Adapting VC to emerging markets
Tailoring a venture capital fund to the market's statistical realities.
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Africa’s super app needs to be African
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On Palestinian startups
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How an Iraqi VC thinks in 2023
Money isn't the problem.
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How a Ukrainian VC thinks in 2023
Forcibly strengthened by the war, Ukrainian founders are ready to regain the momentum garnered before the invasion.
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Can a startup nation and a welfare state co-exist?
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An untold story of the Tunisian startup ecosystem
An exclusive op-ed by Ezzedine Cherif, former founder of Split, a Tunis-based carpool startup.
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Why France's largest VC is government-owned
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Rappi's complicated balancing act
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The great Japanese paradox
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The Brazilian stock market battles to retain its startups
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On the need for critical startup journalism
The complexities of the globalized startup ecosystem require more than just "news".
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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.
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