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In this episode, Saka talks to Dr Mohammed Nuru about the crossovers between finance, tech and entrepreneurship with medicine.
Dr Mohammed is currently an MD candidate at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, conducting research in the fields of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience.
He shares his knowledge within the field of medicine and how tech and finance is integrated within medicine.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Farhan Ialji about his experience with LTV capital and the building of startup companies.
Farhan is the Founder of LTV Capital who work with founders, venture capital investors, institutional and private investors globally to find the right partnerships, investments and support to build a thriving venture ecosystem that benefits all.
Previously, he was Director in the Venture Partnerships team at Anthemis, exploring venture tech and fund investments. He is also an entrepreneur in residence at King’s College London and a part-time lecturer at London Business School on managing in digital organisations.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Nihil Mehta about how 4 friends started a VC firm from scratch and about how to scale relationships and networks. They also discussed thematic vs opportunistic investing.
Nihal is a Co-Founder at Eniac Ventures and was an Angel Investor at Uber. Early in his career, he honed his ability to spot top entrepreneurial talent by investing in Admob (acquired by Google), Swiftkey (acquired by Microsoft), Tapad (acquired by Telenor), Tala, and Uber, to name a few. Nihal and his wife are now angel investors and LPs in almost 100 underrepresented founders and fund managers.
Nihal is a co-founder of the non-profit “Project Ahimsa,” providing scholarships to disadvantaged youth in India, where his parents immigrated from in the early 1970s. Nihal also recently co-founded initiatives like Help Main Street to help restaurants survive the pandemic, and The 100k Pledge, a social justice tracker of economic empowerment to Black communities
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In this episode, Saka speaks to Ross Haleliuk all about how he leveraged content creation to become an investor
Ross is an experienced operator and product leader at LimaCharlie shaping the future of cybersecurity. He is also the author of the substack, Venture Insecurity where he writes regular blogs talking all things cybersecurity.
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In this episode, Saka speaks to Carlos Pereira about his expertise in the crypto centric side of VC.
Carlos is a Partner at BITKRAFT Ventures based in New York. He generally focuses on crypto-centric opportunities globally, as well as expanding the funds' coverage in LatAm and India.
Prior to joining the team, he worked at Eldridge, investing in private markets with a focus on growth equity and venture capital, especially in media and interactive entertainment.
Originally from Brazil, Carlos is a graduate of the Political Philosophy program at University of Virginia. He is passionate about Jiu Jitsu and games.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Sarah Millar about diversity and inclusion in the VC space.
Sarah is COO of Diversity VC and is director of VPP Operations at OhmConnect. Through her work at Diversity VC, she works with entrepreneurs, investors and universities in order to create an industry that is free from bias.
At Wharton, she held internships with two impact investors in Mexico City (IGNIA and Adobe Capital.) She also served as a consultant for multiple impact organizations, including local and global impact funds and nonprofits.
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Saka’s Is That So? is a podcast that focuses on challenging conventional norms across a range of industries including entrepreneurship, finance, tech, society and culture, to help us question things we assume as true.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Ali Jamal about his origin story starting in VC and the build up to the success of him VC firm, First Check Ventures. He also talks about angel investing, which Ali does on the sidelines.
Ali has more than 10 years experience in various Product and Growth roles at companies like Zynga, RockYou, Agoda, Rappi, and most recently at PayClip (one of LatAm's fastest growing FinTech companies). He is an angel investor who has completed more than 200 deals!
He generally works for early-stage venture-backed portfolio companies of all sizes mainly focused in the Social Gaming, Consumer Internet and Enterprise Software spaces.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Christian Facey about how his successful business venture, Audiomob, started and is running through the use of VC funding and investment.
Christian is currently the CEO and co-founder of AudioMob, the world’s first non-interrupting gaming advertising solution that allows game developers to monetize their audience via audio advertising. AudioMob, is a VC backed company and recently closed $14m in funding at a $110M valuation, with Investors such as LightSpeed Ventures, Makers Fund, Google, Supernode Global and Atomico’s / Sequoia’s angel fund.
As Founder and CEO, he is focused on creating a brand safe, flexible in-game audio ad platform that is proven to significantly elevate engagement for advertisers and revenue for publishers.
In his spare time, he is a hip-hop and jazz producer having taken recent influences from Logic and Jamiroquai, and he has long enjoyed game development.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Darius Dale about currency trends in the world right now, along with his expert advice on institutional-grade macro risk management frameworks and processes.
Darius is the Founder & CEO of 42 Macro, an investment research firm that aims to disrupt the financial services industry. Prior to founding 42 Macro, Darius was a Managing Director and Partner at Hedgeye Risk Management, an independent investment research firm based in Stamford, CT.
Darius spent his entire childhood in and out of homeless shelters with a first-hand view of drug addiction. His humble beginnings have led him to develop a passion for social service that continues to this day as a founding member of Hedgeye Cares, as a junior board member of Domus Kids, and as co-chair of Yale Football’s 4 for 40 mentorship program.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Rachel Ten Bink about her views as a General Partner on current venture capital trends and the ways in which she feels about venture capital whilst offering expert advice and knowledge on her niche of early stage investing and high-growth startups.
