Flourish Ventures

Flourish Ventures, established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a global venture capital firm dedicated to investing in early-stage financial technology (fintech) companies. With $850 million under management, the firm focuses on sectors such as banking, consumer lending, data and analytics, digital payments, insurance technology, personal finance, regulatory technology, and infrastructure. Flourish seeks to advance financial health and prosperity for individuals and small businesses by backing innovative entrepreneurs in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the United States. The firm collaborates with over 70 global fintech founders and 18 ecosystem partners to foster a more inclusive economy.

Arjuna Costa

Managing Partner

Tilman Ehrbeck

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Su Fen Goh

Associate

Harsh Gupta

Investment Professional

Jenny Johnston

Associate

Matt Kelly

Senior Investment Analyst

Pranav Mittal

Senior Investment Analyst

Tina Moran

Associate

Sarah Morgenstern

Venture Partner

Diana Narvaez

Principal

Emmalyn Shaw

Managing Partner

Crystal Sun

Senior Investment Analyst

Past deals in SME

Vidyut

Venture Round in 2025
Vidyut specializes in financing solutions tailored for small and medium commercial electric vehicle businesses, facilitating the purchase, financing, and resale of electric vehicles. The company aims to simplify the ownership experience by providing custom financing options and establishing a secondary market for these vehicles. By collaborating with key stakeholders within the electric vehicle ecosystem, Vidyut supports buyers throughout their ownership journey, encompassing aspects from distribution and financing to after-sales services and resale.

minu

Series B in 2024
minu is revolutionizing the financial health of Mexican employees, offering them access to their already worked salary when they need it, instead of having to wait for payroll. The company works with HR divisions of companies that offer the provision of minu to improve satisfaction, retention, and attraction of talent. minu is supported by FinTech's leading institutional investors globally, including QED.

Spade

Series A in 2023
Spade specializes in transaction data enrichment by offering a unique solution that utilizes a comprehensive first-party data network. This infrastructure provides real-time access to detailed information about card transactions, including merchant identities, categories, and geolocation. By linking each transaction to accurate merchant data, Spade enables card issuers, anti-fraud providers, and fintech companies to enhance their applications and systems without the need for extensive data cleaning. The insights derived from Spade's services help clients prevent fraud, improve authorization rates, and develop innovative financial technology features, ultimately delivering greater clarity and context to each transaction.

Indifi

Series E in 2023
Indifi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Gurugram, India, operates an online platform that facilitates loans for small businesses. It connects borrowers with lenders, providing a range of services to support the lending process, including data aggregation, analysis, and loan monitoring. Indifi specializes in serving businesses in sectors such as e-commerce, travel, hospitality, retail, and trading. Its unique approach involves assessing creditworthiness based on industry-specific performance data, enabling it to identify low-risk, high-potential businesses that may lack access to traditional financing. The platform presents these applications to multiple lenders, increasing the chances of loan approval and providing lenders with choices.

Heru

Seed Round in 2022
Heru is a company focused on enhancing the lives of gig-economy workers by offering a comprehensive suite of services tailored to their needs. Founded in 2019 by Mateo Jaramillo and Stiven Rodriguez Sanchez, and based in Mexico City, Heru aims to improve the conditions of independent workers through technology-driven solutions. The company's financial technology platform provides essential tools for managing accounting, including electronic invoicing and tax management. It offers customized insurance policies, working capital, credit options, and financial guidance, as well as facilitating tax declarations and providing cell phone data plans. Heru's mission is to empower freelancers and independent workers by simplifying their financial responsibilities and ensuring they have access to necessary resources and expert assistance.

Mapan

Series A in 2022
Mapan is a social financial technology company dedicated to enhancing financial access for low-income communities, particularly through a network of micropreneurs, primarily women. The company's platform eliminates barriers to financial inclusion by providing tools that empower community influencers to foster collective growth and self-sufficiency within their communities. Mapan offers services such as payment processing, lending solutions, cell phone airtime, and bill-pay options, all designed to facilitate easier and safer access to essential products and services. By creating employment opportunities and enabling users to earn income as reselling agents, Mapan contributes to economic empowerment and improves the overall financial well-being of underserved populations.

