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Information Technology
Media & Digital Media
Software & Internet
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EchoVC is a seed and early stage technology-focused venture capital fund focused on financing and cross-pollinating leading technologies, teams and business models in Sub-Saharan Africa and North America. Founder, Eghosa Omoigui, is a Silicon Valley-based technology-focused investor. Before Echo, Eghosa was with Intel for nearly 10 years and his last role was as Intel Capital Director, Strategic Investments, Consumer Internet & Semantic Technologies, where he acted as a senior investment professional focused on platform-agnostic consumer web services and digital media-based investment opportunities. The firm targets Consumer Internet, including Smart Graph platforms, apps and services (social/ mobile/ commerce /local /media /entertainment /gaming /OOH); Smart Data (software and services layer: Machine learning; Computer Vision; Predictive Analytics; Search & Discovery); Geo-extensible cross-pollination of technology platforms and business models; Women entrepreneurs; and Underdogs & Black Swans. Average investment size ranges from $25,000 to several million dollars depending on the stage of opportunity and capital needs of the business. The team has over 80 years of experience.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or concept stage) | No Revenue |
Early Stage | Minimal Revenue |
Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
Private Equity | |
Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
Large Cap | >$1B |
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