Constructing Sustainably Diverse Portfolios By Backing Underrepresented Founders
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In this episode, we will hear from Vera Elizabeth Baker, Venture Partner at Jua Fund, about the Jua Fund, her experience as an angel investor with the Atomico Angel Programme, diversity in the European tech ecosystem and lessons for emerging markets such as Bangladesh, barriers that underrepresented founders face in attracting investments, and why it's important to invest in/support more such ventures.  Vera Elizabeth Baker is a Paris-based Venture Partner at Jua Fund. Jua Fund is an early-stage, Pan-African fund that invests capital and community into exceptional founders. She invests in European startups as an Angel Investor for Atomico in the areas of sustainable solutions, future of food, future of work and broadening access to care. She has also built a global community of women of color (and allies) via For Colored Girls Who Tech, a curated weekly newsletter highlighting entrepreneurship and venture capital in the tech ecosystem.
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