Repeat Founders Build Financial Infrastructure to Accelerate Time-to-Market and Provide End-to-End Financial and Corporate Solutions for New Businesses
Perspectives
March 14, 2022March 14, 2022
Celebrating Female Fintech Mavericks
We’re halfway through March Women’s History Month and in the spirit of this year’s theme #breakthebias we reached out to Female Fintech Mavericks and asked them two questions: 1) How do you encourage other women to pursue careers in fintech and 2) Who are fellow female mavericks you admire and who are living proof of the bias being broken. Here are three themes we picked up on.
February 16, 2022February 17, 2022
Global Venture Capital Firm Flourish Expands Team and Regional Efforts
This year, we’re thrilled to announce that we’re expanding our efforts and expertise across new international markets by adding four exceptional team members who each bring deep technology, finance, and local market expertise along with a passion to create a more fair and equitable financial system.
February 15, 2022February 15, 2022
Seamlessly connecting consumers to embedded financial products with a single line of code
Why We Invested: Brick
Southeast Asia is home to over half billion people with a rapidly maturing digital economy. Like the rest of the world, Covid-19 has curbed regional GDP growth but it has accelerated digital adoption
December 9, 2021February 15, 2022
Finally, An Operating System for Brazil’s Corner Stores
Why We Invested in Mercê do Bairro
Just as in every major economy, big box grocery stores and e-commerce are disrupting Brazil’s retail market, creating new retail channels that have the potential to threaten the small mom-and-pop stores that traditionally serve large segments of the consumer base.
December 2, 2021December 2, 2021
“We Are on Life Support” – Stories of Small Business Resilience During COVID
A Firsthand Documentary Film by NPR’s “Out of the Blocks”
When COVID-19 first hit, Flourish responded, and we sought to uncover the stories of people hit hardest by the economic shock. So did journalist Aaron Henkin, whose award-winning podcast Out of the Blocks has told the stories of American neighborhoods for over a decade.
May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
Bill Pay Solution Cushion Closes $12 Million Series A To Grow Talent Roster [Cushion]
Cushion, a leader in bank and credit card fee negotiation, announced today that it has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The funding will enable Cushion to hire talent across product, engineering, data analytics, and marketing as it readies its bill pay solution for a general audience after months of beta testing.
May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
Fighting Financial Discrimination with Thoughtful Product Design [Hummingbird]
Here’s a simple truth. There is no way to understand the financial industry without also understanding our country’s long and difficult struggle against financial discrimination. Discrimination and economic disenfranchisement go hand in hand, and some of the worst forms of racism and discrimination can be found where prejudice and bias meet with the financial system.
May 13, 2022May 17, 2022
Qoala becomes SEA’s fastest growing insurtech through $65m Series B funding [Reinsurance News]
Indonesian insurtech start-up Qoala, has announced that it has successfully raised Series B funding of US$65 million, a thirty times growth since the company’s Series A round in April 2020.
May 12, 2022May 17, 2022
Wholesale Ecommerce Startup ApnaKlub Raises $10 Mn From Tiger Global To Take Its Platform To 20K Partners [Inc42]
Since 2020, ApnaKlub has welcomed more than 5,000 partners on its platform and is planning to expand its reach. The startup raised about $4 Mn in funding from Sequoia India’s Surge, Blume Ventures, Whiteboard Capital and Flourish Ventures in August 2021.
May 12, 2022May 17, 2022
Bill pay fintech Cushion gets $12M Series A financing to become one-stop bill payment shop [ZD Net]
Proceeds from the financing will be used for hiring talent across its products, engineering, data analytics and marketing as its bill pay solution is in the beta-testing stages.
May 11, 2022May 17, 2022
Qoala Raises US$ 65 Million in Series B, Clocking 30X Business Growth Since Series A [PR Newswire]
Qoala raised US$ 65 million in Series B funding led by Eurazeo with participation from several existing investors including Flourish Ventures, KB Investment, MassMutual Ventures, MDI Ventures, SeedPlus and Sequoia Capital India. In addition, BRI Ventures, Daiwa PI Partners, Indogen Capital, Mandiri Capital Indonesia and Salt Ventures also joined the investment round as new investors.
May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Flourish Focus: Alloy
June 2, 2022 | 8:00 am PT
Flourish Focus a series featuring 1:1 exchanges with fintech innovators around the world.
February 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Flourish Conversations: Women Entrepreneurship in India – What Does it Take to Succeed?
March 24, 2022
In this lively, informative and timely discussion, investment director Anuradha delves deep with four successful women entrepreneurs to discover what’s working, what’s not in creating a vibrant ecosystem for women entrepreneurs in India.
February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
Flourish Conversations: Hummingbird – Reimagining Compliance Across the Financial Sector
February 24, 2022
The explosion of fintech innovation and the mass migration to digital channels drove a new need for regulatory compliance. From crypto and payments to cross-border transactions, startups and financial institutions face significant compliance challenges and operational scaling needs. Join Flourish Investor Kabir Kumar when he sits down with the co-founders of Regtech rising star Hummingbird.
February 16, 2022February 16, 2022
Celebrating Our Founders
December 14, 2021
Here's to the founders, partners, and thought leaders who are building a fair financial system to empower people
November 22, 2021December 9, 2021
Flourish Focus: Mercê do Bairro
December 9th, 2021
Find out how Brazil’s fintech start up Mercê do Bairro recently raised a $10 million Series A round with a vision to deliver an embedded finance platform that empowers small business owners.
November 10, 2021February 15, 2022
FTS Fest Hall of Fame 21
November 10, 2021
Managing partner Tilman Ehrbeck reflects on the evolution of FinTech and what the future holds.