Chike Agbai

Founder & CEO | Azumo

Chike Agbai is the Founder and CEO of Azumo, a nearshore software development company that helps organizations build intelligent applications with top-tier engineering talent from Latin America. Under his leadership, Azumo has supported startups and enterprise customers, including Meta, Discovery, and Twitter, with dedicated teams, staff augmentation, and project-based delivery. Before launching Azumo, Chike spent nearly two decades in investment banking, advising on over $100 billion in technology M&A, IPOs, and capital raises. He founded Azumo on a core belief: that cloud computing, open APIs, and AI would fundamentally lower the cost of building powerful software—and that talent to build it existed everywhere.

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Domain
Experience

20 years

Prior
Firms

RBC, Jefferies

Work
Expertise

Enterprise Software Investment Banking, M&A, Capital Markets and Corporate Finance

About Chike Agbai

Chike Agbai is the CEO and Founder of Azumo, a fast-growing nearshore software development company. A graduate of Stanford University, Chike spent nearly 20 years as an investment banker on Wall Street, covering enterprise software companies. In his time he advised on over $100 billion in transaction volume working with companies such as Oracle, Salesforce.com, and Dell.

During his time as a banker, he recognized the convergence of big data, cloud computing, and mobility as a unique opportunity for companies of all sizes to build intelligent applications. This insight inspired him to start Azumo in 2016.Under Chike's leadership, Azumo has grown into a multi-million dollar business, servIng a diverse universe of clients, including industry leaders like Facebook, Discovery Channel, and Zynga, as well as innovative startups and middle market businesses.

Azumo's mission is to make advanced software solutions accessible to businesses everywhere through its outsourced software development model, helping them leverage technology to automate, optimize, and grow efficiently.