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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

TechCrunch

Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. It’s funny how things have changed since then.”

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. On the one hand, there will be more investors to write follow-on checks for our deals; on the other hand, top-tier VCs are launching $400M – $500M seed funds accompanied by larger value-added portfolio support staff, providing more deal competition.

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Crowd Funding – A Critique for Entrepreneurs and Investors

Gust

Since investing in startup companies is very risky, the only winning investor strategy is to pick well and invest in many companies. A portfolio of 25 investments in startup companies is considered prudent diversification, providing a reasonable chance of excellent portfolio yields.

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How Angel Investors Survive the COVID-19 Economic Crisis

Angel Capital Association

By: Dan Rosen, Alliance of Angels To: The Angel Community After publishing my companion piece, “ How Startups Survive the COVID-19 Economic Crisis ,” I have received a number of comments about how this impacts angels and angel investing. Our decisions to support a startup are totally our own. Be ruthless.

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How Ecosystem-Led Growth Unlocks the Next Generation of GTM

Andreessen Horowitz

Then there’s obviously a lot of companies like the ZoomInfos of the world that popped up with data to support that sales motion. In 2008, I started a business called RJMetrics, which was basically the first SaaS analytics platform. There was a time when everything was field sales. Inside sales felt like a foreign concept.

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