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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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Impact Hub Belgrade – 5 years of making, failing and creating impact

Impact Hub

A Demo Day with a star-studded jury and an investor pitch with international business Angel Investors with our Impact Hub Milan partners. One of them are the WE Angels , leaders and mentors who represent the very backbone of our business and support us in goals such as achieving a zero-waste mindset of circular economy.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

ACA won legislation to expand the number of eligible investors in an early-stage fund from 99 to 250 and legislation to ensure that traditional demo days are not recognized as crowdfunding events. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies. It will help develop a better, more diverse economy.