Mide Alonge is a Senior Venture Builder with the Jobtech Alliance, where he works closely with portfolio startups to drive product innovation, financial sustainability, and scale. He brings hands-on support to founders across areas such as business model refinement, fundraising, Go-to-Market strategies, and partnership developments.
In his most recent role, he served as a Venture Partner at 54 Collective, a venture studio that co-builds VC-backable startups with African founders at the idea stage, providing hands-on support across business strategy, operations, and fundraising. Before that, he led the Venture team at Endeavor, a global growth-stage fund supporting high-impact entrepreneurs across 42 countries to scale and exit. He previously spent over a decade in management consulting, where he led strategic initiatives across the U.S. and European markets. Mide is also a former founder, having built and successfully exited a startup, bringing firsthand entrepreneurial experience to his work with startups today.
His areas of expertise include early-stage venture building, financial modeling, market expansion, business model refinement, fundraising and investor readiness, and working with climate and digital infrastructure startups.
He holds an MA from Harvard University, a Master’s of Science in Engineering & Technology Management, and a Bachelor's degree in Construction Engineering Technology from Louisiana Tech University.
