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Melvyn Lubega

Investor

Senior Partner at E3 Capital

South Africa

About

Melvyn Lubega is a Senior Partner at E3 Capital with a focus on scaling technology-enabled businesses in Africa and globally. He was part of the founding team of one of South Africa's early unicorns and later served as Head of Africa and an executive committee member at a European venture capital firm. His earlier career included roles at Boston Consulting Group and Goldman Sachs, along with listed company board positions and public sector advisory work. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Cape Town and two master's degrees from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

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Experience

  1. BreegaPartnercurrent2022 — present
  2. Adcorp GroupNon Executive Directorcurrent2020 — presentJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  3. St John's CollegeCouncil Member (Board of Governors) & IT Committee Chaircurrent2017 — presentJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
  4. GO1Director2014 — 2023
  5. The Boston Consulting GroupStrategy Consultant2012 — 2014
  6. Goldman SachsSummer Analyst2011 — 2012London, United Kingdom
  7. SYH Investments CCDirector2009 — 2012
  8. G20 - Young Global ChangersMinister of Finance - South African Delegation2010 — 2011Paris Area, France
  9. Corporate Council on AfricaSummer Consultant2010Washington D.C. Metro Area

Education

  1. University of OxfordMaster’s Degrees, Education (Learning and Technology) & Public Policy
  2. University of Cape TownBachelor of Business Science, Actuarial Science & Statistics
  3. St John's CollegeIEB Senior Certification

Skills & more

Bloomberg3VBA2Financial Modeling99Actuarial Science26Valuation31Quantitative Finance10Economics99Financial Risk10Investments54Statistical Modeling4Statistics13Management Consulting20
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From Melvyn's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford688

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended University of Cape Town125

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesAvron MarcusInvestor at Index VenturesLaurel BowdenPartner at 83NorthAlan EzekowitzInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAndy VitusPartner at Scale Venture Partners

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Also attended St John's College1

Chris MareeResearch Partner at Hack VC

Shared employers

Also worked at GO111

Craig BlairCo-founder & Partner, Chair of Investments at AirTree VenturesBarnaby DorfmanCTO-in-Residence at Mainsail PartnersJames WuPartner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Andrew LarsenPartner at Folklore VenturesNagraj KashyapGeneral Partner at Touring CapitalPriya SaiprasadGeneral Partner at Touring Capital

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Also worked at The Boston Consulting Group681

David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Massimo PrelzInvestor at DN CapitalRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,186

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Corporate Council on Africa2

Julie WallaceHead of Impact at LeapFrog InvestmentsNneka ChimeInvestor at Rising Tide Africa (RTA)

Colleagues at E3 Capital

Andrew Darge
Investment Manager at E3 Capital
Andrew Reicher
Investor & Advisor at E3 Capital
Clemens Calice
Investor at E3 Capital
Cynthia Mwaura
Senior Associate at E3 Capital
Elo Umeh
Investor at E3 Capital
Faith Omwaga
Team Assistant at E3 Capital
Jean-Marc Bally
Investor at E3 Capital
Jean-Michel Séverino
Investor at E3 Capital