Lauren Cascio

Lauren is the founder of aKinned, a US-based seed fund backing health-tech in Africa. Connecting quality capital with extensive network access – aKinned seeks to catalyze growth in early stage companies across the Continent.

Prior to her recent move into venture capital, she co-founded abartysHealth, a growth stage health-tech company, where she ran product, data, and development for almost 7 years. She is a proven angel investor and an active tech ecosystem builder, successfully advising and mentoring dozens of companies from the idea stage and go-to-market, through fundraising.