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Jesse Sullivan shared thisAllen Taylor, with 50+ unicorns under his belt, is the single best emerging market VC investor I know. So fortunate to build Alter Global alongside him.Jesse Sullivan shared thisAlter Global is growing up! I was super proud to be a part of Alter Global's first-ever AGM earlier this month! Yana Yasevich and team did an incredible job bringing together Alter founders and LPs from 14 different countries for an extraordinary gathering in London. I first met Jesse Sullivan at Stanford University Graduate School of Business nearly 10 years ago, eventually agreeing to be his first board member for a founder-support organization he wanted to launch. Inspired by our work at Endeavor and Endeavor Catalyst, but working with #emergingmarket founders at much earlier stages, Alter has grown up to be a fantastic early-stage VC fund and a wonderful community of good human beings who believe deeply in the idea of venture capital with a higher purpose. With Alter, I love getting to know great founders super early in their journey! I am so proud that many of the guys we've backed early with Alter - including Gaston from Pomelo, Gerry from Clara, Hamza and Saad from Bazaar Technologies, Omair from Abhi (YC S21) and others - have gone on to become Endeavor Entrepreneurs! So much fun to see all you guys in London! Congrats Yana, Jesse, Heba, Fernando and team for an amazing 1st AGM! Already looking forward to the next one!
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Jesse Sullivan shared thisGrateful to be a part of this mission and this team!Jesse Sullivan shared this*That’s a wrap on Alter’s 1st AGM - seven years in the making!* Back in 2018, when Alter was still a non-profit supporting, but not yet investing in, emerging market entrepreneurs, Jesse Sullivan first floated the idea of hosting an AGM. Almost 7 years, 69 investments and 37 portfolio companies later, that vision finally came to life last week when Yana Yasevich, Fernando Caputo, Jesse Sullivan, Heba Abu Ahmed and Allen Taylor hosted a group of 15 portfolio founders, 20 LPs and 15 ecosystem partners together in London. For two days, folks spent time getting to know another (no small feat with people flying in from 14(!) countries across Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and South and Southeast Asia), sharing more about their ventures, exploring (and debating) predictions around emerging market development and more. Thank you Omair Ansari Gaston Irigoyen Hamza Jawaid Ziad Mokhtar Otavio Costa Miranda (Otto) Erick Coser Yele Bademosi and Juan Diego Oliva Heinsen for your amazing fireside chats. Nothing can ever replace learning about your origin stories, learnings, wins and pivots firsthand. Our #1 takeaway - the power of bringing folks together is incredible, infectious and irreplaceable. For anyone that wasn’t able to join us this time, *see you next year* in Dubai? London? San Francisco? São Paulo?
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Jesse Sullivan shared thisHappy to share that I will be judging the SENT Angels Pitch Competition at the SENT Ventures Summit "Build Like the Saints" this September! If you're a Catholic founder or executive leader seeking to build great companies and organizations, I think you'd enjoy the SENT Summit so wanted to share more about it here: sentsummit.live Just a heads up ticket registration deadline is JULY 16TH.
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Jesse Sullivan reposted thisJesse Sullivan reposted thisWe are very excited to share that Pomelo has announced their US$40M Series B led by KASZEK, with participation by monashees, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, and Alter Global. 👏 Pomelo was founded in 2021 out of Buenos Aires to allow fintechs, crypto wallets and embedded finance players to onboard users in a compliant way, power them with a virtual account and issue prepaid, debit and credit cards within a few weeks - making time to market 10x faster than traditional methods. 🚀 Congratulations to Alter founders Gaston Irigoyen, Hernan Corral, Juan Fantoni, and the entire Pomelo team. Full TechCrunch and Forbes Colombia articles in first comment. #ventureboldly #venturecapital #pomelo
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Jesse Sullivan reposted thisJesse Sullivan reposted thisAre you a strategy consultant, product manager, UI or UX designer, engineer, data scientist, or other tech operator looking for your next big challenge? Applications for our Spring 2024 Cohort of Alter Fellows are officially OPEN 🚨 Apply now for the opportunity to spend 6+ months working at one of our high-growth tech ventures in an emerging market around the world. As an Alter Fellow, you will: ⚡ Gain startup experience and learn how to wear many different hats in a rapidly evolving company. 🌎 Be immersed in a new country, culture, and way of life. 🙌 Become part of our community of high-character, ambitious Alter Fellows and global entrepreneurs. 🚀 Enhance your skills and experience that can launch you to the best business schools, companies, start-ups, or VCs post-Fellowship. Ready for your next adventure? Apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSbJUMRw #ventureboldly #workabroad #fellowship #entrepreneurship #nowhiring
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Jesse Sullivan posted thisIn a world that is increasingly hostile to Christians, who is proud to proclaim that your Christian faith is the most important thing in your life?
