Impacting the World and Empowering Change
In this online event, we invited two key players shaping the entrepreneurship and investment arena in Africa to share their philosophy and journey. Claudia Castellanos is the founder and CEO of Black Mamba Foods, a social business and growing fair…
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The Prof, the VC, and the CEO
Our first collaborative event with CUTEC (Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club) saw us host an open discussion drawing from three perspectives to start-up funding – hence the name. Over one hundred people attended the online event. A follow-up article…
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The OXVC Competition
This competition ran during Trinity Term 2020/21. Find a cool start-up, learn how to create a professional investment memo, and pitch to real VC partners OXVC and Creator Fund are teaming up to seek Oxford students with the potential to…
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Entrepreneurial Finance Workshop
What does an investment deal look like? What is a valuation? How is ownership determined? How do you calculate returns? Dr Thomas Hellmann is the DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Saïd Business School. His research focuses on…
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Inside the Mind of a Silicon Valley VC, with Stanford Prof. Ilya Strebulaev
In this interactive workshop designed for entrepreneurs and aspiring VCs, Professor Ilya Strebulaev shared his insights from the heart of Silicon Valley on how VCs really make the decision on whether to invest in a startup and at what valuation.…
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The Mindful VC: Founder Resilience through the Start-up Journey
David Mott and Clarissa McKay from Oxford Capital joined us to share about the critical role that VCs play in building resilience in the companies they invest in, as well as the common struggles of startups when scaling up. They…
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Getting Closer to Action: James Lo
OXVC hosted James Lo, CEO of Mana, for a sharing on his colourful career. Prior to starting his own venture, James worked in McKinsey, as well as in SoftBank. On Consulting James highlighted the strong value proposition that a position in consulting…
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In this event, Sahil Sachdev will give an introduction to Founders Factory, a London-based startup accelerator and venture studio. He will then give a workshop on the Venture Design process, the science of creating a startup from scratch. This interactive…
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OXVC hosted Toyosi Ogedengbe, a seasoned venture capitalist to find out his tips on how best to break into a career in venture capital. Toyosi is a Said Business School MBA alumni and is an advisor to Creator Fund. Intro to VC Before…
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This interactive workshop, given by Marc Moesser, a Creator Fund Investor, will go through the basic concepts of how VC operates: the investment philosophy; capital and legal structure of funds; and what a career in VC might look like. He…
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