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Fanta Traore

Investor and Entrepreneur | Howard & Yale alumna

New Haven, Connecticut

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,375,000.00

Work Experience

2024

  • Investor

    2024

2024

  • Investor Accelerator Venture Fellow

    2024

    Dream VC is Africa’s foremost venture capital institute, powered by an active investor network hailing from 40+ countries globally, collectively managing over $6.6bn assets under management. The Investor Accelerator program is a venture capital fellowship focused on helping seasoned senior career professionals pivot into investing, with a keen focus on leadership development.

  • Head of Platform and Portfolio

    2024

  • Lead Mentor

    2023

    Black Ambition is a bold organization founded by Pharrell Williams that works towards closing the opportunity and wealth gap through entrepreneurship. We invest capital and resources in high-growth startups founded by Black and Latinx entrepreneurs and HBCU students. - Winner, Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Award for Impact Investing

  • Editor in Chief

    2022 - 2023

  • Investment Associate

    2023 - 2023

2018 - 2023

  • Member, Board of Directors

    2022 - 2023

  • Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

    2018 - 2022

    Developed operational strategy, organizational culture, and vision. - Managed four full time staff, hired and supported 13 contractors to lead numerous projects while setting project standards - Designed and implemented Sadie Collective business, such as expansion strategy, financial and legal operations - Secured nearly $5 million in funding and in-kind support through grant writing and diversifying revenue - Conceived and successfully led fundraising, marketing, & execution of annual conferences yielding ~1500 members - Manages and brokered at least 20 client relationships across financial services, think tanks and private sector - Launched digital community of economists (tech product) to increase information access, enabling 40% uptake rate - Directed print and in-person media engagement; featured articles in Forbes, Bloomberg, The Economist, Fortune, NPR

2022 - 2023

  • Venture Fellow

    2022 - 2023

2022 - 2022

  • Investor Training Program - Blueprint Investor Track

    2022 - 2022

2018 - 2020

  • Senior Research Assistant

    2019 - 2020

  • Research Assistant

    2018 - 2020