Stanford University

Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business

Focused on Africa-facing ventures for profit and development Impact.

Carmel, California, United States

LCM manages capital for social impact and attractive financial returns via rapid growth, Africa-facing, early-stage ventures. LoftyInc's 1st Afropreneurs Fund is an evergreen angel fund whose pre-seed portfolio has appreciated 15X, created 1100 jobs and attracted $200M private follow-on capital. The Afropreneurs Fund 2 is a seed-stage VC fund that has returned 3x to investors in 3.5 yrs and is for accredited investors seeking attractive financial returns with development impact. <a href="https://loftyinccapital.vc">https://loftyinccapital.vc</a>
Fund 2 Portfolio includes:
Fintech- Flutterwave <a href="https://flutterwave.com">https://flutterwave.com</a>
InsurTech- Reliance HMO <a href="https://www.reliancehmo.com">https://www.reliancehmo.com</a>
Web2Print- Printivo, <a href="https://printivo.com">https://printivo.com</a>
Energy IoT- Shyft Power Solutions <a href="https://shyftpower.com">https://shyftpower.com</a>
Energy IoT- Fuelmetrics <a href="http://www.fuelmetrics.com.ng/about.html">http://www.fuelmetrics.com.ng/about.html</a>
Digital ID- YouVerify, <a href="https://youverify.co">https://youverify.co</a>

LoftyInc Capital Management

Co-Founder and Principal

LoftyInc is an ecosystem builder, known for launching and managing Afropreneur-led entities since 2009.  <a href="http://www.loftyincltd.biz">http://www.loftyincltd.biz</a>   LoftyInc now has over 35 local staffers operating from offices in Lagos, Ibadan, and Abuja. Its Capital Management team operates from California, Nigeria and Egypt, with deal pipelines of elite Afropreneurs emanated from both local and global tech hubs, corporations and universities. LoftyInc's Wennovation Hub accelerator programs have trained over 7000 thousand and nurtured hundreds of tech-based ventures, creating sustainable youth employment and improving economic opportunities across sectors: edutech, fintech, agtech, energy... <a href="http://www.wennovationhub.org">http://www.wennovationhub.org</a>

Loftyinc Allied Partners, Ltd

Senior Advisor

Strategic guidance, financial advice, networking.
December 2017:
Completed organic certification and facility upgrades for highest quality production of super-food moringa.
Secured firm orders for 40 tons to be delivered in 2018.
Seeking financing to scale production, processing, product development and sales.

RainTree Farms

Director and Investor

Affordable Health Insurance for Nigerians. Investee of LoftyInc Afroprenerus Fund

Reliance HMO

Board Of Directors

AfriCeuticals was developing a branded line of essential drugs for Africa. They were to be manufactured to global standards in India and distributed in East Africa at pricing for middle class consumers. AfriCeuticals would have had anti-counterfeiting protection and been marketed via professional education seminars to private sector health providers.

AfriCeuticals, Inc

Managing Director

Helped launch the MIIS Frontier Market Scouts program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies GSB. Contributed to the strategy, curriculum and placements. This program has grown into the Center Social Impact <a href="http://Learning.http://www.miis.edu/academics/researchcenters/social-impact">Learning.http://www.miis.edu/academics/researchcenters/social-impact</a>

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Advisor and Adjunct Professor

Keiretsu Forum

Chapter Co-founder and Venture Selection Committee

First VC fund run by and for female entrepreneurs.

Texas Womens Venture Fund

Charter Investor

Wholesale Products Broker
Building alliances between suppliers and distributors of botanical products from emerging markets.

MDW Products

Owner

Responsible for day to day management oversight of $200M Budget, 1300 FTEs, $26 M construction project and bond offering, and CEO compensation.

Midland Memorial Hospital

Board of Directors, Vice Chair and Finance Committee Chair

Corp Development advisor during growth from $30M private co to $4Bil NYSE-listed, multinational. Multiple M&A transitions and boom-bust cycles. Created and managed programs that enabled 360 degree communication between executive management and multinational employee base. Goals were to mobilize every level to add strategic value through healthy communication and collaborative problem solving. Established corp intranet, e-news programs, advised executive presentations, managed employee meetings, and facilitated problem resolution. Executive and Board recruitment.

Pioneer Natural Resources Company

Corporate Communications Director and CEO Advisor

Deal origination, due diligence, term negotiations, venture investments, and portfolio management, primarily in medical technologies. Invested in over 20 early stage ventures. Was an early backer of 3 ventures that IPO'd for over $1B: PXD, TDOC and PE.

Marsha Wulff

Marsha Wulff