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Nigerian founders-turn-investors are now running syndicate funds

TechCrunch

The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. Syndicate leads are often experienced angel investors or successful startup founders. The nitty-gritty details.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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Long before that, the company engaged in anti-competitive practices and antagonized critics, especially female journalists like Sarah Lacy, who called out years of the company’s toxic issues as early 2014. Not in the “founder friendly” culture of tech anyway. It’s male founder friendly. Founders have to reckon with that.

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Startups should focus on value add rather than amount of investment, says Sharon Lou, partner, Indelible Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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Gener8tor is the biggest startup accelerator you’ve never heard of…

TechCrunch

One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, Silicon Valley. We spoke with the Gener8tor founders about why they are passionate about thinking about the startup ecosystem a little differently.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

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We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Uganda in the spotlight as country’s startups captivate YC, Google

TechCrunch

The startup ecosystem in Africa has until now been dominated by Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt (‘the Big 4’), countries that continue to receive the bulk of venture capital and other forms of investment. Another startup, Ensibuuko , raised $1 million in seed funding last year from FCA Investments.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g., the free YC Startup School courses). Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g.,