Damilola ThompsonCorporate Counsel

 
Damilola Thompson is Corporate Counsel of EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund.
Before this, she worked for a top-tier law firm in Lagos, Nigeria for over
3 years, with core competencies in Corporate, Venture Capital and
Private Equity transactions. During this period, she drove seed/early-
stage financing transactions for startups, and represented African and
international investors. 

Ms. Thompson is passionate about startups and venture financing, and

providing early-stage companies with much needed mentorship required
for scaling. She has a graduate degree from the University of Lagos and
has completed various post-graduate courses including the Kauffman
Fellows Academy’s course on venture capital. She is a member of the
Nigeria Bar Association, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators, United Kingdom and a member of the Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria.

She is currently a mentor with the Unreasonable Institute (Nigeria) and

provides mentorship to a number of startups.