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[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...

For Fintech's Sake

[For Fintech's Sake Podcast] A Better Financial Future with Emmalyn Shaw

Listen to the Podcast on Spotify My guest this week is Emmalyn Shaw, Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures. Flourish is a venture firm that focuses on investing in companies that help people across the world achieve financial health and prosperity. Helpful links: Flourish Ventures Website Emmalyn on Linkedin Emmalyn on...

Flourish Focus: YAP (Mumbai)

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Muthukumar R, Co-Founder & CEO, M2P

M2P Fintech (formerly YAP) is part of the burgeoning fintech market category of embedded finance. Its modular API platform allows SMEs in India to connect and roll out their own branded financial offering through its end-to-end service. M2P’s technology allows digital platforms, fintech platforms and offline businesses to connect with...

Flourish Focus: Heru (Mexico City)

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Mateo Jaramillo, Co-Founder & CEO, Heru

Join us for a discussion between Flourish Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa and Mateo Jaramillo, CEO and Co-founder of Mexico City-based Heru. They’ll discuss the inspiration behind Mateo’s startup that offers Latin American gig workers digital services and community safe stops. Mateo will also share how his founding team created a...

[American Banker Podcast] Where fintech investment dollars will go in 2021

Originally posted on American Banker By Penny Crosman Click here to listen to the podcast Venture capitalists will care more about supporting startups with a financial inclusion mandate next year, says Emmalyn Shaw, managing partner, Flourish Ventures.

[Finovate Podcast] Tilman Ehrbeck, Flourish Ventures

Originally posted on Finovate Podcast The social impact of fintech, and a shifting VC landscape, and predictions for 2021. Listen to the podcast on Finovate Podcast.

World Fintech Festival Digital Infrastructure

Digital Infrastructure for Fair Finance: Flourish Ventures at Singapore Fintech Festival 2020

The shortcomings of America’s retail financial systems became evident when the government responded to the economic fallout of the pandemic. The payment system moved slowly—it took as long as three months to get government payments to an estimated 100 million Americans, many of whom were facing sudden financial hardship. In...

[Event Recap] Are Payments a Platform, a Utility, or Both? Central Bank of the Future

More than any year in the past decade, 2020 put payment systems to the test as more than 200 national and regional governments globally authorized some form of COVID-19 relief, mostly in cash transfers to individuals. “The countries with robust digital infrastructure did a better job,” said Flourish managing partner...