By Tilman Ehrbeck If we ever needed it, the past 12 months have provided a stark reminder that good government, a functioning...
Perspectives
April 13, 2021April 14, 2021
Why We Believe Credflow Will Empower Indian Business Owners
Empowering Indian Business Owners with an Automated Cashflow and Payments Collection Service
March 15, 2021March 15, 2021
Why we invested in YAP: Fintech infrastructure drives financial inclusion
by Anuradha Ramachandran and Harsh Gupta The financial ecosystem in India is being rapidly disrupted by technology. Large and specialized fintech players...
March 10, 2021March 10, 2021
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...
March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
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...
February 25, 2021February 26, 2021
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....
April 14, 2021April 16, 2021
The Opportunities Fintech brings to Africa: A discussion with Flourish Ventures Principal Efayomi Carr [24Bit Podcast]
In this latest episode of our 24Bit podcast, I sat down with Efayomi Carr to discuss Fintech in Africa. Efayomi Carr is a Principal at Flourish Ventures, a Global Fintech Venture Firm that recently opened its offices in Kenya.
April 14, 2021April 15, 2021
Credflow Raises $2.1 Million In Seed Funding Led [BW Distrupt]
Indian SMEs, particularly traditional manufacturing and distribution businesses in the B2B supply chain are still using archaic, offline processes to manage their receivables and payables.
April 12, 2021April 16, 2021
The fintech-focused VC space in Africa is fairly small, here is how Flourish Ventures is changing that [TechMoran]
The fintech-focused investment space in Africa is fairly small, but Flourish Ventures, a global fintech venture capital firm and arm of Omidyar Network, which launched 2 years ago with a $300m war-chest, is changing that for good.
February 24, 2021April 15, 2021
Room for everyone in post-pandemic fintech [Entrepreneur]
Crises are catalysts for innovation. When longstanding ways of doing essential things cannot continue because of circumstances beyond our control, technical expertise and entrepreneurial flair make possible new ways of doing these things.
February 17, 2021February 17, 2021
Financial health startup SeedFi raises $65m [FinExtra]
SeedFi, a startup promising to help Americans build their credit and savings, has raised $15 million in equity and $50 million in debt. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, with participation from Flourish, Core Innovation Capital, and Quiet Capital. SeedFi is one of several fintech outfits targeting the huge swathe of Americans stuck in cycle of debt and with little or no savings.
February 17, 2021February 17, 2021
SeedFi closes on $65M to help financially struggling Americans get ahead [TechCrunch]
Millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and struggle to get out of a debt cycle. One startup is developing financial products targeted toward this segment of the population, with the goal of helping them build credit, save money, access funds and plan for the future.
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...
February 26, 2020March 11, 2020
FinRegLab: Market and Policy Challenges Are Slowing Use of Cash-Flow Data in U.S. Credit Underwriting
Today, our portfolio company FinRegLab published a new report, The Use of Cash-Flow Data in Underwriting Credit: Market Context & Policy Analysis,...
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April 19, 2021April 19, 2021
Flourish Focus: TaniHub Group
April 29, 2021, 7pm PDT
April 30, 2021, 9am WIB
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.
April 15, 2021April 19, 2021
Flourish Talent Talks: The Future of Product
April 23, 2021, 2pm IST
Join the Flourish India portfolio companies for a fireside chat with Anshumani Ruddra who has spent the last 16 years crafting experiences and products for users. First as an author of children’s books, then as a game designer on some of the world’s largest social games (Mafia Wars, Cafe World, etc) and then as a product manager across various consumer tech businesses (gaming, messaging, healthcare, education and media).
April 13, 2021April 15, 2021
Flourish Conversations: Digital Acceleration – Opportunities in India
April 13, 2021, 8:30pm PDF
April 14, 2021, 9:00am IST
In this conversation, entrepreneurs in India talk frankly about the challenges, losses and successes of running a startup during a global pandemic.
March 25, 2021April 15, 2021
Flourish Focus: Embedded Finance in India – A Conversation with 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.
February 25, 2021April 15, 2021
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.
October 10, 2020April 15, 2021
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.