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Ikenna Suleiman

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Co-founder & CTO at Maple Commerce · Agritech

Works at
Maple Commerce
Location
Lagos, Nigeria · WAT (UTC+1)
Experience
12+ years experience
Education
Strathmore University
Languages
English, Yoruba
Raising
Message Connect

Overview

Founder of Maple Commerce (agritech). 15 years of building before that. Signed 29 paying customers, 11 of them enterprises. Before that: Ecobank and Microsoft. I coach a junior basketball team.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Working sessions on fintech
Please don't message about
  • Fundraising consultants
  • Courses and coaching offers
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches

Answers in batches on Fridays

Skills
supply chainagriculturerural distributionfintech
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $8M seed for cross-border payouts for freight forwarders

Stage
Seed
Raising
$8M
Instrument
Priced round
Committed so far
$297k from an existing fund
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
$345k MRR after 12 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

$345k MRR after 12 months. Looking for investors who know mobility and can help with regulatory approvals.

Lagos, Nigeriaagriculturefintechsupply chain
Open

Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    Mar 2025 - Present
    Maple Commerce · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Grew the team to 17 people across 5 countries.
    • Took Maple Commerce from zero to $3 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small agritech company.
  2. Sales Manager
    Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
    Ecobank · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Opened 12 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.
  3. Regional Sales Director
    Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
    Microsoft · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Shortened the partnerships sales cycle from 10 months to 4.
  4. Senior Account Executive
    Jun 2017 - Apr 2020
    Kuda · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Shortened the partnerships sales cycle from 7 months to 5.
    • Opened 4 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.
  5. Account Executive
    Apr 2015 - Jun 2017
    Safaricom · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Opened 4 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. Strathmore University
    BCom, Engineering
    2007 - 2011

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