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As per reports, there are about 637 million smartphone users in India who spend an average of 4.6 hours per day consuming content. The country also has the highest data consumption per smartphone with 448 million active social media users.

Close to 8M people use inter-city commuter routes in Mexico. That might seem a small percentage of the 130M population in the country, but the commuters are increasing steadily and existing options are not meeting the needs. As Latin America’s

Un reporte de*Movile* (el holding detrás de *iFood*) dirigido por la plataforma brasileña de innovación *Distrito* identificó que se pactaron 4.200 transacciones en Brasil, México, Colombia y Argentina en los últimos cinco años y el 51% de estas se hicieron

Foodtech unicorn Swiggy on Monday launched an accelerator programme for its delivery executives to transition into full-time, managerial-level jobs with a fixed salary and additional benefits. The programme, named “Step-Ahead” is aimed at giving an opportunity to those executives who

CAIRO, March 20 (Reuters) – Egypt’s three biggest state-owned banks are setting up an $85 million financial technology fund that aims to accelerate innovation in the sector, venture capital firm Global Ventures, a partner in the fund, said on Sunday.

Según un reporte de Galaxy Digital Research, en 2021 se invirtieron $33,000 millones de dólares de venture capital (o VC) en startups de crypto, blockchain y finanzas descentralizadas (o DeFi, por su abreviatura en inglés) en todo el mundo. Esta

In the spirit of EOY reflections –I promise that this digression is relevant to the topic of this email, explosive growth in Global South VC — it is worth mentioning that when I wrote my first “V-shaped recovery” post some

Sales conversation AI startup SalesKen has raised $22 million in a Series B round of funding, led by M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund. The round also saw participation from existing investor – Sequoia India. The funds will be used to accelerate

Bengaluru-based edtech startup Masai School has raised funding from 21 angel investors including Unicorn startup founders such as Kunal Shah of Cred, IPO-bound Paytm’s founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Delhivery’s Mohit Tandon, Vipin Pathak of Cars24 among others. While the two-year-old

Any self-respecting edtech entrepreneur in India will tell you that videos, test papers, online quizzes, etc. are just filler material. They pale in comparison to the buzzy now-ness of a live class, or instant doubt-solving. After all, there are a

Mumbai, September 2021: BetterPlace, India’s largest technology platform for blue-collar workforce management, has raised $24 million in Series-C funding. The round is led by Delhi-based CX Partners and Singapore-based Jungle Ventures. This comes after the firm had raised a Series-B

Capria Ventures is at the fag end of deploying its first emerging markets fund that sought to raise $100 million and is now preparing to launch its second vehicle, Dave Richards, co-founder and managing partner of the global venture capital

A round-up of best global resources on fundraising pitching and strategy Whether you’re fundraising for the first time or it’s a follow-on round, whether the amount is 50 lakhs, 3 crores, 12 crores or more, navigating the choppy waters of

Fundamentals Building the case for making hard decisions and driving change The most fundamental thing for any leader to do when entering into a layoff or restructuring is to ensure that everyone understands the reason behind the change. Everyone may

Africa is the second-fastest-growing region in the world after Asia and home to six of the fastest-growing economies worldwide. According to AVCA, the total number of VC deals in Africa hit a six-year record high with a total of 139

Continuing my LP insider series, today I’m following up on last quarter’s topic, “Will job-tech be the next ed-tech?”, with some somewhat startling results from a recent survey I did of 20 leading early-stage and early-growth investors in the Global

Raising capital for a new fund is always hard. But should you give preferential economics or other benefits to a seed anchor investor who makes a material commitment to the fund? These “VCs for investment management companies” are also known

For a handful of startups in specific business sectors, ‘moating’ can be done by navigating through the labyrinth of government regulations. So, how should entrepreneurs build frameworks around moat creation? It’s a no-brainer that every startup needs an edge —

“La oportunidad llama y hay que tomarla”. Eso dice la senior partner de Capria Venture, Susana García-Robles, al explicar la decisión de abrir una oficina para América Latina, siendo Santiago su sede. Con más de 20 años de experiencia en

Continuing to share topical learnings and observations from my perch co-managing a $100M family of investment funds and a network of 20 fund managers who invest in more than 25 emerging economies, here’s a topic that we’ve been thinking about