Bias in startup investment decisions can cloud judgement, limit financial returns, and harm underrepresented founders. On this live online event, Kamal Hassan (Founding Partner at Loyal VC) will explore bias in traditional VC processes, discuss more effective data-driven approaches to startup investment, and share Loyal's innovative "ditch the pitch" approach to deal vetting. Join us for an interesting discussion about how removing bias in VC and fostering diversity is both good for society AND investment returns.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Join Loyal VC for this online webinar exploring the diverse world of startup engagement. We'll discuss the feasibility and financial potential of advising startups, various investment avenues, effective evaluation techniques, emotional aspects of investing, and the importance of due diligence. Whether you're a seasoned investor or new to startups, gain insights to support ventures while maximizing returns and minimizing risks.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

As an Angel investor, do today's changing conditions call for innovation in venture fund structure and investment style? Join Kamal Hassan, Founding Partner of Loyal VC, a new-style open-ended fund, for “the Secrets of Angel Investing Now". You'll learn the fundamental math and other secrets of investing in startups, how to avoid common pitfalls, and new ways to think about investing in the right venture funds.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Explore how VC can elevate your clients’ portfolios by diversifying assets and uncovering the Rule of 500, a low-risk portfolio-building strategy. Gain the expertise to differentiate between VC funds and interpret critical data on returns, ensuring you make informed decisions. Learn how to mitigate the challenges of venture capital’s inherent illiquidity to maintain financial flexibility. This event is your opportunity to enhance your clients’ wealth portfolios strategically, making it a must-attend for wealth managers aiming to unlock the full potential of venture investments.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Creation of new companies is very different than optimization of existing ones. Join Kamal Hassan, Managing Partner of Loyal, for this educational webinar on the different investment mindsets needed when discussing VC and PE.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Loyal VC is proud to present our upcoming Female Founder Showcase, featuring a stellar lineup of CEOs based out of Australia and the surround area. This event is designed to celebrate and highlight the exceptional talent and innovation that female entrepreneurs bring to the table.

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Moderated by Loyal Venture Partner, James Stewart

James Stewart is a part-time Venture Partner at Loyal. He is a startup advisor, mentor, and angel investor — skilled in strategy, innovation, and marketing — and an experienced strategy consultant and mentor for several accelerators. James studied engineering at Cambridge, completed an MBA at INSEAD, is a Marketing Academy alum, and a Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).In his spare time, he is a keen surf lifesaver, trainer, and Patrol Captain at Bondi beach. He is also a board director for C-Res, a director of the INSEAD ANZ Alumni society, and a Marketing Academy Alumni advisory committee member.

In 2022, only 1.9% of US VC funding went to startups with an all female team. There is a bias in the industry leading investors to believe that women-led companies are high risk. Loyal VC is a trusted advisor to the 33% of its portfolio companies that are led by a female CEO, and is committed to gender equality. Join us on March 8th for International Women's Day to celebrate some of our top female-led companies.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Join Kamal Hassan (MBA’93D) and INSEAD Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, Claudia Zeisberger for a webinar on the future of venture capital and its potential for success in the next digital era. The venture capital (VC) model has a weak track record, with over 60% of companies that VCs invest in returning less than the invested capital. We will discuss alternative strategies, such as the “Poker Capitalist” approach, and explore whether the VC model can be improved.

Further Reading

• Why Venture Capitalists Should Invest Like Poker Players by Kamal Hassan and Claudia Zeisberger, INSEAD Knowledge, 17 Jul 2018

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Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

As an Angel investor, do today's changing conditions call for innovation in venture fund structure and investment style? Join Kamal Hassan, Founding Partner of Loyal VC, a new-style open-ended fund, for “the Secrets of Angel Investing Now". You'll learn the fundamental math and other secrets of investing in startups, how to avoid common pitfalls, and new ways to think about investing in the right venture funds.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

The way we eat is taking its toll on the planet, with food production accounting for over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Today’s entrepreneurs are using innovative technologies and AI to disrupt the way we eat and to provide sustainable and healthy food sources for the world as well as assist farmers in reducing the use of pesticides.

Professional poker players have developed a number of strategies to optimize their financial returns from playing hands with uncertain outcomes that are revealed over time.

