Although he had promised himself that he was done with everything that resembled venture capital, Michael Mathiesen is at it again. The seasoned IT-entrepreneur and investor Michael Mathiesen was finished with venture capitalism after nine and a half terrific years, and a year and a half in hell. The man behind 2M Invest, which went bankrupt in 2002, had a slew of successful years investing in upcoming tech stars, with the publicly-traded SimCorp its most successful investment. After the hectic years at the first stage of the IT wave that rolled through during the 1990s, and stopped abruptly with the…

2,6 milliarder mennesker i verden har ikke adgang til finansielle ydelser. Det er udgangspunktet for den danske iværksættervirksomhed JamiiPay’s forretningsmodel, der sigter mod at tjene penge på at organisere verdens fattigste mennesker på en platform, der giver adgang til mikrolån – og på lidt længere sigt forbinder dem til det globale finansielle system. ”Hver anden voksen i verden har ikke adgang til traditionelle bankydelser. Det er helt afgørende for at løfte folk ud af fattigdom og skabe økonomisk vækst – altså at leve op til flere af FN’s verdensmål. Samtidig vurderer Accenture, at markedet kan skabe ny indtjening for…