Transport mobility

Shekel Mobility

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Founded 2022Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Our platform helps car dealers find, finance and sell more cars in the $30B African used Car market.

We are building the largest auto dealership ecosystem ; powering $10Bn transactions annually

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Shekel Mobility Limited

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Benjamen Oladokun

Founder

Benjamen is Founder of Shekel Mobility. Ben founded his first successful business at 17 and has since led teams to launch products that have impacted the mobility sector in SSA and generated several million of dollars. An experienced growth hacker and an experienced entrepreneur.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Valentine Mayaki

Founder

A rockstar engineer who has over 10 years of experience and has built scalable application for various sectors especially fintech. He has worked for companies like Nextravel, Andela etc.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Sanmi Olukanmi

Founder

Sanmi is an experienced mobility entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shekel. Over the last 10 years, Sanmi has founded and exited enterprises with an average USD 900K ARR in the automotive industry overseeing sourcing, business Strategy and growth. Sanmi studied Engineering Physics at Obafemi Awolowo University.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
18team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2022 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedLagos, LA, Nigeria; San Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Launched · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-09-16

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