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
Perspectives
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.
October 13, 2021October 13, 2021
How Embedded Finance Can Leapfrog Traditional Banking in Southeast Asia
With high smartphone penetration, a surge in digital adoption accelerated by the pandemic, and a population still largely unbanked, Southeast Asia is...
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...
August 8, 2022August 8, 2022
The Celo Africa Web3 Fund Inaugural Event Kicks Off in Kenya – Next Stop, Nigeria
This is the first of a series of 4 events set to take place over the next 4 months of 2022 as Celo seeks to help Web3 projects access the needed funds to either launch or build their solutions on the Celo blockchain ecosystem.
August 1, 2022August 29, 2022
Interview of Emmalyn Shaw, Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures [Paris Fintech Forum Communities]
Discover each week a new episode of our exclusive Interview Video Series where top leaders of the Fintech / Insurtech / Banking international scene speak about their vision of the future of finance.
July 22, 2022July 22, 2022
An Unequal Burden: Measuring Financial Worry In Developing Countries During The Pandemic (Forbes Finance Council)
What does financial worry mean for people globally? The answer depends on objective factors such as how much you earn along with subjective perceptions about what constitutes a financially secure life in a particular society.
July 22, 2022July 22, 2022
M2P Fintech Acquires Syntizen, Its Third Acquisition This Year
It acquired cloud lending platform, Finflux and core banking solutions provider BSG ITSOFT earlier this year.
June 28, 2022June 29, 2022
Mapan’s services helps low-income Indonesians users afford goods and services [TechCrunch]
In Indonesia, arisans are traditionally rotating savings and credit associations (RSCA) that let groups of people, primarily women, save and borrow money together. Mapan digitized that concept and turned it into a service where users, also mostly women, can use it to pay for goods and services.
June 27, 2022June 29, 2022
Bangladesh tech startup ShopUp nets $65m in new funding [Nikkei Asia]
Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures leads latest round for mom-and-pop platform
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.
November 9, 2021December 2, 2021
Flourish Conversations: Meet the Director of NPR’s “Out of the Blocks”
November 18, 2021
Based on the award-winning Baltimore WYPR podcast, Out of the Blocks looks at the impact of COVID on people living “on the blocks” of Baltimore, Seattle, Charleston, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
September 22, 2021October 29, 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.