Stella Klemperer
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Stella Klemperer

Director of Strategy & Insights

Stella is the Director of Strategy & Insights at Flourish Ventures. Since the firm's launch in 2019, she has led its sector-impact strategy, including identifying and evaluating firm-wide priorities, and spearheads the firm's learning agenda, publishing primary research in partnership with Flourish's investment team and portfolio leaders.

Stella brings more than 15 years of experience in strategy and social finance. Prior to Flourish, she worked at Omidyar Network, focusing on the future of work and financial inclusion, and earlier at McKinsey & Company and Root Capital, a global agricultural impact investor. She began her career working with smallholder farmers in South America.

Stella holds an MBA with distinction from Cornell University and a BA in Economics from Brown University.

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Blog
blog
April 24, 2025
Queen Máxima and Mrs. Dow Jones Take on Financial Health at the Global Inclusive Growth Summit

What happens when one of the world’s leading voices for financial health sits down with one of social media’s loudest champions for money smarts? Something pretty special. The 2025 Global Inclusive Growth Summit in Washington,...
News
press
January 30, 2025
It’s Time to Talk about Founder Wellbeing in Africa: A Landmark Survey Highlights the Need for Greater Support
Research
research
November 11, 2024
State of African Founder Wellbeing Survey 2024
This Flourish research is based on a survey of approximately 200 startup founders across 13 African countries, diving deeply into the stresses and challenges they navigate on their startup journeys and how they cultivate resilience.
Blog
media & money
May 29, 2024
How Mission-Driven Film Directors, Social Media Influencers, and Other Creatives Are Shaping the Narrative for a Fair Financial System
We launched Flourish five years ago with a venture capital business model focused on improving the financial system so it works better for households and small businesses. The majority of our work involves investing in...
Blog
the ecosystem
November 13, 2023
Consumer Reports Delivers Next-Level Transparency for Fintech Customers
The pandemic accelerated the transformation and adoption of digital finance. Today, more than 80% of consumers use at least one fintech app, with the average consumer using four different apps to manage their financial lives. 
Events
video
November 09, 2023
Flourish Focus: Consumer Reports Leads the Way with Fintech Product Ratings
In this Flourish Focus, Delicia Hand, Director of Financial Fairness Advocacy at Consumer Reports, shares her team’s vision for a Fair Digital Financial Marketplace.
News
featured
October 06, 2023
[ NextBillion] Does Universal Basic Income Really Work?
Understanding the Early Findings from the World’s Largest UBI Experiment, and Their Implications for Financial Resilience.
Research
news
September 14, 2022
Digitizing the Corner Shop
The corner shop plays a vital role in neighborhoods across the globe. These millions of small stores, often independent and family-owned, are found on every street corner in local communities, ensuring neighborhood access to food...
News
research
September 14, 2022
New Research Finds Corner Shops are Faring Well Against Big Box Stores in Emerging Markets, but Digital Challenges Remain
Flourish Ventures Research Reveals Shopkeepers in Brazil, Egypt, India and Indonesia are Reporting Strong Customer Traffic but Risk Falling Behind if They Don’t Become More Tech Savvy.
Research
opinion
July 29, 2020
Digital Hustle
In May 2020, we launched a global report, The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, to learn how these essential workers were impacted by COVID-19 and better understand how we can help them...
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