Babatunde Usman

Babatunde is an Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Aruwa Capital Nigeria Limited, based in Lagos, with experience spanning across principal investment, portfolio management, investment and financial advisory. Prior to joining Aruwa Capital Nigeria Limited, Babatunde worked as an Investment Analyst at Platform Capital Investment Partners where he worked as a member of the Tech Investment team deploying capital to startup and early-stage companies globally. While at Platform Capital, he was also part of a team that closed transactions in excess of $ 50 million where he personally worked on investments totaling $7.5 million.

Working with a sector-agnostic investment approach Babatunde has developed industry knowledge across various sectors and business models including healthcare, renewable energy, fintech, education, and media. Babatunde is passionate about changing the African investment landscape through deploying much-needed capital in an ethical and timely manner to unlock the vast untapped potential across the continent.

Babatunde holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and International Relations from Aston University and an MSc in International Business.