Emphasis Ventures (EMVC) is a global venture capital fund investing in early-stage fintech companies with breakthrough innovation and scale in emerging markets and that have relevance globally. 

Our primary focus is on financial services and adjacent technologies in India and other high growth markets driving the massive transformation that’s underway in the world’s fastest-growing consumer economies. 

EMVC’s approach is simple: We get hands-on to support the very best entrepreneurs and creative thinkers who are dedicated to building the new economy for the next billion digitally-empowered users, helping founders connect and grow with the most relevant international leaders and corporations in the world. Our focus areas include next-generation digital payments, insurtech, cybersecurity, personal finance, supply chain & logistics finance, enterprise AI for financial institutions, proptech, blockchain and other technology for decentralization.

We are a mix between startup lab, corporate VC, and strategy shop. We believe in results over hype and empowering brilliant minds with capital and connectivity.

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Are you attending Money20/20 USA later this month? If you are, don’t miss the “All eyes on India, the digital payments pioneer” session on October 24th at 10am PST. 

Our CEO Motie Bring and Melissa Frakman (CEO & Founding Partner, Emphasis Ventures) will be discussing the Indian payments landscape and the many opportunities for businesses. Join us!

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In a year characterized by a global slowdown in insurtech funding, India is as an outlier.

The latest "India Insurtech – Landscape and Trends" report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the India Insurtech Association  underscores the India insurtech market’s resilience in the face of adversity. Despite economic headwinds, the #insurtech sector in India saw funding levels reaching twice those of 2020.

The report also highlights significant growth in insurance penetration: 14x for life insurance and 19x for non-life insurance. However, this growth only scratches the surface of the industry’s vast potential for scale. Penetration rates for life, health, and crop insurance still hover around 30%, indicating substantial untapped innovation opportunities across various product lines, geographic regions, and customer segments.

EMVC portfolio companies Bimaplan and GramCover are featured as examples of insurtech driving innovation in end-to-end digital enablement of partners and last-mile reach and awareness respectively.

Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/de7skEvW

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Shopping online should be increasingly  efficient, secure, and convenient.

Emphasis Ventures portfolio company #Flash has raised a new financing round to support its bold mission to achieve exactly that. 

Read more here via Gargi Sarkar: https://lnkd.in/dtyuZESQ

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EMVC is a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early-stage technology companies. The firm provides capital, mentorship, and strategic support to entrepreneurs aiming to scale innovative solutions across various sectors.

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