QueueBuster

Series A in 2022
QueueBuster is a mobile point-of-sale (POS) application designed for businesses of all sizes in India, ranging from large retail stores to small kiosks. The software offers a comprehensive suite of features including billing, inventory management, customer relationship management, and loyalty programs. It enables users to automate billing processes and access real-time reporting, allowing for efficient management of administrative records and product inventory from a single platform. By streamlining operations, QueueBuster aims to enhance efficiency and support the growth of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

Zaapi

Seed Round in 2022
Zaapi is a digital commerce software provider that offers e-commerce sellers a comprehensive platform to manage their online operations. It enables users to build websites, manage inventory, and create catalogs, all while streamlining workflows through a single interface. The platform supports multi-channel selling, allowing businesses to engage with customers via various channels, including web and social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LINE. By centralizing communication and providing timely notifications, Zaapi ensures that sellers can respond to customer inquiries efficiently. This all-in-one solution is designed to help small businesses accelerate their growth in the competitive e-commerce landscape.

Brimore

Series A in 2022
Brimore operates a social commerce platform that connects emerging brand owners with a network of resellers. These resellers market and sell the products of these brands using social media, providing nationwide coverage for the brands. The platform uses data analytics to facilitate this connection between emerging brands and individual distributors across Egypt's 27 governorates, enabling small local manufacturers to directly reach consumers through freelance sales agents.

Brimore

Series A in 2022
Brimore operates a social commerce platform that connects emerging brand owners with a network of resellers. These resellers market and sell the products of these brands using social media, providing nationwide coverage for the brands. The platform uses data analytics to facilitate this connection between emerging brands and individual distributors across Egypt's 27 governorates, enabling small local manufacturers to directly reach consumers through freelance sales agents.

ShopUp

Series B in 2022
ShopUp is a Bangladesh-based technology company that operates a full-stack B2B commerce platform, designed specifically for small businesses. The platform provides these businesses with easy access to B2B sourcing, last-mile logistics, and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions. Headquartered in Dhaka, ShopUp aims to empower small businesses by offering them digital credit and business management tools, enabling them to access a wide range of products and services tailored to their needs.

Indifi

Series D in 2021
Indifi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Gurugram, India, operates an online platform that facilitates loans for small businesses. It connects borrowers with lenders, providing a range of services to support the lending process, including data aggregation, analysis, and loan monitoring. Indifi specializes in serving businesses in sectors such as e-commerce, travel, hospitality, retail, and trading. Its unique approach involves assessing creditworthiness based on industry-specific performance data, enabling it to identify low-risk, high-potential businesses that may lack access to traditional financing. The platform presents these applications to multiple lenders, increasing the chances of loan approval and providing lenders with choices.

ShopUp

Series B in 2021
ShopUp is a Bangladesh-based technology company that operates a full-stack B2B commerce platform, designed specifically for small businesses. The platform provides these businesses with easy access to B2B sourcing, last-mile logistics, and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions. Headquartered in Dhaka, ShopUp aims to empower small businesses by offering them digital credit and business management tools, enabling them to access a wide range of products and services tailored to their needs.

Dinie

Seed Round in 2021
Dinie is a pioneering fintech company in Brazil that specializes in embedded lending infrastructure for B2B platforms, focusing on the underserved micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) market. By simplifying the lending process, Dinie enables digital platforms to quickly offer instant revolving lines of credit and B2B payment solutions through an easy API integration. The company's services are designed to empower businesses with flexible financial tools, providing them with pre-approved credit limits that facilitate access to essential financial services. Dinie aims to enhance the financial landscape for MSMEs in Brazil, promoting their growth and success.

Lidya

Series B in 2021
Lidya is a financial services platform based in Lagos, Nigeria, focused on improving access to credit and finance for small and medium enterprises. Founded in 2016, Lidya enables businesses to open accounts online, manage funds, and access credit within 15 minutes using mobile-first technology and proprietary credit scoring algorithms. The platform offers a range of banking services, including invoice financing and working capital, designed to help business owners build credit profiles and secure affordable financing. Additionally, it provides tools and dashboards for managing receivables and cash flow, allowing businesses to enhance their credit scores and unlock higher credit limits.

