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As Flourish’s leading investor in India, Harsh’s approach to partnering with mission-driven founders is influenced by his belief that financial inclusion enables individuals with diverse backgrounds to be at a level playing field. Harsh actively works with his portfolio companies - including such rising fintechs as ApnaKlub, Aquaconnect, M2P, Mapan,...

Tilman is a co-founder and managing partner of Flourish Ventures, an early-stage global venture capital firm that invests in mission-driven entrepreneurs and industry influencers working towards a fair financial system. He serves on the board of a number of portfolio organizations and as chair of the Advisory Council to the...

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Varun Tangri, Founder & CEO, QueueBuster

How to Get MSMEs in India to Go Digital 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. Mobile-based QueueBuster is a full stack PoS application...

[Outlook India] M2P Fintech Acquires Syntizen, Its Third Acquisition This Year

Originally posted on Outlook India Financial infrastructure provider M2P Fintech acquired Syntizen, an identity verification service provider. As part of the deal, Syntizen’s Co-Founder and CEO, Vamsi Kotte, will take up a senior product leadership role at M2P. This development follows the start-up’s recent acquisitions of Bengaluru-based cloud lending platform,...

Top 30 Open Indian Banking Influencers 2022 [Digital Fifth]

Open Banking in India has seen significant traction over the past two years. It received approximately USD 1.5 B across 2021 and 2022 till date (source: The Digital Fifth Analysis.) The Industry is driven by individuals who have contributed their knowledge and expertise to enrich the Open Banking and Digital...

Qoala

[The Sun Daily] Qoala aims to be top insurance intermediary in Malaysia

Originally posted on The Sun Daily By Gloria Harry Beatty Photo Caption: Teng says Qoala ventured into Malaysia, its first expansion destination outside Indonesia, as it is an advanced market and there is an opportunity to grow an online business model here. – HAFIZ SOHAIMI/THESUN KUALA LUMPUR: Qoala, through its Malaysian...

Person with cash in hand

[Business Standard] Mobile-based PoS app QueueBuster raises Rs 63.3 cr in series A round

Originally posted on Business Standard QueueBuster, a mobile-based POS application, has raised Rs 63.3 crore (about $8.16 million) in a Series A round led by Chiratae Ventures, Omidyar Network India and Flourish Ventures. DMI Alternative Investment Fund (the Sparkle Fund) and Unaprime Investment Advisors (an exclusive banker to QueueBuster) also...

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Tech serves Tamil Nadu farmers

CHENNAI: Palani Muthu from Sirkazhi has been farming shrimp for the past 17 years. Three years ago, when he was struggling with poor survival of shrimp, he learned of Aquaconnect. A representative from the acquaculture startup visited his farm and helped him fix the problem. Now, the startup helps with...

[Reinsurance News] Qoala becomes SEA's fastest growing insurtech through $65m Series B funding

Originally posted on Reinsurance News By Jack Willard Indonesian insurtech start-up Qoala, has announced that it has successfully raised Series B funding of US$65 million, a thirty times growth since the company’s Series A round in April 2020. The Series B funding was led by by Eurazeo with participation from...

ApnaKlub

[Inc42] Wholesale Ecommerce Startup ApnaKlub Raises $10 Mn From Tiger Global To Take Its Platform To 20K Partners

Originally posted on Inc42 By Gunja Sharan Since 2020, ApnaKlub has welcomed more than 5,000 partners on its platform and is planning to expand its reach The startup raised about $4 Mn in funding from Sequoia India’s Surge, Blume Ventures, Whiteboard Capital and Flourish Ventures in August 2021 With ApnaKlub,...

Qoala founders

[PR Newswire] Qoala Raises US$ 65 Million in Series B, Clocking 30X Business Growth Since Series A

Originally posted on PR Newswire Qoala raised US$ 65 million in Series B funding led by Eurazeo with participation from several existing investors including Flourish Ventures, KB Investment, MassMutual Ventures, MDI Ventures, SeedPlus and Sequoia Capital India. In addition, BRI Ventures, Daiwa PI Partners, Indogen Capital, Mandiri Capital Indonesia and...