pentecapital Venture Studio

We are a group of entrepreneurs who have assembled leading operators, investors, brand builders and innovators to help shape sustainable businesses that promise a better future.

Introducing the Pente way.

We are a group of entrepreneurs who have assembled leading operators, investors, brand builders and innovators to help shape sustainable businesses that promise a better future.

pentecapital is a venture studio, residing at the intersection of operations, branding, capital and talent. We invest in, build and accelerate businesses that improve the world around us.

- How we Work

- The Team

Our track record as founders

Companies we've founded

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Companies we've accelerated to launch

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Capital we've helped raise

Shareholder value created in companies we've partnered with

We are building a fairer and more flexible future for retail, providing a seamless bridge between online efficiency and offline interaction

Justin Kerzner, Founder

Naked Retail

We set out to build a new breed of vehicles, that awaken emotion through art, science and ecology.

Taras Kravtchouk, Founder

Haelf

I was born in Siberia, which supplies nearly 80 percent of Russia's oil and natural gas resources, so I've always been aware of how big a pollutant that industry is. But it was a huge wake-up call to learn that the fashion industry is the second-largest polluter after oil.

Mira Duma, Founder

Aer

I plan to investigate and instigate how food can be weaponized as a tool to destroy systemic oppression.

Jon Gray, Founder

Ghetto Gastro

By making eBikes cool, sexy, practical and affordable, we wish to make bicycling the preferred mode of transportation for people and decongest urban areas.

Christian Adel Michael and Julie Kronstrøm Carton, Founders

MATE.BIKE

Growing up in Lagos and seeing those without, definitely fuels my ambition. I have a post-it note on my bedroom mirror that reminds me of my personal mission every day - which is to create products and experiences that have a positive impact on people's lives.

Derin Oyekan, Founder

Reel Paper

We are building a fairer and more flexible future for retail, providing a seamless bridge between online efficiency and offline interaction

Justin Kerzner, Founder

Naked Retail

We set out to build a new breed of vehicles, that awaken emotion through art, science and ecology.

Taras Kravtchouk, Founder

Haelf

Squaring the Circle.

To do something considered impossible. We believe true innovation is a journey and leverage a time-tested playbook to partner through the entire journey and bring the most creative and sustainable business ideas to life, by squaring the circles.

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