Ep. 352 Early stage investing With Milemark Capital’s Adela Jamal, Michael Lipton, Seb Barriga

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Adela Jamal, Mike Lipton, and Sebastian Barriga.    Adela Jamal is an MIT Sloan MBA graduate, angel investor, and General Partner & Co-Founder at Milemark Capital. Adela is a deeply passionate DEI and women’s advancement leader. She enjoys mentoring, advising, and supporting diverse communities both formally and informally.    Milemark Capital is a VC firm focused on early stage, tech, and AI-enabled startups led by diverse teams out of the MIT/Harvard ecosystem. Mike Lipton is an entrepreneur and engineer with expertise in building businesses from zero-to-one. He founded his first company in 2009 and has founded 3 in total. These companies span a variety of industries and technologies including IoT, robotics and marketing technology. He built his latest venture, named Luster, from the ideation stage up to $35mm in revenue with on-the-ground operations in 35 countries, across 6 continents. During his time at MIT as a Sloan Fellow, he mentored dozens of first time entrepreneurs and is a coveted authority on business building. He is an advisor to four pre-seed companies and serves MIT as a volunteer mentor at the Sandbox Innovation Fund, DesignX and 100k Competition. Sebastian Barriga, Investor with The Carlyle Group as Director in the $358M inaugural fund for Spanish speaking South America. Board member on all six investments (Hermes, Expertia, Inca Rail, G&N Brands, Atracciones Coney Holding, Liderman Holding), with experience installing and supporting C-Suite management teams in the design and execution of strategy. Previously Vice President in Investment Banking with Citigroup in New York. Operating experience as CFO of a publicly traded company in Brazil. Angel investor in 14 startups, including six US AI-enabled companies. Advisory Board member for the Sloan Visiting Fellows Program at MIT. Sloan Fellows MBA degree from MIT and BBA-Finance degree from The University of Texas at Austin.   www.sheangelinvestors.com  http://milemark.capital/ Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn