Kola Aina
Founder and Managing Partner · Ventures Platform
Last updated 30 September 2026
Venture capitalEarly-stage investingNigerian fintech and enterprise SaaSPost-investment growth operations
Kola Aina is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ventures Platform (VP), a Nigerian early-stage fund and accelerator with four deployable vintages (VP Fund, VP Fund II, and two thematic climate vehicles) and investments in 60+ African companies including Nomba (formerly Kudi), PiggyVest, Bamboo, and Shuttlers. An LBS MBA with background in Nigerian telecoms product strategy, Aina founded VP as a Yaba hub before spinning the first institutional fund in 2017.
Stage focus
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sector focus
FintechHealthtechAgritechEnterprise softwareClimate