I founded Musha Ventures over a decade ago to invest in startups across the world, and started my investing career at Index Ventures (as an MBA intern). I’ve now made ~100 investments in ~20 countries, and continue to invest actively all around the world.
As part of this, I run Musha Ventures Africa, with external investors, through a Rolling Fund in case you’d like to learn more and get exposure to early stage technology companies in Africa.
I also often invest together with Sequoia Capital (as a Scout) and with Village Global (as a Network Leader) when I personally invest in a company as well as a network of close friends and co-investors.
I invest in areas that I understand such as crypto, future of work, emerging markets and amazing people.
Learnings
- Why I angel invest: Angel Investing is about relationships, learning, paying it forward and compounding capital, in this order. There are plenty of better ways to compound capital if that is your priority.
- A purposeful career: How angel investing allows me to have a more purposeful career by supporting entrepreneurs and creators all over the world.
- Frameworks for angels: Here are some frameworks and learnings that I’ve used as an angel investor, in case they are helpful to anyone starting out.
- Investment memos: My practice of structuring and writing investment memos.
Africa
- Democratizing access to VC investing: My approach to improving access to VC investing in Africa through my rolling fund with lower fees and minimums.
- Why I invest in Africa: I’m Kenyan and always wanted to play a meaningful part in the adoption of technology in Africa and the impact it can have on economic development in a capital efficient way.
- State of technology entrepreneurship and funding in Kenya: I wrote this summary in 2015 about the entrepreneurship and funding environment when it was more nascent.
For Startups
- Decks and pitching: A collection of helpful resources for creating pitch materials.
- Investor updates: A template as a starting point for investor updates.
- Welcome note: A short note I send to startups when I invest.
Aadil Mamujee 