Adapting VC to emerging markets
Tailoring a venture capital fund to the market's statistical realities.
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Demystifying Venezuela's startup ecosystem
Outlier successes and an improving economy fuel Venezuela's startup potential.
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How Ghana is stewarding local pension funds towards VC
How to mobilize local LPs into a nascent, local VC asset class.
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The Filipino ecosystem, explained by a Filipino VC
Not the first to Asia's startup boom, but steadily ramping up.
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Southeast Asia tech predictions, by Antler
Southeast Asia went through a VC funding slump, like everyone else. Fundamental potential remains.
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Africa Eats: Berkshire Hathaway, for African SMEs
What can global VCs learn from an African SME investment company?
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Summer edition: trust, startups’ impalpable gold
"Data-driven" only gets you so far.
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Raising a VC fund in local currency
From currency caveat to currency arbitrage.
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Reviving the Syrian startup scene
The next steps for Syria's tech scene.
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Adapting VC to emerging markets
Tailoring a venture capital fund to the market's statistical realities.
10 min read
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The RO's 2024 debrief
The 5 major themes from The Realistic Optimist's 2024 coverage.
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Nodem: liquidity for emerging market VCs
Alex Branton's new fund tackles EM VCs' liquidity clog.
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Sudanese founders face unfair sanctions
Blanket sanctions on Sudan have fallen. Yousif Yahya explains how big tech companies haven't updated their policies.
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