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Accion

Accion is a global nonprofit organization founded in 1961 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It focuses on increasing access to financial tools and services for underserved individuals and small businesses to promote financial inclusion. Accion catalyzes financial service providers to deliver affordable, high-quality solutions at scale, thereby helping communities thrive. The organization supports innovative fintech startups through its investment initiative, Venture Lab, which invests in early-stage companies that enhance financial access and improve service quality. Venture Lab provides both capital and strategic support, facilitating growth and operational efficiency for its portfolio companies. By engaging industry leaders and regulators, Accion challenges the financial sector to become more inclusive, ultimately working towards a world where everyone has the opportunity to improve their financial well-being.

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Room 1008, Building 3 Wan Da Plaza No. 93 Jianguo Road Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

Matthieu Albrieux

Investment Officer

Tahira Dosani

Managing Director, Accion Venture Lab

Shannon Dwyer

Investment and Portfolio Associate

John Fischer

Chief Investment Officer

Rachel Morpeth

Senior Associate, Global Investments

Livingston Parsons

Chief Financial Officer

Alex Qian

Investment Professional

Paul Rasmussen

Investment and Portfolio Associate

Michael Schlein

President and Chief Executive Officer

Radhika Shroff

Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Gateway Fund, Accion Global Investments

Coryell Stout

Investment Professional

Past deals in SME

SMECorner

Series B in 2020
SMEcorner is a financial lending firm that focuses on providing quick access to business loans to micro, small, and medium enterprises. The companys mission is to fill India's SME lending gap with the use of an online platform that combines machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence. SME owners can fund their business through their 2 different products which are the unsecured business loans and loan against property. SMEcorner's lending process is based on a combination of traditional and new alternate data, with strong use of decision science. SMEcorner was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Flex Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Flex Finance offers a mobile platform designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to manage and track their expenses effectively. The platform features an intuitive user interface, allowing users with little to no financial knowledge to navigate it easily. Through built-in artificial intelligence, Flex Finance provides valuable insights that help business owners reduce waste, save money, and make informed spending decisions. The company aims to support SMEs in overcoming common challenges, particularly in their formative years, thereby contributing to job creation and economic stability in Nigeria. By digitizing daily operations, including budgeting, expense tracking, and facilitating bulk payment transfers, Flex Finance empowers businesses to streamline their financial management processes.

SMECorner

Series A in 2019
SMEcorner is a financial lending firm that focuses on providing quick access to business loans to micro, small, and medium enterprises. The companys mission is to fill India's SME lending gap with the use of an online platform that combines machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence. SME owners can fund their business through their 2 different products which are the unsecured business loans and loan against property. SMEcorner's lending process is based on a combination of traditional and new alternate data, with strong use of decision science. SMEcorner was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

SMECorner

Seed Round in 2018
SMEcorner is a financial lending firm that focuses on providing quick access to business loans to micro, small, and medium enterprises. The companys mission is to fill India's SME lending gap with the use of an online platform that combines machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence. SME owners can fund their business through their 2 different products which are the unsecured business loans and loan against property. SMEcorner's lending process is based on a combination of traditional and new alternate data, with strong use of decision science. SMEcorner was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

SmartMEI

Seed Round in 2017
SmartMEI provides banking and automated accounting for micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil. The company was started by two Brazilian graduates from the MBA Class of ‘15 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business who wanted to use cutting-edge technology to help entrepreneurs in their home country to thrive. SmartMEI is a business-in-a-box solution that takes care of the basic back-office needs of every micro-business owner: being in full compliance with the government, collecting from clients, making payments and managing cash. SmartMEI is currently being used by companies in more than 3.500 cities all over Brazil.

SMECorner

Pre Seed Round in 2015
SMEcorner is a financial lending firm that focuses on providing quick access to business loans to micro, small, and medium enterprises. The companys mission is to fill India's SME lending gap with the use of an online platform that combines machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence. SME owners can fund their business through their 2 different products which are the unsecured business loans and loan against property. SMEcorner's lending process is based on a combination of traditional and new alternate data, with strong use of decision science. SMEcorner was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.