EMMANUEL GBOLADE

Emmanuel Gbolade is the CEO and Co-Founder of Termii and Co-Manager of Aidi Ventures, based between Lagos, Nigeria, and San Jose, California. At Termii, a Y Combinator-backed communications platform, he oversees a network that provides AI-powered messaging infrastructure to more than 30,000 businesses and reaches 16 million monthly end-users. Under his leadership, the enterprise software company raised $3.65 million in funding and was ranked first in the telecommunications sector by the Financial Times. Through Aidi Ventures, Gbolade manages a $19 million family office portfolio encompassing real estate and equity stakes in 22 early-stage startups across Africa and North America. His technical background includes participating in Twilio Startup Labs and studying at the University of Lagos and Stanford University. Gbolade currently focuses on scaling secure customer engagement solutions for emerging market financial institutions while expanding his venture investments.