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👋🏾 Hi friends!

It’s just a smidge hot out here so my brain doesn’t seem to be working at full spec right now! Apologies for the late send on today’s newsletter, I just got back from a few days of full on down time and forgot it was a Tuesday 😬 

As you know, I’m well underway writing about all the things I’ve learned from the last couple of decades as founder, CFO and CEO, so sign up for early access to Off Balance - The Book and feel free to share with anyone else you think might enjoy it 😄. I’m setting myself the target of getting through a large portion of it whilst I’m away in Italy during August - wish me luck!

Now let’s get down to business…

𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲, 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻

On today's episode of Nothing Ventured, I spoke to Cintia Mano, the Chief Executive Officer of COREangels a global brand of hands-on angels, investing in early-stage startups through local portfolio funds.

Cintia has a rich background in computer science, corporate strategy, and early-stage investing. Her passion for mentoring and supporting early-stage companies led her to join a group of angel investors, eventually investing in 27 startups. Recognizing patterns and opportunities, she decided to create her own network and was soon invited to lead COREangels, one of the most active angel networks in Europe where under her leadership, it has grown to encompass 11 angel funds, with plans to launch five more this year across various countries including Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Egypt, the US, and Chile.

The network focuses on pre-seed and seed investments and includes vertical funds, such as the Climate Tech fund in Italy. Cintia's efforts are directed towards formalising angel funds, fostering best practices, and providing valuable learning experiences for angel investors.

On this episode, we talked about:

😇 Building angel funds to bring capital and investors together.
😓 Why sometimes it’s hard for an angel to make a decision on their own.
🌎 How COREAngels is investing across geographies and verticals to facilitate expansion and cross pollination amongst both angels and startups.
🤦‍♀️ Why we shouldn’t need more female angels to invest in more female founders.
🚫 Female founders does not equal only femtech.
💸 Angel investing is a game of patience.
🧘‍♀️ Cintia's contrarian opinion is that we are always alone, and we need to build ourselves before we rely on anyone else.

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