Rachel is a General Partner and co-Founder of @redbikecapital, a Latinx and woman-led Venture Capital fund based in New York that invests in early stage, high-growth startups that drive the economy and improve people’s lives. Rachel is a Founder, Investor, Board Member, and Growth Marketing expert. Prior to founding Red Bike Capital, she was Co-Founder and CMO of Scentbird, a Y-Combinator backed ecommerce startup that raised $29MM in venture funding.
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In this episode, Saka talks to award winning LGBTQ+ entrepreneur and strategist Christian Tooley about his take on innovation & systems thinking, business building, and venture capital within his role in driving growth for the Bain Innovation Exchange (BIE) in EMEA.
Christian is an experienced startup advisor, investor, venture scout, & founder of i³ investing for queer entrepreneurs. As an activist, he is passionate about LGBTQ+ rights and intersectionality. Across EMEA, he is evolving the BIE’s ecosystem of corporates, innovators, founders, and VCs, in the startup and venture capital world.
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In this episode, Saka speaks to Sasha Pilch about her expertise in FinTech and her roles in working as a principle for FinCaptial.
Sasha is a principal at FinCaptial Investing, a firm focused on fintech early stage investing. At FinCapital, she will be involved in helping the firm source promising early-stage FinTech Founders and closely collaborating with those entrepreneurs after investment in adding meaningful operating value full lifecycle.
She is also the co-founder of NYC FinTech Women, a community that connects, promotes, and empowers women within the FinTech industry.
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In this episode, Saka chats to Ken Watson about all things business tech and engineering.
Ken is the current CEO of Stockperks, a platform that offers perks, free products, discounts and exclusive experiences to retail shareholders. He is a business technology expert with a career spanning over 25 years across Australia, UK and the US. He is a seasoned CTO running engineering for Ipreo, Lionbridge and WeWork.
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In this episode, Saka speaks with Lolita about her mission to bring community into investing and her drive to explore venture capital in a different way.
Lolita is an early-stage investor that backs community-driven startups in the US & Latin America at Ganas Ventures. She is on a mission to change the narrative about who's an investor, who she invests in, and the types of founders that build unicorns.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Peace about her success in content creation and reaching audiences with her content.
Peace is a Nigerian Youtuber and a T-Shaped Digital Marketing Manager and has successfully worked for agencies and startups. She has built a reputation for herself through her work with several local and international brands, her training programs, and more famously, her YouTube show Founders Connect.
Peace’s is passionate about human capacity development with a focus on equipping young people with the knowledge and skills required for them to leverage employment and entrepreneurship opportunities.
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In this episode, Saka talks with Iynna Halilou about her experiences with early stage investing and offers her advice and expertise on ways to project successful startup pitch decks.
Iynna is currently an MBA candidate at The Wharton School majoring in finance. She has extensive experience in venture capital and tech, having worked at NYC's first and largest early-stage accelerator and seed VC, as well as working at an edtech startup providing STEM education to underrepresented minority students as a way to bridge the racial and socioeconomic gap in tech. Her support towards helping global startups enter the US market is definitely admirable and worth recognition in the VC world.
Originating from Cameroon and Madagascar, Iynna's passion lies within early stage investing and bridging the socioeconomic gap in Africa.
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In this episode, Saka talks to Vincent Sheu about how law effects startups and offers his best advice on the ways to attract investors to startups.
Vincent is a former law and computer science student at Stanford University and is super interested in the intersection between law and policy with entrepreneurship and venture capital startups.
He is also a world champion Rubik's Cube Player known for organising World Cube Association competitions!
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In this episode, Saka talks to Jada Sezer about her journey through finding her own empowerment and becoming an ambassador for female empowerment across social media platforms.
Jada is an advocate for UN Women UK and an angel investor for female founded startup businesses. She began her career as a model and shifted her focus towards tech and finding ways to help others. She has been committed to inspiring positive change physically and digitally to all kinds of people and continues to shine her influence through her platforms.
"I don't want to be a model, I want to be a role model."
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In this episode, Saka speaks to PJ Loury about his work in the tech world, giving useful tips on entrepreneurship & finance.
PJ Loury is currently studying for an MBA at Stanford University and has worked for Uber, Life360 and charitable venture, Helping Hands in software product leading. He has a passion for building mission-driven products that people love and value.
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In this episode, Saka invites McKeever Conwell II to speak about his experience starting his own venture capital fund ‘Rarebreed Ventures’, giving advice to startups, founders and investors whilst reflecting on his own journey.
McKeever Conwell II is a Baltimore-based investor who left tech development agency TEDCO to start his own venture capital fund, Rarebreed Ventures. It is designed to be the first investor backing large companies like TEDCO. He has a wealth of knowledge of the early stages as he has been both an investor and a founder.
McKeever knows what it’s like to be an entrepreneur trying to seek funding, so has lots of useful experience he has shared. His key piece of advice is to remember that the relationship between founders and investors is a partnership.
Saka’s Is That So? is a podcast that focuses on challenging conventional norms across a range of industries including entrepreneurship, finance, tech, society and culture, to help us question things we assume as true.
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