| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.04.2026 | Kulipa capta US$ 6,2 milhões em rodada seed liderada por Flourish Ventures e 1kx | A Kulipa anunciou a captação de US$ 6,2 milhões em rodada seed coliderada por Flourish Ventures e 1kx, com participação de White Star Capital e Fabric Ventures. A empresa desenvolve infraestrutura para emissão de cartões financiados por sal... |
| 02.04.2026 | Fintech startup littlefish raises $9.5 M Series A funding to power merchant infrastructure for African banks | Littlefish, a South African fintech startup that powers the connections between Africa’s largest banks and the merchant class, has closed a US $9.5 million Series a funding round as it strives to change the way financial institutions assist... |
| 30.03.2026 | Spade Secures $40 Million to Revolutionize Financial Data with AI | Spade secured $40 million in Series B funding. Oak HC/FT led the round. The New York firm transforms raw transaction data. It creates structured records for financial institutions. This powers critical AI initiatives. Funds will expand plat... |
| 29.03.2026 | Spade: $40 Million Raised For Data And AI Platform For Financial Institutions | Spade, a New York-based data and AI platform focused on financial institutions, announced that it has raised $40 million in Series B funding to expand its capabilities and scale its operations.
The funding round was led by Oak HC/FT, with p... |
| 03.03.2026 | Bluprynt Secures $4.25M Seed Round to Power Regulated Onchain Finance | Bluprynt secures $4.25 million in seed funding. The DC-based firm develops a crucial compliance operating system for digital assets. It links traditional finance regulations with blockchain's onchain requirements. Valor Capital Group led th... |
| 02.03.2026 | Bluprynt: $4.25 Million Seed Raised To Scale Compliance Operating System For Onchain Finance | Bluprynt, a compliance operating system for digital assets, has closed an oversubscribed $4.25 million seed round to expand its infrastructure for regulated onchain finance. The round was led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from ... |
| 01.03.2026 | Digital Asset OS Bluprynt Announces $4.25M Round | Bluprynt, a compliance operating system for digital assets, this week announced the close of its $4.25 million seed round. The oversubscribed round was led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from Cultivation Capital, Robinhood, Coin... |
| 27.02.2026 | Bluprynt Raises $4.25M in Seed Funding | Bluprynt, a Washington, DC-based provider of a compliance operating system for digital assets, closed a $4.25m Seed funding.
The round was led by Valor Capital Group, with participation from Cultivation Capital and other investors including... |
| 03.02.2026 | Revena: $8 Million Raised To Cut Hospital Revenue Losses With AI | Revena, an artificial intelligence platform focused on automating the hospital revenue cycle, has raised a US$8 million seed round backed by Canary, Flourish Ventures, and Caravela Capital. The company said the financing comes after deploym... |
| 28.01.2026 | Revena capta R$ 40 milhões e prevê evitar perdas usando IA em hospitais | A Revena, plataforma de inteligência artificial voltada à automação do ciclo de receita hospitalar, anuncia rodada seed de R$ 40 milhões. O fundo de venture capital Canary liderou o investimento, com a participação de Flourish Ventures e Ca... |
| 31.10.2025 | VoidZero, SalarySe, Helex, others net early-stage funding | Helex's co-founders Poulami Chaudhuri, Anirudh Nishtala and Rohini Kalvakuntla
Developer tools provider VoidZero, fintech platform SalarySe, biotech startup Helex and several other companies have secured funding in various early-stage round... |
| 30.10.2025 | SalarySe raises $11.3 Mn Series A led by Flourish Ventures The company said that the fresh capital infusion will help its aim to transform financial accessibility for India's salaried workforce, makin... | SalarySe, a salary-powered fintech platform, has announced a fundraise of USD 11.3 million in Series A funding led by Flourish Ventures, along with participation from Susquehanna Asia VC and returning investors Peak XV's Surge and Pravega V... |
| 30.10.2025 | SalarySe secures $11.3 million from Flourish Ventures, SIG Ventures | Synopsis
Existing investors Peak XV Partners and Pravega Ventures participated in the round. To date, the Gurugram-based fintech credit startup that offers advance salaries and credit cards to white-collar employees has raised $16.6 million... |
| 30.10.2025 | SalarySe Nets $11.3 Mn To Scale Its Salary-Linked Credit Platform | SUMMARY
The round, which involved around 25% dilution, pegged SalarySe at a roughly $44 Mn post-money valuation
While Flourish Ventures and Susquehanna Asia VC infused $5 Mn and $3 Mn, respectively, the remaining $3.3 Mn came from existing ... |
