How do accelerator programs approach funding for startups? Six considerations every program should evaluate
Not all startup accelerator programs are right for all founders. From the particular expertise of the acceleration team, to...
Manage your sales pipeline to win as a B2B fintech startup: 3 practical tips
Early-stage B2B fintech startups often believe they’re too small to implement structured sales and CRM processes or think that...
Mexicans say that PAYGo appliances are an investment for a better life, not an expense
To be truly inclusive, financial service providers need to go beyond simply offering lower prices. They need to...
A creative approach to startup financing: Graviti combines grant, debt and equity investment, linked to impact outcomes
It took Catalyst Fund portfolio company Graviti only two months to raise a debt round that will finance 600+...
How fintech startups should pursue B2B partnerships
For many fintech startups, particularly those in the insurtech space where high levels of trust are essential, business-to-business (B2B)...
Can agile fintech startups be the answer to food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis?
Originally published on NextBillion COVID-19 lockdowns have threatened small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and vulnerable families around the world. SMEs in...
Press Release: Announcing the $4.3M Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana to improve the financial resilience of informal MSEs
ACCRA, Ghana, 19th October, 2020 – Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and...
Catalyst Fund is expanding inclusive-tech acceleration to new sectors
Building on our proven approach to accelerating inclusive fintech startups and innovation ecosystems in emerging markets, Catalyst Fund is...
Inclusive fintech startups are pioneering products for the digital generation
The digital generation (aka netizens, digital natives, generation Z, millennials) is a rapidly-growing customer segment that has exacting user...
Women and youth may be weathering COVID better than others, but the most vulnerable are getting left behind
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ransack economies across developed and emerging markets, expectations are that low-income people –...