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Oluwasegun Aluko James
Ventures

The work, not the pitch.

Four ventures built from needs I could see first-hand, and the people each one exists to serve.

Founder · Platform

VerogigLive

A UK booking platform connecting churches, chapels, and venues with vetted, DBS-checked musicians, with trust, safeguarding, and secure payment built in.

  • Vetted musician profiles and availability
  • Transparent fees and secure payment
  • Built for churches, venues and event organisers
Founder & Director · CIC

TheQuestLab CIC

The community-interest organisation I founded and govern: a media and cultural ecosystem running podcasts, live events, and community programmes under Build. Belong. Become.

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Founder · Health & Care Technology

MyCarePrint

A recognition and evidence platform for UK domiciliary care providers and agencies, helping clients and families praise individual care workers, enabling managers to verify every submission, and giving carers a portable record of the recognition they earn. Live publicly as CarePrint.

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Founder · Platform

NyscBlog

The platform I built in 2018 that grew to reach 150,000+ young Nigerians through a national transition. It was my first proof of a repeatable method: find the gap, build the platform, serve the people.

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Recognition & Impact

A record of showing up.

Programmes delivered, rooms convened and platforms built over time.

  • Innovation in health and care2026 onwards

    Built MyCarePrint, live publicly as CarePrint, to help UK care providers capture and verify praise for individual care workers, turning recognition into portable records and usable service evidence. MyCarePrint

  • Hosting flagship events2026

    Hosted The Circuit 1.0, the inaugural flagship meetup of Village Square, a Hull tech community, with talks, lightning sessions, and networking at a full-capacity venue. Village Square

  • Building sector infrastructure2026 onwards

    Founded Verogig, a UK booking platform giving churches and venues a way to hire vetted musicians, while giving self-employed musicians visibility, fair fees, and secure payment.

  • Community reach at scale2018 to 2021

    NyscBlog grew to reach 150,000+ young Nigerians at its peak, providing information and community through a demanding national transition.

  • Live broadcast & convening2025

    Produced and hosted live X Spaces, including The Immigrant Playbook, convening academics, strategists, and industry experts for public cultural conversation.

  • Community partnership2026

    The Career Clinic, a free professional-development event delivered with Amazing Grace Chapel, Hull, serving the church family and the wider community.

  • Programme deliveryOngoing

    Delivered TheQuestLab's inaugural programme cohort and built a governed CIC with a board, turning cultural production into tangible outcomes for participants.

References, case studies, and press are available on request. Get in touch to talk through your project, brief, or invitation.

Upcoming

What's next.

Current and upcoming projects, and where my focus is heading.

  • In progress

    Verogig: national rollout

    Scaling Verogig beyond Hull & East Yorkshire, onboarding musicians and venues UK-wide, and growing the vetting and payments infrastructure behind it.

    2026

  • Delivered

    The Career Clinic, Hull

    A free in-person careers day at Amazing Grace Chapel, Hull. Over 30 people came through the room and more than 10 booked one-to-one mentorship consultations off the back of it, with a panel spanning engineering, the NHS, law and career coaching.

    19 September 2026 · Hull

  • In development

    Mentorship & masterclass programme

    Designing a structured programme for founders and early-career professionals. The curriculum is still being built; register your interest to hear when it is ready.

    Waitlist coming soon

Want something like this built?

Whether it's a venture, a programme or a platform, tell me the brief and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.