The gap between African opportunity and global capital is not a deal-flow problem. It is a problem of data, structure, and conviction.
Aesura is the strategic capital advisory and market intelligence platform working between diaspora capital and African allocation — building the layer that turns market opportunity into institutional-grade deployment.
Three economies. One thesis.
We structure capital across the sectors shaping Africa's next two decades — where commercial rigor and cultural intelligence compound together.
Real Economy
Hospitality, lifestyle and real-asset platforms — the physical infrastructure of an emerging consumer class.
Cultural Economy
Fashion, content, sport and the arts shaping the global zeitgeist out of Lagos, London and the diaspora.
Digital Economy
Fintech, healthtech and clean energy — businesses leapfrogging legacy systems and underwriting Africa's next decade.
We sit at the seam between institutional capital and the founders, funds and family offices building the next African century.
Capital structuring, debt advisory, and private market strategy for funds, scaling companies and institutional allocators.
Original work on diaspora capital flows, sector deep-dives and the data layer underwriting allocation into underserved economies.
Active LP participation in early-stage VC funds and direct positions alongside founders and family offices we know first-hand.
Notes from the seam — in progress.
Aesura's research practice is publishing through 2026. Selected pieces and convenings below.
- Note · 2026→Diaspora capital is not a charity line item.On reframing the $100B remittance corridor as institutional flow.
- Field · 2025→Global Voices, Local ImpactModerating Ascend Global at AOW Energy 2025, Accra.
- Lecture · 2025→Behavioural Science MBA, London Business SchoolGuest lecture on capital access and conviction asymmetry.
- Keynote · 2024→PitchBook, InveStock & Founder ForwardOn the structural gaps in venture coverage across EMEA.
Twenty years inside the room where capital decisions get made.
Folake Shasanya is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aesura Investment Group. Most recently Managing Director, Head of EMEA Venture Capital Coverage at J.P. Morgan, she has held senior roles at Silicon Valley Bank, NatWest/RBS, AFME and Credit Suisse — covering debt capital markets, acquisition finance, warehouse financing and structured credit.
She advises governments, founders, investors and family offices on unlocking investment into underexplored economies — bringing a strategic lens that blends commercial rigor with cultural intelligence.
- J.P. Morgan — Managing Director, Innovation Economy VC
- Silicon Valley Bank — MD, Head of Strategic Channels
- NatWest / RBS — Director, Head of Acquisition Finance
- AFME — Director, Credit & Covered Bond Division
- Credit Suisse — Debt Capital Markets, Asset Finance