Kanyi Maqubela
| Kanyi Maqubela | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 24, 1985 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 🏡 Residence | New York City |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Stanford University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Blogging, venture capital |
| 👪 Relatives | Temba Maqubela |
Kanyi Maqubela (born May 24, 1985) is an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger. Maqubela is an investment partner at Collaborative Fund, a New York City-based venture capital firm with investments in companies such as Lyft, AltSchool, Impossible Foods, Modern Meadow, and Blue Bottle Coffee Company.
Career[edit]
Maqubela began his career as an early employee at Doostang. He worked at Doostang from 2006 to 2008.[1] After working in Nevada on the field staff for Obama for America, Maqubela joined One Block Off the Grid, where he was field director.[2]
In 2011 Maqubela joined Collaborative Fund as an entrepreneur-in-residence, which was established to invest in for-good technology venture capital companies by Craig Shapiro.[citation needed] Based in New York City, it grew into an investment fund that has $125 million under management across over 50 investments. [3] Maqubela serves as board observer or director for Buffer (application), Hopscotch (programming language), Camino Financial, and True Link Financial.[1] He spoke at the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative on social entrepreneurship and impact investing,[4] and blogs regularly on matters of investing, impact, and technology.
Since 2016, Maqubela has served as an adjunct instructor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, through the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in entrepreneurship. [5]
Writing[edit]
Maqubela has been a contributor to a number of publications on matters of technology and investing, including The Atlantic,[6] Harvard Business Review,[7] and Fast Company[8]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kanyi Maqubela". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ Kanyi Maqubela. "Kanyi Maqubela, Collaborative Fund: Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "Investments · Collaborative Fund". Collaborativefund.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "2015 Annual Meeting Webcasts - Day 2". Clinton Foundation. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "Kanyi Maqubela". Tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "All Stories by Kanyi Maqubela". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "Harvard business Review". Hbr.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "Kanyi Maqubela | Co.Exist | ideas + impact". Fastcoexist.com. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
References[edit]
- Nocera,Joe. Silicon Valley's Mirror Effect. New York Times, December 26, 2014
- McCorvey,JJ. Just Being Who We Are Is Extremely Risky: An Honest Conversation On Race in Silicon Valley. Fast Company December 6, 2013.
- Walker, Rob Panel Discussion New York Times April 3, 2009
- O'Connell, Ainsley [1]. Fast Company April 26, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Collaborative Fund
- Musings – Kanyi Maqubela's blog.
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