Catching Up On Readings: Top FinTech Trends

This report from Gartner looks at the top emerging technologies in the Finance sector. Cloud ERP, Advanced Data Analytics, and Data Storage are the most likely emerging technology investments for corporate finance through 2024. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sasha Mirchandani, Managing Director at Kae Capital 2020 (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: What are the highlights of your portfolio currently? If you have exited some, you can talk about those as well. Sasha Mirchandani: Before I co-founded Kae capital, we’ve done several investments which were very successful like Myntra. We did a company where I am still a shareholder. I was the first investor in

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sasha Mirchandani, Managing Director at Kae Capital 2020 (Part 4)

Sasha Mirchandani: We have a company called Wysa, a mental health chatbox based out of Bangalore. The bulk of their opportunities is in the North American market. Post-COVID, we have all seen the value of taking care of people’s mental health. It’s a major problem, but it’s a stigma, which is unfortunate. Wysa has done

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Venkatesh Bala, Chief Risk Officer, Biz2Credit (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Can you give me one metric that gives me an idea of the number of banks that are using your solution? Venkatesh Bala: If I look at banks and financial services companies, it’s a growing number. I’ll give you one example in the context of what is happening with PPP or the Paycheck Protection

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Best of Bootstrapping: Discussing Startups in Africa with Osayi Igharo, Ripple VC

If you have been bootstrapping and think you are ready for investors, you need to learn how investors think. First, please study our free Bootstrapping course and Investor Introductions page. Then start looking for entrepreneur – investor fit. Today I introduce you to Osayi Igharo. Osayi Igharo, Managing Partner at Ripple VC discusses startups and venture capital in Africa.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sasha Mirchandani, Managing Director at Kae Capital 2020 (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s unpack each of those a little bit. Let’s talk about B2C tech India-facing. Although we talked about the 1.3 billion population and a much larger market, internet consumers are a segment of spenders. They are the high-income educated group that is technologically savvy. Along the way entered Reliance Jio and democratized access

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Venkatesh Bala, Chief Risk Officer, Biz2Credit (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Is your primary source of data the bank accounts? Venkatesh Bala: To say that means that we only rely on one source of information. Having cash flow data at a transaction level is the most important, but we have other sources of information.  Sramana Mitra: Like? Can you give me an example?

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapping an Evergreen Business from Oregon

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. There is a trend among entrepreneurs wanting to keep running companies without seeking an exit. Kirstin Quinlan, CEO of Certified Languages International (CLI), tells us about one such evergreen company. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your

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