Asia
How Singapore became a global VC powerhouse
The city state's ingenious management of its budget surplus turned it into one of the most potent forces in modern VC.
Timothy Motte
LATAM
Is SoftBank LATAM's startup kingmaker?
Inspired by one of its Latin American lieutenants, the Japanese giant took the Latino startup world to a new dimension.
Africa
Daba: building Africa's investment OS
By enabling anyone to invest in Africa's capital markets, Daba seeks to open up global flows of capital to the continent's innovators.
Europe
Ledger: the gold standard of crypto security
The recent unicorn has leveraged its pragmatism, a rare trait in the crypto world, to make its way to the top.
Opinion
The diaspora dilemma
Diasporas are often touted as a silver bullet for startup ecosystems. The truth is more complicated than that.
LATAM
NotCo: the singular story of Chile's first unicorn
Chilean startup NotCo has its sights on more than building a new, niche vegan brand. It wants to take over the world, and make plant-based mainstream.
MENA
The Lebanese startup ecosystem hasn't failed. It's just not solely in Lebanon anymore.
Faced with severe internal adversity, the Lebanese startup ecosystem has transcended into a multi-headed creature, spanning different continents.
Opinion
Why super apps differ geographically
Western tech giants are seeking to emulate the super app trend that took emerging markets by storm.
Opinion
Does foreign aid hurt the startups it claims to help?
Often constituting the only funding source in nascent startup ecosystems, foreign aid organizations' involvement in the startup world also comes with significant downsides.
LATAM
How Brazil's central bank launched its own fintech startup
The Banco Central Do Brasil has had no problem disrupting the country's incumbent financial institutions in an effort to modernize the economy.
Asia
Navigating the choppy waters of Indian edtech
Blessed with a favorable demographic situation and bolstered by the pandemic, Indian EdTech startups went too fast, too far. They are now painfully paying the price of their hubris.
Africa
Paystack: Nigeria's fintech maverick
Built on a pragmatic yet ambitious vision, Paystack is now widely considered to be one of the most consequential African startup success stories of this past decade.