WEAV Capital

E4E (“Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs”) specializes in supporting early stage ventures in South Africa from very early stage (pre-series A) to scale up. We focus on smart entrepreneurs and business ideas that are great businesses and make a significant contribution to a better (South) Africa. WHO IS E4E? An entrepreneur-centric Venture Capital Fund of experienced entrepreneurs, aligned mentors and investors that reinvest their knowledge and wealth in a next generation of entrepreneurs, to create thriving businesses and impact at scale. OUR VISION Great and diverse entrepreneurs supported by experienced entrepreneurs and business leaders, working on growth and innovation in key economic sectors that will drive prosperity in (South) Africa.

EXPERT DOJO IS THE MOST ACTIVE INTERNATIONAL EARLY-STAGE STARTUP ACCELERATOR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE INVEST $100,000 IN EACH OF OUR STARTUPS AND HELP THEM GET TRACTION AND SCALE FASTER THAN THEY COULD EVER DO BY THEMSELVES. Since 2018, we have invested in over 220 startups to accelerate their growth. What makes us special is our focus on building visionary companies. We typically invest in pre-seed and seed stage startups that have a product, a go to market strategy and a potential for high growth. Most of our startups are minority and female founded technology companies. However, we remain industry agnostic and invest in founders from all over the world and from diverse backgrounds. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are important pillars of our community and we strive to improve in every aspect of our organization. Out of our 105 investments, 41% are into female founded/led companies. We rank higher in comparison to the top accelerators in the US, with an average of only 18.8% of their investments being into female founded/led startups.

We invest in companies with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a favorable financial return. The goal is to have at least 50% of female-founded projects in our portfolio.

Aduna Capital is a visionary investment firm dedicated to unlocking the transformative potential of African startups. Our mission Our mission is to empower the next generation of African innovators by providing them with the capital, guidance, and network they need to succeed. We focus on early-stage, tech-enabled startups with the potential to scale and bring about positive change. Our vision At Aduna Capital, we envision a thriving African entrepreneurial ecosystem where innovative startups have the resources they need to scale and impact the global market. We believe in the transformative power of technology and entrepreneurship to drive economic growth and improve lives across the continent. Unlocking the transformative potential of African startups through visionary investmentsInnovation: Championing cutting-edge solutions. Integrity: Upholding transparency and ethical investment practices. Impact: Committing to long-term, sustainable development. Inclusivity: Ensuring diverse representation and equitable opportunities.

The Bangladesh Women Investors’ Network (BWIN), started as a sister chapter of Bangladesh Angels Network (BAN), is the pioneering network of women business angels in the country. Why We ExistIn 2020, globally only 9% of all funds deployed to technology startups went to founding teams that included at least one woman. Solo woman founders and all-women teams raised just 2% of all VC dollars, according to Tech Crunch. Venture capital targeting women-owned businesses is virtually nonexistent in South Asia, including Bangladesh, according to a 2018 report by the Asian Development Bank and the Asia Foundation. There is a business case for supporting and investing in more women-led startups; research shows that investment in women-founded startups performs 63% better than exclusively male-founded startups. Bangladesh bottom-ranked among 58 economies in the MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) 2020, meaning it is one of the toughest places for women entrepreneurs The Bottom Line There is a business case to having more women founders and women investors within an ecosystem and applying a gender-lens approach to investment decisions. When women become business angels they invest in sectors that have often been overlooked by male business angels, and they tend to invest in women-led ventures. The result? A more diverse equity investor pool that helps to ensure great ideas get the funding they deserve. Our Approach With an aim to fill the early-stage financing gap and provide advisory support to women-led and women-focused startups, the network engages in multiple activities towards this end. Our members include a blend of individual investors, family offices, corporate and global investors. The network looks to invest in deals between the range of $50,000 to $250,000 across all sectors. In addition to funding, the network will also provide high-quality mentoring and access to networks and strategic support to its portfolio and pipeline companies. Investors Invest in some of the most promising enterprises in Bangladesh and get in at the ground floor of their growth Access to highly curated deal-flow across sector Invest alongside industry leaders Post investment portfolio monitoring support Curated curriculum to master the black box of startup investing and other asset classes Entrepreneurs We help women-led and women-focused startups & rising enterprises accelerate their growth with our decades of experience Customized pre-investment support before you pitch to investors Connect to local & global investors Mentorship and market development

We want to build together an innovative, sustainable and inclusive economy through the leverage of private investment conveyed with medium to long term payback prospects. What we believe inWealth can generate more wealth, if invested in responsible entrepreneurs: The accountability of the business that acts in the best interests of all the stakeholders who are drawn to it, develops value over the medium and long terms, and turns out to be a superior investment. Sustainable innovation: We give access to innovative investments that will shape our future economy: we give priority to those who have already embarked on a path of medium-long term economic, social and environmental sustainability, also to reduce risk and acquire greater prospective value Simplicity, Clarity and Transparency: We utilize technology to streamline procedures and provide a seamless, delightful user experience. Even the most complicated documents are made simple to read and comprehend in order to promote wise and informed investment. Through the online platform and special meetings set up by our Investment Managers, all the pertinent information concerning the potential investment is made available. Empowerment and Training: Offering everyone the resources they need to learn about the industry and its quirks will make venture capital investments more accessible. As a result, education is a key pillar for fostering growth in people as well as the ecosystem as a whole. We are a Benefit Company Since its inception, Doorway has decided to be a Benefit Company, that is, a company that places the goals of profit alongside those of value creation and common benefit. How? By conveying venture capital in the service of the birth and development of innovative and sustainable enterprises that can bring positive effects to society. Every day Doorway strives to create real impact by contributing to some of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through its business activities. SDG 4: Quality education - Through the financial education activities carried out during the year and the training initiatives for investors and founders. SDG 5: Gender equality - Doorway promotes the culture of innovation and wants to support successful founders, especially of the female gender, who usually find it more difficult to raise capital. SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth - Through fundraising, Doorway supports those companies that want to grow and expand in Italy and abroad, creating wealth and jobs, especially for young people. Often the investment rounds are used precisely to structure teams and hire new resources. SDG 9: Innovation - Doorway sees the innovation ecosystem as a key driver of economic growth and wants to help it develop in Italy and Europe. We are signatories of the PRI By subscribing to the PRI, the Principles of Responsible Investment, Doorway confirms its ongoing focus on sustainability issues, being part of the international network of more than 4,000 signatory management companies and investors, managing more than $121 trillion in AUM. The initiative, launched in 2006 in New York by the United Nations, aims to establish links between investment and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and help signatories include these issues in their investment and shareholding decisions.