Past Webinar
Wed, Feb 28 @7pm EAT | 6pm SAST | 5pm WAT
The VC due diligence process is expected to become more robust and potentially longer in 2024. At our next webinar, we speak to VC insiders on how founders can navigate this crucial stage of the investment process.
Come learn about
Managing timelines and expectations
How to prepare for delays and roadblocks
Post-investment: how to leverage DD insights for better ops and relationships
Due Diligence across funding stages and investment types (SAFEs, Convertibles, Straight Equity and Debt)
Speakers
Brian Masondo
Investment Manager
Amanda Etuk
Co-founder
Anthony Obidike
Solicitor
Anthea Hartzenberg
Head of Platform & Community
(Host)
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Anthea Hartzenberg
HEAD OF PLATFORM & COMMUNITY – CatalyzU
Anthea Hartzenberg is a senior growth, communications, and community strategist with 10 years of experience in the African & European startup and tech ecosystems. She formerly headed Engagement at OfferZen, Africa’s largest developer talent marketplace. Anthea scaled OfferZen’s B2B and B2C community strategy and branded merchandise operations from 100,000 developers in South Africa to six additional European markets, including Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and Spain. Prior to OfferZen, she worked as Strategic Communications and Media Relations Manager at JUMO, the leading fintech in Africa at the time, valued at over $400 million.
Brian Masondo
Investment Manager – E-Squared Investments
Amanda Etuk
Co-founder – Messenger
With over 10 years of experience in logistics, supply chain, health, and technology sectors, I am a co-founder at Messenger, a platform that finances and aggregates end-to-end logistics and supply chain operations. I have a master’s degree in global supply chain and logistics management, and I am certified as a supply chain analyst amongst other qualifications.
At Messenger, I define the company’s revenue and operations strategies, brand positioning, and product vision, and I negotiate and secure B2B partnerships with clients across Nigeria.
I also collaborate with executive management teams to develop SOPs, goals, and performance metrics for supply chain operations.
My mission is to optimize last mile logistics one city at a time, and to connect businesses to their customers by enabling efficient deliveries of their goods.
Anthony Obidike
Solicitor – Detail Commercial Solicitors
Anthony is a Corporate attorney, qualified to practice in Nigeria. He provides legal advisory services to companies on the intersection of law, technology, and finance. He is well experienced in Finance, Technology, Private equity and Employment Law.
Before his emergence into full legal practice, Anthony worked in a Fintech Startup where he gained experience in Business Development. This has provided him with a deeper understanding of the multifaceted problems that companies encounter in their daily operations and has better equipped him in the advisory of tech companies.
Anthony’s greatest asset is his creative mind. He believes that there is more than one way to achieve anything and everything is possible. He would choose an opportunity to learn and grow over traditional repetitive tasks.
When he’s not working, you’d catch him singing. For truly, the world is his stage.