TRIUM - THE VENTURE BUILDER
Our aim is to build well positioned, well-run, cash generative and sustainable businesses that become significant employers and sources of growth in West Africa.
What we do
At Trium, our approach is centered around generating and cultivating ideas with transformative value. We have honed a distinctive process that enables us to swiftly validate market fit, test concepts, and breathe life into innovative products. Leveraging our unique Pretotype technique, we create simplified versions of products to ensure a rapid Proof of Concept (PoC). Once validated, we seamlessly orchestrate the resources necessary to cultivate a successful venture. For our Joint Venture (JV)/Alliance-based partnerships, we meticulously identify and formulate strategies, assess and select partners, construct a robust framework for the venture, and subsequently oversee, establish, and operationalize the venture until its successful exit.
IDENTIFY
We identify innovative viable ideas and/or businesses that can become profitable and innovative ventures.
BUILD
Once a new opportunity is identified and validated, we put our experience to work, setting up a thoughtful framework of our resources and capabilities to create a sustainable venture.
LAUNCH
We provide the appropriate delivery model for the launch of our ventures and their unique products and services. We strategically analyse your industry to identify the optimal product platform, then execute a comprehensive market strategy for guaranteed success.
INVEST
Our investment portfolio prioritizes assets with the potential to deliver meaningful societal contributions while concurrently generating substantial financial returns for our partners.
SCALE
Through tailored growth frameworks, we empower portfolio ventures to reach and exceed their potential within a five-year timeframe, ensuring ongoing performance optimization and continuous trajectory advancement over subsequent years.
Featured Ventures
Clane
Clane is a financial technology company that provides individuals with financial services and empowers their digital lifestyles through a seamless and easy to use application.
Sparkle Microfinance Bank
Sparkle is a lifestyle and financial platform for digital natives that enables them go about their everyday lives with ease. This is achieved through transparency, trust and freedom.
Fiducia
The Fiducia platform is an online supply chain financing marketplace. It is a place where vendors and corporates can assess alternative funding from multiple financiers simultaneously, decide best terms and then immediately receive favorable new liquidity.
Woven
Exited in 2024.
L1ght
Exited in 2023.
Board of Directors
Meet our highly accomplished and experienced Board Members
Victor Etuokwu, HCIB, MON - Chairman, Board of Directors
Mr. Etuokwu has approximately three (3) decades of banking experience cutting across Operations, Information Technology, Business Development, and Retail Banking. He commenced his professional career in Citibank Nigeria where he served in various capacities including Head, Operations and Records and Reconciliations. He joined Access Bank in 2003 and has led several critical projects including the mergers with the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc and Diamond Bank Plc.
Olubunmi Lawson – Independent Non-Executive Director
Olubunmi Lawson is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of EdFin Microfinance Bank. She was the pioneer Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of ACCION Microfinance Bank Limited. She nurtured the bank from infancy to a leading National Microfinance bank.
Olubanke Balogun - Independent Non-Executive Director
Olubanke Balogun is a Founding Director of Aureum Services Limited, and is directly responsible for strategy implementation and business development following a 20-year career in the private sector. With a degree in Law and Accountancy from the University of Brighton, Sussex. Olubanke commenced her career as a management consultant with Accenture, where she serviced a diverse range of clients.
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Gloria Onafeko- Independent Non-Executive Director
Gloria is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in driving strategic transformation and creating long-term value. With extensive expertise in finance, strategy, operations and risk management, as well as diverse industry experience; she brings a broad, strategic perspective to Trium. Her dominant finance lens and passion for digitalisation support the identification of scalable growth opportunities that are crucial to Trium’s delivery of exceptional business outcomes.
Afolabi Odetunde - Independent Non-Executive Director
Afolabi Odetunde is a team-oriented financial, management and information systems’ consultant with strong analytical, problem solving, research, communication, and extensive business development skills. He has over 38 years’ experience in enterprise resource planning (ERP) application requirement definition, solution design, banking & finance, stock market investment, real estate ownership & management, evaluation, selection and implementation of financial systems solutions, and business process re-engineering.
Olusegun Ogbonnewo – Non Executive Director
Olusegun Ogbonnewo is a Director in TenGen Holdings Limited with over 27 years’ professional experience in the financial service industry cutting across banking, human capital development, operations, payment systems and financial technology. Until his retirement in March 2017, he was a General Manager and Group Head, Channels Services (E-Banking) of Access Bank Plc where he worked meritoriously for over 10 years.
Uche Wigwe – Non Executive Director
Uche Wigwe currently sits as the Principal Partner at Wigwe & Partners. He was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 2005. Uche holds an LL.M. in Petroleum Law and Policy from the University Dundee, Scotland; an LL.B. from the University of Ibadan; and a BS.C in Banking and Finance from the University of Port Harcourt.
Aigbovbioise Aig-Imoukhuede – Non Executive Director
Mr. Aig-Imoukhuede has over 18 years’ experience in the Financial Services Industry, spanning, Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Treasury and Private Banking. He joined Marina Securities Limited in 2007 as the Vice President, Wealth Management Group; he moved on to become the Director of Wealth Management and Business Development in 2011.
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Adebayo Adewolu - Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
Adebayo Adewolu brings over two decades of expertise to the helm. He was instrumental to developing Trium’s unique approach to venture investing and as Chief Executive Officer, he leads the strategic vision and executive decision-making, guiding Trium and the team towards sustained growth and innovation.