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Sam Sturm
Private Equity Investor at Founders Factory Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Profile
Sam leads a team that focuses on turning promising ideas into breakthrough innovations, managing Founders Factory Africa’s Venture Studio to develop new businesses from the ground up.
A former teacher and aspiring filmmaker, Sam takes a design-led approach to problem solving, creating products, services, and business models that are equal parts scalable and sustainable.
As a Strategy Lead at the San Francisco-based design firm fuseproject, he has worked with a broad range of clients — from large multinational corporates to Silicon Valley startups — and led the design and delivery of the SPRING Accelerator, working with more than 75 businesses across East Africa and South Asia to drive growth at scale.
With an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BA from Amherst College, Sam brings both a commercial and creative perspective to the venture creation process, leading to businesses that are increasingly inclusive, imaginative, and impactful.
Sam Sturm active positions
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Founders Factory Africa (Pty) Ltd.
![]() Founders Factory Africa (Pty) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Founders Factory Africa is an accelerator & incubator firm founded in 2018 by Roo Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. | Private Equity Investor | 30/09/2018 |
Training of Sam Sturm
Amherst College | Undergraduate Degree |
Yale School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
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Founders Factory Africa (Pty) Ltd.
![]() Founders Factory Africa (Pty) Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Founders Factory Africa is an accelerator & incubator firm founded in 2018 by Roo Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. | Finance |
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