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Who attends a Scale Up Program? Who is it for, Jen Braswell asked me yesterday. Well, 4.000+ participants to date. Here are the 14+1 groups we have seen in Scale Up! programs to date. Super excited to share this, as we expand Scale Up! into MENA, Africa and APAC. Let me hear your thoughts here, Scott Newton, Enrico Maset, Sanjana R. Mohammed Al Rasbi, Suhail Algosaibi, Wan Fadzil Adlan Wan Sidik, Vishal Shah, Rumbi Makanga, Stuart Morley, Michael Badham, Nir Melamud, Marcus Hølland Eikeland, Jen Braswell, Chandni Hirani, Christine Sedky, Abeer Khattab, Ahmed Hazem Dakroury, Kristianne Paasche, Fabrice Boullé, Maelis Carraro, Sydney Thiam,Steve Vey, David Rabinowitz and many, many more. #ScaleUp #StraegyTools #StrategySims Coming soon...... Scale Up Africa Rising!

🏆 It will be hard to get back to the everyday routine after 3 days of intensive #FundMngt training full of learning, working, negotiating, planning and networking, but the participants of this Strategy Tools' piece of masterclass will for sure bring a new value to their ecosystem roles! 🎲 The simulation and gamification may just be the trigger for new, amazing inititatives in the #WesternBalkans realm of innovation, startups and investment! 🚀 And EBRD #StarVenture will be there to recognize it and support it! 🙏 Big thanks again to the best team of Christian Rangen, Scott Newton and Ljubisa Petrovic, as well as to our donors #Luxembourg and #EU for making this happen!

📢 Calling start-up and innovation ecosystem representatives, business angels, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts from the #WesternBalkans to join us at the #FundManagerTraining in #Belgrade this autumn! 📆 From September 30 to October 2, 2025, this unique Training & #Masterclass2025 focused on the region will be delivered by Strategy Tools, a global strategy tech platform, and implemented within EBRD #StarVenture #donorfunded Programme. 🌍 We are offering a unique tailored experience for all those looking to enhance their expertise in the field of #VentureCapital and gain practical insights from world class experts (Christian Rangen, Scott Newton, Ljubisa Petrovic and others) and network with like-minded individuals and industry leaders. 📝 #Application: Send your CV in English to Dejan Tonic, [email protected] no later than August 25, 2025 COB. Please, feel free to reach out if you need any additional information.

How do you reframe the future? The weather could not have been any better as a backdrop for an invigorating weekend at London Business School and the sixty year anniversary celebration topped off by the "Festival of Minds" on Regent's Park. Innovative discussions including "The Language of Strategy," followed with "Succession: How to leave a legacy without the drama," and "How to Stay Sane and Thrive in Turbulent Times," together with passionate deliberations on Sustainability and Data Centres, Judgement, and what comes next for business and society in terms of AI were both innovative and "philosophically ambitious." Will our transition to the future be Orderly or Disorderly, and what can we do to change the trajectory and improve what comes next for everyone? It was amazing to meet up once again with so many thoughtful leaders from around the world, and to be introduced to new amazing diverse people from every corner of the globe. A special thanks to John Dore, Sam Tucker, Ioannis Ioannou, Sir Andrew Likierman, and everyone involved in making this such a special and successful event. #WhyILoveLBS and #alwaysbelearning! Strategy is Mastery. What are you most looking forward to for your next big learning opportunity? Photo: London Business School, Festival of Minds, on Regent's Park, June 15th 2025

Scaling Up In MENA, part two. Read how the four founders at Leo Bank are navigating the transition from seed to Series A, a leap only 10% - 15% of all founders make. See how they structured their investment process to recieve multiple, competing term sheets from top investors in the region, and see how they cracked hyperscale growth by using a stack of AI tools. Read also part one, and stay tuned for part three; Series C,D and exit. All part of our pre-launch work for Scale Up MENA!, launching in August 2025. #Startup #ScaleUp #MENA #Scaling

