Lexi Novitske

n 2012 Lexi moved to Nigeria, from The United States, believing that the country held immense untapped potential. In 2014, Lexi launched Singularity Investments, a venture capital vehicle backed by the Darwish family office. Singularity lends its relationships and expertise to source extraordinary investment opportunities, while supplying the skills, resources, and capital to grow portfolio companies into industry leaders across Africa. Lexi previously managed investments at Nigerian private equity firm Verod Capital Management. Prior to joining Verod, she was focused on Africa investments at Small Enterprise Assistance funds and in financial services at New York-based Sandler O’Neill Asset Management. Lexi is a board member and advisor to several companies and faculty member and mentor to several accelerators and startup academies. Lexi is a CFA Charterholder and Kauffman Fellow.