| 28.10.2025 | CipherOwl Launches Compliance Platform | CipherOwl, founded by the team that built Coinbase’s on-chain data and compliance platform, this week announced $15 million in seed financing co-led by General Catalyst and Flourish Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Sancu... |
| 24.10.2025 | Waste Tech Leader Secures $28M to Digitally Transform Hauling Industry | CurbWaste raised $28 million in Series B funding, pushing total investment to $50 million. Socium Ventures spearheaded the round. This significant capital influx will accelerate the digital modernization of America’s independent waste hauli... |
| 23.10.2025 | Brico Closes Series A to Set New Standard for Financial Licensing | Brico Co-Founders Edward Swiac, CTO and Snigdha Kumar, CEO
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AI-driven regulatory automation company raises Series A within a year after seed round as existing investors double down on explosive 600% growth
Brico is establishing th... |
| 23.10.2025 | CipherOwl Raises $15M in Seed Funding | CipherOwl, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of AI-native intelligence layer for institutional cryptocurrency compliance, raised $15m in seed financing.
The round was co-led by General Catalyst and Flourish Ventures, with participation fro... |
| 23.10.2025 | CipherOwl: $15 Million Raised To Advance AI-Based On-Chain Compliance For Financial Institutions | CipherOwl, a San Francisco-based defense and compliance technology company founded by former Coinbase executives, has exited stealth with $15 million in seed funding. The funding round was co-led by General Catalyst and Flourish Ventures, w... |
| 23.10.2025 | CurbWaste: $28 Million Series B Raised For Modernizing America’s Independent Waste Hauling Industry | CurbWaste, an operating system for independent waste haulers, announced it has raised $28 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $50 million. The funding round was led by Socium Ventures, a venture and growth firm backed... |
| 22.10.2025 | CurbWaste Raises $28M in Series B Funding | CurbWaste, a NYC-based operating system for independent waste haulers, raised $28m in Series B funding round.
The round, which brought total funding to $50m, was led by Socium Ventures, a venture and growth investment firm backed by Cox Ent... |
| 08.10.2025 | Paytech Akua levanta US$ 8,5 milhões para acelerar expansão na América Latina | A paytech Akua anuncia o fechamento de uma rodada seed no valor de US$ 8,5 milhões. A nova captação eleva o total levantado pela empresa para US$ 13 milhões, um ano após a conclusão de sua rodada pre-seed. A startup consolida assim seu mode... |
| 24.09.2025 | Reserv: $41 Million Fueled by AI Vision in Claims Management | Reserv secured $16M, extending its Series B to $41M. QBE Ventures spearheaded the investment. Funds will accelerate AI orchestration, redefining claims management. This move promises smarter, faster insurance operations. Reserv’s rapid grow... |
| 23.09.2025 | Reserv: $16 Million Raised For Claims Management Platform | Reserv, a technology-driven third-party administrator (TPA), recently announced the successful extension of its Series B funding round to meet overwhelming investor demand. This extension resulted in an additional $16 million being raised, ... |
| 17.09.2025 | Reserv Raises Additional $16M; Brings Total Series B to $41M | Reserv, a NYC-based tech-enabled third-party administrator (TPA), raised additional $16M.
The round was led by QBE Ventures and included additional new strategic partners and pro-rata participation from existing investors such as Bain Capit... |
| 09.09.2025 | Kamino recebe aporte de R$ 54 milhões | A Kamino, plataforma de gestão financeira para empresas de médio porte, anunciou uma nova rodada de R$ 54 milhões (US$ 10 milhões). A solução integra software de gestão, conta bancária, cartão corporativo próprio, conexões com todos os banc... |
| 20.08.2025 | Payment orchestration platform HoneyCoin raised $4.9 M to transform stablecoin-powered payments | In order to solidify its position as a major force in the payments sector, Kenya’s HoneyCoin, a game-changing global payment orchestration platform, has raised US $4.9 million in funding to support its operations, product suite expansion, a... |
| 18.08.2025 | HoneyCoin, a Kenyan fintech startup Raises $4.9M in funding | Kenyan fintech startup HoneyCoin has secured $4.9 million in seed funding to scale its stablecoin-enabled payment infrastructure across Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
Founded in 2020 by David Nandwa, HoneyCoin provides a full-stack financ... |
| 11.08.2025 | Liquid Raises $2.1M in Funding | Liquid, a São Paulo, Brazil-based real estate startup, raised $2.1m in funding.
