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Maryanne Ochola

Managing Director, Endeavor East Africa
Maryanne Ochola

Maryanne is an impact driven professional passionate about entrepreneurship and its impact on job creation and long term economic growth.

She's worked with entrepreneurs across twelve African markets as a commercial banker, impact investment professional and a network builder. Her expertise lies in supporting high-growth companies' access to capital, markets and talent and working on turnaround strategies for SMEs. Maryanne has a deep understanding of the evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem in East Africa and its key actors.

She's also a trained financial journalist passionate about fueling economic growth in Africa through data driven journalism. Maryanne holds an MBA from IE Business School.

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Breakout 2
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11:15 am
Spangler Auditorium

Venture Capital and Studios

Launching and Investing in Early-Stage Ventures - Beyond the Hype and Back to the Basics
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Venture Capital and Studios

$8 billion dollars later, what have we learned in the past decade about the enduring lessons of investing in and building successful early stage companies in Africa? Africa has seen a complete market cycle of boom and bust in the VC ecosystem, its first few exits and IPO, and a flurry of founders and media coverage. This panel features insights from serial founders, early stage VCs and leading accelerators. Expect to hear riveting insights on key questions including - What early stage investors have gotten right and wrong in choosing winners? How founders are getting wiser on choosing investors and achieving PMF? How the ecosystem will evolve as it unlocks new types of capital like venture debt and new models like studios?

America/New_York
Mar 25, 2023 11:15 AM
Spangler Auditorium
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