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.
Perspectives
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Qoala aims to be top insurance intermediary in Malaysia [The Sun Daily]
Qoala, through its Malaysian branch Qoala Technology Sdn Bhd (Qoala Malaysia), aims to become the biggest insurance intermediary in Malaysia within two years, by providing more information, choices and convenience at a competitive price point.
Mobile-based PoS app QueueBuster raises Rs 63.3 cr in series A round [Business Standard]
Funding led by Chiratae Ventures, Omidyar Network India and Flourish Ventures
Accelerating financial inclusion through the use of embedded finance [The Standard]
Embedded finance demonstrates an opportunity for fintechs, banks and lenders to create more tools and resources for those that may not have access to traditional banking.
Is Latin America the hottest fintech market in the world? [StartUp City]
Fintech is booming in Latin America. Venture funding in the region hit $19.5 billion in 2021—more than three times the investment level from 2020. With 650 fintech deals in Latin America backed by VCs, it was a record-breaking year.
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.
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.
Flourish Focus: Alloy
June 2, 2022
Flourish Focus a series featuring 1:1 exchanges with fintech innovators around the world.
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.
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.
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
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.
FTS Fest Hall of Fame 21
November 10, 2021
Managing partner Tilman Ehrbeck reflects on the evolution of FinTech and what the future holds.