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December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
COVID-19: How the pandemic has impacted Africa’s gig economy [CNBC Africa]
Originally posted on CNBC Africa According to a report by Flourish Ventures, 66 per cent of gig workers across the globe reported...
December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
Pandemic puts gig-economy workers in even more precarious financial position [Business Day Nigeria]
Originally posted to Business Day Nigeria By Ameya Upadhyay The global gig economy has emerged as a vast secondary labour market over...
December 8, 2020January 7, 2021
Unit raises $18.6M to offer banking features as a service [TechCrunch]
Companies like Stripe and Twilio have changed the game for online businesses by making it easier to integrate payments and communications services into their customer...
December 3, 2020January 7, 2021
Flourish Ventures’ Emmalyn Shaw on Making Impactful Financial Service Investments [Falk Marques Group]
In our latest interview, Flourish Ventures’ Emmalyn Shaw discusses her journey to becoming an impact investor – a journey spurred by a desire to “marry” her interest in the entrepreneurial space with a “positive outcome.” Watch the video.
December 2, 2020January 7, 2021
YC-backed Heru raises $1.7M to build software services for Latin American gig workers [TechCrunch]
Given the attention that TechCrunch pays to Y Combinator’s Demo Days, we also try to keep tabs on the same startups as they scale and raise more capital. Today we’re taking a look at Heru, a startup based in Mexico City that is announcing a $1.7 million raise after taking part in YC’s Summer 2019 session.