As an early stage investor at Anthemis, I continue to be intrigued by companies that present embedded finance opportunities in both the short term and on their longer-term road map. I’m also obsessed with identifying cultural trends and matching businesses to those untapped white spaces. That’s why I’m excited to…

Last week, the Anthemis Female Innovators Lab Fund (FIL), the largest early-stage fund solely focused on investing in female founders in fintech, unveiled a partnership with Aviva — a leading insurance, wealth management, and retirement business — to expand investment in female founded fintech businesses across the US, Canada, the…

A venture studio, or startup studio, is a business model where studios not only offer venture capital to startups but also operational support and resources. Studios are often built with in-house talent-sourcing teams, marketing teams, industry specialists, extra office space and other resources they can offer to early-stage startups. Over…

If you have/had an early school-age child, you may have heard them sing the song “Months of the Year.” (Or you might even remember it from your own school days). It’s simply singing each month of the year with a very catchy tune that will get stuck in your head…

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Yesterday Anthemis announced that we’re expanding our Female Innovators Lab (FIL), in partnership with Barclays, to support female fintech founders around the globe. Our $30 million fund is now open to founders in the U.K., Europe, and Canada in addition to the U.S. FIL is the first and what we…

The next-generation of Black Americans is ready to capitalize on digital banking’s power to build their wealth. The missing ingredient — a modern financial institution designed to meet their needs. …

Since our inception in 2010, diversity, equity and inclusion has played an important role in the growth of our company — from the hires we make, the investments we identify to how we cultivate and navigate our ecosystem. …

Back in the 1970s, a group of bankers had the bright idea to replace checks with a computer-based system for electronic transactions. It changed the game. Today, the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network, which is still running on 40+ year old infrastructure, remains the main pipeline for electronic payments. The…