Today, we're going to talk about maintaining relationships with limited partners. First, I'll define what a limited partner is. An LP, or limited partner, is one of the members of a partnership. It's the contributing members of the pool of capital that venture capital funds have and that they use to exchange equity or…
There are three main ways ingressive capital focuses on competitive advantages or value-add to the founders that we invest in. The first one is access to limited partners or later-stage investors. So as I've mentioned before, in some of the videos, the way that a venture capital fund works, which is what we have,…
Somebody recently asked me, why do you invest in women? 40% of our fund 1 is female founded or co-founded businesses. Why? I said, you don't ask me why I'm investing in men. Why are you asking me why I'm investing in women? It's not about gender. It's about the top performing companies that we…
So the third myth that I need to debunk about venture capital funds is that VCs just keep giving money. Once you raise a first check, they'll indefinitely fund you. The thing that you need to know about this is, fortunately, unfortunately, that's not the case. I say fortunately, because VCs have a…
The second myth debunk is that VC funding is free money. Please, it is not. It's more expensive than debt. It's more expensive than the money from your customers. As a wise woman once said, the founder of SheCluded actually was the first woman to say this, the sweetest money you will ever know…
The startup ecosystem in Africa is at an exciting phase right now with deals and many more activities happening at a pace that is amazing to watch. This is a great time for us here at Ingressive Capital to make investments, backing the next generation of African unicorns, while staying committed to being the most…