Uchenna Balogun

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Founder at Spindle HQ · Agritech

Spindle HQ
Abuja, Nigeria · WAT (UTC+1)
10+ years experience
Lagos Business School
English, Yoruba
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Spindle HQ, working on agritech. Signed 374 paying customers, 15 of them enterprises. Most at home with supply chain and fintech.

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Skills
fintechagriculturerural distributionsupply chain
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Series B round open - clinical documentation for nonprofits, $392k MRR

Stage
Series B
Raising
$392k
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
$392k MRR after 26 months
Use of funds
18 months of runway to Series A milestones

$392k MRR after 26 months. Looking for investors who know supply chain and can help with regulatory approvals.

Abuja, Nigeria · remote OKsupply chainagriculturefintech
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Experience

  1. Founder
    Dec 2025 - Present
    Spindle HQ · 10 mo · Full-time · Abuja, Nigeria
    • Grew the team to 89 people across 3 countries.
    • Raised $28 million across 3 rounds.
  2. Controller
    Sep 2022 - Oct 2025
    Safaricom · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Abuja, Nigeria
    • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Ran diligence on 3 acquisitions.
  3. Financial Analyst
    Apr 2021 - Sep 2022
    Flutterwave · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Abuja, Nigeria
    • Ran diligence on 3 acquisitions.
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 11.
  4. Finance Director
    Feb 2018 - Apr 2021
    FirstRand · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Abuja, Nigeria
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $246 million raise.
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 15.
  5. FP&A Manager
    Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
    Interswitch · 1 yr 5 mo · Contract · Abuja, Nigeria
    • Saved $1 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

  1. Lagos Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2009 - 2011
  2. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
    BEng, Engineering
    2001 - 2005

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