LATAM
Rappi's complicated balancing act
Carried by an intense culture and seemingly unquenchable ambition, Colombia's first unicorn has to combine growth and profitability while facing scrutiny about its model.
Opinion
Asia
The Great Japanese Paradox
How one of the most innovative countries on earth almost forgot to build a startup ecosystem.
LATAM
The Brazilian stock market's battle to retain its startups
Competing with the US's finger-licking valuations and liquidity, Brazil's bourse is doing what it can to get the country's tech champions to list locally.
Opinion
On the need for critical startup journalism
The complexities of the globalized startup ecosystem require more than just "news".
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.
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.
Opinion
The diaspora dilemma
Diasporas are often touted as a silver bullet for startup ecosystems. The truth is more complicated than that.
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 look very different depending on where they're from
Western tech giants are seeking to emulate the super app trend that took emerging markets by storm.
Opinion
Do foreign aid organizations hurt the startups they claim 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.