GFA Attract Series (VC Edition): Interview With Rob Eloff, Lateral Capital
In this episode of GFA-Attract, Debo discussed with South African born Rob Eloff the co-Founder&managing partner at Lateral Capital, a mission driven venture fund investing in early stage opportunities in Sub-saharan Africa to bridge the gap between capital and opportunities.
In this episode, you will learn about:
- Whether private Equity and Venture capital are right for Africa.
- The answer to the big debate about diversity and opportunities in Africa
- How to understand the rules of the game and, be able to translate them to the local environments.
- How investor bias is preventing investors from interpreting the market properly and becoming successful.
- The story behind how Lateral capital was formed.
- Why Private Equity in Africa are chasing only 1% in income and, how investors can tap into the other 99% of the market.
- The “interesting problem” that should be solved in Private Equity and Venture Capital (VC’s) in Africa.
- The investments’ Lateral Capital has made and the lessons he learnt from them.
- Why African Banks are great customers for investors.
- How to draw a 100-day plan to get to the growth protectory forecasted.
About GFA Attract
GFA attract which is mainly aired on YouTube and distributed to thousands around the world.
On this segment we feature individuals who work for venture capital companies and who are also entrepreneurs, our main aim is to spread the successful “African business story”
Check out our previous interviews on GFA Attract VC edition
Yassine Oussaifi – Venture Capital Partner at AfricInvest Group ($1.5 Billion invested in Africa )
Kennedy Mubita – SC Ventures the venture capital arm of Standard Chartered Bank. SC Ventures is a $100 million fund focused on FinTech investments.
Simon Tkachenko – Modus Capital, a New-York based Venture Capital Principal at Modus Capital. Modus Capital is a $75 million fund focused on North Africa and the Middle East
Check out our pervious interview on GFA Attract Entrepreneurs edition
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