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Why We Don’t Invest in Marketplace Startups: The structural limits of local platforms—and what we look for instead
26 Jun 25

Why We Don’t Invest in Marketplace Startups

At IA Global Ventures, we back foreign-born founders building globally scalable software companies. Many startups we meet come with strong traction in their home markets—often through clever marketplace models that solve local problems efficiently.
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