Among the Indian gig workers surveyed, those that were able to receive some form of government aid were “far more likely” to...
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September 29, 2020November 23, 2020
The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, India Spotlight 2020
With each study in our ongoing series The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure, we aim to better understand the economic...
August 14, 2020August 31, 2020
Could Bangladesh be the next Indonesia? [Tech in Asia]
By Melissa Goh One country has been left out of Asia’s growth story in the last decade: Bangladesh. Compared to Indonesia or...
September 5, 2019March 11, 2020
Empowering Blue-Collar Workers in India
Why We Invested in 0.5Bn FinHealth
September 4, 2019June 19, 2020
Yelo raises funding to Launch Financial Services Catered to India’s Next Half Billion
Investors in this round include Matrix Partners India, Omidyar Network India, Flourish, and Better Capital.
August 29, 2019November 23, 2020
The Economist: The poor, who most need insurance, are least likely to have it
The Economist shines a light on how moves to expand “financial inclusion” are being extended to bring the poor insurance as well as mobile-money accounts and access to credit with examples of progress from portfolio companies Toffee, Pula and MircroEnsure.
August 6, 2019March 11, 2020
TechCrunch: India’s Indifi raises $21M to expand its online lending platform
Flourish Ventures participated in the Series C round.
June 4, 2019March 11, 2020
Economic Times: Make proposed regulatory sandbox inclusive, fintech experts tell RBI
Flourish's own Smita Aggarwal discussed the potential benefits of the proposed plan.
May 8, 2019March 11, 2020
LiveMint: Opinion | How regulatory sandbox can be tailored to the Indian context
Flourish's Smita Aggarwal shares how regulatory sandbox provides an opportunity for India to be a role model for having innovation-friendly and inclusion-focused regulation.
April 15, 2019November 23, 2020
Mint: Fintech touching millions of lives by redefining financial services
Mint has published an opinion piece by Smita Aggarwal on how fintech is changing peoples lives for the better in India.