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Jesse Sullivan shared thisJasmyn has been told that because of her identity (young black female) that she must buy into the dominant cultural narrative being pushed on college campuses and in our media. We need more brave countercultural Christians like her to combat the lies with truth. Grateful to Jasmyn Jordan for her example and her work on our campaign this summer.Jesse Sullivan shared this2022 was the year when I began publicly expressing my conservative beliefs and values for the first time. I joined Iowa Young Americans for Freedom in January and attended their meetings, tabling, flyering, guest speaker lectures, conferences, and other events. I have served as Secretary, Vice-Chairwoman, and now Chairwoman. This intense involvement motivated me to change my field of study to Political Science and International Relations on the Pre-Law Track. Advancing my belief system also inspired me to get involved in political campaigns: -I volunteered on Jesse Sullivan’s campaign for Illinois Governor in the summer -I interned for Scott Preston for Illinois House of Representatives, Chuck Grassley for United States Senate, and Ashley Hinson for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District I have greatly enjoyed and I am very grateful for the amazing opportunities these experiences have given me. I have been able to discover my passions and explore what I would like to do for a future career. Yet, I did not expect to experience doxxing, harassment, and bullying from fellow students and staff members at such extreme levels on my college campus. Even though their attacks are unkind, I choose above all else to listen to God and what He says about me. It is a blessing to constantly have conservative students and leaders remind me of this. I am very thankful that Young America's Foundation has supported me through both the struggles and triumphs of being a conservative activist on a college campus. Here is a video project that has highlighted some of my story, I encourage you to watch and share it with others: https://lnkd.in/gG_Q4nXf I’m ecstatic for what 2023 will bring!
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Jesse Sullivan shared thisJesse Sullivan shared thisA huge congratulations to our portfolio companies for ranking among the 2022 LinkedIn Top Startups in their respective markets: #2 start-up in Argentina (Pomelo), Mexico (Clara) and the Philippines (SariSuki)! Plus #7 in Colombia (Melonn), #10 in Indonesia (Ula) and #13 in Brazil (Azos). The LinkedIn Top Startups Lists spotlight early-stage companies attracting the best talent in their markets. We are incredibly proud and eager to support our portfolio companies as they pave the way for the Argentinian, Mexican, Philippine, Colombian, Brazilian and Indonesian tech ecosystems 🚀 If you're interested in joining a high-growth startup in an emerging market, check out a list of their open positions below: 🇦🇷 Argentina-based (Fintech) Pomelo provides the backend technology and infrastructure to launch and scale fintech businesses: https://lnkd.in/gaxnW3U8 🇲🇽 Mexico-based (Fintech) Clara is the leading LatAm B2B business credit card, payment solution, and expense tracking platform: https://lnkd.in/gn_cJ-pj 🇵🇭 Philippines-based (Social Commerce) Sarisuki is a community selling platform creating on/offline neighborhood grocery stores: https://lnkd.in/gUX72Pjx 🇨🇴 Colombia-based (Logistics) Melonn enables small businesses to scale through its e-commerce fulfillment and inventory management services: https://lnkd.in/ggkA-_dB 🇧🇷 Brazil-based (Insurtech) Azos is democratizing life insurance in Brazil and transforming the industry through better products and an outstanding experience: https://lnkd.in/g7DahYFU 🇮🇩 Indonesia-based (B2B Ecommerce) Ula is a wholesale marketplace aiming to modernize the country's millions of mom-and-pop kiosks by providing inventory, delivery services and financing: https://lnkd.in/gnr22XCv #emergingmarkets #ventureboldly #linkedintopstartups2022 #venturecapital
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Jesse Sullivan shared thisJesse Sullivan shared thisI don’t know how to express my feelings about this day in words. I have been a huge supporter of Jesse Sullivan since he made his announcement to run. I had the pleasure of meeting him before he announced and that was all I needed. If you are interested in a faith led, honest, intelligent, truly conservative governor for IL…THIS IS YOUR CANDIDATE. Today my dream of hosting Jesse in Quincy came true! The icing on the cake was having his incredible wife Monique, her fabulous mother, and the five AMAZING Sullivan kids join as well. We had the best lunch with Jesse and the family at Kelly's Tavern, we spent a great couple of hours hosting a group at Tiramisú, and capped it off with successful Q&A at Quincy Brewing Company! I couldn’t be happier, feel more blessed, or have more hope for Illinois than I do right now. I hope you’ll check out Jesse’s website and see what you’re missing out on if you’re not in his corner. And if you want a yard sign…just send me a message and I’ll deliver it to your door. #SaveIL #EmbarassmentOfRiches
