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Pitch It Emmalyn Shaw

[PitchIt FinTech News Podcast] #19: Emmalyn Shaw of Flourish

Originally posted on LendIt Fintech News By Todd Anderson In episode 19 of PitchIt: the fintech startups podcast we talk with Emmalyn Shaw of Flourish. With 18 founders under my belt I thought it was time to start bringing investors on the podcast. Flourish are a venture firm investing in entrepreneurs whose innovations...

Flourish Focus: Apollo (Nairobi)

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Apollo Agriculture Co-Founders

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, fintech companies in Africa saw a surge in venture capital last year and today the region stands out among its emerging-market peers. Africa’s growing population of 1.2B people, its rising mobile adoption and digitization as well as the drop in Internet costs are among key factors...

[EVENT Recap] Fintech Founders in Bangladesh, Egypt & the US Share Customer-first Focus and Offerings

Today, embedded finance is one of the most influential, seemingly all-encompassing technology trends taking place around the world. It involves non-bank companies and fintech start ups offering financial products and services to targeted customers. Many suggest this is the beginning of a transition to fintech 3.0 where a customer’s experience...

Flourish Focus: Grab (Singapore)

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Reuben Lai, Head of Grab Financial Group

The pandemic has accelerated the move towards digital finance with new opportunities to embed financial services into non-financial platforms that are relevant in people’s daily lives. One such platform is Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-sharing, delivery, and logistics platform that is used by ten millions of consumers, millions of drivers,...

Plumbing Event

[Flourish Conversations] Embedded Finance Plumbing

With the pandemic and economic lockdowns, people around the world adopted new habits - work from home, online shopping and online banking. The trend of introducing traditional financial services—such as online payments and online credit—into apps that consumers use daily took off. We think about this technology trend as “Embedded...

[Flourish Conversations] How Adopting Open Data for Finance Could Boost Economic Growth in 10 Years

Open data allows access to and sharing of consumer-approved financial data across financial organizations, creating a digital ecosystem for financial institutions and consumers. Once created, this digital ecosystem provides new opportunities for governments, businesses and entrepreneurs to easily build new data-driven products for the benefit of consumers and small businesses....

Screen capture of Emerge Session

[Financial Health Network] The Evolving Role of Fintech in FinHealth

Originally posted on Financial Health Network In this discussion, learn and share perspectives with financial health experts to start planning for the future of fintech and finhealth.

[Flourish Conversations] Embedded Finance Platforms

Embedded Finance allows traditionally non-bank businesses—such as consumer tech companies, retailers, small businesses, and manufacturers—to incorporate financial offerings like payment options, credit, or insurance into their products and better serve their customers. As the world moves increasingly online, embedded finance can play a powerful role in helping consumers and small...

Efayomi One Jollof

[One Jollof] Building A Career Across The African Continent with Efayomi Carr

Originally posted on One Jollof Pepper Soup #19 features Efayomi Carr, Principal of Fintech focused Venture Capital Firm Flourish Ventures. Over the last 10 years Efe has worked in finance, governance and the entrepreneurship space across the African continent, including Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Kenya.

[24Bit Podcast] The Opportunities Fintech brings to Africa: A discussion with Flourish Ventures Principal Efayomi Carr

Originally posted on 24Bit Podcast In this latest episode of our 24Bit podcast, I sat down with Efayomi Carr to discuss Fintech in Africa. Efayomi Carr is a Principal at Flourish Ventures, a Global Fintech Venture Firm that recently opened its offices in Kenya. The new office, the Silicon Valley-based VC...

[Flourish Conversations] Digital Acceleration - Opportunities in India

In this conversation, entrepreneurs in India talk frankly about the challenges, losses and successes of running a startup during a global pandemic. Not surprising, the nearly crippling economic losses forced them to reassess how they could—and should—pivot to new strategies to better their services and strengthen their companies and customer...

Start Ups for Good - Earn Up

[Start-Ups for Good Podcast] Nadim Homsany, Co-Founder and CEO of EarnUp

Listen to the Podcast on Start-ups for Good By Miles Lasater Nadim is the son of immigrants who arrived in the US with virtually nothing. His upbringing instilled in him a passion for helping people build financial resilience and independence. Nadim is the son of immigrants who arrived in the...