FairMoney

Series B in 2021
FairMoney is a credit-led mobile bank for emerging markets. It was launched in 2017 and operates in Nigeria and India. Its goal is to rebuild Africa's money story by offering Tier 1 digital financial services to merchants and consumers alike. It offers a range of digital financial products including, near-instant digital loans, investment products, savings, payments, and cards via mobile app.

Credflow

Seed Round in 2021
Credflow is a fintech company based in New Delhi, India, founded in 2019, that specializes in cash flow management solutions tailored for specific industries. The company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to automate receivable collections and create customized credit solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. By leveraging technology, Credflow aims to streamline cash flow management, helping businesses reduce their working capital and enhance their financial health. The company's vision is to transform the credit flow within supply chains, enabling businesses to achieve significant growth across various sectors.

SeedFi

Series A in 2021
SeedFi, Inc. is an online platform that provides personal loan services specifically designed for lower-income consumers living paycheck to paycheck. Founded in early 2019 and based in San Francisco with an additional office in New York, the company aims to improve financial health by offering lower-cost access to capital and facilitating credit building. SeedFi's products cater to the needs of vulnerable individuals, enabling them to achieve financial stability through better access to financial services. By focusing on the challenges faced by these consumers, SeedFi seeks to empower them with the tools necessary for saving and improving their creditworthiness, ultimately helping them secure a more stable financial future.

Heru

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Heru is a company focused on enhancing the lives of gig-economy workers by offering a comprehensive suite of services tailored to their needs. Founded in 2019 by Mateo Jaramillo and Stiven Rodriguez Sanchez, and based in Mexico City, Heru aims to improve the conditions of independent workers through technology-driven solutions. The company's financial technology platform provides essential tools for managing accounting, including electronic invoicing and tax management. It offers customized insurance policies, working capital, credit options, and financial guidance, as well as facilitating tax declarations and providing cell phone data plans. Heru's mission is to empower freelancers and independent workers by simplifying their financial responsibilities and ensuring they have access to necessary resources and expert assistance.

ShopUp

Series A in 2020
ShopUp is a Bangladesh-based technology company that operates a full-stack B2B commerce platform, designed specifically for small businesses. The platform provides these businesses with easy access to B2B sourcing, last-mile logistics, and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions. Headquartered in Dhaka, ShopUp aims to empower small businesses by offering them digital credit and business management tools, enabling them to access a wide range of products and services tailored to their needs.

Steady

Series B in 2020
Steady removes barriers to earn through its income intelligence that supports over 3 million hourly, 1099 and mixed-earners in earning more, an average of over $5,500 per year. Steady's view of income also applies its technology for purposes of income measurement that fills the wage data gap for public and private sector entities that service this worker population in areas such as the administration of public sector benefits. Steady was founded in 2017.

MyShubhLife

Series A in 2019
MyShubhLife is a comprehensive financial services provider focused on serving the unbanked and underserved populations, often referred to as the Next Half Billion. The company leverages real-time analytics and alternative data to generate credit reports, facilitating meaningful financial inclusion. Its offerings include a variety of financial products such as personal loans, microloans, insurance, mutual fund systematic investment plans, and tax filing services. Additionally, MyShubhLife promotes financial wellness through dedicated programs for both corporates and individuals. By employing an innovative credit scoring methodology, the platform assesses the creditworthiness of customers, thereby enabling access to affordable loan options.

FairMoney

Series A in 2019
FairMoney is a credit-led mobile bank for emerging markets. It was launched in 2017 and operates in Nigeria and India. Its goal is to rebuild Africa's money story by offering Tier 1 digital financial services to merchants and consumers alike. It offers a range of digital financial products including, near-instant digital loans, investment products, savings, payments, and cards via mobile app.

Indifi

Series C in 2019
Indifi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Gurugram, India, operates an online platform that facilitates loans for small businesses. It connects borrowers with lenders, providing a range of services to support the lending process, including data aggregation, analysis, and loan monitoring. Indifi specializes in serving businesses in sectors such as e-commerce, travel, hospitality, retail, and trading. Its unique approach involves assessing creditworthiness based on industry-specific performance data, enabling it to identify low-risk, high-potential businesses that may lack access to traditional financing. The platform presents these applications to multiple lenders, increasing the chances of loan approval and providing lenders with choices.

