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Ameya Upadhyay

Ameya is a General Partner at Flourish Ventures, based in London. He invests in founders building critical financial infrastructure across Africa, the Middle East, and other emerging markets, with a focus on global payments infrastructure, including cross-border and blockchain-native companies. Ameya led Flourish’s pre-seed investment in Flutterwave and played a...

Fintech in Africa

[Fintech Africa] Fintech Has Taken Off In Africa – Here’s Why It’s Not A Bubble

Originally posted on Fintech Africa Some of the most innovative models in fintech we’ve seen have come out of our Africa portfolio, such as the way Pula advanced embedded finance by bundling crop insurance with the seed bought by small farmers. This year, it seems the rest of the world...

Ameya at FTSFEST21

[Video] FTSFEST21'- Impact for Positive Change

Watch Ameya Upadhyay (Flourish Ventures) speak about "Impact for Positive Change" at FTSFEST21’ Don't forget to interact through Twitter or Linkedln with all your favourite speakers, posting #FTSFEST21! They are watching and so are we! ENJOY THE FINTECH REVOLUTION LINE-UP Pre-recorded Production 14:30 - 14h35 - Welcome note Matteo...

[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 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...

Venture Capital Journal

Flourish Ventures Promotes Two to Venture Partner

Originally posted on Ventury Capital Journal Worldwide fintech investor Flourish Ventures promotes Sarah Morgenstern and Ameya Upadhyay each to venture partner. Early-stage fintech investor Flourish Ventures announced it has promoted two members of its investment team to venture partner: Sarah Morgenstern, based in Washington, DC, and Ameya Upadhyay, based in...

February 25, 2021

Strengthening Our Global Team to Address Accelerating Tech Trends and Growing Need for More Financial Health

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are more determined than ever to double down and empower passionate fintech entrepreneurs around the globe. We strive to…

Portfolio

Embedded Finance

[CNBC Africa] COVID-19: How the pandemic has impacted Africa’s gig economy

Originally posted on CNBC Africa According to a report by Flourish Ventures, 66 per cent of gig workers across the globe reported a large decline in income, with ridesharing drivers being hardest hit. Watch the interview on CNBC Africa.

December 09, 2020

[Business Day Nigeria] Pandemic puts gig-economy workers in even more precarious financial position

The global gig economy has emerged as a vast secondary labour market over the past decade.

Portfolio

Embedded Finance

A tale of two challenger bank models

[TechCrunch] The Tale of 2 Challenger Bank Models

Accelerated by the pandemic and its economic fallout, the tale of retail challenger bank models across the world has been diverging. In the Americas, Albo, Chime, and Uoala have all reported record user numbers as consumers adapted to a “no-touch” economy. Aspiration and Varo announced successful equity fund raising rounds. In Europe, by...