Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Despite Kenya has been named as the fasted growing payments market in Africa, there is still a lot to be done to develop the local business angel community. Despite all these advantages, it seems that the foreign investors are still reluctant to invest in seed and early stage projects. The next step would be to secure funding.

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Kenya Africa Incubator Cofounder 45

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. STOIKY is his callsign.

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

I heard an entrepreneur last Friday tell me that after he appeared on AngelList he had a funding frenzy with one investor whom he had never met offering to fund him after just 15 minutes on the phone. While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. He is also co-founder and chairman of Ning and an investor in several startups including Digg, Plazes, and Twitter. He is an active member of the blogging community.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22