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Eghosa Omoigui - Founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners

Jun 02, 2023•34 min•Ep. 98
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Episode description

Eghosa Omoigui is the founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners. EchoVO is a seed & early-stage technology venture capital firm investing in underrepresented founders and underserved emerging markets.

His investments in the US and India include Betaworks, StackCommerce (acquired), Talkable, Frid.ge (acquired), Sense Networks (acquired), Voxify (acquired), SmartZip (acquired), Yatra (IPO), and BuzzInTown (acquired).

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🕒 Time stamps -

1:55 - Why does he invest in underrespected founders in underserved markets?
4:10 - A brief history of Eghosa's career.
6:35 - What exactly does "unrepresented" mean?
10:52 - The link between what you invest in and how it impacts the wider society
14:20 - How different investments look around the world.
19:48 - So what are the specific challenges
you think you face as a person of colour, trying to raise a fund and as a person of African origin?
27:55 - How how can one change that
fundraising dynamic for African startups?
30:33 - How does Eghosa calculate the "burning need" for a product?
33:01 - Where's the best place for people to find Eghosa online?

🔗 Eghosa Omoigui's links -

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eghosaomoigui/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/EghosaO
Web - https://www.echovc.com/team

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