Samba Lo
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Samba Lo

Co-founder & CEO · Socium

The CEO building Africa's HR platform: strategy, fundraising and scaling a B2B SaaS across 20+ countries.

  • ✓ Vouched for by me, working together since 2022
  • 📍 Dakar, Senegal
  • 🗣 French, English
Background
  • École Polytechnique
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Rothschild & Co
  • Deloitte

About

École Polytechnique graduate. Worked in international finance at Goldman Sachs and Rothschild & Co, and at Deloitte, then co-founded a B2B SaaS startup in Paris before launching Socium. Today Socium serves 200+ companies in 20+ countries and has raised €6M from Breega, Partech, Orange Ventures and Kima Ventures.

Track record

200+
client companies
€6M
raised
20+
countries
  • Built Socium into a pan-African HR platform trusted by 200+ companies
  • Raised €6M over two rounds
  • Co-founded a B2B SaaS startup in Paris before Socium

What they bring

  • Strategy and scale-up experience across African markets
  • Finance and fundraising know-how, from Wall Street to venture capital

What you get

  • A sparring partner on growth, fundraising or HR at scale
  • A direct line to Socium's leadership

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