Westcove Partners, a new and highly specialised investment bank, revealed today that it has invested in Chezie. Chezie is a platform that assists jobseekers by gathering Stories from employees at prospective organisations. It was founded by Toby and Dumebi Egbuna, two first-generation Nigerian immigrants with a passion for helping people from underrepresented backgrounds find employment where they feel they belong.

Candidates may learn more about what it’s like to work at a firm from people who identify similarly to them by reading these Stories. Chezie also uses its platform to deliver software solutions that assist companies in tracking the membership, events, budget, and engagement of Employee Resource Groups (ERG), resulting in a more diverse and inclusive workplace.

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Chezie Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Toby Egbuna commented, “We would like to thank Westcove for helping us in fulfilling our vision, to create the most inclusive and equitable workplaces on earth. The Westcove team has been the embodiment of a company honoring its social responsibilities, and we appreciate the opportunity to work with an investor that shares common values with Chezie.”

Dumebi Egbuna, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, said “We are honored to receive this funding. Chezie’s mission is to help underrepresented students and professionals find companies that they love. Westcove’s funding will propel us to grow our technology team and enhance user experience to move our mission forward.”

Abe M’Bodj, Vice President at Westcove, stated “Huge congratulations to the Chezie team. The Westcove team is proud to play a part in Chezie’s journey and we are thrilled to know that our investment will help foster more inclusive and connected workforces for underrepresented employees.”

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Westcove Partners is a premier healthcare-focused investment bank that advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and other complicated corporate finance transactions. The team focuses on founder-owned enterprises and strives to tailor its advising services to the complexities that come with these sorts of companies.

Charles Rapulu Udoh

Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer, who has several years of experience working in Africa’s burgeoning tech startup industry. He has closed multi-million dollar deals bordering on venture capital, private equity, intellectual property (trademark, patent or design, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, in countries such as in the Delaware, New York, UK, Singapore, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, Nigeria etc. He’s also a corporate governance and cross-border data privacy and tax expert. 
As an award-winning writer and researcher, he is passionate about telling the African startup story, and is one of the continent’s pioneers in this regard. You can book a session and speak with him using the link: https://insightsbyexperts.com/view_expert/charles-rapulu-udoh