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$124 Million, Twelve Deals, and One Question That Matters
Where Sri Lanka Has Structure, Bangladesh Has Scale — and Almost Nothing Else
Apr 9
Principals: The Plumbers
How Two Sri Lankans Built the Venture Capital Infrastructure Their Country Never Had
Apr 8
Principals: The Returner
How Mangala Karunaratne Built Two Careers and One Ecosystem
Apr 3
Korea’s Most Overlooked Asset: The Trust Capital Built by Hallyu
Decades of freely accumulated national brand value. The Korean companies that deploy it strategically remain rare.
Apr 2
Fifty Million Dollars for an Ecosystem the West Forgot
The Economist says traditional donors have left Sri Lanka.
Apr 1
March 2026
The K-Brand Paradox: Between What the World Expects from Korea and What It Finds
K-culture created a powerful first impression. The problem is what comes next.
Mar 31
Korea’s Startup Ecosystem Is Sophisticated, Government-Shaped, and Structurally Closed to Europe
Seoul ranks eighth globally for startup ecosystems and scores a perfect 10 for scale-up production.
Mar 30
Principals: The Quiet Architect
How Mano Sekaram Built a Norwegian Tech Group from Colombo
Mar 26
An Island Rising — and the Questions That Will Determine What Comes Next
Sri Lanka’s tech ecosystem has tripled in value in two years, produced a dozen exits, and attracted EQT twice.
Mar 24
Are You a Capital T?
Why Fluency Without Empathy Fails in Cross-Border Business
Mar 15
The Frontier Market Playbook: How Regulated Funds Open Economies to International Capital
Vietnam showed the pattern. Sri Lanka is following it. The question is not whether the playbook works — it is what comes after the first chapter.
Mar 5
The Trap of the Strong Leader: Why Silence in Korean Organisations Is an Investor’s Problem
A culture that treats mistakes as shameful produces organisations that do not surface them. For cross-border partners and investors, this is not a soft…
Mar 3
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