Mark Kleyner

Various board memberships

This CVC practice was launched by Dream VC - the Emerging Markets Venture Capital Institute, in response to the growing interest in corporate venture capital in emerging markets, providing executive insights, cohort and bespoke training, and implementation services to enable corporate groups and family holdings via a world-class corporate venture capital as a service opportunity. We address the critical challenges companies face today, including digital disruption, the need for accelerated innovation, and the demand for robust corporate growth strategies with ongoing research efforts mapping corporate venturing initiatives, best practice guides and a comprehensive event series for board members and corporate executives in emerging markets. Our goal is to support in finding ‘the why’ and determine ‘the how’ for your next corporate venture strategy. Over the course of the last year, our teams have assisted in the mobilization of corporate capital in the UAE, Japan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya and are actively involved in supporting the design and deployment of CVC initiatives for groups in Trading, Telecoms, FMCG, Financial Services and more across global markets. We have also hosted 4x dedicated corporate innovation events in London, Dubai, Tunis and Marrakech bringing together over 100+ active and aspiring CVCs and our expert network.

The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether you’re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when you’re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.

Show the world what you are made of! Connect with one of 2,000+ mentors in the industry of your interest for longterm mentorship and reach your goals quicker. We connect aspiring people with founders, veterans and talents working at the best companies in all the industries to help them push towards their goal and reach the next level of their careers.

Dream VC is a Pan-African venture capital institute. Dream VC creates and delivers educational programs focused on investment capacity building, particularly in venture capital, angel investing, and corporate venture capital (CVC). To date, Dream VC has successfully run multiple programs with participants from over 50 different countries. Our programs are highly selective with a ~4 % acceptance rate. We are powered by a network of 300+ fellow alumni who have started, currently lead or work at Venture Capital, Private Equity and Impact Funds, collectively managing nearly $7bn in AUM.

We connect the most relevant startups and investors by feeding their preferences into an ML algorithm that makes informed matches—what we see as analogs to the typical warm intro, without the network-dependency. We have been acquired as of May, 2021 and are no longer available for public use.