Letter | February 10, 2022
Why We’re Investing in Aleo
We are excited to announce that Kora is leading the Series B investment round in Aleo, a platform that we believe can significantly advance the effectiveness of blockchain technology and expand its reach into the broader internet.
Letter | November 12, 2021
Why We’re Investing in Forte
We are excited to partner with Forte, the leading blockchain gaming technology platform. Forte provides game developers the ability to integrate blockchain technology into both new and existing games to enable true ownership of digital assets — and we are investing to accelerate that future.
Research Insights | December 30, 2020
Emerging Digital Economies
As we close our seventh year in business and reflect on the changes experienced by billions globally in 2020, we examine the continued growth of what we identify as “emerging digital economies” — specifically, the ongoing digitalization of payments and retail in our markets since Kora’s inception.
Letter | October 13, 2020
Why We’re Investing in Zomato
We are excited to partner with Zomato, the leading online food delivery (OFD) platform in India, as they raise growth equity to help accelerate their vision of providing better food to more people.
Research Insights | September 18, 2020
E-Commerce in Latin America: The COVID-19 Impact
We explore the impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce platforms in Latin America, and the similarities and differences to what happened in China. We then take a closer look at developments in Brazil, the largest e-commerce market in the region.
Research Insights | May 6, 2020
E-Commerce in China: The COVID-19 Impact
In this Kora Insights post we discuss how the COVID-19 crisis accelerated the ongoing shift toward online commerce in China and how the operational differences between two of the largest e-commerce platforms in the country – Alibaba and JD.com – impacted how they performed during this period.
Letter | March 31, 2020
A Message from Kora: Continuity and Connection During COVID-19
Kora was founded in late 2013 to invest in enduring businesses in areas where our approach could add meaningful value to our investors, portfolio companies, and the communities where we operate and invest. We launched at a moment when emerging markets were in crisis, and our aim was to build an ark able to weather any storm.
Research Insights | January 2, 2020
Expanding Profit Pools in Emerging Markets: Emerging Internet & Niche Financials
Kora’s investment universe focuses on large and growing profit pools across emerging markets – areas where we believe the broadest and deepest set of opportunities will be in the coming decade (and beyond).