EP42 Building VC Firms to Success - a conversation with Ali Jamal

Saka's Is That So

English - November 08, 2022 13:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MB
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In this episode, Saka talks to Ali Jamal about his origin story starting in VC and the build up to the success of him VC firm, First Check Ventures. He also talks about angel investing, which Ali does on the sidelines.

Ali has more than 10 years experience in various Product and Growth roles at companies like Zynga, RockYou, Agoda, Rappi, and most recently at PayClip (one of LatAm's fastest growing FinTech companies). He is an angel investor who has completed more than 200 deals!

He generally works for early-stage venture-backed portfolio companies of all sizes mainly focused in the Social Gaming, Consumer Internet and Enterprise Software spaces.

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