Director, Talent Development
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Joss Carruthers is listed in a Director, Talent Development capacity at Novastar Ventures. The official roster does not establish a personal investment mandate for this role; the firm's strategy is included only as organizational context.
Novastar Ventures emphasizes entrepreneurs using scalable business models to meet essential needs for mass african markets and create measurable social and environmental value. This is firm-level context, not a claim that Joss Carruthers personally selects investments.
Novastar Ventures's published strategy suggests that companies without meaningful african impact, inclusive-market reach or scalable economics are less aligned with the firm's credo. This is firm-level context, not a person-specific pass criterion.
Joss Carruthers's official role is Director, Talent Development; founders should use Novastar Ventures's published contact route rather than assume this person receives pitches. Firm-level pitch context: Quantify the unmet need, affordability, distribution, unit economics, scale and measurable social and environmental outcomes.
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Joss Carruthers is a current Director, Talent Development at Novastar Ventures, according to the firm's official roster. The record preserves the official role and does not infer unsupported employment history.