Emerging Markets Today

[Summer Edition] Latin America in Focus: Fintech Funding & Sustainable Economic Development

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Episode notes

Here is the second episode of the Summer Edition and for this episode I decided to focus on Latin America so I selected 2 clips from 2 very interesting conversations about different aspects of the Latin American continent.

I want to start by mentioning the clip from the episode about Suriname - that will come on the second part of this episode, so stick around to learn about Suriname’s economic development.

But first, we will talk about Fintech Funding in Latin America and this clip is from the episode Latin America’s Fintech Funding Gold Rush. As you might know, financial inclusion is a recurring theme here on the EMT - so I invited Guy Hartstein a VC analyst from Recharge Capital, LP backed fund with a strong focus in emerging markets.

He told me about the exciting fintech trends in the region, how valuations are different in LatAm compared to the US and what he looks for in a company before making a deal.

And here is the second clip from one of my favorite episodes of 2022: Suriname Economic Development and Wildlife Conservation - I wanted to talk about Suriname and you will learn a lot about the country’s economic situation.

I invited Monique Pool, the founder of Green Heritage Fund Suriname. We talked about everything from economic development to how urbanization is affecting the country’s wildlife.

Monique told me that Suriname is one of the 3 carbon negative countries (along with Butan and Panama) and how she envisions Suriname’s future, hopefully with a green economic development mindset.

Learn more about Monique and the Green Heritage Fund Suriname here

You can contact them here

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