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Olamide Ogunrinola

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Co-Founder and Investment Lead at Day Zero
📍 United Kingdom

Olamide Ogunrinola is the Co-Founder and Investment Lead at Day Zero, a venture platform focused on pre-seed technology startups across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Her career includes B2B software and SaaS investing at Octopus Ventures and the Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund. She holds a Bachelors Degree from The University of Manchester.

Olamide is a vocal advocate for female founders and a recognized figure in the UKs tech and venture capital ecosystem. She frequently participates in panels and roundtables discussing fundraising, venture capital, and strategies for underrepresented entrepreneurs, particularly within the African market. She is passionate about building founder communities and ecosystems.

She co-founded Day Zero with Jeff Lynn, the prominent founder of the major UK equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder and Investment Lead
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Supporting Female Founders
Hosted a Female Founder and Investor Roundtable at OPUS and speaks on panels about the Investing in Women Code, showing a commitment to addressing system imbalances.
Early-Stage Investing
Her new venture, Day Zero, focuses on pre-seed investments, and her prior roles involved early-stage B2B software companies at Octopus Ventures and Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Co-Founder and Investment Lead
Day Zero
6-2025
Head of Investment Ecosystem
OPUS
10-2024 - 6-2025
Interim Head of Operations
Polat Partners
7-2022 - 10-2024
VC Investor
Octopus Ventures
12-2020 - 5-2022
VC Investor
Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund
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Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor’s Degree
The University of Manchester
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Dartford Grammar School for Girls
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