Kola Aina is the Founding Partner at Ventures Platform. He is an avid angel investor and mentor to startup founders. He has started and chairs a number of companies. Prior to focusing on venture building, Kola worked in corporate finance, administration, corporate turn-around and strategy, having started off as a financial analyst with Fifth-Third Bank, after his MBA and initial training as an Electrical Engineer in the United States.
Kola’s foray into technology started with when he co-founded a leading Nigerian enterprise software company – Emerging Platforms. He has attained professional training from the Harvard Business School, University of California – Berkeley Law, Lagos Business School, and IESE Business School. He currently serves on the Presidential Committee on Job Creation and he is a mentor at the World Bank XL Africa program.
