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Emerging Markets

Thought leadership, insights, and deep dive reports on the tech and startup ecosystems in emerging markets.

The Rise of Moove: Key Learnings from Africa’s Mobility Fintech Pioneer

Learn the strategic decisions and pivotal moments that have propelled Moove from a startup in Nigeria to an international mobility player with a $100M investment from Uber and Mubadala.

Emerging Markets Outlook | A New Generation of Unicorns

Speedinvest's Irene Gentili and Philip Specht share their emerging markets thesis and why they believe that empowering the flow of capital towards network effects-focused businesses in those regions can deliver outstanding returns.

How Revio Simplifies Revenue Operations for Emerging Markets

Speedinvest's Alvaro Perezcano shares why we invested in Revio and how they're simplifying revenue operations for emerging markets.

Latest Articles
Offering Light-Speed Mortgages to Latin America’s Middle Class: Our Investment in Morgana
Offering Light-Speed Mortgages to Latin America’s Middle Class: Our Investment in Morgana
Speedinvest's Enrique Martínez-Hausmann and Vanessa Waibel share why we invested in Morgana and how they're taking the stress out of getting a mortgage in Mexico.
Fintech: The Foundation of Emerging Markets
Fintech: The Foundation of Emerging Markets
Our Fintech team share their thesis on Emerging Markets as well as the importance of the space and some of the investments they've already made.
Simplifying Corporate Spend in MENAP: Our Investment in Pemo
Simplifying Corporate Spend in MENAP: Our Investment in Pemo
Pemo is a UAE-based startup on a mission to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP) region by offering an all-in-one spend management platform that includes pre-paid corporate cards, invoice payment systems and expense tracking functions.
Financial Inclusion for Pakistani Employees: Our Investment in Abhi
Financial Inclusion for Pakistani Employees: Our Investment in Abhi
Alvaro Perezcano of Speedinvest Fintech dives into the earned-wage-access startup that is modernizing the economy of Pakistan.
Building a Modern Financial System for One of the World’s Fastest-Growing Economies: Our Investment in Khazna
Building a Modern Financial System for One of the World’s Fastest-Growing Economies: Our Investment in Khazna
Khazna is bringing financial flexibility to employees and employers in the fast-growing Egyptian economy.
Fairplay: Bringing Revenue-Based Financing to Latin America
Fairplay: Bringing Revenue-Based Financing to Latin America
Fairplay is driving Fintech 2.0 by bringing revenue-based financing to SMEs across Latin America.
Micro-SMEs are the Core of Every Emerging Market: Our Investment in Ozé
Micro-SMEs are the Core of Every Emerging Market: Our Investment in Ozé
Ozé brings easy-to-use financial services to micro-SMEs in Nigeria and Ghana, two of the fastest-growing emerging markets in the world.
Africa’s First Mobility Fintech: Our Investment in Moove
Africa’s First Mobility Fintech: Our Investment in Moove
Moove uses data-driven lending to drive vehicle ownership and empower freelancers in Emerging Markets.