Here Are The 10 Startup Finalists For The Africa Innovation Prize
10 entrepreneurs have been named finalists of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), which will see three winners share total prize money of US$185,000 plus other incentives. The African Innovation…
MENA Exit Valuations Hit 3B USD
MAGNiTT’s latest research reveals 60 startup exits across the MENA region over the last 5 years aggregating to over $3BN in exit valuations • The 60 startups took on average…
Lima’s Co-Working Boom
Para leer en español por favor desplace el mouse hacia abajo. Coworking spaces are the perfect way to exemplify the sharing economy, where remote and independent professionals, digital nomads, startups,…
6 Ways To Create A Strong Remote Company Culture
At Seedstars we have teams spread across multiple geographies and time zones. Last weekend I was invited by Pedro Oliveira from landing jobs to moderate a panel on “Why aren’t…
The Future Is In Emerging Markets
Our Vision Emerging Markets are at the center of the map! An ‘emerging market’ is any country that has many characteristics of a developed market, but does not yet meet…
Every Bad Pitch We’ve Ever Had
“Hi, my name is Nick, I’m the CEO of ‘Not Another Startup’, and I’m about to waste your time. Who here is a human and shares human qualities? Happiness? Frustration?…
7 Things You Can Learn From Company Builders
Rocket Internet and similar incubator models are becoming dinosaurs and there is nothing they can do about it. This recent change is not coming out of nowhere. For almost a decade…
Investing in Emerging Markets: Long Term Mindset
When investors are looking for intelligent ways to invest their money, they essentially all have the same goal: make more money. They are leveraging their assets to a certain degree…
Korea: Asia’s Upcoming Startup Capital Opens Doors To Global Startups
Author: Nathan Millard, SSW Korea Ambassador & Founder of G3 Partners When I started working with startups in Korea back in 2012 there was practically no startup ecosystem. There were…
FinTech In Africa Is Much More Than Mobile Money And Remittances
The African continent faces challenges in the financial technology space that are diagonally opposite to the situation in the western world. With nearly 80% of adults in Africa not having…