Dara Okonjo
Startup Founder · Portfolio Reel

I build companies that change orbit.

Founder, operator and systems thinker turning sharp problems into durable businesses, where strategy, product, people and momentum collide.

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FOUNDER MODE
Product gravity Capital discipline Team velocity
3 ventures launched
12 years building
40 people led
18 markets explored
Founder thesis

Build the engine, not just the launch.

The most interesting companies are living systems, customers, teams, products and economics learning to move together.
0→1 StrategyProduct NarrativeFundraisingGo-to-MarketTeam DesignUnit Economics
Selected ventures

Companies in motion.

Venture 01 · Founder & CEO

Northstar Systems

A workflow platform helping distributed operators turn fragmented decisions into repeatable momentum. I shaped the problem thesis, assembled the founding team and led product-to-market validation.

Customer interviews → operating system → repeatable revenue
Venture 02 · Co-founder

Fieldnote Capital

Founder-first financial infrastructure built around clarity, not complexity.

Venture 03 · Venture Studio

Signal Room

A compact studio for testing category-defining problems before they become companies.

Operating model

Signal to scale.

01

Listen

Find the painful truth behind the polished story.

02

Frame

Turn ambiguity into a testable strategic bet.

03

Build

Ship the smallest system that can teach something real.

04

Compound

Keep what creates pull. Design everything else out.

Founder timeline

The long game is made of short, honest loops.

Building Orbit Foundry

Developing venture concepts and advising ambitious early-stage teams.

Scaled a distributed startup team

Moved from founder-led execution toward clear ownership and measurable learning.

Found the first wedge

Learned that speed without customer truth is simply expensive motion.

“I'm most energized by the moment when a team stops describing a problem and starts seeing the system underneath it.”
Founder note
Next orbit

Let's build something with gravity.

Open to founder conversations, strategic partnerships, venture opportunities and selected advisory work.

✉ dara@orbitfoundry.co
☎ +1 555 0193
◈ Lisbon / Remote