Entrepreneurs’ most frequent complaint is how challenging it is to raise money, especially risk capital: founders in developing countries have even more difficulty since the amounts of venture money for investment in most emerging countries is less vs. the USA.

Yet with the millions invested in food & beverage, fast moving consumer goods, retailing, wholesaling, and construction to name a few in the developing world, why does so little of this money flow to tech enterprises—from Peru to Paraguay to the Philippines, Beirut to Buenos Aires to Bangalore—or from Moscow to Manila to Mexico City? One reason is the mismatch between risks sold enthusiastically by entrepreneurs and risks willingly purchased by investors.

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To read the original article: Mobilizing $$ from Wealthy Families in Peru (& L. America). And Why Family $ is Not Angel $—Day #3 in Lima, Peru | Scaling Up Innovation