About Fanaka Capital
About Us
Fanaka Capital was founded by Sadiq Olabode — an Enterprise Agile Coach, property investor, and serial business builder with a track record spanning financial services, technology, and real estate.
The firm exists to solve a real problem: too many profitable small businesses close or stagnate because their owners lack a succession plan, and too many growing businesses lack the operational infrastructure to scale. Fanaka bridges both gaps, acquiring businesses with strong fundamentals and providing hands-on consultancy to companies seeking structured growth.
What sets us apart is that we operate from experience, not theory. We have acquired and exited businesses, built technology platforms from scratch, managed multi-million-pound delivery programmes, and constructed automation ecosystems that replaced manual processes with intelligent, scalable systems.
Our Story
Sadiq’s career began in retail operations management at Marks & Spencer, progressed through a Law degree at the University of Essex, and evolved into a decade of enterprise Agile coaching across major UK financial institutions including Lloyds Banking Group and Vanquis Banking Group. During that time, he led delivery transformation on a £64m banking modernisation programme, increasing team throughput by over 400% and reducing SLA breach timelines from 45+ days to under 18 days.
In parallel, he built Labode Properties, a five-property BRRR investment portfolio valued at £1m+, managing every stage from acquisition and refurbishment through to refinancing and tenancy, achieving annualised ROCE ranging from 15.7% to 81.3%.
In early 2017, while still building his Agile career, Sadiq identified an opportunity in the emerging UK crypto ATM market. After discovering a previous operator exiting the business to focus on other ventures, he negotiated an earn-out and seller financing structure, selling his car to fund the initial payment and taking over three machines across southeast Wales. Over the following 18 months, he expanded the operation from 3 to 15 machines nationwide. A meeting with a Mayfair hedge fund provided intelligence on incoming CBDCs and shifting regulatory landscapes. Armed with that insight, he executed a strategic exit in 2019, selling UK machines domestically and shipping the majority to Barcelona for sale to a foreign investor. This was his first full M&A cycle: an acquisition, operational scaling, and a cross-border exit, and it set the template for everything that followed.
Most recently, he built Docketory, a legal support platform that helps everyday people fight parking tickets, challenge bailiffs, set aside CCJs, and navigate employment and housing disputes. Built from the ground up into a live product using Next.js and TypeScript, Docketory represents the intersection of legal knowledge, technology, and accessible design.
Alongside these ventures, he designed and built a fully automated property investment operations platform for Labode Properties, integrating GoHighLevel CRM, N8N orchestration, Make.com middleware, Google Sheets data layer, Python scraping infrastructure, Slack notifications, and Vercel-hosted React components across five structured sprints. This was not built by a development team. It was built by one person using AI as the technical execution layer, demonstrating that enterprise delivery skills transfer directly to systems architecture when the right tools are applied.
Our Values
Integrity
Every engagement starts with honest assessment. We tell you what the data shows, not what you want to hear. Our due diligence process is rigorous because protecting your interests and ours requires transparency, not optimism.
Respect
Businesses are built by people. When we acquire a company or advise on transformation, we start by understanding the culture, the relationships, and the institutional knowledge that made the business work. Strategy without context is just theory.
Excellence
We measure ourselves by outcomes, not activity. Throughput improvements, ROCE percentages, SLA recovery timelines, successful exits — these are the metrics that define our work.
Our Approach
Every engagement follows a structured methodology drawn from enterprise delivery, investment analysis, and operational management:
Assessment — We conduct thorough due diligence covering financials, operations, market position, team capability, and technology infrastructure. For acquisitions, this includes valuation modelling, risk analysis, and integration planning. For consultancy, it includes current-state mapping and opportunity identification.
Strategy — We develop an evidence-based plan with clear milestones, measurable KPIs, and defined decision points. Plans are stress-tested against multiple scenarios before execution begins.
Execution — We implement with discipline, tracking progress through structured sprints, regular reporting, and transparent communication. We manage dependencies, anticipate failure points, and build contingency into every workstream.
Transition — Whether handing back an improved business to its owner or integrating an acquisition into the Fanaka portfolio, we ensure continuity of operations, knowledge transfer, and sustainable performance.
Meet the Team
Our team comprises experienced consultants, financial experts, and industry specialists passionate about helping businesses thrive. With diverse backgrounds and a unified vision, we are equipped to handle every aspect of your business transition.
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Sadiq Olabode
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Enterprise Agile Coach and delivery transformation leader with 10+ years’ experience across Financial Services and Utilities. SAFe RTE, ICP-ACC certified. Built and exited multiple businesses including a property investment portfolio (£1m+), a crypto arbitrage operation (nationwide scaling and exit), and a legal technology platform. LLB Law graduate (University of Essex). Active AI practitioner who has designed and built production automation systems using Claude Code, N8N, GoHighLevel, and Python. Combines enterprise delivery discipline with hands-on commercial experience across M&A, property, fintech, and legal tech.
