About
Yvonne Bajela is the founder of Evertrue Capital, a pre-seed fund built to find exceptional founders before the rest of the market does.
She has spent more than ten years investing in and advising high-growth companies across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. At Mitsui she became the youngest investment manager in a company of 90,000 people and led its investment in Wise, then TransferWise. As a founding member of Impact X Capital she co-led the seed round in Marshmallow. Most recently she was a Partner at LocalGlobe, one of Europe's leading seed funds.
She began her career at Goldman Sachs and has worked in Israel, Kenya and Japan, advising companies on international expansion. She has served on the board of Innovate Finance and is part of the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers community.
Track record
- FounderEvertrue CapitalPre-seed fund, 2026
- PartnerLocalGlobeSeed investing, London
- LedWise at MitsuiThen TransferWise
- Co-ledMarshmallow at Impact XSeed round, later a unicorn
- BackedFlutterwavePan-African payments
- Beganat Goldman SachsInvestment banking
Speaking
Innovate Finance Global Summit, Guildhall, London. Alpha Summit Asia, 2025.
KeynoteBefore the world takes notice: what unicorn founders really look like
- 63%were immigrants or from outside traditional tech hubs
- 33%had been to a top university
- 20%had previously worked at a big, successful tech firm
Talks delivered for
On stage at Alpha Summit Asia, SXSW London, London Tech Week, Innovate Finance Global Summit
Press and writing
- Bootstrap 4F backs Evertrue Capital from its £130M Women Backing Women fundTech Funding News, 2026
- British Business Bank names Evertrue in its first Investor Pathways cohortBritish Business Bank, 2026
- Yvonne Bajela joins LocalGlobe as partnerSifted
- It's time to stop using the term BAMESifted
- "If you want to lead and make an impact, you have to be your true authentic self"EU-Startups, 2021
Recognition
- Forbes 30 Under 30, Europe Finance2020
- Forbes, 25 Leading Black British Business People2020
- Forbes, Female VCs to Watch2021
- Management Today, 35 Women Under 352020
- EU-Startups, 100 Most Influential Women in Startups and VC2022
- London Business School, Black Movers and Shakers
