Surfacing Unicorns in Emerging Markets w/ Allen Taylor, Endeavor Catalyst

Billion Dollar Moves™ with Sarah Chen-Spellings | Global Venture Capital

This week's episode features Allen Taylor, managing partner at Endeavor Catalyst, one of the earliest supporters at the Billion Dollar Fund for Women (now Beyong The Billion). Allen also sits on the global leadership team at Endeavor, a mission driven organization focused on supporting high growth companies in emerging and underserved markets.

We discuss everything from how Reid Hoffman inspired the design of a rules-based fund that in its beta already made LPs eight times their money on an 8.5x DPI to his personal journey with Endeavor to have grown to support over 2,000 high impact entrepreneurs all over the world.

Timestamps/Key Takeaways

0:00 Intro

02:47 The beginning of Allen’s journey with Endeavor

04:49 Takeaway 1: Endeavor’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit business model - top down and bottom up approaches

10:29 Takeaway 2: What it means to build a firm and a franchise

13:32 Takeaway 3: Backing talented founder in emerging markets

19:57 Takeaway 4: Endeavor's rule-based fund & selection criteria

22:48 Takeaway 5: Takes on “copycat models”

26:40 Takeaway 6: The secret formula to making a mark in underserved markets

30:54 Takeaway 7: Emerging markets landscape for 2024

33:16 Billion Dollar Questions

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