Maya Horgan Famodu is the Founder and MD of Ingressive Capital, a venture fund investing in early-stage startups across Africa. She has backed some of the continent’s fastest-growing companies, including Paystack (acquired by Stripe for $200M+), Carry1st (funded by Andreessen Horowitz, Sony and Google), and Fund I has realised four acquisitions.

Ingressive Capital is disciplined in early stage, with 60% of Fund I entry valuation at or below $5M, and 50% of the portfolio becoming Y Combinator alumni. The firm’s impact has led to ~40% female cofounders, and 100% of companies having indigenous equity owners.

Beyond venture, she co-founded Ingressive for Good, a nonprofit that has trained hundreds of thousands in technical skills, and Ingressive Advisory, which has facilitated 60+ deals and helped 50+ international companies enter Africa.

She is a two-time Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, a Milken Institute YLC member, a UN Most Influential Person of African Descent, and a Kauffman Fellow. She has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, Financial Times, The Economist, CNN and many more.

Maya is committed to driving global investments into Africa’s tech ecosystem and ensuring every African youth has the resources they need to build wildly scalable businesses.