+1. Agreed. But it isn't necessarily "impact" that is the big opening (saying that despite being an impact investor). The opening is questioning the 60+ year old details of the VC business model, and innovating in investment structures. Or in VC-speak, disrupting the VC model.
My innovations are documented in https://www.africaeats.com/berkshire-africa/. Five years in we've already created a 2.5x ROI for our investors, and 100% liquidity. Better than PE/VC returns.
Luni - thanks for sharing the work you've done at Africa Eats. Some familiar names on there (East Africa Foods in particular which I worked with while at Open Road). Opportunities certainly exist, especially when we expand the context globally outside the U.S., and even more so when including emerging markets. More needs to be done in educating the opportunities and learnings from different markets.
+1. Agreed. But it isn't necessarily "impact" that is the big opening (saying that despite being an impact investor). The opening is questioning the 60+ year old details of the VC business model, and innovating in investment structures. Or in VC-speak, disrupting the VC model.
My innovations are documented in https://www.africaeats.com/berkshire-africa/. Five years in we've already created a 2.5x ROI for our investors, and 100% liquidity. Better than PE/VC returns.
https://www.africaeats.com/beating-pe-vc-sp-returns/
Luni - thanks for sharing the work you've done at Africa Eats. Some familiar names on there (East Africa Foods in particular which I worked with while at Open Road). Opportunities certainly exist, especially when we expand the context globally outside the U.S., and even more so when including emerging markets. More needs to be done in educating the opportunities and learnings from different markets.