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“EMVC's early investment in our venture has been a catalyst for our growth, providing not just capital but strategic acumen that's attuned to the pulse of India's financial sector. We're proud to be partnered with such foresighted investors.”
Rajan BajaJ
CEO & Founder of slice
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Dive into top ideas from EMVC for fintech in India in 2024.
EMVC portfolio company Bimaplan raised $3.5mm in its Pre-Series A round to enable ecommerce and internet businesses sell insurance products via its embedded platform.
EMVC portfolio company, Slice, is merging with the North East Small Finance Bank making it India’s first fintech unicorn to become a bank.
EMVC portfolio company Flash has raised $6.7mm in its latest funding round and is building a unique digital shopping experience for India’s 25mm power shoppers.
Our CEO and Founding Partner, Melissa Frakman, spoke with the Global Finance Magazine about India’s Digital Public Infrastructure, fintech success stories and the digital banking system.
Our CEO and Founding Partner Melissa joined global leaders at Milken to speak about India’s economic transformation over the past decade and the confluence of favorable factors that will define the next phase of its growth.
Emphasis Ventures CEO & Founding Partner Melissa Frakman in conversation with Jill Malandrino of Nasdaq highlights how “global investors, institutional investors and our partners around the world are seeing India as a very attractive business climate. It’s no longer a niche and global investors sitting in Wall Street are seeing it as a financial hub.”
Our portfolio company Bureau raised $4.5mm in its extended Series A round led by GMO Venture Partners and others to further scale its identity verification and fraud prevention platform. This brings its total Series A funding to $16.5mm.
“Digital public infrastructure (DPI) refers to blocks or platforms such as digital identification, payment infrastructure and data exchange solutions that help countries deliver essential services to their people, empowering citizens and improving lives by enabling digital inclusion.”
Melissa spoke on the topic of Digital Public Infrastructure and India’s startup ecosystem at the G20 Sherpa’s meeting alongside global leaders and change makers. “Global policymakers and business innovators alike should pay attention, as India aspires to become a $5 trillion economy in the future, and the world’s third-largest economy within a decade. Its thriving DPI will be central to delivering on this economic promise and achieving these audacious goals.” she said.