As we approach the end of 2020, which many of us would prefer to just do over again, there are many things on my mind, but three stand out from the perspective of investing in emerging markets: embracing remote due-diligence to keep investment programs going; optimistic growth trajectories for 2021, and building more resilient portfolios. Please […]
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It’s Time to Embrace Remote Due Diligence
As a global network of fund managers looking to continue their investing despite lockdowns and travel restrictions, we've all been exploring the best tools and processes for investing without travel -- embracing remote due diligence. At the same time, the realities of the pandemic have caused many in our network to re-look at their investment […]
A “V-shaped” Recovery?
I’v started a personal blog that I’ll post every quarter or so, sharing 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 countries in emerging markets. Here’s my first installment - feedback is always appreciated. To "V" Or Not to "V"? As […]
Only the Decisive Survive
Over the past 7 years, our fund has invested in some 30 early-stage startups in India, and through our global partners, another 30+ in other emerging markets. Many are thriving, some are challenged but still growing, and some are just hanging on. None have Softbank-level funding, yet -- meaning that the impending shock to the business climate of […]
COVID-19 Will Affect You; What’s Your Plan?
The CDC suggests that America needs to prepare for a global pandemic. The Harvard professor of epidemiology Marc Lipsitch predicts that some 40 to 70 percent of all people around the world will be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 (also known as Coronavirus). But, he clarifies emphatically, this does not mean that all will have severe […]
8 Months at Cruising Altitude: My 2019-2020 Capria Fellowship
Daniel Kranzler, the Senior Partner under whom I worked for the last 8 months, has a metaphor he likes to use when describing what it is like to be at Capria. When you are an entrepreneur at an operating company, more often than not you are in the thick of things – engulfed in the mud, the weeds, the jungle, the dense and complex environment of […]
Tandem biking, eLearning and impact Investing – My internship at Capria
Throughout my college experience, I would sit in my Babson classes and wonder- how could I use what I’m learning to do good? How can I apply this curriculum, but do it in a way that helps others? I discovered impact investing through research at the end of my junior year. After numerous informational interviews, conversations with professors, and […]
12 Things you need to understand about the Silicon Valley model before using it in other markets
Investors and entrepreneurs in emerging markets like Asia should take notes They have seen several startups grow and fail, so a win or loss isn’t new to them. Yet, none of Matt’s investments strategies seem to be working in emerging markets. Matt’s situation is a common one. Many, like him, use the “cut and paste” method of Silicon Valley, […]
Accelerating Impact in Emerging Markets: From Theory to Practice
Each of us have the capacity to be change makers in a world that is certainly not devoid of inequity. Tackling global issues such as limited access to essential services and climate change requires an ecosystem of different actors and financial instruments. Fortunately, the community of change-makers dedicated to increasing the flow of capital […]
Impact investments are taken on the agenda of the financial sector
Representatives of Corfo, the UC and investment funds discussed the opportunities to combine financial profitability with projects with high social and environmental impact. The importance of promoting an industry with a social impact in Chile was the central axis of the 2nd International Meeting, organized by the Association of Investment Fund […]
Policies to Promote Impact Investing in Chile
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with President Sebastián Piñera of Chile who was interested in hearing a global perspective on impact investing and discussing ideas that Chile could consider to promote both foreign and domestic impact investing. President Piñera was recently elected to his second term, so he is no stranger to the […]
Capria Network’s Unitus Ventures invests in i3 Systems, An AI-Powered Insure-tech Platform
Aims to facilitate Mediclaim reimbursements in 1hr and process underwriting of 1 million insurance policies by March 2019 7 May 2018, Bengaluru. Mumbai-based i3 Systems, which is transforming India’s health insurance industry with its digital solutions and AI products for automation of medical underwriting and claims, today announced that it […]
