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Ameya Upadhyay, Venture Partner and Lisa Mikkelsen,
Head of Global Human Capital
Events
flourish focus
August 26, 2021
[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Apollo Agriculture Co-Founders
Meet Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture, a high-growth fintech start-up offering financing, digital advice, and high-quality farm products to smallholder farmers that raised a $6M Series A round last year.
News
embedded finance
August 25, 2021
[TechCrunch] MaxAB gets an extra $15M, acquires YC-backed Moroccan startup WaystoCap
Last month, MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, raised one of the largest Series A on the continent, to the tune of $40 million. Today, it has raised a...
Blog
opinion
August 18, 2021
The Value and Limitations of Market-Based Innovations for Impact: Three Takeaways After COVID-19
For those of us who work toward economic inclusion in emerging markets, the year and a half since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has validated one key element of our approach: The value of...
Events
embedded finance
August 06, 2021
[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.
Events
flourish focus
July 29, 2021
[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Reuben Lai, Head of Grab Financial Group
Join Flourish Managing Partner Tilman Ehrbeck in conversation with Grab Senior MD and Head of Grab Financial Group, Reuben Lai.
News
opinion
July 26, 2021
[Business Daily Africa] Agritech is the next frontier in growing Africa food security
Over the past five years, funding in agritech start-ups across the African continent has been rising consistently, according to data from Disrupt Africa, with hot spots emerging in Kenya and South Africa.
Blog
insurtech
July 21, 2021
Why We Invested In Kin: 5 Years of Partnership: Why We Continue to Bet On Kin
It was the summer of 2016 when co-founders Sean Harper and Lucas Ward took the stage for the first time at the 500 Startups mini conference to give their two-minute pitch and launch their business....
Blog
embedded finance
July 20, 2021
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
embedded finance
July 19, 2021
[PYMNTS] Embedded Finance Narrows The Gap Between Brazil's Small Business And Capital
Underbanked small businesses around the globe have seen technology come to the rescue. FinTechs continue to step onto the scene to provide alternative financial services or digital-first ways of accessing traditional bank offerings.
News
opinion
July 18, 2021
[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.
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