Ryan Pillay

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Associate, Westgate Ventures - developer tools · venture capital · open source

Westgate Ventures
Johannesburg, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)
2+ years experience
University of the Witwatersrand
English, Afrikaans
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Overview

I invest in developer infrastructure at Westgate Ventures, usually at pre-seed and seed. Backed 22 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 21 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later. Plant-based cook and baker.

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venture capitalopen sourcedeveloper tools

Experience

  1. Associate
    Jul 2025 - Present
    Westgate Ventures · 1 yr 3 mo · Contract · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Built the privacy programme for launches in 21 countries.
    • Negotiated 499 commercial agreements a year.
  2. Sales Manager
    Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
    Flutterwave · 9 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Shortened the channel sales cycle from 10 months to 3.
    • Opened 6 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. University of the Witwatersrand
    BSc, Engineering
    2020 - 2024

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