Equity Merchants

Equity Merchants dives deep into various issues around investing in African startups. We’ll cover topics such as conducting due diligence, employee stock options, and valuation. If you’re looking to understand venture capital from an African ...more

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May 31, 2023 00:50:40
Building local startup ecosystems: Insights from Susana Garcia-Robles on stimulating local venture capital investments 

Building local startup ecosystems: Insights from Susana Garcia-Robles on stimulating local venture capital investments 

Our guest on the podcast today is Susana Garcia-Robles. Before joining Capria Ventures as a senior partner in 2021, Susana spent more than 15...

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May 16, 2023 00:33:54
How startup founders can make venture capital work for them — Ikpeme Neto, Founder and CEO, WellaHealth.

How startup founders can make venture capital work for them — Ikpeme Neto, Founder and CEO, WellaHealth.

Dr Ikpeme Neto founded WellaHealth in 2014. The startup helps Africans get affordable healthcare coverage for illnesses like malaria. Since its inception, the startup...

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May 04, 2023 00:47:28
How to pick the right investors for your startup — Victor Kareem, Executive Director, Lagos Angel Network

How to pick the right investors for your startup — Victor Kareem, Executive Director, Lagos Angel Network

In 2022, Victor Kareem joined Lagos Angel Network as its Executive Director. Before then, he had worked as an investment banker and venture capitalist....

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April 19, 2023 00:25:58
Accion Venture Lab's Amee Parbhoo on how to improve a startup's chances of raising money and how to identify a good investor

Accion Venture Lab's Amee Parbhoo on how to improve a startup's chances of raising money and how to identify a good investor

In this episode of Equity Merchants, I spoke to Amee Parbhoo, the Managing Partner at Accion Venture Lab to get her story and some...

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April 05, 2023 00:41:14
Expert Dojo's Ajani Windsor-Areago on how investors in Africa think about exits and the importance of storytelling in the fundraising process.

Expert Dojo's Ajani Windsor-Areago on how investors in Africa think about exits and the importance of storytelling in the fundraising process.

Many startups fail to reach the Series A round and Expert Dojo, a venture capita firm based in helps its founders with growth strategies...

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March 09, 2023 00:20:36
Miishe Addy on raising capital as an under-represented founder, identifying the right investors, and creating FOMO while fundraising.

Miishe Addy on raising capital as an under-represented founder, identifying the right investors, and creating FOMO while fundraising.

In January 2023, Jetstream raised more than $10 million in a pre-Series A round. Jetstream provides a single platform for African businesses to handle...

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