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Ameya Upadhyay, Venture Partner and Lisa Mikkelsen,
Head of Global Human Capital
Blog
embedded finance
Why We Invested In Dinie: Introducing Dinie, an Embedded Finance Platform for MSMEs in Brazil
Brazil’s 17 million micro-, small- and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) face a significant credit gap. This is largely due to banks’ inability to effectively serve these customers with the short-term working capital products they need in...
News
opinion
[The Standard] Adopting Open Data for Finance Could Boost Economic Growth in Ten Years
As we emerge from the pandemic, we are seeing several mutually reinforcing shifts in how the financial system functions.
Events
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[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...
News
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[Entrepreneur] Aquaculture Startup Aquaconnect Raises $4 Mn Pre-Series A Round
The startup plans to use the pre-Series A funding to strengthen its GIS-enabled fintech product development and accelerate the volume of exports flowing through the platform
Blog
embedded finance
Why We Invested In Aquaconnect: An Online Platform Connecting Farmers and Customers
 By Anuradha Ramachandran and Harsh Gupta Mobile adoption is on the rise among India’s fish and shrimp farmers. With half a billion smartphone users in India, online financial tools, digital platforms and fintech applications are...
News
digital banking
[FinExtra] Digital lender Lidya raises $8.3m
International alternative SME finance lender, Lidya, has successfully raised US$8.3 million in a pre-series B funding round.
News
digital banking
[TechCrunch] A year after expanding to Europe, Nigerian fintech Lidya raises $8.3M to scale lending operations
Nigerian fintech and lending startup Lidya has recently expanded into Europe, and this fundraise will help grow its lending operations for small and medium businesses across its markets.
News
embedded finance
[Bloomberg] Ecommerce Fixer for Egypt Mom and Pop Stores Gets Funds
An Egyptian e-commerce business linking traditional retailers with suppliers of products such as food and groceries plans to expand in North Africa and the Gulf after an early-stage funding round.
News
embedded finance
[TechCrunch] MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B food and grocery delivery startup, raises $40M for expansion
Egypt-based Embedded finance platform Max AB’s $40M fundraise will help them expand their physical footprint across the Middle East and North Africa, hire more talent and scale its recently launched business verticals, including new supply...
News
digital banking
[Tech in Africa] FairMoney raises $42M in Tiger Global-led Series B
Nigerian fintech startup FairMoney has raised $42 million Serie B to raise and diversify its offerings and expand it as a financial hub for users.
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