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Ameya Upadhyay, Venture Partner and Lisa Mikkelsen,
Head of Global Human Capital
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opinion
[Forbes] In The Race To Own Retail Finance, The Winners Should Be Consumers
In his latest contribution to the Forbes Finance Council, Managing Partner Tilman Ehrbeck shares his perspective on the rise of TechFin and retail finance, and what that means for consumer protection. New investments and product...
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interview
[The Times of India] India offers exciting blueprint for other emerging markets
Originally posted on Times of India Omidyar Network, the family investment office of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, spun off its financial inclusion investment arm, Flourish Ventures, last year with capital of about $300 million. Flourish...
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interview
[TechCircle] Tilman Ehrbeck on why India is a key market for Omidyar Network-backed Flourish Ventures
In an interview with TechCircle, Managing Partner Tilman Ehrbeck shares insights from our rapidly expanding portfolio in the Indian fintech market. Tilman explains in the interview how our investment team is using the Fair Finance...
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interview
[Livemint] Flourish Ventures may fund Indian firms in embedded finance, neo-banks this year
Managing Partner Tilman Ehrbeck sat down with Livemint to discuss our growing focus on fintech investments in India. In 2019, Flourish invested in two new start-ups (neobank Yelo and Shubhloans, a digital lending startup) in...
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opinion
[Forbes] The Hidden Volatility Beneath Economic Indicators
Managing Partner Tilman Ehrbeck shares his thoughts in Forbes on the US Financial Health Pulse from our partners at the Financial Health Network. The biggest takeaway? “We cannot be complacent about financial health.” "United States...
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digital banking
[YourStory] Indian FinTech Kaleidofin raises 360 million rupees ($5.1 million) in Series A round
Kaleidofin Private Limited, India’s first neobank for the informal sector customer, has closed an INR 360 million Series A round. In discussing Flourish’s renewed support, investment director Anuradha Ramachandran stated, “We are excited to continue...
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insurtech
[The Times of India] Toffee Insurance raises $5.5 million in Series A
Learn more about the new round of funding announced by our insurtech portfolio company Toffee. Using AI and machine learning, Toffee is helping people in India to build safety-nets and manage risk through bite-size insurance...
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digital banking
[TechCrunch] Albo raises $19M Series A to scale Mexico’s largest neobank
TechCrunch covers our portfolio company Albo's latest fundraising round. The Mexican challenger bank has secured a $19 million extension to its Series A financing. Albo's Angel Sahagun says it owns the market share in Mexico...
Blog
regtech
Why We Invested in the Financial Service Innovators Association (FSI): Accelerating Fintech Innovation in Nigeria
By Ameya Upadhyay and David Madden Fintech is booming in Africa right now. In 2018, a third of all venture capital invested in Africa went to fintech and, last month alone, $360 million was invested...
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regtech
A Historic US Policy Shift Reflects the Promise of Reglabs
Financial regulators’ statement on alternative data draws on FinRegLab lending report This week, five federal regulators issued a joint statement that using alternative data could expand access to credit. The US has a notoriously fractured...
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