INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast
INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast by Nick Lall
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Conversations with leading emerging markets movers and shakers on their personal journeys and insights into the countries in which they operate.
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Apr 8, 2023
Climate Tech Innovation with Jamil Wyne, founder of Climate Tech Bootcamp
Jamil Wyne is an INSEAD 18J and advisor, investor, professor and author focusing on climate, entrepreneurship, technology and economic development around the world, including a strong concentration on climate change. Worked with World Bank, IFC, UN, Clean Energy Venture Group, Catalyst Investment Management, Schmidt Futures, Wamda, and Ashoka. INSEAD MBA, Johns Hopkins SAIS MA. Writing/research has been published/cited in SSIR, TechCrunch, World Bank, UN, Wharton, McKinsey, and Brookings publications. Based in Washington, DC.
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Feb 28, 2023
Mass transit as a last mile logistics solution for SE Asian cities - Onno Pfeiffer, co-founder of Diolko
Onno Pfeiffer is an INSEAD GEMBA 19 and is the co-founder of Diolko.
Diolko's sustainable last mile delivery solution leverages underutilized city infrastructure to improve quality of life for everyone by reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion.
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Feb 2, 2023
Regenerative Agriculture in Pakistan with Taimur Malik of Drawdown Farm
Taimur Malik, Co-Founder and Ideator of Drawdown Farm joined us to speak about regenerative agriculture's role in addressing the world's polycrises and the amazing results he's had so far on his farm in the Thar Desert of Pakistan.
Prior to founding Drawdown Farm, Taimur was an Analyst at Citibank, Chief Executive at Moiz Textiles, and co-founded TM Black, a fair trade men's custom shirting company, in which he negotiated deals with the best textile mills in the world for fabric selections, including Canclini in Italy, and ultimately sold the business to a global custom men's clothier at an undisclosed profit.
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Jan 27, 2023
VC in India with Brendan Rogers of 2am VC (formerly Wag!'s co-founder)
Brendan Rogers is the Co-Founder of 2am VC, an early-stage India Fund. Previously, Brendan co-founded Wag! (NASDAQ) PET, the largest pet platform in the US.
Before Wag!, Brendan co-founded a social discovery service to meet new people, which grew to over 50 million users in over 10 countries, and was acquired by IAC in 2014.
In this podcast, Brendan joined Nick Lall to discuss the burgeoning startup environment in India, best practices for building a personal brand, and his personal journey in launching 2am VC.
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Jan 18, 2023
Fair FX transfers for emerging market currencies with Mike Robertson and Adrian Brown, founders of AbbeyCross
AbbeyCross is a business-to-business FX trading and compliance marketplace for emerging market (EM) currencies. Available to banks and payment providers, it brings deeper EM currency liquidity, previously unavailable price transparency and market data to a fragmented EM payment industry.
With AbbeyCross, banking participants are able to secure and strengthen their EM payments offerings through one simple integration with multiple liquidity and settlement providers, while these same providers have easier access to new EM payment flows.
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Jan 17, 2023
From consulting in China to founding a CFO automation startup in Mexico with Javier Cunat, co-founder of Diligo
Javier Cunat is a TIEMBA 2014 and COO/Director of Diligo, which offers advisory and CFO services for startups in Spain and Mexico. In this episode we explore his 14 years in China and subsequent move to found a startup in Mexico.
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Jan 3, 2023
Founder of Asia's largest proptech company, creator of 3 unicorns, Georg Chmiel
Georg Chmiel is an INSEAD 96D and the Co-Founder / Chair of *Juwai-IQI Holdings*, the largest proptech group in South East Asia with more than 30,000 sales agents. He is also responsible for creating 3 unicorns. His previous experience includes Executive Chairman of *iCarAsia* (ASX:ICQ), the number 1 online automotive marketplace for SE Asia. He was also Managing Director / CEO of the *iProperty Group* (ASX:IPP) until its sale to REA Group in the biggest online takeover in SE Asia at that point in time. He has also served as the CEO and managing director of international real estate agency and finance network, LJ Hooker; and as the CFO and general manager (International) at the REA Group.
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Dec 11, 2022
Innovating Latin American food and ag sectors with Emilie Abrams of Yield Lab
Emilie Abrams is an INSEAD 21J and Principal at The Yield Lab Mexico.
The Yield Lab is a VC fund formed in 2014 to address a lack of capital and support for early stage agriculture technology companies. It invests in seed stage to growth stage agtech companies, providing international business connections and the resources of the entire Yield Lab international network across Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
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Dec 7, 2022
Crypto's applications in Emerging Markets with Lloyd Brown, Head of Emerging Markets at Easy Crypto
Easy Crypto is New Zealand's largest cryptocurrency retailer transacting over $1b in sales, and has now expanded to Australia and South Africa as well.
