Ekechi Nwokah

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.

Granite Asia is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Scott Wayne Barclay Bonham, Joel D. Kellman and Hany M. Nada. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park.

Adlevo Capital Managers LLC (Adlevo Capital Managers) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Akinyemi O. Lalude. The firm is headquartered in Portluis, Mauritius.

Pagatech Holdings Ltd. provides financial services. The company is headquartered in Yaba, Nigeria.

InterSwitch Ltd. is an integrated digital payments and commerce company, which engages in facilitating electronic circulation of money. It offers loyalty services, technology integration, advisory services, transaction processing, payment infrastructure, and financial inclusion. The company was founded by Mitchell Elegbe in 2002 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

TPG Growth LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of TPG Capital Advisors LLC founded in 2000 by William E. McGlashan and Michael Guthrie. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, United States with additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Rancard Solutions Ltd. provides cloud-based software for mobile content discovery and delivery. Its products include Rendezvous and Mobile Cloud SDP. The firm offers social recommendations technology for mobile content and services. The company was founded by Kofi Dadzie and Ehizogie Binitie in 2001 and is headquartered in Accra, Ghana.

Trans-Sahara Investment Corp. (Trans-Sahara Investment) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Part of First Ally Capital Ltd., First Ally Asset Management Ltd. is a Nigerian company that provides asset management and investment services. The company is based in Lagos, Nigeria. The CEO of the company is Ebenezer Olufowose.

Part of Ecobank Transnational, Inc., EDC Securities Ltd. provides investment research. The company is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Tola Adelaja has been the CEO of the Nigerian company since 2013.

Afrinvest West Africa Ltd. operates as an independent investment banking firm. Its principal areas: investment banking, securities trading, asset management and investment research. The company was founded in 2005 is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Pagatech Ltd. operates a mobile banking platform. It offers Paga, a consumer mobile payments service that enables users to send cash, purchase airtime credit, pay bills and pay retailers. The firm enables the customers to transact on Paga over the Internet, through the Paga mobile application that is available for Java-enabled devices. The company was founded by Tayo Oviosu and Jay Alabraba in April 2009 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

Wilson Hill Ventures (Wilson Hill) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. engages in the development and production of bio-based chemicals and fuels. The company was founded by Ryan T. Gill, Peter Long, and Michael Lynch in 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

ING Bank NV engages in the provision of banking, investment, life insurance, and retirement services. It operates through the following segments: Retail Netherlands, Retail Belgium, Retail Germany, Retail Other, Wholesale Banking, and Corporate Line Banking. The Retail Netherlands segment offers current and savings accounts, business lending, mortgages, and other consumer lending in the Netherlands. The Retail Belgium segment focuses in the retail and private banking activities in Belgium and offered services like the Netherland segment. The Retail Germany segment consists of current and savings accounts, mortgages, and other customer lending. The Retail Other segment comprises income from retail banking activities in the rest of the world, including the SME and mid-corporate segments. The Wholesale Banking segment include income from wholesale banking activities (a full range of products is offered from cash management to corporate finance), real estate, and lease. The Corporate Line Banking segment comprises corporate line banking and the run-off portfolio of Real Estate. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Ally Invest Group, Inc. provides investment brokerage and advisory services to investors through its wholly owned subsidiaries. The company was founded by Donato A. Montanaro Jr., Peter Seed, Thomas A. Desmond, Philip A. Claxton and Richard J. Hagen Jr. in 2005 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Velocity Capital BV (Velocity Capital) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2005 by Willem Willemstein. The firm is headquartered in Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Meniga Ltd. engages in the provision of white-label personalized digital banking software. It offers include digital banking, marketing, and data consolidation and enrichment products. The company was founded by Georg Ludviksson, Asgeir Orn Asgeirsson, and Viggo Asgeirsson and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Cellulant Kenya Ltd. engages in the provision of digital payment platform. It offers consumer payments, collect payments, digital banking, remittances, and neighborhood agency banking. Its products include Mula, a secure payments between all people and businesses; Agrikore, a block chain based smart contracting, payments, and marketplace system that caters the agriculture sector; and Tingg, an integrated hub of digital services that powers commerce and end to end payments within ecosystems. The company was founded by Ken Njoroge, Goke Akinboro, and Bolaji Akinboro in 2004 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

LifeSignals, Inc. develops wireless biosensor technology. It offers life signal processor, life signal patch, life signal cardiacApp, life signal receiver and with monitor accessory, and lifesignal SDK and development tools. The company was founded by Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Ali M. Niknejad, Surendar Magar and Randall J. Lee in 2008 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

The National Research Council provides science, technology and health policy consulting and advice. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

PeerWell, Inc. develops a mobile platform that physically and mentally prepares a patient before surgery. Its application provides customized daily lessons, support, and mentorship. The company was founded by Manish Shah, Navin Gupta, and Evan Minamoto in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

X Seed Management Co LLC (XSeed Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Michael G Borrus. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.