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Congratulations to all of us at White Hibiscus Capital as we celebrate a successful completion of Founder Institute VCLab cohort 3, the Venture Capital Acceleration program (fi.co/vc). It was a very vigorous and challenging 4 months program. We stated as over 2,000 VC firms that applied, 200 firms were selected and 50 firms graduated. The experience was a one-in-a-million …

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To address the challenge of access to finance and capital stimulus for small and medium-sized businesses, Sycamore.ng  unveiled a product that will provide secured loans to individuals, micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSME’s), among others. The promoters said the product; Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform is formulated to bring about financial freedom to its customers by connecting individuals …

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In 2020, the Founder Institute launched ‘VC Lab’ to help new fund managers launch venture firms across the globe. Here are some stats after one year into this journey: – 75 venture funds launched– Over $100m+ raised from LPs– Average time to first close is 5 months– 57% of participants did not have prior VC …

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Rachel Sheppard, is the director of global marketing at global pre-seed accelerator Founder Institute, and co-founder of the Female Founder Initiative, a program launched in 2016 as a means of offering support, funding, and visibility to female founders.  Hiring in the US has slowed sharply over recent months despite good progress being made in the country’s economic recovery. …

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