Urenna Okonkwo DipPFS

Urenna Okonkwo DipPFS is a London-based venture capital Scout at Backed VC, a European investment firm that has raised €150 million across multiple funds. Prior to her current venture capital role, she founded Cashmere, a fashion fintech social savings platform designed to help millennial consumers responsibly finance luxury apparel purchases from leading global brands. During her tenure at Cashmere, Okonkwo established strategic digital wallet partnerships with financial technology companies like MangoPay to facilitate secure user transactions. In her capacity at Backed VC, she identifies pre-seed and seed-stage investment opportunities for a portfolio that includes notable technology startups such as Sky Mavis and Thought Machine. Holding a Diploma in Personal Financial Planning, Okonkwo currently focuses on bridging the gap between early-stage consumer technology founders and institutional venture capital funding across the broader European startup ecosystem.