Episode Summary:

On today’s episode, we have Kayode Odeleye, Founder and CEO of Caena.io, a UK-based SaaS enabled marketplace that provides founders with an automated financial modeling solution and simplifies the fundraising process for startups. Since its founding last year, the company has built a diverse team of 8 people across 6 cities. Kayode and his co-founder are on a mission to make capital more accessible to companies everywhere.

Topics Covered by Kayode Odeleye in this Episode:

• The origin story of how Kayode founded the company
• What problem is Caena solving and why Kayode thinks there's a huge market demand for it
• The big vision for Caena as the automated financial modeling solution founders need and why it simplifies the fundraising process
• Why Caena is the next big thing and such an exciting opportunity
• The biggest hurdle faced by Kayode right now 
• Overview of how the Caena works and its business model
• The initial GTM strategy and Kayode's plan to grow and scale 
• Kayode summarizing lessons learned and takeaways so far in his entrepreneurial journey as first time founder

Connect with Kayode:

Twitter - Kayode Odeleye (@kayodeodeleye)
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayodeodeleye/

Check out Caena.io: https://caena.io/

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About the Host:

Chandler is an active angel investor and venture partner at NextGen Venture Partners investing in Pre-Seed and Seed technology startups. He is a 3x startup operator passionate about working with technical founders to get their big ideas off the ground. Chandler provides mentorship and helps founders build and scale their business, on Day 0.

He holds a master degree in Financial Engineering from MIT Sloan School of Management, and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis. Follow him on Twitter @chandlerjwang.