With high smartphone penetration, a surge in digital adoption accelerated by the pandemic, and a population still largely unbanked, Southeast Asia is...
Perspectives
September 13, 2021September 13, 2021
B2B Fintechs Are the Unsung Heroes of Embedded Finance
When fintech insiders talk about embedded finance, we often focus on companies offering financial products on platforms and or other services. It’s...
September 7, 2021September 8, 2021
Flourish Adds Jetty to the Embedded Finance Portfolio
By Emmalyn Shaw and Sarah Morgenstern After several months of keeping our excitement under wraps, we can finally share about our investment...
September 1, 2021September 2, 2021
Why we invested: Apnaklub
By Anuradha Ramachandran and Harsh Gupta Embedded Finance Platform Apnaklub Digitally Connects India’s Retailers, and Kiranas to Consumer Goods and Wholesale Partners India’s unwieldy consumer...
August 6, 2021August 6, 2021
Fintech Founders in Bangladesh, Egypt & the US Share Customer-first Focus and Offerings
Today, embedded finance is one of the most influential, seemingly all-encompassing technology trends taking place around the world. It involves non-bank companies and fintech start ups offering financial products and services to targeted customers.
July 21, 2021July 23, 2021
5 Years of Partnership: Why We Continue to Bet On Kin
by Emmalyn Shaw It was the summer of 2016 when co-founders Sean Harper and Lucas Ward took the stage for the first...
October 20, 2021October 20, 2021
FTSFEST21’- Accenture FinTech Forum [Video]
Watch Ameya Upadhyay (Flourish Ventures) speak about "Impact for Positive Change" at FTSFEST21’
October 20, 2021October 20, 2021
FTSFEST21’ – “Hall of Fame” (Plenary Session) [Video]
Watch Tilman Ehrbeck (Flourish Ventures) speak about "The perspective of FinTech 1.0 through 3.0" at FTSFEST21’
October 5, 2021October 6, 2021
Purpose Driven Investing for Financial Return with Flourish Ventures [Rebank Podcast]
In today’s episode, we’re joined by Tilman Ehrbeck, Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures, a venture firm focused on improving the financial health and prosperity of people around the world. Flourish invests in segments including Challenger Banks, consumer and SME lending, personal finance, data analytics, insurance and financial infrastructure in countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia.
October 1, 2021October 6, 2021
[100 Emerging Women Leaders] How accidental VC Anuradha Ramachandran got into the world of investing [Herstory]
For Anuradha Ramachandran, Investments Director - India, Flourish Ventures, investing in startups isn’t new. But, as she says, “Most things that have happened in my career have been accidental and that includes venture capital.”
September 30, 2021October 11, 2021
Bangladesh’s ShopUp shows the possibilities for frontier fintech
The vast majority of Bangladesh’s consumer economy happens through small shops shackled by logistics, scale and access to capital. ShopUp aims to bring some of the fintech and financial inclusion principles we have seen elsewhere to this highly populated and fast-growing country.
September 24, 2021October 13, 2021
BankThink Banks’ consumer-friendly moves validate challenger model [American Banker]
Just as fintech is taking on record-setting equity capital, nearly a dozen incumbent banks have signaled that they are “rethinking” their business practices as they relate to traditional checking accounts.
September 22, 2021October 11, 2021
Flourish Embedded Finance: Plug-ins
Oct. 28, 8:30pm PDT | Oct. 29, 9:00am IST
More and more non-bank businesses—such as fintech companies, retailers, small businesses, and manufacturers—are now offering online financial products within their apps to better serve customers.
September 20, 2021October 7, 2021
Flourish Focus: Jetty
October 7, 2021
A conversation with Mike Rudoy, co-founder and CEO of Jetty.com—a high growth fintech start up that just raised a $23M funding round co-led by Citi and Flourish Ventures.
July 20, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Focus: Apollo Agriculture
August 26, 2021
Flourish Focus a series featuring 1:1 exchanges with fintech innovators around the world.
July 14, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Focus: Grab Financial Group
July 29, 2021
Flourish Focus a series featuring 1:1 exchanges with fintech innovators around the world.
June 25, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Embedded Finance: Plumbing
July 14, 2021
With the pandemic and economic lockdowns, people around the world adopted new habits - work from home, online shopping and online banking. The trend of introducing traditional financial services—such as online payments and online credit—into apps that consumers use daily took off.
June 16, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Conversations: How Adopting Open Data for Finance Could Boost Economic Growth in 10 Years
June 24, 2021
In this conversation, uncover the effects of open data for finance within different economies around the world.