John Schippers

Part-time explorer, full-time human | VC | Emerging Markets🇿🇦 🌍

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@rcjay @CapnT2 330ml now 🙈

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@CapnT2 @rcjay Offside man 😅😅

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

Excited for @Invenfin to be backing the team of amazing 🇿🇦 skincare brand @lelive_africa as it accelerates its global expansion 🌍🚀

https://t.co/rqM460clST

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

Looking forward to see @OfferZen build. What a great team! Very excited to be part of this journey with you 🚀

[Invenfin @Invenfin]

We're proud to back the team at @OfferZen, a leading job marketplace, as it looks to scale its business in South Africa and beyond! From startups to enterprises, if you're looking for the best way to hire the top software developers, OfferZen is it 👩‍💻🚀

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@DouglasJan9 Boland👊🏽👏🏽

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

Attended @unisa’s graduation ceremony this morning. 200+ new teachers…grads that qualified through covid, load shedding & a failing school system. South Africans achieve results against massive odds…we are not mediocre people. We don’t deserve mediocre leaders.

[Theo van den Berg @the_o]

Great Forbes cover on @boltapp founder @villigm. Super proud to be their 1st and only African investor @Invenfin ⚡️🚀 https://t.co/gTHD5D40pi

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

Great for Venture Capital in the Consumer Industry👏🚀
Massive value is created when there is a clear route for profitable operations to scale and become profitable businesses 👜👓

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The 4 biggest French companies are all fashion brands.

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@Richards_Karin check out https://t.co/vyjZH6Gaf3 - Finds new and also used books, incl. those that are out of print.

[Stuart Gast @StuGast]

⁦@Invenfin⁩ is a proud investor partner in DC Foods, producer of Island Way Sorbet, which gets a great inclusion in this US article. 💪💪💪
11 Best Grocery Store Sorbets, Ranked https://t.co/6U5e4wqw6K

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

Very interesting analysis by @AswathDamodaran on applying equity risk premiums (ERPs) to account for country risk when performing valuations.

[Aswath Damodaran @AswathDamodaran]

The country ERPs that emerge from this approach have their weaknesses (an over-dependence on ratings & default spreads), but notwithstanding those flaws, you can see that the price of taking on risk varies widely across the globe. https://t.co/DKVOT2rg4z

[CB Insights @CBinsights]

Proliferating super apps. Immortality-as-a-service. The rise of consumer robots. Smell goes digital. Here are the top tech trends poised to reshape industries in 2023. https://t.co/iLgNZmSs9T

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

What a success story for South African consumer brands! Kudos to the @FieldbarCompany and Lee on their brilliant execution. I���m excited that @Invenfin has partnered with you on this journey!
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https://t.co/4QNnWWbqVX

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@CapnT2 😄

[Invenfin @Invenfin]

Fantastic to partner with the @Moneyfellows team on their mission to make saving, borrowing and other services available to all 🇪🇬🚀

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@alecha_s 😂

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@ThuliMadonsela3 Brilliant! Thank you for the talk yesterday, Prof. It was great meeting you. Your comment about the photograph that no one notices left a deep impression on me! Have a good evening ✨

[Stuart Gast @StuGast]

Pleased to see ⁦@wyzetalk closing this key partnership. ⁦@Invenfin⁩ is a proud investor partner. ⁦@gysbertkappers⁩

Vodacom Business Announces a Partnership with Wyzetalk - TechAfrica News https://t.co/8DB7F46xoN

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@FrancoisSchipp @alecha_s As jy lag is jy sag…dink jy dis die SA onnie in jou wat USA kinders intmideer?

[John Schippers @JohnSchipp]

@MaanoMadima Definitely! I imagine that the speed of news delivery via today’s media mediums, is allowing us to feel what it must have been like to be a fly on Ross Johnson’s wall! Enjoy the race tomorrow 🏎