Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Jaleh Bisharat, the co-founder and CEO of NakedPoppy, an e-commerce site that helps users find the makeup shades best suited to them and offers a marketplace of clean beauty products. Bisharat talked about her personal […]

Sep 12, 2023

Embedded finance solutions in less developed markers are becoming more prominent as platforms look to provide various financial solutions to the unbanked and underserved. Banking infrastructure providers are mainly responsible for the proliferation of such solutions. They allow businesses such as mobile operators, e-commerce platforms, and logistics companies to embed and enable banking products for […]

Mar 20, 2023

The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.

Jun 3, 2026

In 2020, Kathryn Wu launched a side hustle while she was working as a product engineer at Pinterest. Wu started a milk tea company, OhTea, with the hopes of connecting with local grocery stores and gift shops to get them to carry the tea. She quickly realized how difficult it was to not only be able to locate all of the potential retailors but also to find the point of contact at each place. The fragmented market was so hard to navigate, it ended up playing a role in the company’s demise. “I fa

Aug 21, 2024