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Arjuna Costa

[The Enthusiast: Founders & VCs Podcast] Arjuna Costa (Flourish) challenges in achieving true financial inclusion

On this episode Pat sits down with Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner at leading financial inclusion fund Flourish, investor in the likes of Neon, Chime, Paga and Heru. We dive into the challenges of achieving true financial inclusion and access to capital for everyone, how the next waves of fintech products will evolve...

December 18, 2022

A Decade of Tech Innovation Fuels Financial Progress for Billions

Data Shows Great Strides Made, Yet Our Work Continues as Economic Worries Remain Just over a decade ago, the World Bank set out to survey…

[Flourish Conversations] The Corner Shop Isn't Dead: How Fintech and Embedded Finance Are Giving Them Extra Power

New research shows the corner shop is here to stay and poised to go digital. A $900B+ industry worldwide, fintechs are now serving corner shops across the retail value chain, developing low-cost, easy-to-use, online tools for sourcing, logistics, business management, sales, and financial services. Flourish Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa sits...

Portfolio

Embedded Finance

Arjuna is a co-founder and managing partner of Flourish Ventures, an early-stage global venture capital firm that invests in mission-driven entrepreneurs and industry influencers working towards a fair financial system. With a primary focus on venture investing across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Arjuna is driven by...

[Podcast oficial da Brazil at Silicon Valley] Episodio 20 - Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner na Flourish Ventures

Nosso convidado este mês é o Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner na Flourish Ventures, um fundo evergreen de Venture Capital que nasceu a partir da iniciativa de Financial Inclusion da Omidyar Network. Com mais de 70 investimentos ao redor do mundo, e com uma presença relevante na América Latina, Arjuna nos...

Portfolio

Embedded Finance

Strong Startups Are Led by Healthy CEOs: Why We're Prioritizing Founder Wellness

As the fintech fundraising landscape shifts from boom times to a more challenging environment, we see the pressure ratcheting up on founders and their teams…

Portfolio

Infrastructure

Why We Invested In Kamino: Gives Much-Needed Boost to High-Growth LATAM Startups

Repeat Founders Build Financial Infrastructure to Accelerate Time-to-Market and Provide End-to-End Financial and Corporate Solutions for New Businesses

[Flourish Focus] A One-one-One with Mercê do Bairro Co-Founders

Find out how Brazil’s fintech start up Mercê do Bairro recently raised a $10 million Series A round with a vision to deliver an embedded finance platform that empowers small business owners. Repeat founders Diego Libanio and Guilherme Bonifácio’s, who also co-founded Zé Delivery and iFood, got together to “create...

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…