The Portico Podcast
Conversations about venture capital, private equity, long-term investing, and business-building in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The Portico Podcast is produced by Portico Advisers, LLC, and is hosted by Portico’s founder, Mike Casey (on Twitter @mcaseyjr). Visit www.porticoadvisers.com to learn more and subscribe to our monthly newsletter.
Episodes
23 episodes
Accion Venture Lab's Amee Parbhoo on Early-stage Fintech
In this edition, I speak with Amee Parbhoo, Managing Partner of Accion Venture Lab, a leading global seed-stage inv...
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Episode 22
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40:59
Deals! with FT Corporate Finance & Deals Editor Arash Massoudi
In this edition, I speak with Arash Massoudi, Corporate Finance and Deals editor with the Financial Times in London, and also the co-creator of the FT’s must-read newsletter on deal-making:
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Episode 21
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45:11
Can Crypto Solve the $4 Trillion SME Financing Gap?
I was recently invited to give a lightning talk on a topic that’s been capturing much of my mindspace of late: whether crypto can be a better technology for capital formation than legacy options, such as banks, capital markets, and non-bank fin...
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Episode 20
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17:09
Aleem Remtula on Investing in Refugees & Displaced Communities
In today’s episode, I speak with Aleem Remtula, a Partner on the private equity team at Developing World Markets.DWM is an impact investi...
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Episode 18
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55:13
The Four Dynamics Shaping Global Private Markets
What are the most important dynamics shaping the global private markets industry today?I would highlight four:Primary fundraising is extremely challenging Consolidation is transforming the strategic landsca...
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Episode 17
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15:02
Ben Fanger on Distressed Debt in China
In today’s episode I speak with Ben Fanger, the Managing Partner and Founder of ShoreVest Partners, an investment firm that specializes in Chinese...
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Episode 16
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1:02:22
Howard French on "Born in Blackness"
In today’s episode, Mike Casey interviews Howard French, the author of the urgent and essential book Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Sec...
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Episode 15
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51:48
Nnennia Ejebe on the Art of Control Deals in Africa
In today’s episode I speak with Nnennia Ejebe, a Partner with Adenia who is based in the firm’s office in Accra, Ghana. Adenia has been investing across Africa since 2002, and it is a pioneer of control dea...
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Episode 14
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42:03
Karim Hussein on Egypt's Vibrant Venture Landscape
I’m really excited to share today’s episode, which features an interview with Karim Hussein, a Managing Partner of Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading institutional-quality venture capital firm. ...
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Episode 13
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46:34
Gopal Jain on India’s Transformation
In today’s episode I speak with Gopal Jain, co-founder and Managing Partner of Gaja Capital, one of the leading private equity firms in India.It was a real pleasure to speak with Gopal because ...
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Episode 12
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43:51
Tariq Fancy asks Is Sustainable Investing Dangerous?
This episode of the Portico Podcast features a conversation with Tariq Fancy — the former CIO for Sustainable Investing at the ~$10 trillion asset manager BlackRock. He’s also the author of the delightfully thought-provoking essay
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Episode 11
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45:34
Simon Clark on The Key Man
This episode features an interview with Simon Clark, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and the co-author of The Key Man —...
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Episode 10
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1:03:51
Greg Bowes on The State of EM Private Markets
An interview with Greg Bowes, Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Albright Capital___One of the questions I’ve often pondered since founding this business is: is emerging markets private equity dying? That literally was...
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Episode 9
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36:17
The Abraaj Fiasco
I wanted to experiment with a different format for this episode and share my writings on the Abraaj fraud scandal as they were happening in real time a few years ago.Now, for those who don’t know Abraaj, it was one of the largest — and p...
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Episode 8
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18:40
Viktor Shvets on The Great Rupture
In this episode of the Portico Podcast I speak with Viktor Shvets, a global strategist at Macquarie, and the author of the deeply thought-provoking book ...
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Episode 7
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58:59
Jake Cusack on Investing in Frontier & Fragile Markets
In this episode of the Portico Podcast I speak with Jake Cusack, co-founder and Managing Partner of The CrossBoundary Group, a firm that unlocks private capital for sustainable growth and strong retu...
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Episode 6
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49:42
Weijian Shan on Leverage and Turnarounds in Asia
In this episode, I speak with Weijian Shan, the chairman and CEO of PAG — a leading Asia-focused alternative investments firm with ~ $40 billion of assets under management.Prior to PAG, Shan was a co...
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Episode 5
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46:51
Tom Burgis on The Rise of Kleptocracy
In today’s episode I speak with Tom Burgis, an investigations correspondent with the Financial Times, and author of two c...
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Episode 4
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46:07
Monica Brand Engel on Fintech & Financial Inclusion
In the third episode of The Portico Podcast I speak with Monica Brand Engel — a co-founding Partner at Quona Capital, a venture capital firm focused on fintech for inclusion in emerging markets.If you’...
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Episode 3
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38:26
Private Equity & Development with Roger Leeds
When I decided to launch the podcast, I wanted today’s interviewee — Roger Leeds — to be one of the first guests. And I wanted to explore the theme of private equity and its role in private sector development in emerging and frontier markets.
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Episode 2
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