Apr 28How horizontal differentiation can help corporate card platforms secure long-term growthDespite comprising less than 1% of the $150 trillion+ B2B payments market, the commercial card space represents a huge opportunity for fintechs. While investment in technology and automation is increasingly a priority across industries, expense management processes are still predominantly manual. …7 min read
Apr 5What’s driving the SuFi revolution?Despite commitments to tougher new net zero targets at 2021’s COP26 conference, research shows that progress on broader sustainable development goals has actually reversed in the past two years. Venture capital can help advance the goals of Sustainable Finance (SuFi) in three ways. The gap between rich and poor has…Sustainable Finance8 min read
Jul 14, 2021Payments’ Five Forces — Mouro CapitalBy Matt Ford, Partner at Mouro Capital We’re experiencing a transformational moment in payments… This past decade, a combination of new technology innovation, regulatory initiatives and evolving consumer behaviours has led to an irreversible shift away from cash towards cards and other digital payment methods. However with the outbreak of…Payments4 min read
Jul 7, 2021Why We Invested: Byrd — Mouro CapitalBy Alessandra Farnum, Partner at Mouro Capital One of the key winners of the pandemic has been the global e-commerce sector. We’ve seen major success stories in the past year across most verticals targeting the online channel, which even produced some of the most valuable startups in the world: e-commerce…Ecommerce3 min read
Jul 1, 2021Why We Invested: NowportsBy Jillian Cohn, Mouro Capital By Jillian Cohn, Mouro Capital We first met Alfonso de los Rios and Maximiliano Casal, the co-founders of Nowports, in May 2020 toward the start of COVID. …Latin America2 min read
Jun 30, 2021Commerce Meets Finance…Again — Mouro CapitalAt Mouro Capital, we take a broad view of the future of financial services, and look beyond today’s industry boundaries. We ask ourselves fundamental questions and build strong theses around topics we are passionate about, while keeping an open mind to new ideas that challenge our beliefs. As such, we…Logistics4 min read
Jun 30, 2021From Open-Mindedness to True Inclusiveness — Mouro CapitalCompanies of all sizes have not always excelled at promoting inclusive values and taking action to further these as part of their business activities. This is despite the increasing evidence of positive correlation between diversity and commercial performance. According to a 2019 report from McKinsey, financial services companies in the…Fintech3 min read
May 13, 2021Geographical fallacies — or why we are not *yet* European investors — Mouro CapitalBy Rafael Esteban Correa, Partner at Mouro Capital Often, we investors make what I call a geographical fallacy: we say that we invest in a region, when, in reality, we mainly invest in just one or two countries in that region. In my case, every time I explain who Mouro…Vcs3 min read
Apr 9, 2021A-L-L in on Alt Assets — Mouro CapitalBy Matt Ford, Partner at Mouro Capital ‘New’ alt assets are having their moment… In just the last month, a digital artwork by Beeple sold for $69m, Jack Dorsey auctioned off his first ever tweet for $2.9m, and then, of course, this… …an original Banksy being destroyed and turned into…Alternative Assets8 min read
Apr 8, 2021Route to Market Q&A: A Chat with TrueLayer — Mouro CapitalTell us about what you do. What sets you apart in the market? TrueLayer works in the world of open banking, which is the move towards lowering costs and increasing innovation in financial services by increasing competition between providers. …Truelayer5 min read
