Iynna Halilou

Iynna Halilou

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I am an MBA candidate at The Wharton School majoring in Finance. Most recently, I worked in VC at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, NYC's first and largest early-stage accelerator and seed VC. For more than 3 years, I built from scratch and led ERA's Global division to support global startups enter the US market.
Prior to that, I led Muhammad Yunus' social impact accelerator with 20 startups from all over the world. I was previously a founding member and COO of Enza Academy, an edtech startup providing STEM education to underrepresented minority students as a way to bridge the racial and socioeconomic gap in tech. Before getting into tech/VC, I started my career at the United Nations, serving for the Communications, Public Information team.

While at Wharton, I continue to stay very active in the VC space as an Investment Partner for the MBA fund (a 6M pre-seed institutional fund investing in Harvard, Stanford and Penn founded startups), as a VP of Careers for the PE/VC club, and on the board of the Wharton Africa Students Association.

As a proud African product, being from Cameroon and Madagascar, I am passionate about bridging the socioeconomic gap in Africa through early-stage technology investing. I have global experience having lived in France, the UK, Russia, Senegal, and the US. I am a native French and English speaker as well as fluent in Spanish. I have a Master in International Affairs, specialising in International Development from NYU and a Bachelor in International Relations and Spanish from Durham University (England).

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