Harsh

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, among others - offering strategic advice and introductions to his trusted network and actively sources investment opportunities across the region. A sought-after speaker, Harsh regularly contributes to discussions on climate tech, embedded finance, vertical Saas, among other industry topics.

Prior to joining Flourish as an Associate, Harsh spent four and a half years working in the venture debt industry, first with InnoVen Capital (formerly known as Silicon Valley Bank, India) and subsequently with Alteria Capital. Prior to his venture debt stint, Harsh worked at Vodafone India serving roles in rural business development, supply chain and finance.

Harsh is a Chartered Accountant (ICAI) by qualification and received a Bachelors in Commerce degree with Distinction from N.M College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai University.

In The News
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Flourish Focus: StepChange Is Leading the Charge on ESG Reporting in India
Flourish Principal Harsh Gupta sits down with Ankit Jain, Co-Founder of StepChange, one of our newest portfolio companies in India that is focused on improving ESG reporting for the country, and soon the broader Asia...
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frontier
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.
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Flourish Promotes Investment Leads in India and LatAm; Strengthens Bench in U.S. and Africa With New Hires
Flourish announced five news hires and two promotions, adding capabilities to its global investment team.
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founder wellness
[The New Indian Express] Why Investors Should Support Founders’ Mental Health
Entrepreneurial journeys are challenging. There are peaks of extreme happiness and moments of utter despair and hence entrepreneurs draw on a special kind of mental energy. They go after the impossible.
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embedded finance
Why We Invested in Mapan: Rising Social Fintech Empowers Indonesian Women
Flourish and Patamar re-teamed to invest in Mapan’s community of digital saving circles. In 2009, smartphones were a mostly untapped invention – and had not yet reached many emerging markets like Indonesia.
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[e27] Why kirana stores are central to India’s digital opportunity
The COVID-19 pandemic showed us just how important kirana stores are in India.
Events
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[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Varun Tangri, Founder & CEO, QueueBuster
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.
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embedded finance
Why We Invested In Brick: Seamlessly connecting consumers to embedded financial products with a single line of code
Why We Invested: Brick Southeast Asia is home to over half billion people with a rapidly maturing digital economy. Like the rest of the world, Covid-19 has curbed regional GDP growth but it has accelerated...
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embedded finance
Why We Invested In Apnaklub: Digitally Connecting India’s Retailers to Goods and Wholesalers
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 goods supply chain poses significant challenges for local grocery retailers and their consumers....
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embedded finance
Why We Invested In Aquaconnect: An Online Platform Connecting Farmers and Customers
 By Anuradha Ramachandran and Harsh Gupta Mobile adoption is on the rise among India’s fish and shrimp farmers. With half a billion smartphone users in India, online financial tools, digital platforms and fintech applications are...
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