About OWES
Built for the people building what’s next.
OWES brings strategy, capital, technology, and execution together for founders, venture firms, and organizations in tech and innovation.
A founder preparing to raise, a firm launching an accelerator, and an organization developing a new technology initiative may need different things. They all need a team that can understand the goal, build a plan, and deliver the work. That is what OWES does.
$100M
Capital raised & deployed across a career
3 branches
Advisory · Capital · Tech
Founder-led
Former founder & congressional staffer
End-to-end
Strategy to execution, in one team
What we are
What is OWES?
OWES is a venture-building company with three connected branches: OWES Advisory, OWES Capital, and OWES Tech. Together, they allow us to support businesses and investment initiatives from early strategy through growth and execution.
OWES Advisory
Our advisory team works with founders, venture firms, family offices, accelerators, and organizations. We develop growth and fundraising strategies, prepare companies for investors, build partnerships, support portfolios, and design and manage programs from start to finish.
OWES Capital
OWES Capital is launching a $10M pre-seed and seed fund focused on climate technology, clean energy, and sustainable infrastructure. We are building a platform to invest in companies improving the essential systems people and businesses rely on.
OWES Tech
OWES Tech develops technology and helps clients move technology ideas toward useful products. Our work includes CTG, the Close The Gap Racial Wealth Gap Tracker, as well as product strategy and technical support for founders and organizations.
The team behind the work
Built to deliver across disciplines
OWES is led by founder Olayinka Osibodu, a former founder and congressional staffer whose career spans venture capital, policy, entrepreneurship, and ecosystem building. Across her career, she has helped raise and deploy approximately $100M in capital.
Our team brings expertise across venture strategy, fundraising, program operations, financial modeling, engineering, brand development, and venture law. That range allows OWES to take responsibility for the work across disciplines — from an initial strategy to the materials, systems, products, or programs needed to put it into action.
Meet the team
The people behind OWES
Lawron Ballard
Chief Financial Officer
Obinna Amalu
Chief Technology Officer
Victoria Walker
Head of Software Development & Tech Infrastructure
Anastasia Simon
Head of GTM & Revenue
Lindsay Karas Stencel
Head of Legal · Startup & Fund Formation Attorney
Brandon (BJ) Middleton-Pratt
Head of Venture, PE & M&A Why we built OWES
Vision is common. Making it real takes range.
Founders and firms often have a clear vision but need several kinds of expertise to make it real.
- A fundraising plan needs credible numbers and organized materials.
- An accelerator needs more than a curriculum — recruitment, operations, facilitation, partnerships, and follow-through.
- A technology idea needs a product strategy and a team that can build it.
OWES brings those capabilities together. We build alongside our clients, connect the pieces, and focus on work they can use.
Work with us
There’s a place to start at OWES.
Whether you’re building a company, raising a fund, running a program, or developing technology — there’s a place to start.