Bio

Prior to founding Adlevo Capital, Yemi Lalude was a Principal at Granite Global Ventures (GGV), a leading Silicon Valley-based expansion stage venture capital firm focused on technology related investments in the US and China. Yemi joined GGV as an early employee on its first fund and was involved in ten investments across three funds. Yemi joined GGV from Siebel Systems where he managed, and was instrumental in the start-up of the customer satisfaction product line. Prior to Siebel, Yemi was with Hewlett-Packard where he held engineering and leadership positions in the manufacturing and R&D functions of the inkjet printer business. He was part of the core group of employees who started and built Hewlett-Packard's Specialty Printing Systems business. Yemi received a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (First Class Division) from the University of Lagos, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business.