Learn Why Deal Flow to African Startups Has Been Growing with Africa: The Big Deal Co-Founder Max Cuvellier S3 Ep.6
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Max is the co-founder of Africa: The Big Deal database and newsletter that tracks and publishes data on deal flow to African startups. He is also Head of Mobile for Development (M4D) at GSMA, which is singularly positioned at the intersection of the mobile ecosystem and the development sector to drive innovation in digital technology to reduce inequalities in our world, enabled by partnerships with forward-thinking donors and a team of 130 passionate professionals. Max joined GSMAin 2012 and held positions within various programs. He initially helped mobile operators and partners design solutions to ensure women in emerging markets do not get left out of the digital economy as part of the Connected Women program. He later headed the Ecosystem Accelerator and M4D Utilities programs which have allocated a combined $22 million in grant funding to 85 ventures in 40+ countries across Africa and Asia; these ventures had since collectively raised $450+ million in additional funding and impacted more than 10 million citizens as of January 2020.
In this episode we discussed:
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- What the data trends from 2021 are signaling. \\n
- What is required to overcome gender bias in the funding ecosystem and improve gender funding parity? \\n
- What to expect in 2022 for African startups. \\n
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