Lloyd Brown is Head of Emerging Markets at Easy Crypto and has decades of business experience on the African continent.
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Dec 7, 2022
Sustainable business opportunities in Southeast Asia with Lisa Genasci (ADM Capital) and Marc Schmidt (BCG)
*In this episode, **Lisa Genasci** and **Marc Schmidt** joined **Vincent Tordo** to speak about sustainable business opportunities in Southeast Asia*
*Lisa is a Managing Director - Sustainable Finance with ADM Capital where she leads the firm’s ESG Committee and sits on the Investment Advisory Committee. *
*Marc is a Managing Director and Partner at BCG and is the Southeast Asia Lead for Social Impact, Environment and Climate.*
*To explore more on the topic: *
*Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment** by Stefanie Seneff published in July 2021*
*It’s Time for Institutional Investors to Embrace the S in ESG** by BCG published in February 2022*
*The Untapped Climate Opportunity in Alternative Proteins** by BCG published in July 2022*
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Oct 24, 2022
From starting a clothing store to raising $500M PE funds in Africa with Antoine Delaporte
Antoine Delaporte is an INSEAD alumnus who after working as a Manager at Bain in London and Paris launched 3 clothing businesses in Madagascar, which he grew to 2500 employees. He then sold the these businesses and entered the world of PE, starting Adenia Partners 20 years ago. He has raised 5 funds for Adenia, the latest being a 500m fund.
In this episode he talks about the scale of impact one can have in Africa in changing the world vs other locations, and the VC-like returns you can achieve by investing in traditional businesses on the continent.
Visit Adenia Partners at adenia.com and join our emerging markets community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949631/ .
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Jul 26, 2022
VC in Southeast Asia with Sanjay Zimmerman of White Star Capital
White Star Capital is a global multi-stage venture capital investment firm with offices in New York, London, Montreal, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They focus on Series A and beyond, helping their portfolio scale internationally. Investments of theirs include Flash Coffee, Dollar Shave Club, Sleek, Freshly, and Pop Meals.
Visit White Star at whitestarcapital.com and join our emerging markets community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949631/ .
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May 20, 2022
Investing in Bali with Matthieu Chauveau of Tropic Invest
Matthieu is an INSEAD 19D who has launched 4 businesses in Bali since graduating. We talked about his business plans, fundraising successes and commitments to sustainability and inclusive development.
Visit Tropic Invest at tropicinvest.com and join our emerging markets community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949631/ .
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Feb 22, 2022
What will healthcare look like post COVID? With Sejal Mistry and Chris L Hardesty
Sejal Mistry, Regional Director of Southeast Asia at ACCESS Health International , and Chris L. Hardesty, Partner at Pureland Venture and Director of the Health and Life Sciences practice at KPMG joined Suhina Singh for a conversation on what healthcare in emerging markets will look like following the CoVID-19 pandemic.
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Oct 7, 2021
Emerging Market Search Funds with Andrew Locke, co-founder of Ambit Partners
Ambit Partners is a search fund investor that enabling entrepreneurship through acquisition across traditional and developing markets, including Africa, South America and Asia.
In this episode, Ambit co-founder and Partner, Andrew Locke, discusses the impact and business potential for search funds in emerging markets and what he looks for in entrepreneurs that he invests in.
Visit Ambit Partners at www.ambit.partners and join our emerging markets community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949631/ .
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Sep 22, 2021
Building 1 million businesses by 2030 - Vikram Bharati, founder of Draper Startup House for Entrepreneurs
Vikram Bharati is the founder of the Draper Startup House, which is on a mission to invest in ONE MILLION entrepreneurs by the end of 2030.
Draper Startup Houses are business innovation hubs with a backpacking environment and access to venture capital for global entrepreneurs. Their current locations include Singapore, Bangalore, Estonia, Yangon, Manila, Lisbon, Chiang Mai, Bali and Austin, Texas.
Visit Draper Startup House at draperstartuphouse.com and join our emerging markets community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949631/ .
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Aug 9, 2021
Creating a unicorn by serving rural APAC with satellite internet- Christian Patouraux, founder of Kacific
Christian Patouraux, the CEO and founder of Kacific, a satellite internet startup that has raised $300M+ and serves some of the most remote markets in emerging APAC such as Bhutan, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu, joined us for our first episode.
Visit Kacific at kacific.com and join our emerging markets community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949631/ .
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