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Caribou Digital Investments

·Jan 21, 2020

Venture capital in a disrupted digital world

Author: Marissa Dean, Caribou Digital Investments The digital tide rises globally. People everywhere are now interconnected, not just by infrastructure but also by platforms like Amazon, Alibaba, and Uber. For emerging markets some of this development is rightfully called progress — it’s good for livelihoods that a handbag maker in…

Venture Capital

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Venture capital in a disrupted digital world
Venture capital in a disrupted digital world
Venture Capital

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Published in

Caribou Digital Investments

·Jan 21, 2020

Why Caribou Digital is investing its own capital

Author: Marissa Dean, Caribou Digital Investments The world needs more venture capitalists that not only take on risk but are also willing to wrestle with long-term issues that don’t necessarily yield quarterly profits. Through our research and advisory work, we as Caribou Digital have become acutely aware of the development…

Venture Capital

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Why Caribou Digital is investing its own capital
Why Caribou Digital is investing its own capital
Venture Capital

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FiDA Partnership

·Jun 13, 2019

Reimagining informality leads to opportunities for lending and insurance

Authors: Jessica Osborn and Marissa Dean In 2018 FiDA conducted interviews with several key platforms in Africa looking at how platform business models are evolving in terms of financial services. One of the most significant potential benefits digital platforms offer for financial inclusion is in redefining what it means to…

Fintech

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Reimagining informality leads to opportunities for lending and insurance
Reimagining informality leads to opportunities for lending and insurance
Fintech

4 min read


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FiDA Partnership

·Jun 13, 2019

How financial exclusion and lack of trust hamper e-commerce platform models

Author: Marissa Dean In 2018 FiDA Partnership conducted interviews with several key platforms in Africa looking at how platform business models are evolving in terms of financial services. Faced with a customer base that lacks bank accounts or who do not trust online payments, many e-commerce platforms have developed tools…

Payments

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How financial exclusion and lack of trust hamper e-commerce platform models
How financial exclusion and lack of trust hamper e-commerce platform models
Payments

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FiDA Partnership

·Jun 13, 2019

Digital platforms offer new opportunities for innovative African banks to grow

Authors: Jessica Osborn and Marissa Dean E-commerce and online labor platforms could be good business partners for African financial services providers. This is especially true for banks whose scale makes them prime partners for digital platforms. …

Fintech

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Digital platforms offer new opportunities for innovative African banks to grow
Digital platforms offer new opportunities for innovative African banks to grow
Fintech

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FiDA Partnership

·Jun 4, 2019

Platforms and the Changing Landscape for Financial Inclusion Blog Series

Authors: Jessica Osborn and Marissa Dean In 2018, FiDA Partnership conducted light touch research to unpack platform business models, looking at how they are evolving in terms of financial services. Desk research synthesized information about the business model for more than 40 platform businesses active in Africa, with a few…

Fintech

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Platforms and the Changing Landscape for Financial Inclusion Blog Series
Platforms and the Changing Landscape for Financial Inclusion Blog Series
Fintech

2 min read


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FiDA Partnership

·Jun 3, 2019

Three pain points of African platforms adding financial services to their business models

Authors: Jessica Osborn and Marissa Dean In 2018 FiDA Partnership conducted interviews with several key platforms in Africa looking at how platform business models are evolving in terms of financial services. There are several important challenges that digital platform businesses are facing when trying to integrate financial services into their…

Fintech

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Three pain points of African platforms adding financial services to their business models
Three pain points of African platforms adding financial services to their business models
Fintech

5 min read


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FiDA Partnership

·Jun 3, 2019

Three important ways platforms are changing the landscape for financial inclusion

Authors: Jessica Osborn and Marissa Dean In 2018 FiDA Partnership conducted interviews with several key platforms in Africa looking at how platform business models are evolving in terms of financial services. …

Fintech

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Three important ways platforms are changing the landscape for financial inclusion
Three important ways platforms are changing the landscape for financial inclusion
Fintech

9 min read


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FiDA Partnership

·Jun 3, 2019

Three business model changes to make African platforms work better for financially excluded workers and merchants

Authors: Jessica Osborn and Marissa Dean In 2018 FiDA Partnership conducted interviews with several key platforms in Africa looking at how platform business models are evolving in terms of financial services. As we explored platform business models, we found examples of practices that we hypothesize could impede the participation of…

Fintech

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Three business model changes to make African platforms work better for financially excluded…
Three business model changes to make African platforms work better for financially excluded…
Fintech

6 min read


Published in

FiDA Partnership

·Jun 3, 2019

Why African platforms are adding financial services to their business models

Authors: Jessica Osborn and Marissa Dean Why would a tractor company need to be in the insurance business? Why would a ride-hailing company start offering credit? It’s actually an old story. From store credit cards in the US and carnês de loja in Brazil, to Ally Financial—the bank started by…

Fintech

6 min read

Why African platforms are adding financial services to their business models
Why African platforms are adding financial services to their business models
Fintech

6 min read

Marissa Dean

Marissa Dean

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Marissa Dean is a Senior Director at Caribou Digital.

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