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[RSVP NOW] Flourish Focus with Clerkie on June 8 @ 9 AM PST

With a consumer debt market that's failing tens of millions of American families, Guy Assad, the co-founder & CEO of Clerkie, has a clear mission: to use fintech as a means to alleviate their debt load and stave off the risk of falling into delinquency. Join us for our next...

[Founder Mental Health Series] How Investors Can Positively Impact Founders’ Mental Well Being?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this year, we were intent on normalizing the conversation about founder well-being. Serial fintech entrepreneur Nektarios Liolios, founder of Startupbootcamp FinTech, the Future Farm and Radish, among others, has an incredible career journey building meaningful organizations. With experience as a serial founder and...

[Founder Mental Health Series] What to Know About the State of Founders’ Mental Health

Founders have long been hailed for their ability to withstand intense periods of stress, uncertainty, and pressure. Following a global pandemic, rapidly changing funding environments, and the pressures of remote work, founders continue to push their limits, leading to increased stress, decreased balance, and burnout. In this Flourish Conversation, Flourish’s...

[The Enthusiast: Founders & VCs Podcast] Arjuna Costa (Flourish) challenges in achieving true financial inclusion

On this episode Pat sits down with Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner at leading financial inclusion fund Flourish, investor in the likes of Neon, Chime, Paga and Heru. We dive into the challenges of achieving true financial inclusion and access to capital for everyone, how the next waves of fintech products will evolve...

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Dinie Co-Founders

Envisioning a Future Where Banking is Invisible Flourish’s Diana Narvaez talks with Dinie founders Suzy Ferreira and Andrea Burattini about the backbone of the Brazilian economy—SMBs. Despite their relevance, SMBs are grossly under-banked and have limited access to funding. Learn how: A female-led and founded Brazilian startup is creating impact in real...

[Flourish Conversations] The Corner Shop Isn't Dead: How Fintech and Embedded Finance Are Giving Them Extra Power

New research shows the corner shop is here to stay and poised to go digital. A $900B+ industry worldwide, fintechs are now serving corner shops across the retail value chain, developing low-cost, easy-to-use, online tools for sourcing, logistics, business management, sales, and financial services. Flourish Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa sits...

[Podcast oficial da Brazil at Silicon Valley] Episodio 20 - Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner na Flourish Ventures

Nosso convidado este mês é o Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner na Flourish Ventures, um fundo evergreen de Venture Capital que nasceu a partir da iniciativa de Financial Inclusion da Omidyar Network. Com mais de 70 investimentos ao redor do mundo, e com uma presença relevante na América Latina, Arjuna nos...

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Varun Tangri, Founder & CEO, QueueBuster

How to Get MSMEs in India to Go Digital Flourish’s India-based investor Harsh Gupta sits down with serial entrepreneur Varun Tangri to discuss how retail-focused superapp QueueBuster is helping corner shop owners replace the ‘nightmare’ of managing in-store operations using pen and paper with easy-to-use software. Mobile-based QueueBuster is a full stack PoS application...

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Kim Nguyen, VP of People, Alloy

Need help building a culture within a high-growth fintech startup? Listen in on the conversation with Alloy’s VP of People, Kim Nguyen, as she talks about how to build an authentic culture, attract top talent, and support employees in today’s hybrid work environment. Alloy, with its identity-decisioning platform that helps banks and...

Women Entrepreneurship in India

[Flourish Conversations] Women Entrepreneurship in India - What Does it Take to Succeed?

Flourish Conversations: Frank discussions with fintech leaders and ecosystem partners on what it takes to build financial health and a more equitable global economy In this lively, informative and timely discussion, investment director Anuradha delves deep with four successful women entrepreneurs to discover what’s working, what’s not in creating a...

[Flourish Conversations] A One-one-One with Hummingbird Co-Founders

Flourish Conversations: Frank discussions with fintech leaders and ecosystem partners on what it takes to build financial health and a more equitable global economy The explosion of fintech innovation and the mass migration to digital channels drove a new need for regulatory compliance. From crypto and payments to cross-border transactions,...

Itai Damti from Unit and Emmalyn Shaw from Flourish Ventures

[TechCrunch Live] Unit CEO Itai Damti and Flourish’s Emmalyn Shaw to explain fundraising strategies

Originally posted on TechCrunch By Matt Burns Itai Damti co-founded Unit in 2019 to help businesses integrate banking services into their consumer products. In 2020, Emmalyn Shaw, as Flourish’s managing partner, invested in Unit’s Series A round, and later, in the company’s B round. We’re excited to host both of...