By: Scott Baker Frontier market venture capital and private equity is a unique niche. Therefore, when I first met Christophe Forsinetti, co-founder of DEVENCO, I knew I had to invite him to speak at our Cambodia Meet Up. His presentation was well received. A little background… A relatively young Cambodian Frenchman, Christophe has already [...]
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Risk and Reward in Frontier Markets
Chris and I are on the ground in Phnom Penh this week preparing for our Meet Up, which will have begun as you are reading this. We arrived a few days ago and have been getting the lay of the land with our partner Scott, who has been living in Phnom Penh for several months [...]
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A Visit to the Libyan Stock Exchange
Our friend Kevin Virgil of Pathfinder Ventures recently discussed his trip to the Libyan Stock Exchange on his blog . I thought our readers would enjoy his observations of a true frontier market, boots-on-the-ground and all. Those with some foresight and a good bit of guts, guys like Kevin, could stand to make a fortune [...]
April 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
Cambodia’s Silk Trade – Opportunity Knocking…
Sometimes you get lucky and stumble upon great people and companies by accident. I sure did during my first weeks in Cambodia. Walking along the Riverside (the neighborhood I call home) I strolled into a silk garment shop to check out their local wares. The General Manager, Laurence Karatau and I immediately struck up a [...]
March 21, 2013 By 1 Comment
On the Ground in Myanmar
Chris and I took a trip to Yangon a few months back. We wrote about it here and here. While in-country we met an intrepid American chap named Billy Selig. Billy runs an outfit called New Crossroads Asia. We spent several hours discussing the country, Billy’s background and his plans for investing in the country. [...]
March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Libya, Frontier Markets FX and “Streaming” Agriculture
We’ve written a bit herein about our friend and colleague, Kevin Virgil. Kevin is a West Point graduate, veteran of the US military and a true boots-on-the-ground frontier markets investor. He’s also a damn nice guy! You can get a bit more background by reviewing our posts: Libya – The Real Story and Why Libya. [...]
