Aubrey Niederhoffer

Founder

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria3 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Founder of Africa's first super-app.
Raised over $50M for impactful journalism.
Launched a successful recruitment business.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Tech and Media entrepreneur with strong leadership in recruitment and fundraising.

Contact

aubreyniederhoffer@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProject ManagementStrategyFundraisingInternational RecruitmentTechnical ResearchSocial Media MarketingData AnalysisQuantitative FinanceSalesOperations

Other Skills

AlgorithmsC (Programming Language)Financial AnalysisJavaJavaScriptMathematicsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Power BINew Business DevelopmentProblem SolvingPython (Programming Language)RecruitmentSchemeSocial EntrepreneurshipSoftware Design

Experience

Stringer journalism

2 roles

Strategy Advisor

Promoted

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Scaled back commitment to <10hrs/week to focus on Thumo
Working closely w/ founder on key strategic decisions in areas including fundraising strategy, programming offerings, and recruitment

StrategyFundraisingRecruitment

Strategy Manager

Apr 2025 – Jun 2025 · 2 mos

Recruited directly by founder Anjan Sundaram as an early team member to work on key strategic decisions for Stringer Journalism as it raises $50M+ from major donors to support high-impact journalism, especially in the developing world.
Worked with founder to refine the scope of Stringer Journalism's future activities, including grant-making and The Stringer Prize, to maximize impact and optimize donor positioning.
Worked closely with founder to refine initial whitepaper, shaping key future organizational activities.
Leveraged my international recruitment background to lead hiring process for first full-time hires
Lead development of first-of-its-kind index quantifying the impact of journalism by country to track the landscape of global journalism and measure Stringer Journalism's impact.

International RecruitmentFundraisingStrategy

Thumo

Founder, CEO

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Mbabane, Hhohho Region, Eswatini · On-site

Building Africa's first super-app. Backed by Soma Capital, Dune Ventures, and top Silicon Valley angels. Currently the largest marketplace and consumer app in Eswatini.

LeadershipSoftware DesignStrategyProject ManagementSoftware Development

Berkeley ai safety student initiative

Board Member

Aug 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr

Performed technical research and led detailed discussion of papers in a variety of AI Safety areas as part of selective club-run AI Safety course and paper reading group. Helped grow club-run course enrollment and club membership >20% via social media marketing campaign. Organized policy fellowship. Ended involvement after leaving Berkeley to grow Thumo.

Technical ResearchSocial Media Marketing

Rgn capital management

Quantitative Researcher

May 2024 – Jun 2024 · 1 mo

Performed exploratory data analysis and comprehensive backtesting on database of market indicators, presenting findings to main research team and leading to 2 strategies being considered for deployment.
Helped onboard other interns and provide them with financial knowledge

Data AnalysisQuantitative Finance

Amalgam talent eswatini

Founder, CEO

Jul 2022 – May 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

Launched business connecting remote workers in Southern Africa to global markets. Developed company into self-sufficient enterprise then exited, turning over day-to-day operations to local partner.
Marketing: Designed and deployed large-scale LinkedIn recruitment campaigns.
Sales: Earned >$100K revenue from securing full-time employment for 15+ Eswatini-based workers in industries including software development, cryptocurrency, and financial services, and online education.
Operations: Designed and administered technical interviews in Python for software engineering positions.

LeadershipSalesOperations