With high smartphone penetration, a surge in digital adoption accelerated by the pandemic, and a population still largely unbanked, Southeast Asia is...
Perspectives
September 13, 2021September 13, 2021
B2B Fintechs Are the Unsung Heroes of Embedded Finance
When fintech insiders talk about embedded finance, we often focus on companies offering financial products on platforms and or other services. It’s...
September 7, 2021September 8, 2021
Flourish Adds Jetty to the Embedded Finance Portfolio
By Emmalyn Shaw and Sarah Morgenstern After several months of keeping our excitement under wraps, we can finally share about our investment...
September 1, 2021September 2, 2021
Why we invested: Apnaklub
By Anuradha Ramachandran and Harsh Gupta Embedded Finance Platform Apnaklub Digitally Connects India’s Retailers, and Kiranas to Consumer Goods and Wholesale Partners India’s unwieldy consumer...
August 6, 2021August 6, 2021
Fintech Founders in Bangladesh, Egypt & the US Share Customer-first Focus and Offerings
Today, embedded finance is one of the most influential, seemingly all-encompassing technology trends taking place around the world. It involves non-bank companies and fintech start ups offering financial products and services to targeted customers.
July 21, 2021July 23, 2021
5 Years of Partnership: Why We Continue to Bet On Kin
by Emmalyn Shaw It was the summer of 2016 when co-founders Sean Harper and Lucas Ward took the stage for the first...
November 10, 2021November 18, 2021
Fintech Has Taken Off In Africa – Here’s Why It’s Not A Bubble [Fintech Africa]
Some of the most innovative models in fintech we’ve seen have come out of our Africa portfolio, such as the way Pula advanced embedded finance by bundling crop insurance with the seed bought by small farmers.
November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
Smita Aggarwal – Flourish Ventures – Don’t Remain Superficial in Anything That You’re Doing [Asia Tech Podcast]
Smita is an investor that seeks new business models across South Asia and Southeast Asia in the FinTech innovation space that drives value creation for all stakeholders.
November 9, 2021November 9, 2021
Brigit Raises $35M to Help the 78% of Americans That are Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck [AlleyWatch]
Originally posted on AlleyWatch The uncertainty of the pandemic has introduced financial uncertainty to millions of Americans. During these difficult times, budgeting...
November 9, 2021November 9, 2021
Financial Health Startup SeedFi Launches and Announces $65 Million in Funding [Payments Journal]
SeedFi Helps Underserved Americans Build Credit and Savings to Accelerate Their Economic Progress
November 9, 2021November 9, 2021
Credit-Building Platform SeedFi Closes $65 Million Funding Round [Pymnts]
Financial health startup SeedFi, which helps Americans build credit, save money and make future financial plans, has raised $65 million in funding, according to a press release.
November 5, 2021November 8, 2021
Why embedded finance can build Africa’s real estate [Business Daily Africa]
Africa's urban population has seen a boom over the last 35 years, with an increase in the number as well as the size of towns and cities, playing a key role in fostering rural-urban migration for millions of citizens who seek better fortunes and living standards across the continent.
June 24, 2021June 29, 2021
Flourish Conversations: How Adopting Open Data for Finance Could Boost Economic Growth in 10 Years
In this conversation, uncover the effects of open data for finance within different economies around the world.
October 21, 2020November 23, 2020
The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, U.S. Spotlight 2020
Since May, we have been examining the lives of gig workers around the world and the impact COVID-19 has played on their...
September 29, 2020November 23, 2020
The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, India Spotlight 2020
With each study in our ongoing series The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, we aim to better understand the economic...
September 8, 2020November 23, 2020
The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, Indonesia Spotlight 2020
The Indonesia Spotlight 2020 of The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure examined how gig workers in the Indonesian informal...
July 29, 2020October 6, 2020
The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, South Africa Spotlight 2020
The South Africa Spotlight 2020 of The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure tracked the experiences of gig workers, including those...
June 29, 2020November 23, 2020
The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, Brazil Spotlight 2020
In May 2020, Flourish began surveying gig workers across the globe to learn more about their experiences and how they are faring...
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November 22, 2021November 24, 2021
Flourish Focus: Mercê do Bairro
December 9th | 9:00 AM PST | 2:00 PM Brazil
Find out how Brazil’s fintech start up Mercê do Bairro recently raised a $10 million Series A round with a vision to deliver an embedded finance platform that empowers small business owners.
November 9, 2021November 23, 2021
Flourish Conversations: Meet the Director of NPR’s “Out of the Blocks”
November 18, 2021
Based on the award-winning Baltimore WYPR podcast, Out of the Blocks looks at the impact of COVID on people living “on the blocks” of Baltimore, Seattle, Charleston, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
September 22, 2021October 29, 2021
Flourish Embedded Finance: Plug-ins
Oct. 28, 8:30pm PDT | Oct. 29, 9:00am IST
More and more non-bank businesses—such as fintech companies, retailers, small businesses, and manufacturers—are now offering online financial products within their apps to better serve customers.
September 20, 2021October 7, 2021
Flourish Focus: Jetty
October 7, 2021
A conversation with Mike Rudoy, co-founder and CEO of Jetty.com—a high growth fintech start up that just raised a $23M funding round co-led by Citi and Flourish Ventures.
July 20, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Focus: Apollo Agriculture
August 26, 2021
Flourish Focus a series featuring 1:1 exchanges with fintech innovators around the world.
July 14, 2021September 9, 2021
Flourish Focus: Grab Financial Group
July 29, 2021
Flourish Focus a series featuring 1:1 exchanges with fintech innovators around the world.