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Diana Narváez

How My Startup Experience Taught Me to Prioritize Founder Wellbeing as an Investor

As published in Epoca Negocios, translated to English Throughout my career, I’ve worked in industries known for being intense and prone to burnout, such as investment banking and management consulting. But it wasn’t until I transitioned to a startup that I realized how unique the stress is for entrepreneurs. In...

Brex Co-CEO Reports Burnout and Sparks Debate: What About Founder Mental Health?

Leading a startup to success is a great responsibility. Once the challenge of launching a great idea into the market is overcome, founders start to…

Groundbreaking Study Shows Links Between Founder Health And Performance in Brazil

At Flourish, we see the pressure rising for startup founders and their teams and believe it’s critical to learn more about the challenges they’re facing and how they can prioritize well-being. We collaborated with Endeavor Brazil for a groundbreaking study called Health and Performance of High Impact Entrepreneurs (March 2024)....

Flourish Promotes Investment Leads in India and LatAm; Strengthens Bench in U.S. and Africa With New Hires

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 26, 2024 – Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with purpose, today announced new hires and promotions, adding capabilities to its global investment team. Five team members joined the fintech-focused venture firm in 2023, and investment leaders —Diana Narváez in Brazil, and Harsh Gupta in...

[Flourish Conversations] Pix, RTP & Open Finance

The rise of digital financial infrastructure in LATAM Throughout LATAM, countries are realizing the potential of pairing the power of public and private digital infrastructure. This fusion is ushering in a new era of innovative financial products and services throughout LATAM and accelerating financial inclusion. Flourish investor Diana Narvaez discusses...

[LAVCA] 2022 Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech

Women in venture are underrepresented in Latin America as they are globally. In the US, women only hold ~16% of GP positions in VC, and the majority of firms have no women partners; in other markets, reliable benchmarks for comparison are harder to come by. In an effort to raise their visibility,...

[NeoFeed] Fundo do bilionário fundador do eBay cria base no Brasil e sai à caça de fintechs

A Flourish Ventures, fundo que tem o fundador do eBay Pierre Omidyar como único investidor, já investiu em sete startups no Brasil. Agora, abre escritório em São Paulo e vai intensificar a busca por fintechs. View the full article on NeoFeed Brasil

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Diana is Flourish Ventures' leading investor in Latin America, bringing a wide breadth of experience as an entrepreneur, investor, operator, and business consultant to managing the firm's investments in the region, where she works closely with the founding teams of rising fintechs such as Kamino, Heru, Neon, and Swap. Before...

Diana Narvaez

[StartUp City] Is Latin America the hottest fintech market in the world?

Originally posted on StartUp City Fintech is booming in Latin America. Venture funding in the region hit $19.5 billion in 2021—more than three times the investment level from 2020. With 650 fintech deals in Latin America backed by VCs, it was a record-breaking year. Amid all this investment, fintech continues...

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Fundos estrangeiros de venture capital querem investir no Brasil mesmo com alta de juros [Forbes]

Originally posted on Forbes By Isabella Velleda Photo credit: Getty Images/Chuanchai Pundej Visão a longo prazo permite que fundos aproveitem o mercado em crescimento do país. Apesar de possuir a quarta maior taxa básica de juros do mundo, 11,75% ao ano, o Brasil continua atraindo investimentos de fundos estrangeiros de...

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