#081 Alina Truhina: From refugee to global citizen and impact VC, The Radical Fund
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In this episode we are speaking to Alina Truhina, CEO and Managing Partner of The Radical Fund,  an early-stage VC fund investing in founders who are delivering climate resilience for Southeast Asia. Alina is also the Co-Founder of Founders Factory Africa, the pan-African venture studio and VC Fund, where she raised over US$140million from LPs and investors. Before that she helped scale over 76 tech ventures in 9 countries across East Africa and South Asia. And spent seven years at the World Bank. We talk about the inclusive climate transition and the unfair advantage of Silicon Valley, the importance of mitigation and adaptation ventures, what it means to be radical and the importance of relearning.  Okay, it’s time to live wide awake.  Stay connected with Alina: Website: https://www.theradicalfund.com/  Social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alinatruhina/  Stay connected & support the show Instagram: http://instagram.com/livewideawake  Support: If you enjoyed the show do consider making a contribution so we can keep having conscious conversations - https://www.patreon.com/livewideawake Reach out: [email protected]
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