Juliet Garside

Simon goes to Zurich from Johannesburg.

He has a really good time at this event.

He said Julie is just as he remembered in the early days, you know, a great speaker, great moderator.

Julie tells him, you know, I really like your business.

It's great.

And I want to raise money for you.

So he tells me they get quite close over the next few months.

Exactly.

So they agree that she will be the lead investor for the next funding round for his company.

So Simon tells his existing shareholders that Julie Meyer is going to be the lead investor for our next round of investments.

So with a new investor added, they end up sending about $200,000, believing that the money will then go to Simon and his company.

And then Julie will raise the rest.

In total, she wants to raise about $900,000 for Simon.

That's the agreement.

So interestingly, he did come across the bad press.

He actually discussed it with these investors and they disregarded it.

Another thing he said was that you also think about the surroundings you're in.

You know, you're at a fancy ski resort.

You're surrounded by really high quality people, you know, that Julie's invited to these summits.

And he's like, what's not to believe?