Josué Louis-Alexandre grew up in French Guiana without internet and, aged twelve, hacked a Sony Ericsson 2G phone to build an internet connection using Bluetooth. He later founded an award-winning hardware startup whilst working part time at McDonalds, before becoming interested in VC work.

Louis-Alexandre has a wealth of knowledge about investment and tech; but he’s not your typical venture capitalist from an elite school and an MBA. There are, in fact, few people like him in the whole industry. In the UK, for example, fewer than 1% of decision making VC partners are black. READ MORE