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.
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.
Location: United States
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 22
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 22.11.2023 | mysa.io | - | - | |
| 24.01.2023 | Flash | flash.co | - | India, Kar... |
| 30.09.2022 | Basis | getbasis.co | $800K | India, Kar... |
| 30.09.2022 | Origa.ai | origa.ai | $450K | Singapore |
| 30.09.2022 | Tartan | tartanhq.com | - | India, Kar... |
| 30.09.2022 | Jar | myjar.app | $22.6M | India, Kar... |
| 30.09.2022 | M2P Fintec... | m2pfintech.com | $162.2M | India |
| 30.09.2022 | Plaza | useplaza.com | - | - |
| 30.09.2022 | Bureau | bureau.id | $30M | India, Mah... |
| 30.09.2022 | Let's Dive | letsdive.io | $1.7M | United Sta... |
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| - | Melissa | Frakman | CEO & ... | linkedin.c... | - | M******n@e... | - |
| - | Thomas | Hyland | Advisor | linkedin.c... | - | t*****d@em... | - |
Mentions in press and media 2
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.10.2021 | GramCover banks $7m Series A, aims to insure 10m Indian farmers in next 3 years | Indian rural insurance startup GramCover has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Inflexor Ventures and Siana Capital. Stride Ventures was a first-time investor to participate in the funding, alongside existing bac... |
| 26.05.2020 | India’s GramCover banks pre-Series A funding for rural insurance network | GramCover has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-Series A funding from Emphasis Ventures, Flourish, Omidyar Network India, and existing investor Omnivore. The Noida-based startup is using an online-to-offline model to make insurance more a... |