Wale Ayeni

Wale Ayeni

Wale Ayeni

Managing Partner, Helios Digital Ventures


Wale has an MBA from Dartmouth College, a MSc from University of Maryland, and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering with distinguished “Red diploma” from Moscow University in Russia. He is a Kauffman Venture Capital Fellow, a recipient of the top global 100 Rising Stars award in Corporate Venture. He sits on the Dartmouth Tuck EMEA Executive Council and sat on advisory boards of several venture funds in Africa.

Wale Ayeni has over 18 years of global technology experience spanning several roles including venture capital, entrepreneurship, tech investment banking, microprocessor chip design, and product development. He currently heads VC deals at Helios Digital Ventures, investing in technology companies in African and the Middle East.