The Blueprint for Banking the Next Billion

By: Matt Emma Arclight Capital founder Akash Bhojwani is betting that the next era of finance will be built in places banks never reached, and he is positioning capital across the UAE-India corridor to back the people building it. For a decade, financial technology has chased the same customer: young, urban, salaried and already banked. […]
Matt Donahue on the 45-Day Problem and Kodex’s Approach to Law Enforcement Requests

By: Natalie Johnson Modern criminal investigations increasingly depend on data held by private companies rather than eyewitness testimony alone. As digital platforms have become embedded in everyday life, investigators now rely on telecommunications providers, financial institutions, social media platforms, and cloud services to uncover evidence. The process for obtaining that information, however, has remained remarkably […]
5DCP Leads Acquisition Search for Private Family Office Buying Established Essex and London Businesses

By: Shawn Mars A private family office has appointed 5DCP, a global buy-side M&A advisory firm, to identify and acquire established, profitable businesses across Essex and London. The mandate launched last month, and confidential calls with interested owners are already filling up. For founders in the region who have considered selling but never found the […]
The Entrepreneur’s Blind Spot in Building Anything Lasting

By: Chanel Frances “I’d rather take a wheel that’s already rolling and figure out how to make it roll farther and faster.” That’s Ryan Duncan’s philosophy on building things, and it’s a strange thing to hear from a man who has started a mortgage brokerage, a debt settlement company, a certified-organic regenerative farm, and a […]
How Ryan Servatius Built a 25-Year South Haven Real Estate Career

In South Haven, Ryan Servatius is a familiar name in conversations about houses near the water. He has spent more than 25 years as a Real Estate Broker and Realtor along the Lake Michigan shoreline, and in that time he’s built a reputation less around closing deals fast and more around knowing the details of […]