Flori Ventures

Small businesses drive the economy. They deserve to own a piece of it. Jia gives entrepreneurs anywhere in the world power to control their financial destiny. We provide blockchain-based financing to businesses in emerging markets and reward them with ownership, enabling them to create wealth and prosperity for themselves and their communities.

Our mission is to grow the export volume of small and medium size agribusinesses in Latin America, generating a sustainable impact in their rural communities while increasing export volume to countries with food deficit

Unergy is a marketplace that connects companies needing funding for Solar installations (market of +$200B yearly) with retail investors who invest in their projects in exchange for a +10% yearly return on investment. When companies go solar they could save around 20 - 40% of their utility bill, however financing a solar installation costs about $500k on average, which is hard to pay with their own liquidity or without affecting their balance sheet. We remove this friction by connecting them with retail investors who are willing to invest +$1K smaller checks in exchange for equity in that solar project, which often results in +10% returns per year for them.

OppZo is an A.I. lending platform that originate and services working capital loans to government contractors in Opportunity Zones. OppZo was founded in 2020 and is based in Miami, FL.

We build tools that allows enterprises verify information about a user *before* processing it - whether it is processed by a human or an AI agent. Traditionally, these verifications including but not limited to background checks cost ~$10. Using our advancements in AI and Cryptography, we're able to send that cost to a few cents. This enables enterprises to do verification at scale, earlier in their work-flows, and enables new kinds of businesses - which were not performing these verifications because of prohibitively high costs. For example, it makes no sense that a recruiter does a candidate's document verification and background checks AFTER the candidate has cleared all the interviews. That's because that verification is cumbersome and expensive. They can't afford to verify all the candidates at the top of the funnel. Many such workflows are ripe for disruption. Another example of a product that was not possible before. A dating app uses our tools to verify the users' information - including their employment, education and financial background. This was something that would have been too expensive to verify at a $10 pricepoint where the ARPU is only $8. Not only that, we're designing the tools ground up - so that AI agents can utilize these verifications before ingesting information, so that they take action basis truthful information. We have 3 tools 1. BlueCheck : our flagship product for background verification. The cheapest option to verify users' employment, education and financial background. A few cents instead of a few tens of dollars. Several Billion Dollar+ revenue companies are customers. A solution designed for enterprises that works out of the box! 2. Reclaim Protocol : our underlying infrastructure that makes BlueCheck possible. With advancements in cryptography, specifically zero knowledge proofs - our research over the last 3 years have resulted in inventing a new cryptographic primitive called zkTLS, which allows us to verify information from any website using the cryptography of the existing internet pipes (TLS). This is our secret sauce! 3. Questbook : our dog-fooding tool. Questbook is a tool to give out research and open source software development grants. These grants are reviewed by AI agents that we built inhouse. The biggest scam people try is to fake who they are when they are applying for grants. We dog-food our own tools to make sure we verify all the claims the users are making when they apply for grants. Our tools secure more than $10M of grants being given out on the platform. So it's high stakes, and it works!

Co:Create powers dynamic growth for NFT projects and Web3 brands.

The carbon markets are predicted to be 50x in size up to $50B by 2030. The majority of this market is going to be created through forward investments. One of the big things holding back the forward market today is carbon projects underperforming and the illiquid nature of the carbon investment market. Investing in a project gives you a forward contract for future credits. These forward contracts often underdeliver, and you can't do anything with this illiquid future promise for credits in 5+ years. Solid World DAO accelerates carbon project development through fair, transparent and liquid markets. We de-risk carbon investments and make them liquid. The added safety of investing in carbon space will result in accelerated capital deployment and expansion cycles for carbon projects. They´ve partnered with the top companies in this space like SCB, Vlinder, Emsurge, Arbol, SustGlobal, Toucan, Flowcarbon, OFP. Since they started in October 2021, they designed special-purpose blockchain infrastructure, have $4M forwards committed for the liquidity pools, and have built a one-of-a-kind world-class team with deep industry knowledge(ACT Commodities, BeZero, eAgronom) and blockchain knowledge(Toucan, Mercado Bitcoin, KlimaDAO) with serial-entrepreneur founders(Glia, eAgronom) who have been featured in Time, sourced tens of millions of forward credits, and are in late-stage talks with multiple trading houses for them to become LP-s on their automated market maker. Their protocol will serve as a financial primitive to build derivatives, collateralised loans, on-chain insurance and other innovations. They have a first-mover advantage in building forward carbon credit infrastructure.

Exchange infrastructure for cryptocurrency options.

Jambo is building the world's largest on-chain mobile network powered by the JamboPhone — the most powerful crypto-native mobile device. We have built this vision through support of top investors including Paradigm, Pantera, OKX, Coinbase, and more. With Jambo's hardware foundation of 800,000+ mobile nodes across 120+ countries, Jambo and our Ecosystem partners can achieve decentralization faster and more cost-effectively. Network effects can be achieved instantly for use cases including validators, P2P networking, and other new products. Jambo has onboarded millions into the on-chain economy through the JamboApp which features: - Innovative earning and airdrop opportunities - Jambo Ecosystem dApp store - JamboWallet multi-chain wallet Jambo is transforming lives in all corners of the world particularly in emerging markets by creating the hub for users to secure next generation blockchain use cases while earning real rewards. At the heart of the Jambo economy is the Jambo Token, a utility token fueling rewards, discounts, payouts, and more. Powering the decentralized future.

