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November 1, 2007 — 04:00 pm
CGAP recently launched a new blog on technology and microfinance, led by Communications Officer Jim Rosenberg. Jim has a preternaturally polite nature and speaks with a delicate inflection that almost belies some of the intense experiences of his journalistic background (covering the wreckage...
October 31, 2007 — 05:50 pm
"All Biofuels Aren't Created Equal" noted Tom Schueneman over at Triple Pundit yesterday. A solid point that brings some perspective to the ongoing discussion over the viability of biofuels. There is a significant difference between the moral issues raised by, say, a huge...
October 23, 2007 — 08:06 pm
I hate to throw a shameless plug on the heels of a brilliant guest post and Rob's superb profiles from the Pop!Tech Conference, but these events are pretty outstanding in their own right and deserve a mention here... New Ventures will be holding its flagship events this November and...
October 17, 2007 — 12:12 pm
Scot Fang interviews the founder of MinYiYuan, a company that is bringing prosperity to a rural region of China by connecting local handicraft traditions with a broader market for folk arts. PDF Version China’s emergence as an economic powerhouse is not exactly news, but millions of...
October 10, 2007 — 02:04 pm
In a recent interview with New Ventures staff, CBPAK founder Claudio Bastos discusses how his company is bringing a unique solution to Brazil's massive packaging industry. PDF version available here Claudio Bastos had plenty of reasons to found his sustainable packaging company, CBPAK, in...
September 19, 2007 — 06:24 pm
Wrap-up from the IFC-CGAP-Visa conference: Next Generation - Access to Finance “With our mobile commerce partnership in Japan, we’ve turned cell phones into wallets!” I paraphrase one of the morning presentations on the possibilities of mobile banking. “You can store money on your...
September 5, 2007 — 11:15 am
In a recent interview with New Ventures staff, the China Environment Fund’s Steven Guo explains what two recent exits mean for green business growth. PDF Version of this article "Solar IPOs shine," raved a CNN headline earlier this year, a declaration that comes as little surprise...
August 27, 2007 — 02:15 pm
New Ventures interviews Axial Par director Paulo Bellotti about his firm's unique small enterprise development model and the key to successful SME investment. PDF Version of this article The tagline for Brazilian venture capital firm AxialPar is "Investing in Sustainability,"...
August 22, 2007 — 05:50 pm
After reestablishing New Ventures Mexico as its own independent organization, growing the program to incorporate a broader range of enterprise development services and creating a flashy new site worthy of a Webby (in our opinion), we at New Ventures global would have thought country director...
August 20, 2007 — 02:28 pm
This Investor Feature is based on a recent interview with Pramod Shedde, a pioneer of India's venture capital sector. Pramod discusses problems and prospects for sustainable SME investment in India and explains why many of the country's green funds are getting it wrong. PDF Version of...
