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Paul Sheehan and the businesses between the cracks
From supervising banks to studying Asian markets, Paul Sheehan has spent his career examining how capital moves. At SEAF, his work turns on a smaller question: what helps an overlooked business grow?
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ISSF’s bet: fund the investors, bring the money to Jordan
Jordan’s ISSF started with $98 million and a practical wager: backing venture funds could bring more capital to local founders. Its next chapter tests how far that approach can travel.
venture-capital · fund-of-fundsRead →
Fintech · Enterprise · Ai
XTransfer’s big business in small exporters’ money
Selling across borders is hard enough. XTransfer has built a payments business around the next headache: convincing the financial system to let small traders get paid.
cross-border-payments · b2b-paymentsRead →
Fintech · Enterprise
Cauris Is Turning Africa’s Messy Loan Data Into a $40 Million Credit Machine
African fintech does not only need more money. It needs credit that can see what is happening after the wire lands - and Cauris built its pitch around that unglamorous, valuable job.
africa-private-credit · fintech-lendingRead →