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Sharon Kassa

Mid-level transaction advisory and venture sourcing professional in emerging markets

Lung KindredAddis Ababa UniversityLos Angeles, CA4 Years ExperienceMid LevelWorks On-Site

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Finance professional with IPO, capital raising, and PE-adjacent transaction experience who is also building Lungkindred, a caregiver matching platform inspired by her own experience as a lung cancer caregiver. She has shown early founder traction by sourcing users through niche patient communities and converting them into onboarded matches while navigating trust in a highly sensitive healthcare context.

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Key Strengths

  • Built a niche caregiver matching platform from lived experience
  • Generated 200 visits/signups, 10 onboarded users, and 4 matches in one week
  • Strong trust-building in sensitive healthcare communities
  • Customer empathy informed by personal caregiver experience
  • Private capital and transaction support experience across PE-related work
  • Combines financial analysis with founder- and market-quality assessment
  • Managed multi-company pipeline reporting for a USAID-backed $50M Ethiopia project
  • Cross-sector stakeholder communication and relationship management

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Experience

FounderLung Kindred · Jan 2026 – Present
ConsultantDeloitte · Dec 2023 – Jan 2025freelance
Senior AnalystLucy Investment Partners · Jan 2022 – Dec 2023
AnalystLucy Investment Partners / Ernst & Young · Feb 2021 – Dec 2021

Education

Addis Ababa Universitymaster, Business Leadership (2021)
Addis Ababa Universitybachelor, Management (2019)

Skills

Languages

EnglishAmharicItalian

Certifications

Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA)Africa Forward Program, McKinsey & CompanyTransaction Advisory Advanced Training, USAID MS4GMeri and Leadership Program, Earuyan Solutions

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Sharon KassaMid-level transaction advisory and venture sourcing professional in emerging markets