Global venture capital firm Flourish Ventures is planning to invest in Fintech start-ups looking at increasing its exposure to fintechs focused on embedded finance in retail especially the kirana stores in India, besides fintechs focused on B2B infrastructure platforms and consumer personal finance.
Perspectives
September 14, 2022September 14, 2022
Report: Corner stores around the world offer a big fintech opportunity [Protocol]
Even with a looming recession, new data from Flourish Ventures suggests people in emerging markets will keep spending in local shops.
September 14, 2022September 20, 2022
New Research Finds Corner Shops are Faring Well Against Big Box Stores in Emerging Markets, but Digital Challenges Remain
Flourish Ventures Report Reveals Shopkeepers in Brazil, Egypt, India and Indonesia are Reporting Strong Customer Traffic but Risk Falling Behind if they Don’t Become More Tech Savvy
August 30, 2022August 31, 2022
Flourish Ventures Adds New Talent and Opens San Francisco Office
Early-Stage Global Investors Provide Additional Support for Fintech Entrepreneurs
August 17, 2022August 22, 2022
The role of investors on the wellbeing of entrepreneurs, with Lisa Mikkelsen [The Future Farm]
At the same time as drawing attention to the subject of mental wellbeing for entrepreneurs, we must acknowledge that the reasons why entrepreneurs experience mental health challenges are still largely unaddressed. Lisa Mikkelsen, Head of Global Human Capital at Flourish Ventures, joins NAKED for this special investor focused episode, to share how the Fund’s partners lead by example.
August 10, 2022August 15, 2022
Thread Bank, Unit Collaborate to Expand Banking-as-a-Service [PYMNTS.com]
Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform Unit has teamed up with digital-first bank Thread Bank to allow companies to embed banking services into their products.
August 30, 2022September 21, 2022
Digitizing the Corner Shop: The Corner Shop Isn’t Dead: How Fintech and Embedded Finance Are Giving Them Extra Power
September 20, 2022
New research shows the corner shop is here to stay and poised to go digital. A $900B+ industry worldwide, fintechs are now serving corner shops across the retail value chain, developing low-cost, easy-to-use, online tools for sourcing, logistics, business management, sales, and financial services.
July 18, 2022August 30, 2022
Flourish Focus: QueueBuster—How to Get MSMEs in India to Go Digital
August 9, 2022
Flourish’s India-based investor Harsh Gupta sits down with serial entrepreneur Varun Tangri to discuss how retail-focused superapp QueueBuster is helping corner shop owners replace the ‘nightmare’ of managing in-store operations using pen and paper with easy-to-use software.
May 10, 2022June 8, 2022
Flourish Focus: Alloy
June 2, 2022
Flourish Focus a series featuring 1:1 exchanges with fintech innovators around the world.
February 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Flourish Conversations: Women Entrepreneurship in India – What Does it Take to Succeed?
March 24, 2022
In this lively, informative and timely discussion, investment director Anuradha delves deep with four successful women entrepreneurs to discover what’s working, what’s not in creating a vibrant ecosystem for women entrepreneurs in India.
February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
Flourish Conversations: Hummingbird – Reimagining Compliance Across the Financial Sector
February 24, 2022
The explosion of fintech innovation and the mass migration to digital channels drove a new need for regulatory compliance. From crypto and payments to cross-border transactions, startups and financial institutions face significant compliance challenges and operational scaling needs. Join Flourish Investor Kabir Kumar when he sits down with the co-founders of Regtech rising star Hummingbird.
February 16, 2022February 16, 2022
Celebrating Our Founders
December 14, 2021
Here's to the founders, partners, and thought leaders who are building a fair financial system to empower people