Glynn Capital announces Flutterwave CEO, Senior Vice President and Head of IR as Glynn 100 Members

Glynn Capital Announces Flutterwave CEO, SVP, and Head of IR as Technology and Finance Members

San Francisco, August 18, 2022: Glynn Capital has included Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, Omosalewa Adeyemi, Senior Vice President of Market Penetration, and Kanyinsola Adepoju, Head of Investor Relations, Flutterwave in its Glynn 100 list of Technology and Finance Members. Glynn 100 is a curated network which celebrates global leaders within Technology, Finance, IT, Marketing, Human Resources, and Security who have distinguished themselves in their industry and business. Other members of the list include executives from Meta, Stripe, Citigroup, Carta, and Okta among many others. 

Mr. Agboola became CEO of Flutterwave in 2018 and has since led the company to a valuation of over $3bn achieved following the recently completed Series D financing round. Mr. Agboola’s software engineering background and expertise in enterprise architecture and payments facilitated his work in major institutions such as the Royal Bank of Scotland as a Business Entrepreneur and Africa Fintech Foundry as a Senior Entrepreneur in Residence. He has been named African Leadership Magazine's Young Business Leader of The Year (2020). 

Ms. Adeyemi, Senior Vice President for Market Penetration at Flutterwave, joined the company in 2017 and has led  Flutterwave’s market expansion initiative, which saw the business growing its operations from 1 to 33 countries. She started her career in Triage Consulting where she was promoted to Senior Associate before joining Flutterwave. She graduated  from the University of California, Berkeley and MIT Sloan School of Management.  

Ms. Adepoju joined Flutterwave in 2017 and became Investor Relations Manager in 2019, helping the company through its Series C and D rounds which valued the company at over $1bn and $3bn respectively. She has a background in Economics and Finance from the University of San Francisco. 

Glynn Capital seeks to be a long-term investor in a limited number of companies with world-class management teams, sustainable business models, and long-term growth potential. The firm is or has been an investor in Stripe, Meta (FKA Facebook), Intel, Okta, Slack, Bolt, Evernote, LinkedIn, Dropbox, DocuSign, and Etsy, among other companies. Glynn Capital has been an investor in Flutterwave since 2017. The firm launched Glynn 100 in late May of 2022 with over 300 members with the intent to add value to company builders and industry practitioners.

 “We’ve been supporting Flutterwave since 2017, specifically with introductions to candidates and enterprise executives looking to expand business in Africa. The Glynn 100 ecosystem is a win-win design for all included” stated Kim Moore, Partner - Value Creation, Glynn Capital.

Olugbenga GB Agboola, Founder and CEO, said: “It is an honor for me to be included in this exclusive list of technology leaders. I am most excited about Omosalewa’s inclusion. She has been an inspirational leader in our team, helping Flutterwave make great strides in our bid to reach all parts of the world with our products and services. I hope her inclusion encourages every entrepreneur and leader to keep growing and impacting lives.” 

Omosalewa Adeyemi, Senior Vice President for Market Penetration, said: “It is a privilege to join the list of Glynn 100 technology members, alongside distinguished leaders from global technology companies. This is a testament to Flutterwave’s successful journey offering innovative products and services for customers to create endless opportunities for all, across markets.” 

Kanyinsola Adepoju, Head of Investor Relations, said, “I’m excited to be honored. Having worked with 100s of investors to help us raise funds to achieve our strategic objectives, I feel honored that my work is being recognized. This, for me, is an encouragement to do more.”

About Flutterwave

Flutterwave is a payments technology company that enables businesses across the world to expand their operations in Africa and other emerging markets through a platform that enables cross-border transactions via one API. Flutterwave has processed over 200M transactions worth over USD $16B to date and serves more than 900,000 businesses including customers like Uber, Flywire, Booking.com, etc. The Company’s key advantage is international payment processing in 150 currencies and multiple payment modes including local and international cards, mobile wallets, bank transfers, Barter by Flutterwave, etc. Flutterwave has an infrastructure reach in over 34 African countries, including Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa. For more information on Flutterwave’s journey, please visit www.flutterwave.com.

About Glynn Capital

Glynn Capital is focused on investments in leading private and public technology growth companies. We seek to be long-term investors in a limited number of excellent companies with world-class management teams, sustainable business models, and long-term growth potential. More at glynncapital.com.