Lending Multiples and Escaping the Mono-Lender Crunch
For founders navigating the Mono-Lender Crunch, the challenge is not just growing fast—but evolving intelligently. Early success in lending is necessary—but not sufficient—for long-term valuation creation. The real leverage comes from smart product expansion, balance sheet innovation, and narrative control. The most compelling fintech opportunities often arise where founders unlock structural mispricings—rare pockets of inefficiency in credit markets—or reimagine distribution in a way incumbents can’t.
Advisory Insights: The great capital unlock
Talent and technology are critical, but access to high quality capital is vital to unlock this potential. Lending volume is 50% lower ingrowth markets, despite the number of entrepreneurs and consumers greatly exceeding the developed world. Explore how this situation is evolving.
Macro Outlook with Nick Stadtmiller - Africa "Big 4" 2024
In our recent quarterly meeting with our Macroeconomics Advisor, Nick Stadtmiller, we discussed the key macroeconomic themes in Africa from the first quarter of 2024, with a particular focus on the risks and opportunities in Egypt, Kenya, and Nigeria.
Unlocking the financial leverage of the wage
In emerging markets, the majority of workers earn very low incomes and work in informal economies. As a result, these individuals live paycheck to paycheck and are often unable to access traditional forms of credit - many work in informal economies and lack financial histories due to cash dominant environments, making banks reluctant to give them loans.