The round was led by SaaSholic, with participation from Flourish Ventures, Honey Island by 4UM, and Crivo Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to expa... |
| 11.06.2025 | Reserv: $25 Million Series B Raised For TPA Technology | Reserv, a tech-enabled third-party administrator (TPA), announced the completion of its $25 million Series B funding round. This oversubscribed round, led by Flourish Ventures with full pro-rata participation, also included Accenture Ventur... |
| 04.06.2025 | Reserv Raises $25M in Series B Funding | Reserv, a NYC-based tech-enabled third-party administrator (TPA) company, raised $25M in Series B funding.
The round, which brought total funding to $55m, was led by Flourish Ventures with participation from BCV, Altai Ventures, and Accentu... |
| 10.05.2025 | Neobanking platform Kaleidofin raised $5.3 M from IDH Farmfit Fund | In a fresh round of funding led by the IDH Farmfit Fund, the fintech neobanking platform Kaleidofin has raised $5.3 million, or roughly Rs 44.5 crore.
In September 2024, the Chennai-based startup raised $13.8 million. The Michael & Susa... |
| 05.05.2025 | Kaleidofin Raises USD 5.3 Mn from IDH Farmfit to Scale Lending and Tech Capabilities The newly raised capital will be deployed to scale Kaleidofin's lending portfolio and enhance its proprietary techn... | Chennai-based fintech company Kaleidofin has secured a USD 5.3 million equity investment from IDH Farmfit, a public-private impact fund focused on smallholder farmers.
This latest infusion brings the total raised in Kaleidofin's ongoing fun... |
| 02.05.2025 | Kaleidofin secures $5.3M from IDH Farmfit to boost agri-fintech offerings | Kaleidofin, a fintech company focused on financial inclusion for underserved segments, has secured a $5.3 million equity infusion from public-private impact fund IDH Farmfit. The latest investment brings the total funding in the company’s c... |
| 17.04.2025 | To strengthen its enterprise payments infrastructure offering, Stitch raised $55 M Series B funding | In order to strengthen its online payments suite, enter the acquisition market, and deepen and expand its in-person payments offering, South Africa-based payments infrastructure startup Stitch has announced a US $55 million Series B round o... |
| 15.04.2025 | South Africa’s payments startup Stitch raises $55 million Series B funding | Stitch, a South Africa-based payments infrastructure startup founded in 2021, has raised $55 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to $107 million within just four years of operation. The funding is aimed at expanding its ... |
| 15.04.2025 | Payments Firm Stitch Raises $55 Million in Funding Round led by QED | Listen to this article
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Stich, a Fintech payments venture based in South Africa, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by QED Investors.
Other investors include Flourish Ventures, Norrsken22, and G... |
| 04.04.2025 | MENA Digest: Dubai’s YAP, Fuse, Egyptian startup InfiniLink get funding | Credit: 123RF.com
Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa region slowed down this week on account of Eid, but some significant fundraising rounds were still secured by startups, including Dubai-based digital banking platform... |
| 03.04.2025 | Payments Fintech Fuse Raises $6.6 Million, Targets MENA Region | Fuse, founded by TrueLayer veterans, has raised $6.6 million in a funding round led by Northzone. Other investors include Flourish Ventures, Alter Global, and angel investors.
Fuse is a payments Fintech targeting the MENA region. The compan... |
| 01.03.2025 | This Week in Startup Funding: Key Investments (Feb 22–28) This week saw several startups secure crucial funding to scale their operations and expand market reach. From AI-driven research solutions to ... | Gurugram-based Geniemode, founded in 2021 by Amit Sharma and Tanuj Gangwani, is a B2B cross-border e-commerce platform helping global buyers streamline supply chains for furniture, home textiles, apparel, and accessories. The platform simpl... |
| 28.02.2025 | [Weekly funding roundup Feb 22-28] VC investments plummets further | February has ended on a slightly downcast note for the Indian startup ecosystem as venture capital (VC) continued to fall for two consecutive weeks reflecting the impact of global macroeconomic challenges.
