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Black Angel Group (BAG)

VC
Johannesburg, South AfricaWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$10K – $300K

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

A pan-African angel syndicate investing in innovative tech companies solving socio-economic challenges.

Meet the Team

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Jason Scott

General Partner

early-stage venture
startup programs

Jason Scott is the Founding General Partner at FiveTwoFive, a global-focused, early-stage venture fund. Prior to launching FiveTwoFive, Jason was a Partner at ANIM and led Google's startup developer ecosystem, and has been responsible for launching and running startup programs for Google worldwide, including Google's Accelerators for Black-led, women-led and climate-focused companies. Jason is also a co-founder of the Black Angel Group, XA Network | Africa, and Net Zero Angels.

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Bonita Stewart

General Partner

AI-enabled startups
digital transformation

Bonita C. Stewart brings extensive consumer technology and operational experience as her career spans over four decades of digital transformation across multiple industries, including executive roles at IBM, DaimlerChrysler, and two entrepreneurial ventures. Since joining Google in 2006 she has driven adoption of digital technologies within the C-Suite in the US and globally. Currently, Ms. Stewart serves as Board Partner for Gradient Ventures Google's early stage venture capital firm specializing in AI-enabled startups. Most recently she spent the last seven years overseeing partnerships for the largest US publishers across search, news, media/entertainment, commerce, and mobile apps.

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Jackson Georges

General Partner

growth strategies
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives

Jackson Georges is an Operating Partner at CapitalG where he leads the firm’s growth team, which advises their late-stage portfolio companies on strategies that help them scale their business and boost their top-line revenue. Jackson establishes and manages an advisory network of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 executives, subject matter experts across Google and Alphabet and transformational leaders at prominent technology firms to provide tactical and strategic advice to the CapitalG portfolio across all functional areas. Jackson also co-leads CapitalG’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
EdTech

Does Not Invest In

Consumer apps

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

UB

Ubongo

EdTech/Media
AF

Africast

Media SaaS

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