulting private company that focuses on helping B2B companies with their sales development, account executives, and customer success management. The company is based in Hudson, MA. The company provides custom go-to-market strategies and hyper-focused roadmaps to help companies increase their conversations, build more pipeline, win more deals, and scale for growth. The company was founded by Trish Bertuzzi. Trish Bertuzzi has been the CEO since incorporation. | Commercial Services |
MedPharm Ltd.
 MedPharm Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology MedPharm Ltd. provides pharmaceutical research and development services for dermatological, nail, eye, airway, mucosal membrane, and transdermal products. Its drug delivery technologies include MedSpray, a patch-in-a-can aerosol technology for drug delivery in the form of a film to topical/mucosal membranes for immediate or sustained/extended delivery. The company was founded by Andrew G. Muddle in August 1999 and is headquartered in Guildford, the United Kingdom. | Health Technology |
Group Dekko, Inc.
Group Dekko, Inc. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Group Dekko, Inc. provides work space power delivery solutions. Its products include LED lighting, electrical component and assemblies, and workplace power solutions. The company was founded by Chester Dekko and Lyall Morrill in 1952 and is headquartered in Garrett, IN. | Distribution Services |
Ajumogobia & Okeke
 Ajumogobia & Okeke Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ajumogobia & Okeke is a Nigerian company. 'The private company is based in Lagos, Nigeria. The company was founded by Christopher John Okeke. | Commercial Services |
Betaworks Studio LLC
 Betaworks Studio LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Betaworks Studio LLC builds and operates real time software, services and media distribution platform. It operates an online platform that offers media products. The firm's products include Digg, Dots, Bloglovin and Giphyt. The company was founded by John K. L. Borthwick and Andrew Weissman in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Sense Networks, Inc.
 Sense Networks, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Sense Networks, Inc. provides online advertising technology services. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Kiip, Inc.
 Kiip, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kiip, Inc. develops a mobile platform that enables games and other applications to deliver rewards for virtual achievements. It provides rewards to application users through advertising products, free samples, special offers and virtual currencies. The firm also helps developers monetize their apps by rewarding users during in-app events. Its solutions also enable performance marketers find customers on mobile. The company was founded by Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin and Amadeus Demarzi in September 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Hinge Capital LLC
 Hinge Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Hinge Capital LLC (Venture51) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Brandon Zeuner and Ryan Swagar. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | Finance |
EchoVC Partners LLC
EchoVC Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance EchoVC Partners LLC (EchoVC Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Eghosa Omoigui. The firm is headquartered in Nigeria with additional offices in the United States and the United Kingdom. | Finance |
Buzzintown.com
 Buzzintown.com Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Part of Yatra Online, Inc., Buzzintown.com operates as an internet portal for the promotion of events and entertainment. The company is based in Bangalore, India. Buzzintown.com was acquired by Yatra Online Ltd. from Wortal, Inc. on January 06, 2012. | Technology Services |
Beckon, Inc.
Beckon, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Beckon, Inc. offers omnichannel analytics software. Its software-as-a-service platform integrates messy marketing data and delivers dashboards and scorecards for cross-channel marketing intelligence. The company was founded by Jennifer Zeszut and Jochen Frey in 2011 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA. | Technology Services |
Hotel Booking Ltd.
Hotel Booking Ltd. Hotels/Resorts/Cruise linesConsumer Services Hotel Booking operates an online travel agency. It specializes in hotel bookings within Nigeria. The company was founded by Mark Essien in 2012 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. | Consumer Services |
Printivo.com
Printivo.com Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Printivo.com provides digital printing services. The firm offers a product portfolio of printed materials, including business cards, flyers, key rings, greeting cards, letterhead, envelopes, stickers, banners and posters. The company was founded by Oluyomi Ojo, Ayodeji Adeogun and Ibukun Oloyede in 2014 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. | Commercial Services |
Systemone LLC
Systemone LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Systemone LLC produces solutions for disease surveillance and response. The firm’s new disease intelligence software, Aspect, addresses numerous infectious diseases including Zika, Ebola, HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis C and more on a host of diagnostic devices. The company was founded by Christopher J. Macek in 2012 and is headquartered in Springfield, MA. | Technology Services |
E4EAfrica Ventures Pty Ltd
 E4EAfrica Ventures Pty Ltd Investment ManagersFinance E4EAfrica Ventures Pty Ltd (E4EAfrica) is a venture capital firm founded by Philani Sangweni, Bas Hochstenbach and Aisha R. Pandor. The firm is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. | Finance |
| Consulting Informatico de Cantabria SL | |
| Rising Tide Africa | |
Stipple Bio Inc.
 Stipple Bio Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Stipple Bio Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is based in Milford, CT. The CEO of the company is Aaron Ring. | Health Technology |
