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AKINTOLA ADESANMI

AKINTOLA ADESANMI

Lagos

Summary

Experienced and driven professional with a strong background in leadership and entrepreneurship. Proven track record of success in creating and launching innovative products that meet market demands. Built a startup backed by venture capital and gained valuable experience in the fintech, proptech and B2B SaaS industries. Raised substantial funding and conducted impactful financial analysis to drive growth. Skilled in effectively leading diverse teams to achieve exponential growth. Committed to leveraging product management expertise to enhance customer experience and drive revenue. Actively involved as an angel investor, providing support to a diverse range of startup founders and companies in fundraising, product development, and go-to-market strategies.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cofounder/Chief Executive Officer

Spleet
12.2017 - 04.2024
  • Company Overview: Responsible for leading the team to execute the following- providing software, credit, and marketplace distribution for better and flexible residential rent across major cities in Nigeria
  • Product and software management: Built a credit product (Rent Now, Pay Later), Tenant verification solution, and an online marketplace to enable tenants to pay rent monthly and Landlords to manage their tenants
  • Financial analysis, modeling, and Fundraising: Put together market and financial analysis as well as financial projections to eventually raise over $3.8 million in venture capital in 6 Years over 3 fundraising rounds
  • Led the business development, partnerships, and client management
  • Grew The Business to over $3million in rent paid and managed over 33 people across various teams
  • Responsible for leading the team to execute the following- providing software, credit, and marketplace distribution for better and flexible residential rent across major cities in Nigeria

Angel Investor

Self Employed
07.2021 - 09.2023

Angel Investor in Tech & Tech Enabled startups. Supporting founders with Capital, fundraising advisory, Product Development and to to market strategies. The active companies include:

  • Prembly - Pre-seed - 2021
  • Clafiya - Pre-seed - 2022
  • Klas - Pre-seed - 2022
  • ToNote - Pre-seed - 2022
  • 8 Medical - Pre-seed - 2022
  • Estate Intel - Pre-seed - 2022
  • Zeedas - Pre-seed - 2022
  • Cutstruct - Pre-seed - 2022
  • EBanqo - Seed - 2023

Product Manager (Value Addition Services)

Etranzact
04.2016 - 09.2017
  • Managed product development relationships for mobile banking applications for various Tier 2 Nigerian banks. (Skye bank and Union Bank)
  • Product roadmap and enhancement scoping for USSD and mobile applications (banking)
  • Responsible for identifying and delivering analysis for customer categories
  • Implemented retention strategies of existing users, conversion of inactive users, maximizing active users, reducing churn and new user acquisition strategies
  • Prepared and executed Product Requirement Documents (PRD), strategic plans, proposals, and presentations to meet client specifications.
  • Designed process flow and wireframes for all mobile banking applications/transactions via USSD and mobile applications.
  • Managed Product development process from start to launch via Weekly and bi-weekly sprints

Product Manager

Gtbank plc
12.2013 - 04.2016
  • Increased product revenue by {$2M} and market share by {5%} by leading customer/product research
  • Generated an {15%} increase in profitability by developing innovative financial products for the Retail and SME portfolio
  • Spearheaded retail process improvements and service enhancements, coordinating across departments for new product execution
  • Established product pricing, assessing market competitiveness and aligning with retail bank strategy
  • Ensured prompt resolution of internal/external queries from the product helpdesk
  • Documented policies/procedures for product management
  • Directed comprehensive project lifecycles and maximized international partnerships, significantly benefiting client services

Education

BA - Geography and information studies

University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana
05.2010

Skills

  • Software Development
  • Business Development
  • Product Management
  • Budgeting, Financial Modelling and Analysis
  • Fundraising
  • Startups
  • Negotiation
  • Revenue growth
  • Stakeholder relations
  • New market penetration
  • Organizational leadership
  • Revenue generation

Passions

  • Collecting art
  • Reading

Training

  • Business model for Social Impact
  • Critical Thinking Essentials- Skillsoft Web-based Training
  • Project Management (PMP)
  • Understanding Organizational Ethics

Certification

Business Model for Social Impact

Acumen

Issued April 2019


Newton foundational course

Newton Venture Program

Issued Nov 2024


Timeline

Angel Investor

Self Employed
07.2021 - 09.2023

Cofounder/Chief Executive Officer

Spleet
12.2017 - 04.2024

Product Manager (Value Addition Services)

Etranzact
04.2016 - 09.2017

Product Manager

Gtbank plc
12.2013 - 04.2016

Business Model for Social Impact

Acumen

Issued April 2019


Newton foundational course

Newton Venture Program

Issued Nov 2024


BA - Geography and information studies

University of Ghana
AKINTOLA ADESANMI