PEAC LSS | Panel 10 | Venture Capital and Amplo - Sheel Tyle

Описание: PEAC + GS - 10th Panel of the Leadership and Service Series

The following is the full discussion with Sheel Tyle, founder and CEO of Amplo VC, on topics ranging from entrepreneurship, venture capital, and globalization. Comment what questions you'd like answered and what your favorite section was.

Speaker:
1. Sheel Tyle - Founder and CEO of Amplo VC, Forbes 30 under 30, previously co-head of NEA's seed practice

PEAC Website: https://www.peacusa.org/

Navigation:
0:01 - Introduction
1:11 - Background
4:00 - How and why did you get into Venture Capital?
8:25 - What lessons did you learn from starting your own fund?
12:05 - What is your approach to investing? How is Amplo unique?
15:19 - What important skills should youth develop to become future leaders?
17:53 - Why law school?
20:17 - Q&A

Sheel is the Founder & CEO of Amplo, a global venture capital firm helping build companies that matter. Amplo portfolio companies include Robinhood (democratizing access to financial services), Parsley Health (reinventing functional medicine), and 1Concern (artificial intelligence for disaster response).

He is a member of the Board of Directors for Andela, most recently named the #1 most innovative company in Africa by Fast Company. As an angel investor, Sheel has invested in the seed or Series A of Casper, Flutterwave, Robinhood, and The Wing. Sheel graduated from Stanford University in three years, at the age of 19. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2013.

He holds a JD from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Houston Partnership and the JFK Presidential Library. In 2016, upon invitation of the White House, Sheel was part of the US delegation with President Obama on his historic visit to Cuba.