The total VC funding for the last ... |
| 26.02.2025 | FairMoney offers Nigerians 17% to 30% Interest on Their Savings | Africa’s leading neo bank, FairMoney, is raising the bar for savings in Nigeria, offering up to 30% interest per annum (P.A.) The Neobank’s high-yield savings options cater to both new and existing users, making it an attractive choice for ... |
| 26.01.2025 | MoneyHash: Payment Orchestration Platform Company Raises $5.2 Million (Series Pre-A) | MoneyHash, one of the first and leading payment orchestration platforms operating in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), announced it secured $5.2 million in pre-A funding. The funding round was led by Flourish Ventures, a global fintech inve... |
| 21.01.2025 | Egyptian fintech MoneyHash raises $5.2 million Pre-Series A from Flourish Ventures | MoneyHash, an Egyptian fintech startup that provides APIs to help businesses in Africa and the Middle East manage their online payments on a single platform, has raised $5.2 million in a pre-Series A funding round. MoneyHash will use the fu... |
| 03.01.2025 | Outlook 2025: VC investment revival set to continue; RegTech, fintech to be in demand | Harsh Gupta, Principal, Flourish Ventures
India’s technology startup ecosystem has been attracting increasing attention from investors across the globe as the country maintains its status as the fastest growing major economy in the world. O... |
| 13.12.2024 | Upbound to Acquire Brigit, for up to $460M | Upbound Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPBD), a Plano, TX-based technology and data-driven company which specializes in accessible and inclusive financial products, acquired Brigit, a financial health technology company, for total consideration of up... |
| 15.11.2024 | 86% of African Tech Founders Report Impact on Wellbeing – Yet 81% Enjoy the Journey | Share this:
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| 14.11.2024 | [YS Exclusive] Athina AI raises $3M in seed funding from Perplexity Co-founder Denis Yarats, Y Combinator, and others | Athina AI, a Y Combinator-backed startup, has raised $3 million in funding, bringing its total to $4.1 million. The investment round saw participation from Alex Ratner, CEO of Snorkel AI; Denis Yarats, CTO of Perplexity; Kleiner Perkins Sco... |
| 10.10.2024 | Is Founder Wellbeing Directly Proportional to Start-Up Success? The role of the start-up ecosystem in making the global economy thrive is well-established. The Indian start-up community, too, has been... | The role of the start-up ecosystem in making the global economy thrive is well-established. The Indian start-up community, too, has been a key player with an impressive list of 100+ global unicorns. Five start-ups have already made it to th... |
| 28.09.2024 | [Weekly funding roundup Sept 21-27] VC inflow continues to show strong traction
Recommended Stories For You | Venture capital funding into Indian startups continues to remain high given the inflow of large-value deals in September.
The last week of the month saw total funding reach $430 million spread across 24 deals. In contrast, the previous week... |
| 26.09.2024 | API infrastructure platform M2P Fintech raised over $100 M in primary and secondary funding | M2P Fintech, an application programming interface (API) infrastructure platform, has completed a primary and secondary financing round led by Helios Investment Partners, raising a total of Rs 850 crore, or roughly $101.8 million.
Renowned A... |
| 24.09.2024 | Africa-focused PE firm Helios leads $102 mn funding in India’s M2P Fintech | (From left) M2P founders Madhusudanan R, Muthukumar A and Prabhu R
Indian banking technology infrastructure provider M2P Fintech has closed its Series D financing, raising Rs 850 crore ($102 million) in a mix of primary and secondary capita... |
| 24.09.2024 | M2P Fintech raises Rs 850 Cr in Series D funding round led by Helios Investment Partners
Recommended Stories For You | Banking infrastructure company M2P Fintech has raised Rs 850 crore in Series D financing round, led by Helios Investment Partners, valuing the company at over Rs 6,550 crore. M2P’s existing investor Flourish Ventures also participated in th... |
| 24.09.2024 | M2P Fintech Secures INR 850 Cr in Series D Led by Helios, Valuation Surpasses INR 6,550 Cr The Chennai-based API infrastructure platform aims to deploy the raised funds to solidify its leadership in I... | Banking infrastructure provider M2P Fintech announced the first close of its Series D funding round, securing INR 850 crore through a mix of primary and secondary share capital.
