Transsion: Betting on Africa with glocalized feature phones
Transsion built dual-SIM feature phones and dark-skin cameras for Africa, becoming the continent’s #1 smartphone vendor within a decade.
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When COVID-19 kept fans away, Tennis Australia’s Australian Open launched NFTs and a metaverse experience with Decentraland and Sweet.io, creating revenue.
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In 2022, amid VC tightening, Brex’s CEO Benjamin Wu launched a venture debt arm offering 4‑10% loans to startups, reducing reliance on costly equity.
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In 2014, Manuel Aráoz turned a Buenos Aires building into a crypto incubator that birthed Decentraland and OpenZeppelin during Argentina's economic crisis.
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ShopeeFood removed a contract clause banning drivers from working for rival apps after Rest of World reporting exposed the practice.
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Nio's bet on battery swapping turned China's EV charging pain point into a growing network, cutting refuel time to minutes and spurring industry standards.
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After years of losses in Africa, Moove pivoted to non-African markets and became profitable in UAE, India, UK, and South Africa.
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Investors urged Alinea’s founders to move to SF for talent, but they stayed in NYC, tapping its finance talent pool and riding a >$52B boom with major IPOs.
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Sea used Free Fire and Shopee to win Brazil via low‑end phones, local culture, and mini‑games linking play to purchase.
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By offering free voice, SMS and 4 GB/day data, Jio sparked a war cutting broadband costs, gained 387.5 million users and made India’s data the world’s cheapest.
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Hippo built AI-powered expert systems to scale underwriting and risk management, shifting from reactive claims to proactive home protection.
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When COVID-19 disrupted direct-to-consumer sales, Eterneva partnered with funeral homes to digitize arrangements and grew to over 500 customers.
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In 2021 China centralized its satellite internet ambitions under the state‑backed Guo Wang initiative to rival Starlink and serve underserved regions.
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AeroFarms went public via a $1.2B SPAC with Spring Valley Acquisition to fund its capital-intensive vertical farming scale-up.
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After a $200M Series F, Tempus raised $100M Series G at a $5B valuation to extend its AI-powered genomics platform into diabetes, depression and cardiology
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After raising $53M Series C led by EQT Ventures, Netlify tripled user base to 800k, boosted YoY revenue, and invested in infrastructure to expand JAMstack.
Read the caseJosé Guillermo Calderón pivots MUY to cloud kitchens delivery-first model amid COVID-19
After exiting Domicilios, Calderón founded MUY cloud kitchens; COVID-19 forced a shift to delivery-first, cutting waste to 2.7% and scaling to 40+ locations.
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The company overcame barriers by launching a software‑driven platform that automates retirement plan setup and administration, driving growth and profitability.
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Anticipating election-year volatility, Arctic Wolf raised $60M Series D to build a war chest, boosting headcount 55% and driving a 4,300% revenue surge
Read the caseGetVantage launches revenue‑based financing for Indian startups amid VC slowdown
Founder Bhavik Vasa launched GetVantage to offer revenue‑based financing, enabling over 9,000 Indian startups to raise non‑dilutive capital.
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