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New Flourish Research Finds Brazilian Gig Workers Under Pressure Since COVID-19

RESEARCH New Flourish Research Finds Brazilian Gig Workers Under Pressure Since COVID-19 By Arjuna Costa & Stella Klemperer Imagine a world where a Brazilian street vendor can easily transition to a new job in food delivery, with one-click financing for a motorbike and ready access to customers through a delivery service...

[Flourish Conversations] Early Stage Funding in Africa A Pulse Check

Entrepreneurs everywhere are dealing with much uncertainty right now, especially in Africa, where capital markets are shallow and collapsing commodity prices pose a double hit to economies dealing with COVID-19. In our discussions with entrepreneurs across the continent, we find that they are understandably anxious about how their companies will...

[Medium] How Fintech Lenders Can Cope with the Impact of the Pandemic — Lessons from Flourish’s Portfolio Leaders

While the policy interventions being proposed at the national and multilateral levels could partially cushion the shock, these lending start-ups are going to have to…

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Insurtech

[Medium] Let’s Act Now to Protect the Financially Vulnerable

Our managing partner Arjuna Costa calls out for bold action to help the 135 million Americans that are already financially vulnerable overcome the COVID-19 impact…

[Video] FinTech Silicon Valley Managing Partner Arjuna Costa Speaks About Systemic Change for Financial Health

After participating in the Fintech Investors Panel with Fintech Silicon Valley, managing partner Arjuna Costa spent time with Pemo Theodore to dive into Flourish's mission, and how systemic change and fintech innovations could change the future of financial health. Watch their discussion below via Silicon Valley TV.

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Digital Banking

Why We Invested in Neon: Reinventing the Bank in Brazil

Flourish celebrates the three-year anniversary of our portfolio company Neon with a blog telling why we invested in the company.

[This Day Live] Costa - Why Financial Inclusion is Not Enough Anymore

This July, Flourish held Flourish Startup Bootcamp and the Market Makers events in Lagos where our Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa, spoke to select journalists on what the firm is bringing to Nigeria and Africa and the new trends in fintech. This Day Live's Solomon Elusoji shared the below from Arjuna's discussion...

[Disrupt Africa] Meet the Investor: Arjuna Costa, Flourish

Flourish managing partner Arjuna Costa sat down with Disrupt Africa to share about his journey - from his career on Wall Street, to starting funding microfinance organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa, and now co-managing Flourish with a primary focus on venture investing across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. “I...

Why We Are Launching Flourish

We have to build businesses that include everyone. We have to aim for greater opportunities for all.

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