The funding round was led by Helios Investment Partners, bring... |
| 24.09.2024 | M2P Fintech raises over $100 Mn in primary and secondary funding | Application programming interface (API) infrastructure platform M2P Fintech has raised Rs 850 crore (around $101.8 million) through a primary and secondary financing round led by Helios Investment Partners.
The Series D round also saw parti... |
| 20.09.2024 | Kaleidofin Raises $13.8M in Funding | Kaleidofin, a Chennai, India-based fintech startup, raised a $13.8m in funding.
The round was led by Rabo Partnerships with participation from Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Oikocredit, Omidyar Network India, and Flourish Ventures.
The ... |
| 19.09.2024 | Kaleidofin secures $13.8 mn equity infusion by Rabo Partnerships & others | Kaleidofin Private Ltd, a financial services company focused on the informal sector, has secured $13.8 million in equity funding. Leading this round is Rabo Partnerships BV from the Netherlands with an $11 million investment.
The funding wi... |
| 19.09.2024 | Fintech Kaleidofin raised $13.8 M from Rabo Partnerships | In a fresh fundraising round headed by Rabo Partnerships B.V., fintech startup Kaleidofin has raised $13.8 million. The round has also included participation from previous backers Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Oikocredit, Omidyar Net... |
| 18.09.2024 | Kaleidofin's New Funding: A Boost for Financial Inclusion in India | In the bustling streets of Chennai, a financial revolution is brewing. Kaleidofin, a fintech firm, has secured $13.8 million in fresh funding. This round was led by Rabo Partnerships, a Netherlands-based investor, which contributed $11 mill... |
| 18.09.2024 | Fintech startup kaleidofin raises $13.8M led by Rabo Partnerships
Recommended Stories For You | kaleidofin, a financial services company that caters to small and growing businesses in the informal sector, said it raised $13.8 million in a fresh funding round.
The round was led by Rabo Partnerships B.V., which invested $11 million, wit... |
| 18.09.2024 | Financial services startup Kaleidofin bags $14 mn in fresh round | Sucharita Mukherjee
Chennai-based financial services company Kaleidofin has raised $13.8 million in an equity round from various investors, and is expecting to receive around $10 million more in this financial year.
Netherlands-based Rabo P... |
| 18.09.2024 | Fintech Firm Kaleidofin Secures USD 13.8 Mn Funding Led by Rabo Partnerships The latest investment will fuel Kaleidofin's mission to expand its lending portfolio, enhance its credit scoring capabiliti... | Chennai-based fintech firm Kaleidofin announced that it has raised USD 13.8 million in a funding round led by Netherlands-based Rabo Partnerships B V, which invested USD 11 million.
The remaining capital came from existing backers, includin... |
| 13.08.2024 | Meet the 23-Year-Old Running One of the Largest Fintech Companies in Africa | A photo of David Nandwa, 23-Year Old CEO of HoneyCoin
At just 23 years old, Nandwa has already established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the fintech industry. As the CEO, CTO, and founder of two thriving payment companies, Honey... |
| 12.08.2024 | Flourish Ventures’ Ehrbeck, Kaushik on investment thesis, India plan and more | Premium
Flourish managing partner Tilman Ehrbeck (left) and Asia investment head Ravi Kaushik
Flourish Ventures, which counts eBay founder Pierre Omidyar as its sole limited partner (LP), was spun out from Omidyar Network in 2019 to focus o... |
| 30.04.2024 | Ravi Kaushik to Lead Flourish Ventures’ Fintech Portfolio in India and SE Asia | - |
| 29.04.2024 | Flourish Ventures Adds Senior Global Investment Team Lead | Ravi Kaushik Joins as Executive Director Overseeing Early-Stage Fintech Investments in Emerging Markets Asia
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with purpose, today announced ... |
| 24.04.2024 | Madica, a program by Flourish Ventures, steps up pre-seed investing in Africa | Madica, an investment program launched by US-based investor Flourish Ventures to back pre-seed startups in Africa, plans to invest in up to 10 ventures by the end of the year, ramping up its funding efforts after closing three initial deals... |
| 24.04.2024 | Flourish Ventures strengthens Asia investment team with key hire | ManagementNews
Samreen Ahmad · 29 Apr 2024 · 2 min readFlourish Ventures strengthens Asia investment team with key hire
Ravi Kaushik, newly appointed executive director and head of Asia investments at Flourish Ventures / Photo credit: Flour... |
| 25.03.2024 | Zone raises $8.5m in Seed Funding to Scale its Decentralized Payment Infrastructure | Share this:
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| 30.10.2023 | Deals in brief: J&T Express makes HKEX debut, Gentari and GIC invest in AM Green Ammonia Holdings, multiple China and India deals, and more | J&T Express raises USD 450 million in Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut
The logistics service provider made its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last Friday, revealing a public offer price of HKD 12 (USD 1.53) per share, resulting in ... |
| 27.10.2023 | Deals in brief: ComfortDelGro leads investment in Drive Lah, Heidi Health secures Series A funding, Flourish Ventures raises USD 350 million, and more | In how many ways can startups approach artificial intelligence? The answer, as it turns out, is plenty. And we mean this in a good way.
