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Tilman Ehrbeck

Chime’s IPO is more than a milestone — it’s a model for fintech with purpose

Op-ed featured in The Financial Revolutionist Tilman Ehrbeck is a co-founder and managing partner of Flourish Ventures, an $850 million global early-stage venture firm. Flourish’s portfolio spans 100+ companies across the U.S. and emerging markets, including Alloy, Brico, Chime, Clerkie, Flutterwave, Kin, Mantl, M2P, Neon, SILQ, Skipify, Spade and Unit....

Tilman Ehrbeck Discusses Three Waves of Fintech Innovation

In this video profile by the EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy, Tilman Ehrbeck, co-founder and managing partner at Flourish Ventures, explores how fintech has evolved over the past 15 years, highlighting both its successes and challenges. He breaks down three major waves of innovation: the rise of consumer-focused fintechs like...

Singapore Fintech Festival: Tilman Ehrbeck and Queen Máxima Talk Financial Health

At the 2024 Singapore FinTech Festival last week, Flourish Managing Partner Tilman Ehrbeck led a fireside chat with The Netherlands Queen Máxima, who is the United Nations Secretary General's Special Advocate (UNSGSA) for Financial Health. Their discussion, "From Financial Inclusion to Financial Health,” reflects the success of global efforts over the past decade to further financial inclusion...

Flourish Executives Outline India Investment Strategy (VCCircle Interview)

In August 2024, Tilman Ehrbeck and Ravi Kaushik sat down with Aman Rawat of VCCircle, a venture capital news outlet for India. Together, they discussed Flourish's current investments totaling $30 million in 10 companies and the trends they are seeing in India. Below are selected comments from the interview: (full...

Scaling Impact Capital Podcast: Tilman Ehrbeck on What it Means to be a VC with Purpose

About the Episode A conversation with Tilman Ehrbeck, Managing Partner with Flourish. In this episode, Tilman shares his journey from journalism to venture investing with Omidyar Network and why he decided to found Flourish with a vision to back entrepreneurs working to build a fair financial system. They also discuss...

EMERGE Everywhere: Reflecting on 20 Years of FinHealth

About the Episode It’s been two decades since the Financial Health Network and a national movement to improve financial lives were founded. As we celebrate 20 years of creating financial change, what does the future hold? Listen in as longtime finhealth champions Ellen Seidman of the Urban Institute, Arjan Schütte...

[Forbes India] ApnaKlub: Uplifting kirana, one brand at a time

ApnaKlub is stepping up its kirana play across tier 2 and beyond by rolling out a slew of its own brands. Will the gambit of a B2B wholesale platform for FMCG pay off? By Rajiv Singh, Forbes India Staff Originally posted on Forbes India For years, Badrinath Gupta endured a...

October 25, 2023

We’re Doubling Down on Investing in Fintech Entrepreneurs with $350M in Fresh Capital

Today we are thrilled to announce a significant milestone with our early-stage global venture fund, as we’ve secured a new commitment of $350 million. This…

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…

Tilman 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. He serves on the board of a number of portfolio organizations and as chair of the Advisory Council to the...

[Forbes] An Unequal Burden: Measuring Financial Worry In Developing Countries During The Pandemic

Originally posted on Forbes What does financial worry mean for people globally? The answer depends on objective factors such as how much you earn along with subjective perceptions about what constitutes a financially secure life in a particular society. So, it may be correct to assume that people struggling to...

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