Iynna Halilou is a General Partner at The MBA Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders from Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, and Berkeley. Previously, she was an investor at Moxxie Ventures, a San Francisco-based fund led by former Twitter executives, focusing on software, AI, and digital health (with notable investments in Spellbook, Luminai, among others)
Iynna began her career at the United Nations, in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, before launching an edtech startup and later an operator supporting global founders scaling in the United States.
She is also an Adjunct Faculty in venture capital and finance at HEC Paris and the City University of New York. She is an internationally sought-after speaker, having shared her expertise with organizations including Orange in Madagascar, the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, and the Unlock VC Summit in Paris.
Originally from Cameroon and Madagascar, with experience living, studying, and working in France, England, Russia, and the United States, Iynna brings a global perspective to investing and entrepreneurship.
Iynna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs from Durham University, a Masters’ Degree in International Development from NYU, and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, UPenn.
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