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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs.

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The Savannah Fund will take 15% equity in each of its companies.

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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. Monday, January 14 th : Technology Investing – 3-4:30 PM, NYU Wagner at 295 Lafayette Street (Puck Building ).

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Heart of Smartness: A Tech Accelerator for Africa

ReadWriteStart

Africa has most of the elements required for technology innovation. Alliy is managing partner of the Savannah Fund , a $10 million fund that will soon begin investing in technology startups in East Africa, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The Savannah Fund will take 15% equity in each of its companies.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Many Israeli companies build technologies which could be very valuable to the broader Middle East region, particularly in water tech, agriculture technology, and cybersecurity. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. & Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

White When my Co-Founders Leslie Alvarado and Dr. Aubrey J. Grant and I were thinking of the name for our company, we knew we wanted to include the word “equity” because that’s what we’re working to achieve through our innovative use of Virtual Reality technology to combat implicit bias. White, Equity Commons ! #4-

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.