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Flori Ventures
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Flori Ventures is a seed-stage fund founded in 2021 that partners with top entrepreneurs building the future financial system and solutions for the climate crisis. The firm believes money is a technology ripe for reinvention — addressing the 1.2 billion people living in highly inflationary economies and the one in five globally who lack bank access — while also tackling the ecological crisis driven by misaligned financial incentives. Flori invests globally, with a particular focus on frontier and emerging markets where financial innovation is most needed, backing projects in universal basic income, community commerce, accessible DeFi primitives, peer-to-peer marketplaces, and natural-capital-backed solutions. The fund has backed 80+ startups with $30M+ deployed, aiming to support 200 companies per year from pre-seed through pre-Series A.
Notable quotes
“That's why we founded Flori Ventures, a seed-stage venture fund partnering with founders who are creating a more innovative, regenerative, decentralized, and inclusive financial system. While money is broken for far too many, it is also prime for innovation.”
“Flori's investment thesis is just as focused on mission as on technology. And that's why the Celo community is a natural and obvious partner.”
“It's a human and technological puzzle — the ones who understand [the ecosystem] very quickly... bringing in more pieces is [what matters].”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mento Labs | Series A | $10m | 2024-10-16 |
| El Dorado | Seed | $3m | 2024-05-27 |
| Kotani Pay | Pre-seed | $2m | 2023-09-05 |
| ValuesCo | Seed | $3m | 2023-01-25 |
| Releaf | Seed | $6m | 2023-02-28 |
| Ponto | Seed | $20m | 2022-03-17 |
| Masa | Pre-seed | $4m | 2022-05-04 |
| Thallo | Seed | $3m | 2022-11-15 |
| MOSS | Seed | — | — |
| Kickstarter | Seed | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Allegory Capital | 3 |
| Cerulean Ventures | 2 |
| Draft Ventures | 2 |
| MetaWeb Ventures | 2 |
| Protocol Labs | 2 |
| Celo Foundation | 2 |
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