Thanking our wonderful partner @Naspers for a superb evening. We couldnt have hoped for a better welcome cocktail to the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2018
Watch the highlights of #AAIS2017 - 75 speakers, 20 startups and 80+ investor organizations coming together in Cape Town, South Africa! Thanks @ABANAngels @VC4Africa @SABANnetwork for a great event! https://t.co/kV9fjPSJdr
3 years ago today we met in Helsinki and had a vision to grow angel investment in Africa. @ABANAngels was born.
Today we celebrate friendship, respect and a joint commitment to support African startups for many more years. Happy anniversary my friends!
Video: This was #AAIS2017 the African Angel Investor Summit -https://t.co/VGIBtzO7MP
THANK you to all our partners, speakers and guests for making it a great success! @ABANAngels @VC4Africa @XL_Africa
No silver bullets. @XL_Africa success stories attract new capital to African startup market, feeding VC funds and providing them with better downstream liquidity. Path and exit for Angels to scale up their investments #AAIS2017
"Exits will happen for great companies with real impact in the market. Build an awesome business first, don't start with the goal to exit." Andrea Böhmert @KnifeCap on the 'investing with exits in mind' panel at #AAIS2017
"Using technology as an enabler to old / traditional economy is a great African investment opportunity rather than a pure tech focus, certainly over the next 5-10 years. " Paul Cook from @SilvertreeCap at #AAIS2017
"creating the African Series A market" panel hosted by @SABANnetwork 's @ABCassim Africa needs to be innovative in our model to supporting start ups, mindful of local ecosystems and value chains
Angels bring initial capital & importantly advisory - VCs provide further funding for scale. "Angel investing and VCs have a marriage with pre agreed divorce (exit)" important to be strategic. Lefteris Bibakis @StarttechVC "Catalysing smart capital for Scaleups" Panel #AAIS2017