Recently, my friend Cherilynn Castleman, who is an executive sales coach asked me to put together a presentation on fundraising strategies for entrepreneurs – and so I got to work!…
Shimite Obialo
Shimite Obialo
Shimite Obialo is an investor, business advisor, attorney and public speaker. She is a contributor for Black Enterprise and has eight years of experience as a corporate finance attorney in New York City structuring million and billion-dollar M&A and venture capital financing transactions at corporate firms Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and Lowenstein Sandler and as General Counsel of a private equity fund, Trident. She now runs Suites Capital - an angel syndicate for entrepreneurs and executives who are interested in co-investing together in exciting venture opportunities, particularly supporting minority and women-led companies.
WTF. Controversial Adam Neumann Lands $350M from Top VC Firm for WeWork 2.0 
Tech and investment circles were ablaze when the bombshell news dropped on August 15th, that the eccentric ex-WeWork CEO Adam Neumann had just raised $350 million from top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (also called, a16z), for his yet-to-launch start-up, Flow.