In May 2020, Flourish began surveying gig workers across the globe to learn more about their experiences and how they are faring...
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June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
New Flourish Research Finds Brazilian Gig Workers Under Pressure Since COVID-19
By Arjuna Costa, Jenny Johnston & Stella Klemperer Imagine a world where a Brazilian street vendor can easily transition to a new...
June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
Bangladesh VC Panel Recap: Fintech Opportunities in the World’s Fastest Growing Economy
While COVID-19 is affecting Bangladesh as everywhere, the economy is still projected to grow at 6% – possibly the fastest in the...
June 4, 2020June 4, 2020
New Brazil Banking Survey: Consumer Trends Shift As a Result of COVID-19 Outbreak
By Jenny Johnston Since March, Flourish has been taking the pulse of the economies where we invest, gauging the global impact of...
May 14, 2020May 19, 2020
Early Stage Funding in Africa — A Pulse Check (Webinar)
By Arjuna Costa and Ameya Upadhyay Entrepreneurs everywhere are dealing with much uncertainty right now, especially in Africa, where capital markets are...
May 13, 2020May 19, 2020
New Indicators Are Giving Us a Sense of Where We Are Headed…For Now
By Tilman Ehrbeck At the macro level, the uncertainty under the current pandemic is great, and predictions are difficult. Physicians are still...
April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
As We Approach the End of the Beginning: What Is the Economic Outlook?
By Tilman Ehrbeck, originally published on Medium Informed by the expertise of epidemiologists, a consensus view of the most likely global economic...
April 19, 2020June 19, 2020
How Fintech Lenders Can Cope with the Impact of the Pandemic — Lessons from Flourish’s Portfolio Leaders
By Smita Aggarwal and Arjuna Costa While the policy interventions being proposed at the national and multilateral levels could partially cushion the shock, these...
April 14, 2020April 15, 2020
A Bold Ask to Tech Companies and VCs: Match Our $1M Donation to Struggling Families
By Emmalyn Shaw In six weeks, the United States shifted from a 50-year-low unemployment rate to likely the highest one since the...
March 24, 2020March 23, 2020
We Are In It For The Long Run
Our managing partner Tilman Ehrbeck talks about what Flourish is doing to help our portfolio companies and the people they serve weather the financial crisis caused by the global epidemic.