What It Takes to Win in Emerging Markets (From an Investor’s Lens)

Emerging markets are often seen as high-growth but they come with a very different set of realities.In this episode of Commerce Rewired, we sit down with Nader Amiri, General Partner at Hometown Ventures, to unpack what it actually takes to build and win in these markets from an investor’s perspective.We discuss:What makes a startup fundable in emerging marketsThe patterns investors see across companies that scale vs. stallWhy some models travel, and others don’tThe role of distribution, unit economics, and execution in complex environmentsThis is a conversation about how investors really think and what founders need to get right from day one.