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Investing in Health Tech: People Required

BHI’s recent spate of investments in health tech in East and West Africa aim to empower great people with technology

5 min readJun 29, 2021

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Investing in Health Tech: People Required

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Blue Haven Ventures Welcomes Hari Joy, Senior Associate

Blue Haven Initiative is excited to welcome our new Senior Associate, Hari Joy. Hari will work on Blue Haven’s ventures team, sourcing and…

6 min readDec 2, 2020

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Blue Haven Ventures Welcomes Hari Joy, Senior Associate

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Stop Sending CEOs the Sequoia Black Swan Post

Two weeks ago, this Sequoia post was a little bit ahead of the curve. Kenya hadn’t yet experienced its first confirmed case and the US was…

4 min readMar 17, 2020

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Why We Backed Field Intelligence

2019 was a year to remember, but not because we achieved any particularly heady milestones. No new companies closed, no IPOs. Everything…

4 min readMar 11, 2020

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Why We Backed Field Intelligence

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Lauren

What the ‘Varsity Blues’ Scandal Says (And Doesn’t Say) About Bill McGlashan, the Rise Fund and…

This article first appeared on NextBillion.Net in March 2019.

5 min readJan 13, 2020

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Rethinking the ‘Africa Play’: Why We Held Back from the Africa Investment Frenzy

This article first appeared on NextBillion.net in October 2019.

6 min readJan 13, 2020

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2018 in Review: The Craziness & The Fails

Here’s how we got through the year…

6 min readDec 19, 2018

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2018 in Review: The Craziness & The Fails

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The Typical Day Question

Part II of a Multipart Series

6 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Lauren
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Blue Haven Initiative

How to Get a Job in Impact Investing

Part I of a Multipart Series

5 min readFeb 6, 2018

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Blue Haven Initiative

2017 in Review: As Trump became President and Money Stopped Working

2017 is over. I’m eagerly awaiting the New Year, but grateful for how much this one taught me. I rolled into 2017 fresh off a trip to visit…

5 min readDec 28, 2017

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Lauren

Lauren

Managing Director @_BlueHaven. Tech driven biz models in Africa w/impact + returns. #impinv since 2009, #hoyasaxa & @wharton MBA. Opinions mine!

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