By Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner Brazil’s 17 million micro-, small- and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) face a significant credit gap. This is largely...
Perspectives
July 12, 2021September 3, 2021
Why we invested: Aquaconnect
By Anuradha Ramachandran and Harsh Gupta Mobile adoption is on the rise among India’s fish and shrimp farmers. With half a billion...
May 10, 2021May 11, 2021
TaniHub: Creating Lasting Impact for Indonesia’s Highly Fragmented Agriculture Sector
“I never imagined myself to be an entrepreneur.” Growing up, Pamitra Wineka, founder of TaniHub always envisioned himself going into research or...
April 20, 2021April 20, 2021
Eight India Fintech Companies Offer Lessons and Insights One Year After the Covid-19 Pandemic Hit
Surviving a war zone. Unrelenting fear. Decimated strategies. This is how startups in India describe the catastrophe that the Covid-19 pandemic and...
April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
Three Observations from Beyond Good and One Ask: Contribute to a Purpose-Driven Fintech Business Revolution
By Tilman Ehrbeck If we ever needed it, the past 12 months have provided a stark reminder that good government, a functioning...
April 13, 2021April 14, 2021
Why We Believe Credflow Will Empower Indian Business Owners
Empowering Indian Business Owners with an Automated Cashflow and Payments Collection Service
September 14, 2021September 20, 2021
EFAYOMI CARR: Africa’s youth hold the key to the expansion of agritech across the continent [TechTrendsKE]
The Covid pandemic has focused global attention on the drastic need for food systems to change and become more efficient, cost-effective, and far-reaching.
September 13, 2021September 20, 2021
M2P Invests $4 Mn In Payments Gateway Provider LivQuik To Serve Fintech Startups [Inc42]
With an aim to address the scaling challenges of early-stage fintech startups, Tamil Nadu-based M2P has invested in Future Group-backed payment gateway provider LivQuick.
September 8, 2021October 22, 2021
PitchIt Podcast #19: Emmalyn Shaw of Flourish
In episode 19 of PitchIt: the fintech startups podcast we talk with Emmalyn Shaw of Flourish. We covered a range of topics including where we’re at on the path to financial inclusion, the best way to increase access to those who need it most, whether or not blockchain based tech is fairer, building diverse teams and boards, advice for founders and a whole lot more.
September 7, 2021September 20, 2021
Plumbing: The heartbeat of embedded finance [The Standard]
When one thinks about embedded finance, the first image that comes to mind might be a mobile payments tool in WeChat, or maybe a bank account for Uber workers. What they might not know is just how much work goes on behind the scenes to make those embedded features possible.
September 7, 2021September 20, 2021
Southeast Asia should capitalise on open data dividend to boost GDP. Here’s why. [e27]
Countries in Southeast Asia should accelerate their push towards open data, allowing more financial data-sharing with user consent.
September 7, 2021September 20, 2021
Jetty raises $23M to help give renters more payment flexibility [TechCrunch]
Jetty, a fintech company which aims to give renters flexibility when paying rent, has raised $23 million in a funding round co-led by Citi and Flourish Ventures.
May 20, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Embedded Finance: Platforms
May 19, 2021
The first event in Flourish Ventures’ Embedded Finance series tackles the embedded finance platforms including gig worker, logistics, social media, and supply chain platforms that are relevant and immediately helpful to people in their daily lives.
April 19, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Focus: TaniHub Group
April 29, 2021
Don’t miss this engaging conversation between Flourish Investor Smita Aggarwal and Co-founder and CEO Pamitra Wineka of TaniHub Group, a rising agritech startup based in Jakarta, as they sit down to discuss how TaniHub emerged from a challenging year with the COVID-19 pandemic stronger and poised for growth.
April 13, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Conversations: Digital Acceleration – Opportunities in India
April 13, 2021
In this conversation, entrepreneurs in India talk frankly about the challenges, losses and successes of running a startup during a global pandemic.
March 25, 2021September 8, 2021
Flourish Focus: Embedded Finance in India – A Conversation with YAP
March 25, 2021
YAP is part of the burgeoning fintech market category of embedded finance. Its modular API platform allows SMEs in India to connect and roll out their own branded financial offering through its end-to-end service.
February 25, 2021September 8, 2021
Flourish Focus: Heru
February 25, 2021
Join us for a discussion between Flourish Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa and Mateo Jaramillo, CEO and Co-founder of Mexico City-based Heru. They’ll discuss the inspiration behind Mateo’s startup that offers Latin American gig workers digital services and community safe stops.
December 8, 2020September 8, 2021
Digital Infrastructure for Fair Finance: Flourish Ventures at Singapore Fintech Festival 2020
December 8, 2020
The shortcomings of America’s retail financial systems became evident when the government responded to the economic fallout of the pandemic. The payment system moved slowly—it took as long as three months to get government payments to an estimated 100 million Americans.