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Latin America

Karen Rizkallah

Karen is involved in all aspects of the investment process in Latin America, including sourcing opportunities, evaluating investments, and executing deals. As a senior investment analyst, she also works to explore new investment themes and to connect founders with valuable resources across the Flourish and broader fintech ecosystems. Karen joins...

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October 21, 2024

Investing in Akua: Revolutionizing Payment Processing in Colombia and Spanish-Speaking LatAm

Flourish participated in Akua's $4.3M seed round announced in October 2024. This marks our first investment in Colombia.

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Infrastructure

Groundbreaking Study Shows Links Between Founder Health And Performance in Brazil

At Flourish, we see the pressure rising for startup founders and their teams and believe it’s critical to learn more about the challenges they’re facing and how they can prioritize well-being. We collaborated with Endeavor Brazil for a groundbreaking study called Health and Performance of High Impact Entrepreneurs (March 2024)....

[Gramado Summit] Technology for financial management can help SMEs grow in Brazil

Economia de tempo com automatização de tarefas pode chegar a mais de 300 horas mensais em trabalhos antes feitos via tabela de Excel Originally posted on Gramado Summit Manter um negócio de sucesso em crescimento é um desafio para os empreendedores brasileiros. Apesar do talento inegável para criar novas oportunidades...

[Flourish Conversations] Pix, RTP & Open Finance

The rise of digital financial infrastructure in LATAM Throughout LATAM, countries are realizing the potential of pairing the power of public and private digital infrastructure. This fusion is ushering in a new era of innovative financial products and services throughout LATAM and accelerating financial inclusion. Flourish investor Diana Narvaez discusses...

[LAVCA] 2022 Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech

Women in venture are underrepresented in Latin America as they are globally. In the US, women only hold ~16% of GP positions in VC, and the majority of firms have no women partners; in other markets, reliable benchmarks for comparison are harder to come by. In an effort to raise their visibility,...

[NeoFeed] Fundo do bilionário fundador do eBay cria base no Brasil e sai à caça de fintechs

A Flourish Ventures, fundo que tem o fundador do eBay Pierre Omidyar como único investidor, já investiu em sete startups no Brasil. Agora, abre escritório em São Paulo e vai intensificar a busca por fintechs. View the full article on NeoFeed Brasil

[Flourish Conversations] The Corner Shop Isn't Dead: How Fintech and Embedded Finance Are Giving Them Extra Power

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. Flourish Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa sits...

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