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Tilman Ehrbeck

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When Investing Under Pandemic Uncertainty, Purpose Matters Even More

When the pandemic hit a year ago, I tried to make sense of the broader economic outlook. A few one-dimensional implications seemed clear. To the…

January 14, 2021

Why We Invested In Grab Financial Group: Grab a seat at the embedded finance table

We’re excited to announce Flourish’s participation in Grab Financial Group’s (GFG) $300 million Series A funding round which was covered in the Financial Times earlier today.…

Portfolio

Embedded Finance

[Finovate Podcast] Tilman Ehrbeck, Flourish Ventures

Originally posted on Finovate Podcast The social impact of fintech, and a shifting VC landscape, and predictions for 2021. Listen to the podcast on Finovate Podcast.

[Nikkei Asia] Ant Group and WhatsApp show the risks and upside of Big Tech finance

Originally posted on Nikkei Asia WhatsApp was finally cleared earlier this month to launch its long-awaited payment functionality in India. It is not hard to imagine the new service taking off rapidly when sending money is just a click away on an app with 400 million domestic users. This kind...

[Event Recap] Are Payments a Platform, a Utility, or Both? Central Bank of the Future

More than any year in the past decade, 2020 put payment systems to the test as more than 200 national and regional governments globally authorized some form of COVID-19 relief, mostly in cash transfers to individuals. “The countries with robust digital infrastructure did a better job,” said Flourish managing partner...

[Tech Collective SEA] The path to success for challenger banks in Southeast Asia

Originally published on Tech Collective SEA Challenger banks – digital only, mobile first, without costly branch network or cumbersome legacy IT – are all the rage in the region: Singapore is about to grant 5 new digital bank licenses, two of which are expected to be consumer banks. Hong Kong already...

[CNBC] Most Indian gig workers faced hardship during the pandemic, expert says

Among the Indian gig workers surveyed, those that were able to receive some form of government aid were “far more likely” to be hopeful for the future compared to those who did not, says Tilman Ehrbeck, managing partner at Flourish Ventures. Watch:

October 06, 2020

How We Kept Up Making a Difference

Towards the end of February, we got increasingly nervous in our firm about the spreading pandemic. We decided to cancel our global team retreat scheduled…

[Panel Recap] Done Right, Digital Identity Could Enable More Inclusive Finance

When the fintech community talks about digital wallets, the conversation often revolves around payments. For years, however, innovators have dreamed of digitalizing all the assets we carry in our physical wallets: not just cash, but also proof of insurance and ID cards. “As we increasingly live in a digital world,...

[The Jakarta Post] Insight: Hard Hit by COVID-19, Gig Workers Display Grit, Resilience

Originally published on The Jakarta Post on September 10, 2020 COVID-19 has put the resilience of Indonesian gig economy workers to the test. In a new survey, some speak of selling their belongings and burning through savings. Others say they can only afford one or two meals a day –...