Webinar: How Do You Fundraise in the Coronavirus Era?
Join DFS Lab on April 28th for the second segment of Sufficient Balance Sessions where we’ll hear from seasoned VCs who invest in African tech. We’ll start with a discussion on fundraising best practices and then address challenges in the current COVID-19 environment. There will be an open Q&A for participants.
Sheel Mohnot is co-founder of Better Tomorrow, a seed stage VC firm investing in fintech companies globally. His own startup experience includes two successful fintech exits – a payments company and a high-stakes auction company, and he is GP of the 500 Startups fintech fund. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his fintech career at the non-profit P2P lender Kiva. Sheel holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS from Carnegie Mellon.
Jenny Johnston is passionate about creating economic empowerment and strong institutions in emerging markets. She is an associate at Flourish VC and works on investment opportunities globally, with a focus on Latin America. She also supports portfolio companies on operational projects and research. From 2016 to 2019, Jenny was an associate at Omidyar Network. Before that, she worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.
This is the second segment in our Sufficient Balance Sessions series designed to facilitate practical discussion with actionable insight for African founders.
We hope to see you there!
Date: April 28
Time: 8am PT, 6pm EAT
Location: Virtual
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
