ABOUT
OUR GOAL
Our goal is to create high-quality housing in emerging neighborhoods while empowering the communities that we serve. We are deeply passionate about aligning profit and purpose.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to help people in middle to lower income neighborhoods that are experiencing gentrification to remain in those communities through the high-quality housing for them to preserve the cultural heritage of neighborhoods. Beyond housing, we hope to partner with public and private institutions to provide more access to impactful programs that break the cycle of poverty.
FOUNDERS
Ojonimi Sam Bako
FOUNDER
Ojonimi was born in Nigeria and emigrated to Ohio at the age 12. He studied engineering at Ohio State University and currently heads up Innovation and partnerships at Shiseido Group, which is a leading beauty brand that has several category leading brands in their portfolio. Prior to that, he was head of Innovation at Walmartlabs in San Francisco. While he’s worked for leading brands from Silicon Valley to New York focused on technology and Innovation, he’s always been an advocate for social impact. He worked for two years in Africa volunteering for an NGO called Care International supporting water shortage, women advocacy and education issues in sub-Saharan Africa and impact focused private equity firm called Enablis in South Africa. Ohio has been home since moving to the United States so his latest venture is focused on development and investment in real estate in the Columbus market.
Fitumi Bako
CO-FOUNDER
Fitumi is originally from Nigeria and migrated to Ohio at the age of 14. She led business operations at JP Morgan Chase in the Mortgage servicing group for over 10 years. She has over 12 years of experience in investing and managing properties prior to working at S&B Ventures. She is also the owner and founder of Infinity financial services, a design and property management company. On her spare time she’s a full-time mother of a beautiful daughter, Isabella.