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Oct 1, 2026

Selma RibicaGUEST
9:51
But by the time I was in London and I was in the middle of the fintech ecosystem, some, like, like you were living there at the time, I believe as well, and active in that fintech ecosystem, I saw the around 2011, 2015, '16, how the African VC ecosystem started picking up, and that enticed me to start in- investing some angel investment both in, uh, Europe and Africa.
Selma RibicaGUEST
10:20
In Europe, I backed, um, very early, one of the most, one of the largest fintechs in Europe, which is Qonto, the largest, uh, uh, French fintech, in fact.
Selma RibicaGUEST
10:30
Um, and then in Africa, I backed companies like Thonder in Egypt, who are doing really well.
Selma RibicaGUEST
10:37
Um, and, and, and with small tickets of personal money.

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Selma RibicaGUEST
31:46
And we were...
Selma RibicaGUEST
31:47
When I say friends and family, this is really our seed investors.
Selma RibicaGUEST
31:51
We raised the first money from people like Steve Anavi, founder of Qonto, who believed in us.
Selma RibicaGUEST
31:58
Tim Schumacher in Germany, who's a serial entrepreneur and today fund manager, and he was like, "Oh, look at these people.

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