Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$2,500,000.00Target Investment:
$1,375,000.00
Skills
Education
Lists including Fanta
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.
2024
Head of Platform and Portfolio
2024
2023
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
2022 - 2023
Editor in Chief
2022 - 2023
2023 - 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