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Flourish Focus: StepChange Is Leading the Charge on ESG Reporting in India

Climate risk is rapidly becoming a central concern for financial institutions, as the impacts of climate change threaten both profitability and long-term stability. Yet, many banks and enterprises struggle to measure and mitigate these risks due to a lack of granular data and actionable insights. With increasing pressure to align...

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SPRY is the physical therapy industry's first AI-driven practice management platform that seamlessly integrates clinical, finance, and administrative functions.

October 09, 2024

SPRY: Powering Physical Therapy Clinics With AI-Driven SaaS

Flourish led the $15 million round in SPRY, the innovator behind physical therapy's first AI-driven practice management platform. We feel privileged to back co-founders Brij…

Shivam is a Senior Investment Analyst based in Bengaluru focusing on the firm’s India portfolio. Shivam began his investing career at Dallas Venture Capital, a US-India cross-border venture capital firm, where he was a founding member and investment analyst based in India. He was also an investor at the Bharat...

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In India and Southeast Asia, Ravi leads Flourish’s fintech investments and manages the firm’s portfolio. He brings critical operational experience in scaling tech companies and broad investment knowledge to Flourish’s founder partners across the region. Before joining Flourish, Ravi was the CFO at Agro.Club, a global full-stack B2B grain marketplace...

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Frontier

February 28, 2024

StepChange: Announcing Our First Climate Finance Investment

We are very excited to introduce you to StepChange, an India-based provider of cutting-edge climate data science solutions for risk management.

[Forbes India] ApnaKlub: Uplifting kirana, one brand at a time

ApnaKlub is stepping up its kirana play across tier 2 and beyond by rolling out a slew of its own brands. Will the gambit of a B2B wholesale platform for FMCG pay off? By Rajiv Singh, Forbes India Staff Originally posted on Forbes India For years, Badrinath Gupta endured a...

[TechCrunch] Indifi raises $35M to expand digital lending to more small businesses

Indifi Technologies, an Indian startup offering digital lending to small and medium businesses, has raised $35 million in a new funding round led by ICICI Venture, the investment arm of ICICI Bank. Existing investors, including British International Investment, OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, Omidyar Network India, Flourish Ventures and...

[APN NEWS] Agritech Startups: A ray of hope in Indian Agriculture

The rapidly expanding agritech industry has a lot of potential to help Indian agriculture and eventually increase farmer incomes. India currently has 450 Agritech startups, and NASSCOM estimates that this number will increase by 25% annually. AgriTech startups have become a ray of hope in Indian agriculture, as well as...

[Forbes India] Why ApnaKlub Shruti doesn't mind being an angry young woman

The cofounder and CEO of of the B2B wholesale FMCG platform channelises her anger to defy norms, discard labels and fight gender bias By Rajiv Singh, Forbes India Staff People kept stoking her anger. And it started early in Shruti’s life. “Such a sad thing. The poor guy has three...

[CNA] Mom-and-pop shops in India struggle amid competition from online platforms, retail chains

One store owner is fighting to survive, offering a wide variety of items and embracing technology to retain his customers. MUMBAI: Mom-and-pop shops, known locally as kirana stores, can be found all over India – on busy city streets, the tiniest of lanes in slums, and even hard-to-reach rural areas....