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Jesse Sullivan liked thisJesse Sullivan liked this“If a CEO says they have to have a legacy… sell the stock.” — Jamie Dimon In a culture increasingly focused on personal branding and long-term prestige, this is a sharp counterpoint. The idea that leaders should be thinking about their “legacy” sounds admirable on the surface—but it can also be a distraction. Because in reality, legacy isn’t something that can be engineered. It’s the byproduct of: • Sound decision-making • Consistent execution • Accountability over time Leaders who focus too much on how they’ll be remembered risk losing focus on what actually drives outcomes today. Reputation is built in the present—not in future narratives. And in high-stakes environments, what matters most isn’t the story… it’s the results. #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #Execution #JamieDimon #Management #theaxiosshow
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Jesse Sullivan liked thisJesse Sullivan liked thisAlter Global is growing up! I was super proud to be a part of Alter Global's first-ever AGM earlier this month! Yana Yasevich and team did an incredible job bringing together Alter founders and LPs from 14 different countries for an extraordinary gathering in London. I first met Jesse Sullivan at Stanford University Graduate School of Business nearly 10 years ago, eventually agreeing to be his first board member for a founder-support organization he wanted to launch. Inspired by our work at Endeavor and Endeavor Catalyst, but working with #emergingmarket founders at much earlier stages, Alter has grown up to be a fantastic early-stage VC fund and a wonderful community of good human beings who believe deeply in the idea of venture capital with a higher purpose. With Alter, I love getting to know great founders super early in their journey! I am so proud that many of the guys we've backed early with Alter - including Gaston from Pomelo, Gerry from Clara, Hamza and Saad from Bazaar Technologies, Omair from Abhi (YC S21) and others - have gone on to become Endeavor Entrepreneurs! So much fun to see all you guys in London! Congrats Yana, Jesse, Heba, Fernando and team for an amazing 1st AGM! Already looking forward to the next one!
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Jesse Sullivan liked thisJesse Sullivan liked this*That’s a wrap on Alter’s 1st AGM - seven years in the making!* Back in 2018, when Alter was still a non-profit supporting, but not yet investing in, emerging market entrepreneurs, Jesse Sullivan first floated the idea of hosting an AGM. Almost 7 years, 69 investments and 37 portfolio companies later, that vision finally came to life last week when Yana Yasevich, Fernando Caputo, Jesse Sullivan, Heba Abu Ahmed and Allen Taylor hosted a group of 15 portfolio founders, 20 LPs and 15 ecosystem partners together in London. For two days, folks spent time getting to know another (no small feat with people flying in from 14(!) countries across Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and South and Southeast Asia), sharing more about their ventures, exploring (and debating) predictions around emerging market development and more. Thank you Omair Ansari Gaston Irigoyen Hamza Jawaid Ziad Mokhtar Otavio Costa Miranda (Otto) Erick Coser Yele Bademosi and Juan Diego Oliva Heinsen for your amazing fireside chats. Nothing can ever replace learning about your origin stories, learnings, wins and pivots firsthand. Our #1 takeaway - the power of bringing folks together is incredible, infectious and irreplaceable. For anyone that wasn’t able to join us this time, *see you next year* in Dubai? London? San Francisco? São Paulo?
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Jesse Sullivan liked thisJesse Sullivan liked thisHallow just got kicked out of the App Store in China. Praying for all the Christians in China.
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Jesse Sullivan liked thisJesse Sullivan liked thisEach month we highlight the different tech ecosystems Alter invests in. To kick off this month's series, we'll list three reasons we feel bullish about the startup scene in Brazil. 🇧🇷 1. Rapidly Growing Tech Ecosystem. 2) Exceptional Talent Pool. 3) Favorable Valuation Opportunities. If you're an early-stage founder building a tech venture in Brazil, we want to hear from you. Feel free to reach out to Fernando Caputo, our LATAM investments lead at fernando@alter.global for a chat. #ventureboldly #venturecapital #brazil
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