by Emmalyn Shaw It was the summer of 2016 when co-founders Sean Harper and Lucas Ward took the stage for the first...
Perspectives
Introducing Dinie, Our Newest Fintech in Brazil
By Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner Brazil’s 17 million micro-, small- and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) face a significant credit gap. This is largely...
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...
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...
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...
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...
50+ Customers, Partners, and DAOs Invest in Syndicate
Today, we’re proud to announce that 50+ customers, partners, and DAOs have strategically invested $6M into Syndicate, bringing our total to over $28M raised from more than 300 values-aligned investors, operators, companies, partners, customers, and DAOs since our founding just a year ago.
Grab-led digital consortium to accelerate access to financial services in Malaysia [Tech Wire Asia]
Grab Holdings Limited and Singtel are among the five recipients of Malaysia’s digital banking license. GXS Bank Pte. Ltd, their digital bank joint venture, and a consortium of Malaysian investors including Kuok Brothers Sdn.
Fundos estrangeiros de venture capital querem investir no Brasil mesmo com alta de juros [Forbes]
Visão a longo prazo permite que fundos aproveitem o mercado em crescimento do país.
MyShubhLife raises Rs 100 Cr [Entrackr]
MyShubhLife, a full stack financial services platform, has closed a funding of Rs 100 crore from Gojo & Company, Inc. The fresh investment will help MyShubhLife grow its NBFC book and increase disbursements through its co-lending partners,
Aquaconnect raises $8 million venture debt [The Times of India]
Aquaconnect, a full-stack aquaculture input and outputs platform, has raised Rs 60 crore (around $8 million) in a venture debt funding round led by venture debt firm Trifecta Capital.
Kenya-based agritech Apollo raises $40 million in Softbank-led round, joined by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CDC [TechCrunch]
Kenya-based agritech Apollo Agriculture, which helps farmers access high-quality farm inputs, financing and markets, plans to double the number of farmers it is serving by the end 2022 and to introduce other products that deliver more value per acre of land.
Flourish Conversations: How Adopting Open Data for Finance Could Boost Economic Growth in 10 Years
June 24, 2021
In this conversation, uncover the effects of open data for finance within different economies around the world.
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.
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.
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.
Flourish Focus: Embedded Finance in India – A Conversation with M2P Fintech (formerly 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.
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.