by Anuradha Ramachandran and Harsh Gupta The financial ecosystem in India is being rapidly disrupted by technology. Large and specialized fintech players...
Perspectives
What The Headlines Won’t Tell You – A Deeper Look at the U.S. Economic Recovery and Its Fragility
By Shrey Shetye A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no doubt the U.S. economy has begun to show signs of...
When Investing Under Pandemic Uncertainty, Purpose Matters Even More
By Tilman Ehrbeck When the pandemic hit a year ago, I tried to make sense of the broader economic outlook. A few...
Strengthening Our Global Team to Address Accelerating Tech Trends and Growing Need for More Financial Health
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are more determined than ever to double down and empower passionate fintech entrepreneurs around the globe....
Why We Invested in SeedFi
By Emmalyn Shaw In the United States, there are more than 100 million low- to middle-income citizens who wish to build credit...
Brazil Gig Worker Research Update: Essential Workers Are Finding Ways to Cope
By Arjuna Costa The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying economic dislocation triggered a significant shift in the lives of gig workers around...
Live near an ocean? Kin Insurance’s data aims to more accurately predict home risk [TechCrunch]
A home in California has different insurance needs than a home in Nebraska, and Kin Insurance believes data and technology can determine the best way to insure homes where insurance is harder to get.
Instant Checkout Provider Skipify Receives Investment from PayPal, Amex Ventures, Others [Crowdfund Insider]
Skipify, an “instant checkout” platform for merchant websites, has received a strategic investment round from PayPal Ventures, Synchrony, Amex Ventures, and Okta Ventures. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.
Skipify Receives Strategic Investment Led by PayPal Ventures [Finance Magnates]
Skipify received the funding to help it expand its business.
The e-commerce marketing platform aims to reduce friction in the buying process.
Express Checkout Category heats up as Skipify gets backing from PayPal Ventures, Synchrony, Amex Ventures and Okta
Skipify, a leader in Frictionless Commerce that enables instant checkout on merchant websites and marketing channels, announced today a strategic investment round from PayPal Ventures, Synchrony, Amex Ventures and Okta Ventures.
The 7 Largest NYC Tech Startup Funding Rounds of January 2022 [AlleyWatch]
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New York for January 2022. I have included some additional information such as industry, description, round type, total equity funding raised to further the analysis for the state of venture capital in NYC.
People Digest: Flourish Ventures ropes in execs for Asia [Dealstreet Asia]
Venture capital firm Flourish Ventures has roped in executives at a senior level as they look to expand their operation.
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.
Flourish Focus: Thought Leader Spotlight – ShopUp
October 10, 2020
We have remained inspired by ShopUp's vision for a more inclusive financial system that begins with providing SMEs access to the formal financial sector. Smita Aggarwal sits down with Afeef Zaman, Co-founder and CEO of ShopUp, to tell his founder story.
Flourish Conversations: Early Stage Funding in Africa A Pulse Check
May 7, 2020
Watch as Arjuna Costa and Ameya Upadhyay convene with leading Africa-focused VCs to discuss investing and fundraising in the current health and financial crisis.