A World We Dara To Imagine Part Three

Chris Haroun, the founding partner of Haroun Education Ventures and an early investor in YouTube, states the importance of "dreaming big with a passion to learn, earn, and return with no limits." 

Technology is a powerful tool to help address global issues. It can transform lives. Since technology is powerful, cheap, and global in its reach, it can be used to provide impoverished people from around the world with a quality education to help them benefit their societies by equipping them with the right technical skills to develop mission-driven technologies. 

The name of my organization is Edu Global Ventures. Edu Global Ventures is an investment firm that believes in the power of globalization and is passionate about education and technology. My organization believes that all problems in the world can be solved with a combination of education and technology. Apollo Education Group, a privately held for-profit education fund, estimates that the global education market is worth $4.4 trillion. We will not give up and are looking to create enormous value in the long-term for the communities and entrepreneurs we support. We would like to provide the opportunity for less-fortunate people to connect with opportunities to do good through education by helping the entrepreneurs we invest in to identify problems in their local communities and develop solutions to overcome those issues.

At Edu Global Ventures, we pride ourselves in playing the long game, where we prioritize meaningful relationships over those with the odds of a quick financial return. We partner with passionate educators and entrepreneurs and provide them with a steady investment partner across their entire lifecycle. 

Edu Global Ventures has a simple "do-good" business model. We embrace the concept of patient capital where Edu Global Ventures funds companies that are using education to advance technology  and solve problems that exist in their local communities in exchange for equity in their company. It is important to note we are not looking for quick financial returns. Also, we recycle a portion of our financial returns and invest in fragile education systems in countries experiencing epidemics, disasters, and conflict to inspire the future generation of leaders that we hope to work with.

My organization is unique because it reaches out to countries experiencing epidemics, disasters, and conflict to help reconstruct fragile education systems with technologies developed by the creative entrepreneurs we invest in. People residing in countries experiencing epidemics, disasters, and conflict are hard to reach and according to Hector Ruiz, the executive chairman of Advanced Micro Devices, "Technology is only as powerful as it is accessible." We empower underprivileged entrepreneurs because we believe that anyone who has a will, adequate financial backing, and quality education can solve problems using technology.

For example, Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, exemplifies the type of entrepreneurs Edu Global Ventures is seeking. Mr. Pichai grew up in Chennai, India to a lower-income family where he and his family would all sleep in a small apartment that did not have an adequate supply of electricity. By finding strategic mentors who gave him the opportunity to pursue an education at the Indian Institute of Technology, he eventually went on to become an innovative entrepreneur who is now the Chief Executive Officer of one of the largest companies in the world – Google. 

As a result, I believe Anima Mundi Development Partners should invest in Edu Global Ventures because it is a socially responsible and profitable company that accounts for people, profit, and the planet. Edu Global Ventures is tackling a massive problem – education. At Edu Global Ventures we believe that education and technology will make the world a better place, which is why we invest in passionate entrepreneurs to advance education through technology enabling less privileged people to grow and do good for the societies they live in.