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Bridging international capital and know-how with African talent and enterprise since 2004, Helios Investment Partners manages funds totalling c. $3 billion.

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heliosinvestment.com

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Olivier Blauwhoff

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Private Equity Portfolio Operations at Platinum Equity

Shruti Chandrasekhar

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Shruti Chandrasekhar leads IFC’s PE business across Africa, investing and managing a portfolio of over $2B invested across Africa. Shruti also sits on the IFC Funds Investment Committee. Shruti has been investing in equity transactions since 2006 with a successful track record across VC in developed and emerging markets, growth equity in India and fund investments across the world. Shruti currently serves on multiple advisory committees/boards. Prior to the IFC, Shruti was based in California and focused on late-stage venture capital at a multi-billion family office with multiple investments in unicorns such as Coupa, Anaplan, Flipkart, etc. She has an MBA from Wharton and a BS from MIT.

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Strategy and partnerships-focused leader with a background in payments, commerce partnerships and driving product strategy to execution. 10+ years of professional experience including large companies, pre series-A startup, and growth stage companies. Pursues roles with real-world applications / impact. Interest in fintech, B2B SaaS, digital health. Foundation in finance / investment analysis. Stanford GSB.

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Wale Ayeni has over 18 years of global technology experience spanning several roles including venture capital, entrepreneurship, tech investment banking, microprocessor & chip design and product development. He currently leads investments in early-growth tech companies in frontier markets with Helios Digital Ventures. Prior to that he led IFC's venture capital deals in frontier markets across Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, was a member of the management committee of the Disruptive Technologies and Funds group at IFC, and co-managed 20+ venture capital investment professionals across Africa, China, India, Latin America, Middle East, and South East Asia. He helped establish and build the Venture Capital practice of the IFC in Africa. . Prior to the IFC, Wale was part of the original founding team at Orange in Silicon Valley that led investments into disruptive startups across various sectors including Fintech, Big-Data, Mesh Networks, Blockchain and Virtual Reality. Wale started his finance career with J.P. Morgan’s Technology Investment Banking group in San Francisco where he successfully executed over US$12bn worth of closed transactions spanning M&A to IPOs for large-cap technology clients. Wale started his career as a microprocessor design Engineer with Intel Corp. where he led critical aspects of Intel's "CSI" chip architecture - the biggest micro-architecture change in Intel's history. He also led aspects of the very first "Snapdragon" chipsets working at Qualcomm Inc.’s chip design center enabling the initial smartphone designs. Wale has an MBA from Dartmouth College, and a Bachelor’s degree with distinguished “Red diploma” from Moscow University in Russia. He is a Kauffman Venture Capital Fellow, a recipient of the top global 100 Rising Stars award in Corporate Venture. He sits on the Dartmouth Tuck EMEA council, and advisory boards of several venture funds in Africa.

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Finance & Strategy, Credit Cards

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