UpStartVC Podcast Ep004 - Grégoire de Padirac & Orange Ventures

<em>Hi everyone!</em><br/><br/><em>Welcome to the UpStartVC Podcast, a podcast where we talk to entrepreneurs about the things they’re building and investors about the entrepreneurs they’re backing.</em><br/><br/><em>It is hosted by </em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamohelo-m/"><em>Kamo Motaung</em></a><em> an entrepreneur and BCom Honours Investment Management graduate; and, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryn-munnik/"><em>Daryn Munnik</em></a><em>, a CFA charterholder currently pursuing a Masters in Development Finance, with research and support from Vuyo Mzini.</em><br/><br/><em>Our background research note is in the link at the end. You can also find us on </em><a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-upstartvc-podcast/id1545386794"><em>Apple Podcasts</em></a><em>, </em><a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7xpJPYuZmE5FvCiMVzCGzV?si=jpMS2kFDRPSvbXtd8esn3Q"><em>Spotify</em></a><em>, and </em><a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8yNDAwODcucnNz?sa=X&#38;ved=0CAIQ9sEGahcKEwiAvPmgl9DuAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA"><em>Google Podcasts</em></a><em>.</em><br/><br/>This week we chat to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdepadirac/">Grégoire de Padirac</a> of <a target="_blank" href="https://ventures.orange.com/">Orange Ventures</a> on corporate VC fund structures, investing during COVID-19, and hear his thoughts on what founders should consider when raising financing in Africa. <br/><br/>Grégoire is a VC principal at Orange and is currently based in Senegal. <br/><br/>Orange Ventures is a venture fund of Orange group with €350m under management, investing in areas of Orange expertise and beyond, financing startups with the ambition to imagine, design, and develop innovative solutions, disruptive technologies, and business models of tomorrow <br/><br/>The themes we discuss are:<br/><br/>Grégoire’s journey to breaking into VC.<br/><br/>What a typi