Shifting Capital with Jessica Espinoza
Shifting Capital is an international podcast featuring innovative female fund managers, impact-driven entrepreneurs and courageous capital providers from around the world. Hosted by Jessica Espinoza and her edtech venture XOCO, Shifting Capital is about game-changing investment strategies and audacious entrepreneurs driving impact at scale.
Episodes
9 episodes
Shifting Capital with Nonkululeko Komanyane and Thandeka Xaba, Digital Africa Ventures, South Africa
Nonkululeko Komanyane and Thandeka Xaba launched Digital Africa Ventures to bridge the funding and support gap for early stage tech entrepreneurs. In this episode, they speak about their journey with Digital Africa Ventures as one of the very f...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:35
Shifting Capital with Jenny Atout Ahlzén, Amam Ventures, Jordan
Jenny Atout Ahlzén is a Co-Founder and Partner at Amam Ventures in Jordan, an impact fund investing with a gender lens in businesses that are committed to diversity and inclusion. In this episode, Jenny talks about what inspired her to co-estab...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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47:02
Shifting Capital with Evelyne Dioh Simpa, WIC Capital, Senegal
Evelyne Dioh Simpa is Managing Director of WIC Capital, the first investment fund to exclusively target women-led early stage businesses in West Africa. The fund was set up in 2019 by the Women’s Investment Club Senegal, a group of more than 80...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:08
Shifting Capital with Anna Raptis, Amplifica Capital, Mexico
This episode takes us to the Venture Capital space in Latin America & the Caribbean. Anna Raptis is Founder & Managing Partner of Amplifica Capital, a VC fund with the goal of diversifying the investor base by actively increasing the pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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41:51
Shifting Capital with Sam Pokroy, Sanari Capital, South Africa
Samantha Pokroy is Founder & CEO of Sanari Capital in South Africa, a private equity firm investing in growth companies emanating from Africa with regional and global scalability and exposure. Sanari Capital is majority women-led, and ma...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:05:31
Shifting Capital with Andia Chakava, Graça Machel Trust, Kenya
Andia Chakava is a global thought leader in gender lens investing and Investment Director at the Graça Machel Trust. She was one of the first female fund managers on the continent and the youngest woman in Kenya to rise to the top of a multinat...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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56:38
Shifting Capital with Cathy Goddard, FyreFem, South Africa
Cathy Goddard is the CEO and Founding Partner of FyreFem, a South African-based women-owned private equity and debt fund. FyreFem is currently fundraising for Firebird Revitalisation Fund, an SME focused fund with a unique gender lens strategy....
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:10
Shifting Capital with Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi, i2i Ventures, Pakistan
Kalsoom Lakhani and Misbah Naqvi are Co-Founders and General Partners at i2i Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology-enabled startups solving big problems in Pakistan. Both have worked with startups in Pakistan f...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:18
Shifting Capital with Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Aruwa Capital, Nigeria
Season 1 kicks off with Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes, Founder and Managing Partner of Aruwa Capital in Nigeria, celebrated as one of the Top 35 Women Moving Africa Forward for her commitment to advancing gender equality in private equity.As one...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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