Joshua Bicknell 2021 Speaker

CEO

Balloon Ventures

Biography

Josh is the co-founder of Balloon Ventures, innovating to create a profitable model to grow small businesses in emerging markets that drive good jobs. Investing tickets of $10k-$100k combined with tech-enabled human capital.

Seed funding from Global Innovation Fund, Argidius Foundation, Citi Foundation, UKAID, and the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment. Part of the Balloon Group with Balloon Latam. Other businesses include Validate Startup, a leading e-learning platform teaching startup entrepreneurship.

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Joshua Bicknell 2021 Speaker

Biography

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