ShopUp

Seed Round in 2019
ShopUp is a Bangladesh-based technology company that operates a full-stack B2B commerce platform, designed specifically for small businesses. The platform provides these businesses with easy access to B2B sourcing, last-mile logistics, and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions. Headquartered in Dhaka, ShopUp aims to empower small businesses by offering them digital credit and business management tools, enabling them to access a wide range of products and services tailored to their needs.

Steady

Series A in 2018
Steady removes barriers to earn through its income intelligence that supports over 3 million hourly, 1099 and mixed-earners in earning more, an average of over $5,500 per year. Steady's view of income also applies its technology for purposes of income measurement that fills the wage data gap for public and private sector entities that service this worker population in areas such as the administration of public sector benefits. Steady was founded in 2017.

Tez Financial Services

Seed Round in 2018
Tez Financial Services Limited is a digital non-banking microfinance company based in Karachi, Pakistan, incorporated in 2018. It offers a smartphone application that aggregates various financial services, targeting the unbanked and under-banked population. The platform provides products such as Tez Advance, which offers nano credit services, Tez Bima for insurance distribution, and Tez Sarmaya for medium-to-long term investments. By leveraging algorithms and artificial intelligence, the application analyzes users' digital footprints and consumption patterns to enhance financial access and support short-term liquidity needs while also offering security through health and term life insurance.

Lidya

Series A in 2018
Lidya is a financial services platform based in Lagos, Nigeria, focused on improving access to credit and finance for small and medium enterprises. Founded in 2016, Lidya enables businesses to open accounts online, manage funds, and access credit within 15 minutes using mobile-first technology and proprietary credit scoring algorithms. The platform offers a range of banking services, including invoice financing and working capital, designed to help business owners build credit profiles and secure affordable financing. Additionally, it provides tools and dashboards for managing receivables and cash flow, allowing businesses to enhance their credit scores and unlock higher credit limits.

NeoGrowth

Series D in 2018
Neogrowth is a non-banking financial company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that specializes in providing financial solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises in India. Established in 2011 by Dhruv Khaitan and Piyush Khaitan, the company focuses on meeting the financial needs of businesses that sell goods and services directly to consumers. Neogrowth offers term working capital loans and inventory financing against future credit and debit card sales, facilitating easy access to credit for small merchants. Its clientele includes a diverse range of sectors, such as retail companies selling apparel, electronics, and handicrafts, as well as restaurants, beauty salons, hotels, gyms, and health diagnostic centers.

Lendable

Series A in 2017
Lendable Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in facilitating debt financing for fintech firms operating in emerging and frontier markets. The company's core business involves operating an online lending platform that connects alternative lenders with institutional debt investors, thereby bridging the funding gap for high-growth fintechs in Africa and other developing regions. Lendable aims to expand financial access by supporting impact investing as a competitive asset class, targeting one hundred million underserved borrowers worldwide.

Lidya

Seed Round in 2017
Lidya is a financial services platform based in Lagos, Nigeria, focused on improving access to credit and finance for small and medium enterprises. Founded in 2016, Lidya enables businesses to open accounts online, manage funds, and access credit within 15 minutes using mobile-first technology and proprietary credit scoring algorithms. The platform offers a range of banking services, including invoice financing and working capital, designed to help business owners build credit profiles and secure affordable financing. Additionally, it provides tools and dashboards for managing receivables and cash flow, allowing businesses to enhance their credit scores and unlock higher credit limits.

Tez Financial Services

Seed Round in 2017
Tez Financial Services Limited is a digital non-banking microfinance company based in Karachi, Pakistan, incorporated in 2018. It offers a smartphone application that aggregates various financial services, targeting the unbanked and under-banked population. The platform provides products such as Tez Advance, which offers nano credit services, Tez Bima for insurance distribution, and Tez Sarmaya for medium-to-long term investments. By leveraging algorithms and artificial intelligence, the application analyzes users' digital footprints and consumption patterns to enhance financial access and support short-term liquidity needs while also offering security through health and term life insurance.

Indifi

Series B in 2016
Indifi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Gurugram, India, operates an online platform that facilitates loans for small businesses. It connects borrowers with lenders, providing a range of services to support the lending process, including data aggregation, analysis, and loan monitoring. Indifi specializes in serving businesses in sectors such as e-commerce, travel, hospitality, retail, and trading. Its unique approach involves assessing creditworthiness based on industry-specific performance data, enabling it to identify low-risk, high-potential businesses that may lack access to traditional financing. The platform presents these applications to multiple lenders, increasing the chances of loan approval and providing lenders with choices.

