Ep. 352 Early Stage Investing With Milemark Capital’s Adela Jamal, Michael Lipton, Seb Barriga - She Angel Investors - Invest In Her - Funding Women

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.

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