With numerous companies taking strides in developing AI-driven solutions, we’ve been seeing some interes... |
| 26.10.2023 | EBay founder-backed VC secures $350m funding | FintechInvestmentsNews
Samreen Ahmad · 4h ago · 1 min readEBay founder-backed VC secures $350m funding
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Flourish Ventures, an early-stage VC firm focusing on fintech, has secured U... |
| 04.10.2023 | TC Startup Battlefield master class with Flourish Ventures: Defining early-stage product-market fit | Every business needs to figure out how to create a sticky product, and identifying where your product fits in the market is crucial to a strategy that leads to an offering that keeps customers returning. However, figuring all that out can b... |
| 12.03.2023 | We’re only beginning to see the impact of Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion | Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll ... |
| 07.03.2023 | 7 investors reveal what’s hot in fintech in Q1 2023 | The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year.
However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their tim... |
| 22.02.2023 | Farm software startups in Asia Pacific raised more funding in 2022 despite downturn | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze food and agriculture technology investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 20.12.2022 | Aquaconnect raises $15m to digitize India’s aquaculture supply chain for smallholder farmers | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
India-based aquaculture management platform Aquaconnect has secured a $15 million Series A round.
Lok Capital led the round with participation from Louis Dreyfus Com... |
| 12.12.2022 | Madica Ventures wants to bridge the financial gap in Africa’s technology ecosystem
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Success! | Funding in Africa’s tech industry has its favourite destinations. The Big 4—Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, and Kenya—accounted for more than 70% of the $5.2 billion raised by startups in Africa last year, according to Partech’s 2021 report. ... |
| 24.10.2022 | Flourish Ventures Launches Africa-Focused Pre-Seed Investment Platform Madica | Emmanuel Adegboye, head of Madica (pictured on the left) launches new pre-seed Africa fund spun out from Flourish Ventures. He celebrates with new Board members, Efayomi Carr, principal, Flourish Ventures, Ameya Upadhyay, venture partner, F... |
| 24.10.2022 | Global VC Flourish launches Madica, an Africa-focused program to back pre-seed-stage startups | Access to funding and lack of support systems are some of the greatest challenges faced by startup founders in sub-Saharan Africa. And while venture capital and founder support programs within the continent are growing, a lot still remains ... |
| 22.07.2022 | An Unequal Burden: Measuring Financial Worry In Developing Countries During The Pandemic | Tilman Ehrbeck, Managing Partner of Flourish Ventures, an evergreen fund investing in fintech entrepreneurs across the globe. |
| 24.01.2022 | In Kenya, Apollo Agriculture is building a pathway to commercial farming | It may sound contrarian, but Benjamin Njenga believes that Africa’s smallholder farmers are among the richest people in society.