¿Qué harías si te entregaran USD 97 millones y cuatro años para multiplicarlos por 34? Hace unos días tuve la fortuna de participar en una simulación de Fund Management sumamente inmersiva. Quiero compartir un fragmento de la experiencia: 🚀 Todos miran el cohete despegando (la startup) y aplauden… pero casi nadie repara en la plataforma de lanzamiento que lo impulsó a la estratosfera. Ese “Launchpad” se llama 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨́𝐧. 💥El fondo de inversión, muchas veces, no entendido, depende de una tesis de inversión. Una gran tesis de inversión no es un PDF; es un faro que ilumina dónde poner—y dónde no poner—el capital. Gracias a la guía quirúrgica de Glenn Tjon y Stuart Morley en la simulación de Strategy Tools, nuestro equipo pasó de ideas dispersas a un manifiesto cristalino listos para escalar globalmente desde LATAM. Estos fondos de inversión necesitan capturar LP's (Limited Partners) o inversionistas, necesitan tambien hacer decenas de pitch. Sin pitch, no hay fondos de los LP's, sin preguntas complicadas, no hay éxito: 🤔¿Por qué tú y no otro? 🤔¿Cómo ganarás incluso cuando el mercado pierda? 🤔¿Qué te quita el sueño… y por qué debería importarme? El dinero fluyó cuando demostramos convicción, no PowerPoints. 𝐋𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚́ (𝐲 𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨́𝐧) 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐚: 🔦 𝐋𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐨; la otra mitad es el ecosistema: inversionistas que entienden riesgo, reguladores que habilitan y talento que se atreve. 💵 Capital sin criterio es pólvora mojada; criterio sin capital, un sueño caro. 🔭 Innovación rentable es la nueva diplomacia económica.―Y Panamá, como hub de servicios y logística, está en la primera fila para escribir la siguiente gran historia de venture capital en LATAM. Gracias Guillermo Malo de Molina, Innovation Smart District, Instituto para la Aceleración de la Inteligencia Artificial y a Quijano & Associates por hacer que las cosas pasen. Un placer haber compartido esta jornada con cracks como, Karin Sempf, Thelly Mapp, Zaidée Palma Nazar, Rolando A. Gittens, Roberto Sierra Eleta, Daniela Simons Arango, Eduardo Caballero, JUAN PABLO ROSERO ROMAN, Andres B., Emanuel B. , Emily Ho y Ray D. Harari #VentureCapital #FundManagement #Startups #Panamá #Innovation #StrategyTools #Storytelling #AlexMarroquin

Hey, hey!! Fund Manager! is going to Mauritius. We are delighted to pre-announce the upcoming VC Fund Manager Masterclass, taking place in Mauritius in late October this year. Venture capital, and developing venture capital ecosystems requires us to bring together GPs, LPs, regulators, allocators, family offices, local talent, banks, governments and associations to develop the trust, foundation - and action plans - for developing and strengthening the VC ecosystem. Mauritius serves as a financial hub for large parts of Africa, it has the community, the local expertise, it has the access, and like most VC ecosystems around the world, it needs to continue to grow, strengthen and show that investing into the venture capital asset class can be a source of great returns, measured in net DPI, not just in fancy IRR. Hot deals like Moove, Flutterwave & OPay are paving the way for a wave of future liquidity events. Of course, later stage investors need to have the strategy, playbook and expertise to bring these deals from private market assets to liquid returns, a.k.a 'what's your exit strategy'. To date, VC Fund Manager Masterclass has been delivered in places like:  🌆 Dubai 🐪 Egypt 🫖 London  🦓 South Africa 🍜 Singapore ⛰️ Scandinavia  🍺 Germany  🏙️ Toronto 🏖️ Panama  🚠 Switzerland  🎇 Western Balkans  Now..…. first time in Mauritius…. thanks to Fabrice Boullé & partners! Pack your bags Scott Newton, we got work to do! Elisabeth (Iren) Øvstebø, Jolene Foo-Hodne. Want to learn more? Register here. https://lnkd.in/dVHecMwW Strategy Tools Strategy Sims #VC #Ecosystem #Africa #Masterclass #ComingSoon