Sep 18, 2026 · 9 min · 8 segments
Season 07 of Startup Pass-port by Frontwalker continues with Episode 32 – Meron Mekonnen, Investment Associate at LUMO Labs. Meron Mekonnen discusses what investors look for in a short startup pitch…
Meron MekonnenGuestPaulHostAnd, well, about yourself, you initially studied law, if I'm not mistaken, and now, well, you went into impact investing, to put it in broad terms.
So how did that go about?
Well, if you have asked me a couple of years back whether I would be in finance, I would have said, yeah, that's absolutely not.
I realized that wasn't the type of impact or journey I wanted to head forward.
But thankfully, they were setting up an impact fund that was introduced there.
While they also joined an American fund called VU Venture Partners, they were early investor in the big name.
And, well, about yourself, you initially studied law, if I'm not mistaken, and now, well, you went into impact investing, to put it in broad terms.
So how did that go about?
Well, if you have asked me a couple of years back whether I would be in finance, I would have said, yeah, that's absolutely not.
I realized that wasn't the type of impact or journey I wanted to head forward.
But thankfully, they were setting up an impact fund that was introduced there.
While they also joined an American fund called VU Venture Partners, they were early investor in the big name.
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