CyberBox is the first NFT Marketplace with ReFi integration on the Celo blockchain. Our vision is to build a marketplace to support every NFT collection and every ReFi project that looks to create impact with NFTs and build their communities around them and promote the value of sustainability and climate protection.

Moss.Earth is the world's largest environmental platform focused on developing innovative approaches to pursuing a sustainable environment. An initial focus on the Amazon rainforest has proven successful, yet we are confident we can make a global impact. Most of our activities revolve around the sourcing and selling carbon credits, albeit through digitally-powered and viable processes.

ImpactMarket is an application-layer protocol that enables underprivileged people to access financial solutions. It uses Web3 to provide accessible financial solutions such as unconditional basic income, the crypto wallet Libera, and Learn and Earn, helping financially unserved and underserved people all over the world. It runs as a DAO on top of the Celo network, with $PACT serving as its governance token and running autonomously via smart contracts. Using blockchain technology to provide inclusive financial services and educational tools to the world's unserved and underserved.

Kotani Pay is a technology stack that enables blockchain protocols, dapps, and blockchain fintech companies to integrate seamlessly to local payment channels providing them with a reliable on ramp and off ramp service to reach a wider customer base in Africa.

A cross-app personal AI Digital Dogs platform for VR worlds,Social apps,Games and more. Digital Pets are driven by powerful artificial intelligence technologies and nurtured by your voice, gestures, emotions, and a digital environment. You can train your Digital Dog to do tricks and perform in competitions, care for them and breed them. All Digital Dogs are secured as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain and can be sold, swapped, and shared with other users.

Talent Protocol is the web3 professional network where high-potential individuals can build an on-chain resume and launch a talent token, allowing anyone to easily invest in their careers. Our mission is to help the next generation of talent achieve success and fulfilment by enabling collective careers. Until now careers have mostly been a single-player game where only a privileged few can win. With web3, careers are becoming multiplayer journeys where early support is rewarded and success is shared.

Ari Swap offers a loyalty + rewards product that allows customers to earn loyalty rewards for their purchases and redeem rewards towards future purchases leveraging the existing $Ari token as the points systems. Targeting small- and medium-sized businesses, the Ari Swap platform also includes an NFT engine to create, send and redeem NFTs and digital coupons, offers and promotions.

Modern companies use Partna's API and B2B payment tools to smoothly launch and operate in Africa

Aya is a curated marketplace for start-ups and mid-level businesses to access vetted web3 digital skilled African talents.

Digitalstage provides a live-streaming performance platform to digitize the live music industry. It offers internet merchant sales, ticketing, and physical product promotion, enabling artists to interact directly and personally with their fans.

BmyBit develops automated cryptocurrency trading. It can place buy and sell orders in a fraction of a second with no delay. They also want to improve off-chain transaction transparency.

HoneyCoin is a cryptographic payment and monetization platform. They make peer-to-peer transactions and connect with users' friends and family from anywhere at anytime. They send and receive payments instantly.

Flywallet is a leading financial technology company revolutionizing the travel industry. With its innovative SaaS platform, Flywallet enables users to seamlessly save for their travel goals using stablecoins, while providing travel businesses with gamified savings and Web3 services. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and a mission to make travel affordable and accessible to all, Flywallet is transforming the way people plan, save, and experience their dream journeys.

Kresko’s mission is to make wealth accessible to anyone, anywhere. Kresko is building an open platform for synthetic stocks, commodities, and crypto. The Kresko platform introduces novel improvements over existing solutions: One-Stop DeFi App: A beautiful platform designed to manage all your assets — mint, swap, pool, and farm — all in one place. Risk Management: Finally, a DeFi App that clearly shows your portfolio health and risk. Protocol: The platform is built on top of the protocol that introduces capital efficiency, better user experience, and frictionless listing of assets.

Crypto Economy has become a Trillion of dollars industry. But it is a complex world that can only serve tech savvy companies who are compliance flexible, already have Web3 related business models, and may access developed Crypto and FIAT infrastructure (Corporate accounts at exchanges, Liquidity providers, Banks, etc) CryptoMate is a plug and play guided decentralized ecosystem for the mass adoption of crypto business models. Our Crypto APIs enables your company to easily transition to the new economy. If it exist on Blockchain, your business and clients may now benefit from it. We also provide a conversational AI that guides and engages users into web3, so your company workflow is not affected. Any company can be a crypto company. and we are here to make it happen.

Akiba Digital is a data and technology company that provides financial intelligence solutions. Our vision is to to unlock financial opportunities for consumers, businesses and society using alternative data.

Bitmama enables traders to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum, cUSD, Celo, and other digital assets in Africa via its Exchange and API services. Users can create their own wallets and start buying or selling digital currencies by connecting with their bank accounts, credit or debit cards, and mobile money accounts.

Future customers are online right now interacting and sharing their interests through communities and social circles inside the games they play and websites they love. Getting customers engaged through social media challenges will keep the excitement for your brand alive and give you a new way to move forward. With Award Pool, users participate in challenges and competitions to earn points, prizes, and customizable Non-Fungible Token (NFT) rewards through an easy-to-use platform.

Coinprofile is a FinTech firm that offers money exchange and cryptocurrency exchange services.

SympliFi is transforming the way credit works in emerging markets to fuel economic growth.

Canza is building the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system.

Shareitt developed a social P2P commerce platform to sell second-hand products.

Paychant is a payment gateway that helps Africans on-ramp and off-ramp right inside any self-custodial wallets, DEX, or dApps using Africa's localized payment methods. Wallets or dApps looking to enter the African market can now take advantage of Paychant's ramp SDK to onboard and offboard users in Africa.