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Finding Founder-Market-Geography Fit

Revolution

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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Google’s Africa Investment Fund makes first investment in Uganda’s SafeBoda

TechCrunch

Internet giant Google announced today that it has made the first investment from its Africa Investment Fund in Ugandan super app SafeBoda. Google also recently launched Black Founders Fund, a non-dilutive $3 million fund allocated to 50 startups yearly. . Google sets up $50M fund to invest in African startups.

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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017: The Work-Life Balancing Act

Entrepreneurs' Organization

From 13–19 November 2017, we’ll share exclusive content designed to inspire and inform every entrepreneur—whether you’re in start-up mode or you’re a battle-scarred founder. “Connecting Women Entrepreneurs and the Investment Community,” Carine Schneider & Kalika Yap.

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Stronghold launches $100M venture arm to invest in underrepresented founders and fintech

TechCrunch

Payments infrastructure company Stronghold has launched a venture capital arm to deploy $100 million of its balance sheet capital in startups and funds in three core strategies — underrepresented founders, fintech, and web3, CEO Tammy Camp told TechCrunch in an interview. It has raised $3.3

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MAGIC Fund raises $30M to scale its global founders-backing-founders fund

TechCrunch

Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. As Ravikant puts it, “founders want to know that the people they are taking money from have first-hand experience.” . MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.

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4 Mindset Patterns Visionaries Use To Change The World

Entrepreneurs' Organization

After my job salary was cut on February 10, 2017, I had to quickly figure out a solution for success. Despite having zero business background, I started my first company on April 16, 2017. Keep making bigger investments into smaller rooms, where the people in those rooms are making bigger impacts. They live in full abundance.

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Investing with Purpose: SoGal Ventures’ Journey with Pocket Sun

AsiaTechDaily

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. The firm actively seeks out underrepresented founders from undercapitalized geographies to tackle underserved problems.