3x founder

Sanmi Olukanmi

CEO and Co-Founder, Shekel Mobility (YC W23) | Investor |Empowering African Entrepreneurs - Turning Startups and SMEs into Market Giants

Co-founder

Shekel Mobility· Winter 2023🇳🇬 Lagos State, Nigeria

in LinkedIn

2024Venture Partner· Pioneer Fund

Founder · since 2013

Company

Pioneer Fund

Role

Venture Partner

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

San Francisco, California, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Shekel Mobility

B2B marketplace for Auto Dealers in Africa

Winter 2023

Experience

Career

Pioneer Fund
Venture Partner · San Francisco, California, United States · 2024 – Present
2024
Shekel Mobility
Co-founder
Co-Founder / CEO · Delaware, United States · 2021 – Present
2021
Shekel Mobility
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Delaware, United States · 2021 – Present
2021
Eazypapers Technologies Limited
Founder
Founder, CEO · Ikoyi, Lagos · 2015 – 2023
2015
Seedstars Capital Nigeria
Chief Revenue Officer · Lagos, Nigeria · 2017 – 2018
2017
Swaps clothing company
Founder
Founder · 2013 – 2016
2013
Olaaoyinn Investments Limited
Managing Director · Lagos · 2014 – 2015
2014

Bio

Sanmi is an experienced mobility entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shekel. Over the last 10 years, Sanmi has founded and exited enterprises with an average USD 900K ARR in the automotive industry overseeing sourcing, business Strategy and growth. Sanmi studied Engineering Physics at Obafemi Awolowo University.