by Emmalyn Shaw & Sarah Morgenstern U.S. financial services infrastructure is in the early innings of a multi-decade digital transformation. From payment rails...
Perspectives
December 18, 2022December 18, 2022
A Decade of Tech Innovation Fuels Financial Progress for Billions
Just over a decade ago, the World Bank set out to survey 150,000 people across 148 countries to create the first Global Findex database, measuring how people make payments, save money, borrow and manage risk.
September 1, 2022September 1, 2022
A CEO’s Strongest Support System May Be Found in Other CEOs
The third entry in our founder wellness series explores advisors and CEO peer groups – informal communities where founders can be honest and get honest feedback.
July 22, 2022August 31, 2022
Leading With Authenticity: Healthy Teams Thrive on Clear Communication
The second in our founder wellness series, this blog looks at how CEOs are leading their companies through a challenging environment. With teams more dispersed than ever, it’s all about connecting on a human level.
June 21, 2022June 21, 2022
Strong Startups Are Led by Healthy CEOs: Why We’re Prioritizing Founder Wellness
As the fintech fundraising landscape shifts from boom times to a more challenging environment, we see the pressure ratcheting up on founders and their teams – passionate people who are already taxed by two years of working through the pandemic.
March 15, 2022April 8, 2022
Kamino Gives Much-Needed Boost to High-Growth LATAM Startups
Repeat Founders Build Financial Infrastructure to Accelerate Time-to-Market and Provide End-to-End Financial and Corporate Solutions for New Businesses
January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
Consumer Reports Finds Peer-to-Peer Payment Apps Offer Ease and Convenience but Pose Potential Financial and Privacy Risks for Users
CR Identifies Steps That Providers Can Take to Improve Protections and Offers Tips to Consumers for Reducing Risks
December 28, 2022December 28, 2022
Aquaconnect Bags $15 Mn To Streamline Aquaculture Value Chain
Chennai-based full stack aquaculture platform, Aquaconnect, has raised $15 Mn (INR 120 Cr) in a Series A funding round led by Lok Capital.
December 16, 2022December 16, 2022
Sarah Morgenstern named one of 2022’s Inspiring FinTech Females by NYC FinTech Women
The Inspiring FinTech Females list recognizes women who are transforming fintech and who are advocates for women and gender equity. Venture Partner Sarah Morgenstern is recognized in the 'Money Movers' category for her commitment to supporting diverse FinTech founders, challenging the status quo, and creating opportunity for all women.
December 14, 2022December 16, 2022
Corner Stores – An Essential Sales Channel Across – Are Evolving With Digital Tools
In many African countries, corner shops are woven into the fabric of local communities. Their role in the economy is often underestimated. Despite repeated predictions of their demise, the data is clear, corner stores are here to stay.
October 24, 2022October 24, 2022
Why kirana stores are central to India’s digital opportunity [e27]
Small corner stores is an integral part of India’s local communities; with the right digital tools, they can be an important driver of growth.
October 24, 2022October 24, 2022
Global VC Flourish launches Madica, an Africa-focused program to back pre-seed stage startups [TechCrunch]
Access to funding and lack of support systems are some of the greatest challenges faced by startup founders in sub-Saharan Africa. And while venture capital and founder support programs within the continent are growing, a lot still remains to be done to meet the financing, technology and social capital needs of the especially marginalized groups like women founders.
November 10, 2022December 13, 2022
Flourish Focus: Dinie—Envisioning a Future Where Banking is Invisible
December 8, 2022
Flourish’s Diana Narvaez talks with Dinie founders Suzy Ferreira and Andrea Burattini about the backbone of the Brazilian economy—SMBs. Despite their relevance, SMBs are grossly under-banked and have limited access to funding.
August 30, 2022September 21, 2022
Digitizing the Corner Shop: The Corner Shop Isn’t Dead: How Fintech and Embedded Finance Are Giving Them Extra Power
September 20, 2022
New research shows the corner shop is here to stay and poised to go digital. A $900B+ industry worldwide, fintechs are now serving corner shops across the retail value chain, developing low-cost, easy-to-use, online tools for sourcing, logistics, business management, sales, and financial services.
July 18, 2022August 30, 2022
Flourish Focus: QueueBuster—How to Get MSMEs in India to Go Digital
August 9, 2022
Flourish’s India-based investor Harsh Gupta sits down with serial entrepreneur Varun Tangri to discuss how retail-focused superapp QueueBuster is helping corner shop owners replace the ‘nightmare’ of managing in-store operations using pen and paper with easy-to-use software.
May 10, 2022June 8, 2022
Flourish Focus: Alloy
June 2, 2022
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.