Cohort 7 Emerging Fund Manager

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Silicon Valley Syndicate Club is a fund invests in startups.

Deal Sourcing and Evaluation: Proactively source and identify potential investment opportunities by leveraging network, attending industry events, and conducting market research. Evaluate investment proposals, review business plans, and conduct preliminary due diligence to assess their alignment with the firm's investment thesis and criteria.

Due Diligence: Lead and coordinate comprehensive due diligence efforts on potential investment opportunities. Evaluate the market potential, competitive landscape, financial projections, and management team capabilities. Conduct in-depth analysis and research to assess risks and opportunities associated with potential investments.
Investment Decision Making: Present investment recommendations and findings to the firm's investment committee. Participate in investment discussions, provide insights and perspectives, and contribute to the decision-making process. 
Portfolio Company Support

Head of the Chapter

* Mentor portfolio companies about India Market entry strategies specifically setting up a delivery facility, opening a sales office or hiring talent in India 
* Identify potential investment opportunities.
* Also guiding Indian Start-ups to leverage Silicon Valley ecosystem & introducing promising start-ups to VC firms. 
* provide corporate innovation models, offerings and training to their community and customers.

Venture Partner

Cohort 7 Member

Originating and executing trade finance and project finance deals
Business Development with Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) based Investor and Foreign Banks for executing working capital finance deals
Conducted detailed credit analysis of credit facility for commodity trading companies
Prepared memo on the basis of financials, management & business profile, transaction and credit history

Founder

Founded and a Women-led asset allocator in a driven Venture Capital firm set to redefine the positioning of African Pre-seed/Seed staged firms leveraging technology. I am Africa-focused and leverage my years of varied expertise from financial institutions to advisory toward equity investment that promises returns and impact.

General Partner

Knight Ventures is a Pan Africa Digital Accelerator providing a platform to connect startups, mentors and Investors. We have a mission to develop 100 high-growth tech enabled startups to scale and success. Harnessing innovative technology-enabled businesses focused on tech-enabled businesses with disruptive GloCal solutions driven by African founders. Actively support women-owned/led enterprises with critical business intelligence, market and product fit.

Strategic Advisor

We boost investee companies with strength and rigour and with more resources and connections every day to maximise their chances of success. Together, we explore global opportunities, succession planning, and a new investing strategy. Network VC is a Silicon Valley Syndicate Fund that invests in 2-3 startups per month. We invest at Series A stages from $1m check and have LPs from 20 countries. We co-invested together with first class VCs like Softbank, Andressen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst etc.

Quikkloan is a credit scoring analytics based digital lending platform facilitating personal loans through our partnered Banks and NBFC. Quikkloan is solving problem faced by first time borrow who faces difficulty to gain access to loan due to lack of prior credit history. We are developing credit scoring model to assess the creditworthiness of first time borrow using various data points.

Startupbootcamp FinTech is the world's largest accelerator for FinTech startups. The three-month program is open to startups across the globe and is the first FinTech accelerator to receive support from leaders in the financial technology. Startupbootcamp FinTech is running programs in London, Singapore, Mumbai and New York. It is supported by more than 15 Corporate Partners, including Lloyds Banking Group, Rabobank, MasterCard, Intesa SanPaolo, arvato financials, DBS Bank, RHB Bank, CIMB Bank, Thomson Reuters, PwC, Santander, IDA and leading venture capital firms including Route 66 Ventures, IIPL, Jungle Ventures and Pix Vine Capital.

As well as access to Startupbootcamp’s extensive ecosystem of partners and mentors, the ten successful startups will each receive €15,000 and over three months’ free office space.

Other activities include:
FinTech Hackathons:
- Attracting talent to create new innovation in the financial industry and solve challenges in 48 hours
FinTech Lounges:
- Exclu

Startupbootcamp Alumni

SubmitTax is online tax preparation and filing service that aims to simplify the tax process for individuals and businesses. SubmitTax has consistently demonstrated its commitment to offering a seamless and hassle-free tax filing experience. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and a team of experienced tax professionals, the company has revolutionized the way people prepare and submit their taxes.

Director

Founder - Quikkloan I General Partner - AfriGloCal Venture Capital I Strategic Advisor - Knight Ventures Accelerator

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