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Erikan Obotetukudo

Founder of Audacity Assets

Los Angeles, California

Overview 

Erikan Obotetukudo is an accomplished investor and board member based in Los Angeles, California, with a focus on investing in diverse founders and female investors, particularly in the Web3/Crypto sector. He has made significant investments in companies like Nandi Labs and Afropolitan, and serves as the Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Audacity Assets, showcasing expertise in strategic partnerships and new market expansion.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Chief Investment Officer

    2021 - Current

    Do you have the audacity to build the next 💯 years? Let’s do it together! We're a global venture firm for emerging economies.

  • Investor

    2022

Afropolitan is creating a Digital Nation to enable all Africans to build abundant lives. (A Network State)

Raised $2,100,000.00 from Adaverse.

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

    Series A investment in Roll, a social tokens API for creators, influencers, and brands

Roll builds social token infrastructure for the creator economy.

Raised $12,700,000.00 from Mischief, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Trevor McFedries, IOSG Ventures, Gary Vaynerchuk, James Beshara, Wei Zhou, Galaxy Interactive, blue 9 capital and Hyung Kim.

  • Investor

    2021

    Series A investment into YellowCard, a Pan-African crypto exchange.

Yellow Card facilitates buying and selling Stablecoins through local currency transactions.

Raised $89,500,000.00 from Hutt Capital, Galaxy Ventures, Blockchain Capital, Blockchain Coinvestorsqq, Castle Island Ventures, Third Prime, Block, Inc., Winklevoss Capital and Polychain.

  • Angel Investor

    2021

    Angel investment apart of the community fundraise for Syndicate. Syndicate Protocol is the AngelList for DeFi. Building scalable models for DAO syndicate creation.

  • Advisory Board

    2020

The Henry Kravis Leadership Institute sponsors a sound education program of leadership studies at Claremont McKenna College.

  • International Keynote Speaker

    2015

    My Style: Infectious Energy. Comedic Storytelling. Actionable Transformation. AUDACITY. Topics: Community and Movement Building, International Business Development, Sales, Linkedin, Branding and Positioning, Strategic Narratives. As seen in/with: TED, INBOUND, Entrepreneur, MIT, IKEA, Meltwater Entrepreneurship School of Technology, She Leads Africa, General Assembly, Now This, African Development Bank

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