Zoona

Series B in 2016
Zoona is a mobile technology company focused on providing financial services to underserved communities across Africa. Founded in 2009, it has established a robust distribution network that facilitates money transfers, electronic voucher payments, savings, credit, and bill payments primarily for unbanked customers. With operations in Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique, Zoona leverages cutting-edge technology and a network of agents to ensure safe and reliable access to financial services. The company has processed over $2 billion in transactions and has received recognition from organizations such as The Nike Foundation and The Unreasonable Group for its impactful contributions to empowering young entrepreneurs and helping to alleviate poverty, particularly among girls.

NeoGrowth

Series C in 2016
Neogrowth is a non-banking financial company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that specializes in providing financial solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises in India. Established in 2011 by Dhruv Khaitan and Piyush Khaitan, the company focuses on meeting the financial needs of businesses that sell goods and services directly to consumers. Neogrowth offers term working capital loans and inventory financing against future credit and debit card sales, facilitating easy access to credit for small merchants. Its clientele includes a diverse range of sectors, such as retail companies selling apparel, electronics, and handicrafts, as well as restaurants, beauty salons, hotels, gyms, and health diagnostic centers.

Vistaar

Series D in 2015
The idea of Vistaar dawned on the minds of two first generation entrepreneurs, who truly believe in supporting and creating new economic opportunity through providing access to finance, to deserving small business men, to enhance and enrich their lives and the community they live in. The Company targets the missing middle segment, consisting of customers with an annual income of Rs 120000-10,00,000, which is not effectively served by the formal financial system.

NeoGrowth

Series B in 2015
Neogrowth is a non-banking financial company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that specializes in providing financial solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises in India. Established in 2011 by Dhruv Khaitan and Piyush Khaitan, the company focuses on meeting the financial needs of businesses that sell goods and services directly to consumers. Neogrowth offers term working capital loans and inventory financing against future credit and debit card sales, facilitating easy access to credit for small merchants. Its clientele includes a diverse range of sectors, such as retail companies selling apparel, electronics, and handicrafts, as well as restaurants, beauty salons, hotels, gyms, and health diagnostic centers.

Vistaar

Series C in 2014
The idea of Vistaar dawned on the minds of two first generation entrepreneurs, who truly believe in supporting and creating new economic opportunity through providing access to finance, to deserving small business men, to enhance and enrich their lives and the community they live in. The Company targets the missing middle segment, consisting of customers with an annual income of Rs 120000-10,00,000, which is not effectively served by the formal financial system.

NeoGrowth

Series A in 2014
Neogrowth is a non-banking financial company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that specializes in providing financial solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises in India. Established in 2011 by Dhruv Khaitan and Piyush Khaitan, the company focuses on meeting the financial needs of businesses that sell goods and services directly to consumers. Neogrowth offers term working capital loans and inventory financing against future credit and debit card sales, facilitating easy access to credit for small merchants. Its clientele includes a diverse range of sectors, such as retail companies selling apparel, electronics, and handicrafts, as well as restaurants, beauty salons, hotels, gyms, and health diagnostic centers.

Vistaar

Series B in 2012
The idea of Vistaar dawned on the minds of two first generation entrepreneurs, who truly believe in supporting and creating new economic opportunity through providing access to finance, to deserving small business men, to enhance and enrich their lives and the community they live in. The Company targets the missing middle segment, consisting of customers with an annual income of Rs 120000-10,00,000, which is not effectively served by the formal financial system.

Zoona

Series A in 2012
Zoona is a mobile technology company focused on providing financial services to underserved communities across Africa. Founded in 2009, it has established a robust distribution network that facilitates money transfers, electronic voucher payments, savings, credit, and bill payments primarily for unbanked customers. With operations in Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique, Zoona leverages cutting-edge technology and a network of agents to ensure safe and reliable access to financial services. The company has processed over $2 billion in transactions and has received recognition from organizations such as The Nike Foundation and The Unreasonable Group for its impactful contributions to empowering young entrepreneurs and helping to alleviate poverty, particularly among girls.
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