This sounds a lot like early stage venture capital investing. The future of a startup is initially uncertain, and gets clearer over time as the company succeeds or not. Can VC investors optimize their returns by following poker player strategies, including small antes to see each hand, discrimination on which hands to invest further on, and large raises on hands that develop well?

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

As an Angel investor, do today’s changing conditions call for innovation in venture fund structure and investment style? Join Kamal Hassan, Founding Partner of Loyal VC, a new-style open-ended fund, for “the Secrets of Angel Investing Now”. You’ll learn the fundamental math and other secrets of investing in startups, how to avoid common pitfalls, and new ways to think about investing in the right venture funds.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

As an Angel investor, do today's changing conditions call for innovation in venture fund structure and investment style? Join Kamal Hassan, Founding Partner of Loyal VC, a new-style open-ended fund, for “the Secrets of Angel Investing Now". You'll learn the fundamental math and other secrets of investing in startups, how to avoid common pitfalls, and new ways to think about investing in the right venture funds.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Venture capital is famously known as an asset class with the potential for exceptional returns, so long as the investor is willing to pay the necessary costs in effort and illiquidity. Does it have to be that way?

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

As VC funds adapt to evolving private capital markets, many investors are seeking more flexibility in their fund investments. This has led to growth in fund-level innovations like rolling funds, open-ended funds, and continuation funds. Join Kamal Hassan, founding partner of the open-ended Loyal fund, and Michel Geolier, CEO of fund software provider Betterfront, for a webinar on what this trend means for investors, how to evaluate open-ended funds, and which other innovations may be on the way as the VC space continues to evolve.

Michel Geolier oversees strategy and business development at Betterfront. Previously, Michel led due diligence and fund managers selection for the Siemens’ pension fund. He started Betterfront out of his frustration of poor alternative investment analytic solutions.

Loyal is proud to showcase a selection of our portfolio companies and other high impact startups working to improve the lives of others through improving mental health. Presenting companies come from Australia, Canada, and around the world.

James Stewart is a part-time Venture Partner at Loyal. He is a startup advisor, mentor, and angel investor — skilled in strategy, innovation, and marketing — and an experienced strategy consultant and mentor for several accelerators. James studied engineering at Cambridge, completed an MBA at INSEAD, is a Marketing Academy alum, and a Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).In his spare time, he is a keen surf lifesaver, trainer, and Patrol Captain at Bondi beach. He is also a board director for C-Res, a director of the INSEAD ANZ Alumni society, and a Marketing Academy Alumni advisory committee member.

Join Kamal Hassan, Managing Partner at Loyal, for this educational talk on startup valuations. He will cover what valuations are typically used for, a valuator's motivations, deal terms, DCF models, the use of multiples, and how to turn any company into a unicorn.

Kamal is a Managing Partner at Loyal VC, an entrepreneurial CEO and angel investor. His professional and philanthropic experiences include: time as a Global Director with the Founder Institute accelerator, former INSEAD Alumni Association President, a consultant at Bain & Co, and an engineer at IMAX. Kamal has an INSEAD MBA and a degree in engineering physics from Queen’s University. He has traveled to over 100 countries and speaks five languages.

Watch Expat Professional and Business Women’s Network International and Loyal VC in this informational webinar discussing gender imbalance in venture capital, how diversity is the key to success, and how to overcome investing bias resulting in financial freedom for women globally.

She is an Educationist, a Linguist, an Inspirational speaker,  a writer and best -selling author, a social entrepreneur, a mentor, an employer, a trainer, an administrator, and a philanthropist. She specializes in Early Childhood Education and Parental Involvement, and she is known for her remarkable work with special needs children and their families.Her personal motto is Dedication, Excellence, and Diligence.

Net-zero emissions refers to an equilibrium where we would add no more greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere than we could remove from it, a balancing act that we will need to achieve if we are to stabilize the earth’s temperature. In this context, how should early-stage investors assess their portfolio’s exposure to climate risks – particularly in the case of startup companies when little may be known about the potential climate impacts of new technologies, products, or business models? And what should startups do to determine whether they are on a path to net-zero?

Sébastien Raoux, is an award-winning, internationally recognized expert and impact entrepreneur with unique depth of knowledge in environmental science, clean technologies, emissions inventories, the green economy, and international climate and energy finance, law, and policy.