“They are the people who own land,” says Njenga, co-founder and chief customer officer at Nairobi and Amsterdam... |
| 07.12.2021 | Hummingbird lands $30M to bring design thinking to anti-money laundering investigations | Hummingbird, which sells anti-money laundering software to banks and fintechs, announced today that it raised a $30 million Series B led by new investor Battery Ventures. Existing investors Flourish and Homebrew also participated in the rou... |
| 04.10.2021 | GramCover banks $7m Series A, aims to insure 10m Indian farmers in next 3 years | Indian rural insurance startup GramCover has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Inflexor Ventures and Siana Capital. Stride Ventures was a first-time investor to participate in the funding, alongside existing bac... |
| 12.07.2021 | BREAKING: Indian fish farmer network Aquaconnect raises $4m from AgFunder, others | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
Indian aquaculture startup Aquaconnect has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by US-based Flourish Ventures and Japan’s Rebright Partners.
US-based agr... |
| 12.07.2021 | Indian fish farmer network Aquaconnect raises $4m from AgFunder, others | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Aquaconnect.
Indian aquaculture startup Aquaconnect has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by US-based Flourish Ventures and Japan’s Rebright Partners.
US-based agr... |
| 10.07.2021 | VCBay Weekly News Roundup – Ecommerce startups MaxAB, Furlenco and many others raise fresh funding | Welcome to VCBay Weekly News Roundup. Here are some important developments in the startup space and major funding rounds this week – |
| 06.07.2021 | Egypt-based e-commerce marketplace MaxAB raises US$ 40M | MaxAB, an Egypt-based B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects food and grocery retailers to suppliers, raised US$ 40 million in a Series A funding round on 5 July 2021. |
| 05.07.2021 | Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform MaxAB has raised $40M Series A | Share this:
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| 14.05.2021 | Already under massive stress from the virus, more Indian workers turn to ‘gig economy’ livelihoods | The coronavirus pandemic is shaking up India’s labor force, shifting the focus sharply to gig economy jobs — or on-demand, part-time work given to contract workers.
India has always been known for having a large pool of informal gig workers... |
| 27.03.2021 | ‘I lost my bike and could barely afford my three meals’—how the virus hit Indonesia’s gig drivers | Tech in Culture | Novan Arif was working as a customer service agent at Indomaret, one of Indonesian largest convenience store chains, in 2016 when he heard about a promising new job opportunity—becoming a driving partner for a ride-hailing platform.
Uber, G... |
| 01.02.2021 | Women in Fintech: Flourish Ventures’ Emmalyn Shaw | As a managing partner at Flourish Ventures, a $500 million global venture fund that was launched in 2019 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, Emmalyn Shaw is an experienced tech investor.
Flourish Ventures plans to invest in companies that lever... |
| 02.12.2020 | YC-backed Heru raises $1.7M to build software services for Latin American gig workers | Given the attention that TechCrunch pays to Y Combinator’s Demo Days, we also try to keep tabs on the same startups as they scale and raise more capital. Yesterday we covered YC Winter 2020 participant BuildBuddy, for example. Today we’re t... |
| 22.10.2020 | ShopUp raises US$ 22.5M in Series A funding | ShopUp, launched in 2017 by Afeef Zaman, Ataur Rahim Chowdhury and Siffat Sarwar, offers B2B sourcing, logistics, digital loan, and business management solutions to neighborhood shops and online vendors. It helps these small business owners... |
| 07.09.2020 | This Labor Day, spare a thought for the workers who made your doorstep delivery possible | Arjuna Costa Contributor
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| 06.08.2020 | The tale of 2 challenger bank models | Tilman Ehrbeck Contributor
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| 26.05.2020 | India’s GramCover banks pre-Series A funding for rural insurance network | GramCover has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-Series A funding from Emphasis Ventures, Flourish, Omidyar Network India, and existing investor Omnivore.
The Noida-based startup is using an online-to-offline model to make insurance more a... |
| 21.05.2020 | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture raises $6m round | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture has raised a $6-million Series-A investment round, led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures.
A number of other investors also took part in the round, including Leaps by Bayer, Flourish Ventures, Sage H... |
| 21.05.2020 | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture raises $6m round | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture has raised a $6-million Series-A investment round, led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures.
A number of other investors also took part in the round, including Leaps by Bayer, Flourish Ventures, Sage ... |
| 30.12.2019 | 10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019 | Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups based on the continent raise over $53-million in 25 deals (in disclosed deals).
Fintech deals accounted for about 18% of the almost $290-mi... |
