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Christina Sass

Unicorn founder

Founder at Andela

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

FoundedAndela$1.5B

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About

Christina Sass is President and CEO of the International Youth Foundation, an organization focused on preparing young people for work and life that reports having reached more than 15 million youth across 105 countries over its 35-year history. In 2014 she co-founded Andela, where she served as COO and later President, helping scale the company across six African countries, raising over $181 million in venture capital, and growing it to more than 2,000 employees and $50 million in annual revenue. Earlier, she was Director of Programs at the Clinton Global Initiative and provided strategic counsel to the President and CEO of The MasterCard Foundation; she holds a BA in Ancient Philosophy from the University of Georgia and an MA in International Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

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Andela's investors · 37

4DX VenturesAccra · $50K – $500K checksAccelerate Africa$250K – $500K checksAir Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checksAlbum VCLehi · $500K – $3M checksAmplo VenturesHoustonArena VenturesVeniceCRE Venture CapitalMahwah · $50K – $1M checks · since 2018DBL PartnersPalo Alto · since 2017Founder CollectiveCambridgeFuture AfricaLagos · $100K – $500K checksFuture Perfect VenturesNew York · $500K – $5M checksGeneration Investment ManagementLondon · since 2018Golden Palm$50K – $5M checksGSV VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksGV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2018Harambeans Prosperity FundHigh AlphaIndianapolisInertia VenturesNew York · $2M checksLearn CapitalAustin · $100K – $20M checks · since 2016LoftyInc CapitalHoustonmark vcAustinMetis CapitalLagos · $10K – $5M checksNimble PartnersSan FranciscoOmidyar NetworkSan Francisco · since 2015Playfair CapitalLondon · $130K – $1.9M checksRogue Insight CapitalMarkhamRothenberg VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checksSerena VenturesNew York · $100K – $500K checks · since 2019SoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2021SoftBank Vision FundLondonSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2018SparkLabs Global VenturesPalo AltoSusa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksTLcom CapitalNairobi · $500K – $10M checks · since 2017TreasuryNew YorkVentureSouqAbu Dhabi · $100K – $10M checksVista Venture Partners

Co-founders at Andela

NENadayar Enagesi
Nadayar EnagesiFounder
BNBrice Nkengsa
ICIan Carnevale
NE
Nadayar EnegesiFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is Christina Sass?
Christina Sass is President and CEO of the International Youth Foundation, an organization focused on preparing young people for work and life that reports having reached more than 15 million youth across 105 countries over its 35-year history. In 2014 she co-founded Andela, where she served as COO and later President, helping scale the company across six African countries, raising over $181 million in venture capital, and growing it to more than 2,000 employees and $50 million in annual revenue. Earlier, she was Director of Programs at the Clinton Global Initiative and provided strategic counsel to the President and CEO of The MasterCard Foundation; she holds a BA in Ancient Philosophy from the University of Georgia and an MA in International Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Where does Christina Sass work?
Christina Sass is Founder of Andela.
What companies did Christina Sass found?
Christina Sass founded Andela.

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