About Rykolo Advisory

Built for owners who refuse to leave value on the table.

Rykolo Advisory exists because too many owners sell, buy or raise capital without an advisor who treats their transaction as their own.

Our Story

A boutique firm, by design.

Rykolo Advisory was founded on a simple observation: business owners preparing for the most consequential financial event of their lives were too often handed off to junior teams, run through generic processes, or advised by firms whose incentives did not line up with their own.

We built Rykolo Advisory as a deliberately boutique firm — one that takes on a limited number of mandates at any time, so that every client receives direct, senior-level attention from the first conversation through closing. We work with SMEs, corporate businesses, private companies, investors, founders and family businesses who are ready for a transaction that matters.

Rykolo Advisory — Lagos, Nigeria

Our Mission

To give business owners and investors the same caliber of advice, process and access that only the largest companies have historically enjoyed — delivered with the attention a boutique firm can offer.

Our Vision

A market where every owner-led business can transact — sell, buy, raise or restructure — with full confidence in the process and the outcome.

Why We Exist

Because a defining transaction deserves an advisor who is personally accountable for the result, not a name on a pitch book handed to a junior team.

Core Values

The principles behind every mandate.

Confidentiality First

Discretion is not a courtesy — it is the foundation of how we operate on every engagement.

Independent Advice

We are not tied to lenders, referral partners or product sales. Our recommendations serve you alone.

Senior Attention

The advisor you meet in the first call leads your mandate through to closing.

Value Discipline

Every recommendation is measured against one question: does this protect or grow your value?

Long-Term Relationships

Our best measure of success is a client who returns for their next transaction, or refers the next owner.

Global Standards, Local Insight

Institutional-grade process, applied with real understanding of local markets and regulation.

Leadership

Senior advisors, personally engaged.

Rykolo Advisory is led by a team of advisors with backgrounds spanning investment banking, private equity, corporate finance and operating leadership.

Managing Partner

Mergers & Acquisitions

Leads sell-side and buy-side mandates, with a focus on middle-market and family-owned businesses.

Director, Valuation & Advisory

Business Valuation

Oversees valuation methodology and diligence workstreams across every active mandate.

Director, Capital Markets

Capital Advisory

Manages relationships with debt and equity capital providers across our investor network.

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